Curated OER
Bird Probability
In this bird probability learning exercise, students complete 12 different problems and short answer questions related to various types of birds. First, they determine what types of birds live in their forest by using the given table to...
World Wide School
World Wide School: Etext of "The Battle of the Books"
This site provides the complete etext for Jonathan Swift's "The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces."
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: From Dr. Seuss to Jonathan Swift
Contains plans for three lessons that use Dr. Seuss?s "The Butter Battle Book" to introduce satire in Jonathan Swift?s "Gulliver?s Travels." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Jonathan Swift Classroom Activity
As part of a unit on Jonathan Swift and his writings, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Jonathan Swift
Find out more about the life and work of Jonathan Swift when you explore this site. This resource provides links to lesson plans and other activities for some of his books.
Apple
Apple.com: Teaching Code
Apple, Inc. discusses the importance of teaching children to code. Links are provided for the following supports: Everyone Can Code; Develop in Swift; and Swift Coding Clubs.
Other
History Magazine: The Impact of Refrigeration
Scroll through this history of refrigeration to the sections that deal with the refrigerated rail car and how that revolutionized the shipping of meat, at first, and later other perishable products.
Curated OER
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Jonathan Swift
Irish writer Jonathan Swift.