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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Encourage A New Generation of Peacemakers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Integrate this essay-writing contest into your high school classroom to develop writing skills and encourage international study.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Strategies for Taking Standardized Timed Tests

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders observe and explore scholarship information. They explore the minimum cut off scores for the scholarship money as well as criteria for specific scholarships. Students discuss their individual score report and observe a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Cutting athletics = cutting scholarship chances

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars collect financial statements from the district and find out what, if anything,is cut from athletics. Students investigate how many hope to use athletic scholarships next fall. Young scholars interview students, their...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Scholarship: merit badge

For Students 9th - 12th
In this scholarships worksheet, students fill out short answer questions using their workbook about scholarships and how to get them in order to get a merit badge. Students complete 5 questions total.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Scholarship and Learning in Islam

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explain what a madrasah represents in Islam. Using the Muslim world as an example, they identify and describe two or more centers of learning. They explain the contributions that Muslims have made to science and math and...
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Celestial Timepiece: A Joyce Carol Oates Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This spectacular site is filled with information about Oates, her work and scholarship about her work. Includes extensive bibliographies, full text of many different works, photos, interviews, and a biography.
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Website
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Go College: The Collegiate Websource

For Students 9th - 10th
GoCollege provides information about scholarships, financial age, student loans, and other resource information for attending the college of your choice.
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Website
US Department of Education

Us Department of Education: Explore Financial Aid

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the US Department of Education provides this comprehensive government publication on grants, loans, and work-study programs. Each piece of information can be accessed by clicking on the corresponding link.
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Handout
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Fin Aid: Answering Your Questions: Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the terms used in financial aid forms for higher education with the glossary.
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Handout
Texas A&M University

Arab Contributions

For Students 9th - 10th
A paragraph describing the contributions made by Al-Ma'mum to the intellectual culture of the Arabs and the city of Baghdad.
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Handout
The History Cat

The History Cat: Islamic Science and Math

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the major accomplishments of Islamic civilizations in the fields of Science and Math, i.e., the Islamic calendar, astronomy calculations, windmills, irrigation with gears, and mathematical theories.