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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the book Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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Website
Peace Corps

Peace Corps: Culture Matters Workbook

For Students 9th - 10th
In-depth and thoughtful look at culture and the role it plays in our lives. Site includes lessons and handouts, articles about how non-Americans view Americans, what it's like to be from a different culture, the roots of American culture...
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Other

Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'If I Had Just Two Wings' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"If I Had Just Two Wings", an historical novel by Virginia Frances Schwartz, follows the journey of some slaves as they flee to Canada along the Underground Railroad. This teacher's guide includes detailed chapter summaries and project...
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Other

To Kill a Mockingbird the Student Survival Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
A study guide for "To Kill A Mockingbird." Gives chapter summaries, vocabulary words, and allusions with helpful hints. Also provides links to other sources and lesson plans for teachers.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Brave New World [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Useful chapter summaries, background information, post-reading activity suggestions and considerations for the classroom make this 4 page .pdf document a valuable resource.
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SparkNotes

Sparknotes: The Martian Chronicles

For Students 9th - 10th
A plot overview, character list, character analysis, themes and symbols, chapter summary and analysis, quotations, a quiz, and more for The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury.
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Other

Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Libertad' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Libertad", a novel by Canadian author Alma Fullerton, follows the journey of two desperate boys from their native Guatemala to find their father in the United States. This teacher's guide includes detailed chapter summaries and learning...
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SparkNotes

Sparknotes: Into Thin Air

For Students 9th - 10th
A plot overview, character list, character analysis, themes and symbols, chapter summary and analysis, quotations, a quiz, and more for Jon Krakauer's book Into Thin Air.
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Activity
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: A Guide to the Hobbit There and Back Again [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A convenient summary of the chapters, and some information about the literary elements of the novel make this 4 page .pdf document a useful resource.
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The English Teacher

Teacher2b.com: Notes for "To Kill a Mockingbird"

For Students 9th - 10th
Review notes for the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
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Handout
Other

Kid Bibs: Effective Use of Textbook Features

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Here, parents and teachers can find tips for helping young readers understand the expository writing found in textbooks.
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Other

Matthew Henry's Commentary: 2 Chronicles

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the entire book of 2 Chronicles and then a chapter by chapter summary given by Matthew Henry.
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SparkNotes

Sparknotes: Night

For Students 9th - 10th
A plot overview, character list, character analysis, themes and symbols, chapter summary and analysis, quotations, a quiz, and more for Night by Elie Wiesel.
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Other

Pocantico Hills School: "Charlotte's Web"

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site, created by a second grade class at Pocantico Hills School, provides a very brief review of "Charlotte's Web," including very brief chapter summaries, and a game identifying quotations from the book. There are some helpful...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Ender's Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Shmoop's study guide for Orson Scott Card's science fiction novel, Ender's Game, includes chapter summaries, character descriptions, explanation of themes, and analysis of various elements in the novel. It also offers study questions and...
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eBook
Other

Heart of Darkness

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete text of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness," the inspiration for the movie "Apocalypse Now." It has been edited only to the extent that the web publisher has separated each chapter into five sections to fit his "Chapter a Day,"...
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Primary
Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: The Wealth of Nations

For Students 9th - 10th
Book 1, Chapters 1-11 from Adam Smith's The Wealth Of Nations dealing with the division of labor.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Using Sources: Putting It Together: Using Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a summary of the lessons on integrating credible sources using paraphrase, summary, and quotations and citing sources. Click on the Next button on the bottom right to learn about Why It Matters: Multimodality; you will have the...
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eBook
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ch. 15: Exchange Rates and Intl Capital Flows: Key Concepts

For Students 11th - 12th
This section provides summaries for each of the key concepts covered in Chapter 15: Exchange Rates and International Capital Flows from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online textbook.
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eBook
Other

Classic Books at American Literature: "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin

For Students 9th - 10th
A short synopsis of Kate Chopin's "The Awakening" followed by the full text divided by Chapter selection. With links to other short stories by American writers.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Putting It Together: Rhetorical Reading

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a summary of the previous lessons having to do with rhetorical reading including rhetorical context, previewing text, actively reading, using context clues, and reading voraciously.
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eBook
Savvas Learning

Pearson Education: Greek and Hellenistic Civilization [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a summary of chapter three of a textbook on world history. It looks at the contributions of the ancient Greeks to western civilization, the breadth of their civilization in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions, and their...
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State University of New York

Oneonta: Reading "The Pioneers" as History

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed site provides a guide for reading "The Pioneers" by James Fenimore Cooper. Includes background information about the book, a description of the setting and form, a list and description of principal characters, and...

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