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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Story Writing With Arthur

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This series of 12 downloadable activities teach students some basics of story writing, using books or videos from the PBS "Arthur" series as a springboard. Activities include creating story maps, asking questions about characters and...
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BBC

Bbc: Bitesize: Gcse Music

For Students 3rd - 8th
GCSE Music provides links to a variety of music topics including composers, composing music, music theory, music technology, performing and evaluating music, music styles, world music, and traditional music from the UK.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Come Along Daisy

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students will engage in discussions about story details and write an informational piece about the events in the story "Come Along Daisy".
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Better Lesson: Writing an Opinion in Response to the Story

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students need to have lots of opportunities to share their opinions based on text. For this lesson, the teacher will read the story, Jack and the Beanstalk, multiple times before the students create their opinion. The detailed process of...
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Better Lesson: Introduction to Opinion Writing

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Students' opinions are a crucial step in the foundation of good writing. After reading 'I will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato', students will state their own opinion about a topic through writing.
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Better Lesson: Oh My! It's Apple Pie!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, students will give an opinion on the best part of the story "Oh My! It's Apple Pie!" and validate why it is their favorite. Included are student samples, an assessment sample, templates, and videos of the lesson in action.
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CPALMS

Cpalms: What's So Great About Kevin Henkes?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this activity, students will serve as researchers of author/illustrator Kevin Henkes. With prompting, students will read three books by Kevin Henkes. They will recall information from the text to...
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Better Lesson: Mice Squeak, We Speak

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
For this lesson students will write an informative sentence in response to listening to the story; "Mice squeak, We speak". Included in this lesson are examples of student work, videos of oral presentations, and puzzle pieces for new...
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Better Lesson: Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Young scholars will write an informative sentence in response to listening to the story "Does A Kangaroo Have a Mother Too?". Included in this lesson are videos of mother and baby animals, pictures of the lesson in action, and a video of...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Law and Justice

For Students 9th - 10th
Excerpt from the "Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Islam" contains a description of how law and the Qu'ran work hand-in-hand. The law of the Qu'ran dictates all facets of life including commerce.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Kansas Nebraska Act

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of how the Kansa-Nebraska Act in effect voided the Missouri Compromise, which had been the law that dictated the territories that could allow slavery. Read about the act proposed by Stephen A. Douglas, and see how a...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Autumn

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the encyclopedia Wikipedia describes both the Autumn, or Fall, season as well as the reason for the season. Links are provided to information about the equinox and solstice associated with the season as well as a link to...
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Rong-Chang ESL

Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2):Woman Shot Next to Her Christmas Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Woman Shot Next to Her Christmas Tree" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary...
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Rong-Chang ESL

Esl: English for Intermediate Learners (2): Victory Dance Leads to Death

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module geared toward English as a Second Language Learners. Students read and/or listen to a short text entitled "Victory Dance Leads to Death" and click on the links below to increase comprehension and vocabulary skills....
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Formatting and Citation Standards

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on the formatting and citation standards to use for a formal paper; the three major styles are MLA, APA, and Chicago. Each of these dictates a set of rules to follow for the paper including the formatting of citations...
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BBC

Bbc History: British History: Middle Ages: The Character and Legacy of Henry Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
A summary of Henry II's reign in England focuses on how his ruling style and key concerns were dictated by his character. Of particular interest is his relationship with members of his family, which determined the course of British...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: S Ic, S Id High Blood Pressure

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The purpose of this task is to assess understanding of how study design dictates whether a conclusion of causation is warranted and whether there can be a cause-and-effect conclusion. Explanations are provided.
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Better Lesson: Take It Apart, Put It Together

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
The purpose of this lesson is to reinforce the idea that things are made up of small parts that can be recombined in novel ways. It also shows that the shape of certain parts dictates their function. Students delight in taking things...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: There's Magic in Green Eggs and Ham

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
As a part of a unit about Dr. Suess, students will learn about sequential order. Student understanding will be aided by the use of hands-on preparation of green eggs and ham, dictation, flannel board, sentence strips, and a living center.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Pre Colonization European Society

For Students 9th - 10th
The Church, disease, and large urban centers dictated societal structure in European societies before the colonization of the New World. Read more about Europe during the Middle Ages.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 9: Romeo and Juliet

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students explore how patterns and contrasts in language (diction, imagery, figurative language) reveal central ideas in texts and develop various motifs (light vs. dark, dreams vs. reality, high vs. low, etc.) in Romeo and Juliet. They...
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain

For Teachers 9th Standards
Ninth graders read National Geographic's "Teenage Brains" by David Dobbs and various informational texts about the development of the teenage brain to understand the factors that ultimately dictate teens' decision-making and behavior.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Explicit Phonics Lesson for Ew and Oo

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
This activity covers phonemic awareness, decoding, blending, spelling patterns, and dictation. It can be used as an introduction or a follow up activity.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Explicit Phonics Lesson for the " Ick" Word Family

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
This lesson covers phonemic awareness, decoding, blending, spelling patterns, and dictation. It can be used as an introduction or a follow up lesson.

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