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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Parent Blog

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource filled with advice about all kinds of media for parents of children from preschoolers to teens. You can navigate the site by age, entertainment type, and topic.
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Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Parent Blog

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A resource filled with advice about all kinds of media for parents of children from preschoolers to teens. You can navigate the site by age, entertainment type, and topic.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading

For Students K - 1st Standards
The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...
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American Movie Classics Company

The Film Site: Foreign Correspondent, 1940

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource reviews an Alfred Hitchcock thriller, Foreign Correspondent.
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American Movie Classics Company

The Film Site: Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a review of the film Goodbye, Mr. Chips, the teacher at Brookfield boys school.
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Alan G. Chalk Guides to Japanese Films

For Students 9th - 10th
Reviews of 26 Japanese movies that each include a list of suggested reading materials, plot summary, suggested grades, and a brief lesson plan. They are organized into two groups: one for students of literature and the humanities, and...
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American Movie Classics Company

The Film Site: All Quiet on the Western Front

For Students 9th - 10th
This review of the 1930 film of Remarque's "All Quiet on the Western Front," contains information on the making of the film, a synopsis of the story, and information on the differences between the book and the film.
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Other

Silents Are Golden

For Students 9th - 10th
Photos of silent-movie stars, vintage reviews, articles and essays on films of the era, recommended reading, and more.
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TES Global

Tes: The Lion King Film Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a film guide for the movie The Lion King, a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's play Hamlet, to be used with younger children. Discussion questions for pre and post viewing and a writing...
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New York Times

New York Times: Traditions From Australia Face Contemporary Life

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A review of the "Corroboree", the name of a dance with Aboriginal roots. (Oct. 6, 2001)
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Other

Glencoe Literature Library: "The Glory Field" by Walter Dean Myers [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Walter Dean Myers's "The Glory Field" with the help of a vocabulary lists, pre-reading questions and activities, brainstorming ideas, and thought-provoking discussion and writing prompts. After reading the novel, draw comparisons...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Why Do We Need Data?

For Students 9th - 10th
We use data every day to help make decisions. Which cell phone has the most features for the best price? What were the reviews of the movie we want to see? Does the type of shoe I buy help me play a sport better?By looking at data and...
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Other

Image Entertainment: Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Image Entertainment talks about many of Laurel and Hardy's silent comedies.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Decoding Two Syllable Words

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
The lesson will focus on reading and writing to meet a Phonics and Word Recognition standard: decode two-syllable words following basic patterns by breaking the words into syllables. The lesson is a review of two-syllable words using a...
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Other

Essays on the Craft of Dramatic Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site, by the author of a workbook on the craft of writing, is filled with essays about many elements of dramatic writing, from the principles of storytelling, to plot development, to character development. There are also numerous...
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Other

Richard Matheson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a review of the books by Matheson that have been made into movies.

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