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Read Works

Read Works: Canine Courage

For Teachers 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about rescue dogs and how they are better equipped than humans for situations like the World Trade Center collapse on September 11, 2001. A question sheet is available to help...
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Read Works: Canine Courage

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about rescue dogs used to find people after the destruction of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Read Works: The Courage to Take Action: A Lesson From Rosa Parks

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A speech given by President Barack Obama at a dedication ceremony for a Rosa Parks statue in Washington, D. C. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Courage in Denmark: Resistance to the Nazis in Wwii by Us Holocaust

For Students 7th - 8th
World War II (WWII), a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 involved more than 100 million people and over 30 countries. The Allied powers - including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union - worked together...
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Other

Geography Through Literature Pacific Islands

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site is a highly detailed unit plan. That crosses almost all the disciplines, with "Call it Courage," as the beginning point. Links to a .pdf file and Word versions of handouts are available.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Breathtaking Courage of Harriet Tubman

For Students 9th - 10th
Janell Hobson details Harriet Tubman's many fights for freedom.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts, Grade 12: Undaunted Courage

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Students explore ideas prominent throughout westward expansion and American literature: myth versus reality. The texts present various perspectives of the West. Students consider the idealism and romance of the American spirit versus the...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Asu Compass for Courage: Module 2: s.w.a.p. Student Practice Challenge

For Students 3rd - 8th
Situation or worry requires students to develop an action thought (S.W.A.P.) for a variety of sample scenarios provided.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Asu: Compass for Courage

For Students 3rd - 8th
COMPASS uses collaborative game-based learning to teach youth research-backed strategies to manage worries, solve problems, build relationships, and face stressful situations with confidence. This six-lesson plan has shown to improve...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Asu Compass for Courage: Module 1 Practice Challenge

For Students 3rd - 8th
Match It! Game Cards to print, cut out, and play at home. Characters (top row) and Feeling Words (bottom row). This game reinforces what students have learned about the ways anxiety, worry, or fear show itself. It can be completed...
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Website
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: An Act of Courage: Arrest Records of Rosa Parks

For Students 9th - 10th
A vividly detailed account of the events that led to the arrest of Rosa Parks for "violating a city law requiring racial segregation of public buses". Provided are copies of documents relating to her arrest that were used as evidence in...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Asu Compass for Courage: Module 4: Digital Activity Stand Up Game (Grades 3 5)

For Students 3rd - 5th
This game offers students Grades 3-5 a chance to read and discuss different situations and consider how they would handle each using the practice using S.A.F.E. to be assertive. Play online within PBS LearningMedia or select the download...
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Read Works: Stuck in the Icy Ocean by Kate Paixao

For Students 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage is about Ernest Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica, the problems he faced, and how he solved them. A comprehension question set and vocabulary information for the words courage, rescue,...
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Keys to Success

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines the lives of famous people who have achieved their life's goals by highlighting seven core principles that helped them to succeed. These include passion, vision, preparation, courage, perseverance, integrity, and pursuit of an...
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American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise

Jewish Virtual Library: Raoul Wallenberg

For Students 9th - 10th
The courage of an ordinary man saved thousands of lives. Here is the story of Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish business man, who risked his life during the time of Holocaust.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Red Badge Intro

For Teachers 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart checks for background knowledge and sets purpose prior to reading Stephen Crane's, Red Badge of Courage.
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EL Education

El Education: Small Acts of Courage

For Teachers 6th - 8th
After researching local heroes of the civil rights movement through secondary sources and through primary source interviews, students write biographies of these unsung heroes. The biographies, along with digital photographs, are compiled...
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Stephen Crane

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Stephen Crane including the full text of the novel The Red Badge of Courage and two short stories: "A Dark Brown Dog" and "The Open Boat."
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eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Book: Laches by Plato

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of the dialogue Laches by Plato, Socrates and others offer competing definitions of the concept of courage.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "Soldier's Heart" Teacher Guide

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Teacher guide for "Soldier's Heart" features brief synopsis, informative author biographical sketch, pre-reading activities, themes, and discussion questions. Also includes activities for "The Red Badge of Courage," "The Last Mission,"...
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eBook
Sonoma State University

Berkeley Digital Library: Dutch Courage

For Students 9th - 10th
Berkeley Digital Library provides this collection of early works published after Jack London's death. It has a preface by his wife.
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Website
Other

Armstrong Sperry's Newbery Award Acceptance Paper

For Students 9th - 10th
This Ogram.org site presents a hardcopy of the Newbery Award Acceptance, written by Armstrong Sperry in 1941 for "Call It Courage."
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Stephen Crane

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this resource to learn more about Stephen Crane. This site features links to lesson plans and activities for The Red Badge of Courage and other works.
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Read Works

Read Works: The High Dive

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares the story of a girl who gets the courage to go off of the high dive. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...

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