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Curated OER

Uncovering the Tales of Famous Explorers and Their Historical Expeditions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate various expeditions throughout history to new and or uncharted territories. They participate in groups in order to develop and produce television news magazine segments about some of these historical expeditions.
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Curated OER

Wisconsin Through the Ages

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research Wisconsin explorers. They analyze sources for information related to a Wisconsin explorer or missionary. They create a rough draft and edit and type a final draft including a profile of their explorer and...
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Curated OER

Insects

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students work in groups to investigate the concept of insects. They participate in a variety of activities that include the gathering of samples and making observations like identifying different body parts. The lesson integrates...
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Curated OER

Diseases Are Real

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders research industries that contribute to sanitation and pollution problems. They investigate the direct result of unhygienic practices including disease outbreaks or specific illnesses. They create a Power Point...
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Curated OER

Why Be An Independent Learner?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss why research skills are important to have as a skill in life. As a class, they identify their prior knowledge when it comes to researching a topic and discuss why it is important to be an independent learner. In...
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Curated OER

Art Reflects Life

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use the Internet to view collections of famous artists throughout the eighteenth century America. Using the artwork, they identify the themes that portrayed America as the land of opportunity. They record their findings...
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Curated OER

The Role of Government in Utah

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the need and function of government. They explore the role of government in their lives and identify the services government provides. They role-play citizens identifying these needs and decide which...
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Curated OER

Assigning Roles: Becoming Advisors to Individual Nations and Assembling Country Profiles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students role play the role of advisors to countries on the issue of global warming. In their groups, they identify the main issues affecting their country along with any opposing viewpoints. They use the internet to research the...
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Curated OER

Bats Online!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read books and other resources to learn about bats. In this bats lesson plan, 2nd graders read books and research the internet about bats. Once students learn about bats, they will take an online bat quiz.
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Curated OER

Our Use of the Land II

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners critically examine how humans use the earth, and how to reverse some of the negative impacts. In this Bible study lesson students work cooperatively to determine how to work to redeem the world for Christ.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Australia

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify animals that are unique to Australia, study their habitation and how they fit in their environment.  For this exploratory lesson students research a topic to find out specific information about it. 
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Other

Encyberpedia: The Living Encyclopedia

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An exhaustive list of links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, glossaries, languages and thesaurus on the web. L.9-10.4c References, L.9-10.4d Verify meaning, L.11-12.4c References
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Website
Other

State Library of North Carolina

For Students 9th - 10th
The library provides a wealth of resources online: e.g., access to local libraries and their card catalogs, the "North Carolina Encyclopedia," genealogical research, and newspapers.
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Website
Other

Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project: A Shi'ite Encyclopedia

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection of information relies on the Quran as well as Sunni and Shia sources. Unlike with a traditional encyclopedia, one must use the table of contents to locate particular topics. Includes a brief bibliography of books in...
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Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: Performing Arts Encyclopedia

For Students 9th - 10th
This performing arts encyclopedia guides readers through the collections and exhibitions maintained by the Library of Congress.
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Website
Encyclopedia Mythica

Encyclopedia Mythica

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The home page of Encyclopedia Mythica from which you can access its full range of content on myths from throughout the world. Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Japanese, and Chinese mythology are the site's most popular areas, but many...
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Website
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: State Library of North Carolina

For Students 9th - 10th
Online encyclopedia includes information about the history, geography, communities, symbols, people, and government of North Carolina.
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Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Boy's Own Book by William Clarke

For Students 3rd - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book The Boy's Own Book by William Clarke, (1880?) a complete encyclopedia of sports and pastimes: athletic, scientific, and recreative.
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eBook
Other

Library of Books on Woodblock Printmaking

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of seventeen books and information about wood-block printing, color block printing, Japanese wood-block printing, relief printing and more. The books have been preserved on this Internet library site and updated information has...
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Activity
Georgetown University

Legal Research Guides: Secondary Sources Research Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial discusses how to perform legal research in a library--from locating relevant cases, statutes, and regulation to using secondary sources that include Periodical Indexes, Treatises, Legal Encyclopedias, and Annotated Law...
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Handout
Library of Economics and Liberty

Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Public Goods

For Students 9th - 10th
This article describes the relationship between externalities, private and public goods, and government intervention.
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Article
Library of Economics and Liberty

Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Agricultural Price Supports

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a scholarly explanation of price supports. It explains why agricultural price supports are used differently by poor countries than by wealthy countries.
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Handout
Library of Economics and Liberty

Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: Public Goods

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains what public goods are, as well as what they are not. It also gives examples of several problems in determining how to determine whether goods are public or private.
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Website
Other

The Tibetan and Himalayan Library: Collected Tantras of the Ancients

For Students 9th - 10th
The Tibetan Buddhist Canon is one of the three most important canons of Buddhist and religious literature in the world. Here you will find a complete catalog of the controversial collection of esoteric texts, compiling several of the...