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Stewart Resources Centre: Optimization Problems in Calculus [Pdf]
This is a tenth grade calculus unit on optimization problems.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: How to Cite Online Resources
After research in the Alabama Virtual Library, middle schoolers will write a paragraph essay and use an online citation utility to create bibliographic citations for an online encyclopedia, an online magazine, and a print resource....
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Under the Sea: Grade 1 and 2
Teach your grade one and two students math, science, and research skills, through this Under the Sea unit. Curriculum objectives are included with each lesson, as well as debriefing questions for the end of the study. An extensive...
Yale University
Yale the Maya Culture of Mesoamerica
This lesson unit on Mayan culture focuses on Mayan art. It can be adapted to various grades and features classroom activities, student resources, a bibliography, and the like.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Working With Shakespeare
This site introduces Shakespeare as a poet and dramatist. Come and learn more about his life and work through this informative resource, which includes a sonnet worksheet, bibliography, activities, and more.
Jewish Museum
Jewish Museum: Understanding the Holocaust Through Art and Artifacts [Pdf]
This curriculum guide gives lesson plans and information on art, artists, and artifacts of the Holocaust. There is an extensive bibliography and glossary.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Discover more about the book the"Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald when you visit this resource. This site provides links to biographical information, lesson plans, activities, vocabulary and more.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Richard Peck
What do you know about Richard Peck's life and work as an author? Use this informative site to learn more about this young adult author and to find resources for lesson plans.
Yale University
Yale: Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Journey of Discovery
This site features three novels and uses them to show students that reading can be fun and useful. Students and teachers will benefit from this informative resource.
Other
Seussville University: Dr. Seuss Educators
Welcome to Seussville University! Students and teachers will benefit from the educational and entertaining activities and games found at this site. Don't miss out on this terrific resource.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Dr. Seuss Lesson Plans
What is your favorite Dr. Seuss story? Web English Teacher may be offering you resources to teach it right here! Also contains links to biographical information.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Charles Dickens
Explore the life and work of Charles Dickens through this educational resource.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Toni Morrison
For teaching the work of Toni Morrison, this site provides lesson plans, activities, and other resources for Beloved, The Bluest Eye, Song of Solomon, and Morrison's other fiction.
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: Lesson: Navajo Weaving
Intergrating dance into your social studies activity on the Navajo culture will give your students a glimpse into another way of life. They will use their knowledge of loom weaving, Native Americans, and creative dance to express these...
John F. Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center: String Instruments and Pitch
After learning about different stringed instruments, students create their own and then investigate how length and width of the strings affect the pitch. Lesson includes handouts, a rubric, a bibliography, and links.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Scott O'dell Classroom Activity
A brief activity/lesson for learners commemorating the life and works of Scott O'Dell, Newbery Medal Award winner. Provides links, a bibliography, and lesson plans. From ReadWriteThink's calendar on May 23, 2007.
Library of Congress
Loc: The Great Depression and the 1990s
This site includes a unit about the Great Depression. Young scholars will create a creative writing based on Dorothea Lange's 1936 "Migrant Mother" photograph. They will also write a position paper on the United States' current welfare...
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Art Works in Time
This site is a curriculum unit on the Maya culture for elementary students. Provides a lot of background information, five lesson plans, a bibliography, and other resources.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Art Images of Tenochtitlan Past and Present
This site is a curriculum unit on art from Tenochtitlan, specifically the case of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Provides three lesson plans, a glossary, bibliography, and other resources.
Other
Sadlier School: Comparing and Contrasting Firsthand & Secondhand Texts
This unit uses first- and second-hand accounts to explore the life of Ruby Bridges and revolves around the book "Through My Eyes" by Ruby Bridges. This detailed instructional activity includes a full literacy unit, tips for small group...
University of North Carolina
Nc Civic Education Consortium: Joe Mc Carthy and the Red Scare
This very detailed lesson plan incorporates small group activities, whole group activities, projects, debate ideas, and primary sources all related to Joseph McCarthy. Extensive background material is provided along with a bibliography...
The Tech Interactive
The Tech Museum of Innovation: Escape the Lava [Pdf]
In this engineering challenge, students will design devices to help "Justin Case" escape lava by using items in their backpacks to get Justin from one tree to another. Students will use the knowledge they gain from this engineering...
The Tech Interactive
The Tech Museum of Innovation: Save the Hiker [Pdf]
Can you build a device that will deliver life-saving treatment to someone in a hazardous situation? During this lesson, students will learn how energy is converted and transferred between objects. Working in groups and through the...
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College: Mqed: Geometry in Art and Architecture
Students learn about art and mathematics. Topics include the golden ratio, platonic solids, and number symbolism. The learning resource includes a description, requirements, syllabus, and bibliography.