Curated OER
30 GOOD REASONS FOR TREES
Pupils create their own book of ideas about saving the environment. They research information the role of trees in the environment. Then make a large tree for a classroom bulletin board and put the leaves on the tree.
Curated OER
Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs
Third graders write a book about animals that fall from the sky instead of food after listening to a read aloud of Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.
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University of Chicago
Museum Exhibitions Intensify Controversy Over Dead Sea [Pdf]
This is an article sponsored by the University of Chicago, that discusses the seemingly unanswerable question of who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls. Offers multiple points-of-view on this topic from a number of notable sources. The most...
Other
Study of the Dead Sea Scrolls
This site calls the 20th century 'the century of discovery' because of the large number of artifacts found. It cites the Dead Sea Scrolls as one of the most important discoveries ever. Additionally this site provides general and...
Other
Moellerhaus Publishers: Great Isaiah Scroll
This site provides background information on the section of the Dead Sea Scrolls that are the Great Isaiah Scrolls, and provides links to different portions of the complete text.
Other
Virtual Religion Network: Dead Sea Scrolls
This site offers a huge timeline chronicling the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Essenes, their authors,as well as links to related sites.
Other
Enjoying "Hamlet"
Introduction to Shakespeare and "Hamlet." Includes introduction, scene by scene synopsis with elaborate illustrations. Also background information concerning historical Hamlet, Saxo Grammaticus. "Historia Danica," Belleforest's...
Swiss Educ
Swiss Educ: Shaw, George Bernard:1856 1950
The site from SwissEDUC has a portrait of the writer, as well as audio of Shaw speaking about pacifism and a video of a biography, "A 1930 Newsreel Appearance." Equally important is a the information on "Pygmalion." It provides...
PBS
Mpr: Keillor, Ventura Become Literary Odd Couple
This site from Minnesota Public Radio discusses Keillor's book that tells a story resembling the life and career of Gov. Jesse Ventura and includes numerous links to audio clips of Keillor discussing the book, Ventura's response,...
Scholastic
Scholastic:magic School Bus Themes Index
Magic School Bus cross referenced by themes to provide quick access to many activities and references.
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech: Betsy Byars: Techniques and Themes
Teachers with classes reading the works of Betsy Byars will find information on this prolific author's craft.
Schools of California Online Resources for Education
Literature Unit: The House of Dies Drear
"The House of Dies Drear," is a powerful novel by Virginia Hamilton.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: By Chivalries as Tiny
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "By Chivalries as Tiny", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Jeff Kiok and can access a printable version of this piece.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: There Is No Frigate Like a Book
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "There is No Frigate Like a Book", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Ellie Wen and can access a printable version of this piece.
Other
Rambles Magazine/"brave Margaret"
This is a review of Robert San Souci's book, "Brave Margaret."
Other
Hamlet Online
This is an excellent site offering a directory of web pages devoted to Hamlet. Links are divided into categories: directories, discussions, full text, humor, movies, papers, spinoffs, and summaries.
Trent University
Mas Arriba: En La Clase
This resource provides an interactive vocabulary exercise on things you would find in the classroom, their plural forms, numbers, saying how much something costs, and colors. Activity includes pictures, audio, instant feed-back and...
Eserver
E Server: Drama Collection: Pygmalion
This site from the EServer Drama Collection contains the complete text of the play. Also includes a preface and a sequel.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Maniac Magee
Have you ever read "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli? Use this resource to learn more about this book. An educational resource with discussion questions, extension activities and more.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Keeper of the Doves
This resource offers a review of "Keeper of the Doves" by Carol Hurst as well as discussion questions and activities for classes reading this deceptively simple story about a family during one summer in 1900.
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Essenes and the Dead Sea Scrolls
This site from the Jewish Virtual Library provides an overview of the Essene sect of Judaism. Most importantly it proports the Essenes as the authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Title Page Reveal: Finding Bibliographic Information
[Free Registration/Login Required] Practice locating the title, author and publication information of a book using real title and CIP pages, and a reveal tool.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: If You Give a Moose a Muffin
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson based on the book If You Give A Moose A Muffin
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Apa Bibliography: Book Sources: Lesson 1
This lesson introduces how to format a book source in an APA bibliography. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "APA Bibliography: Book Sources."