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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Lesson 50: Using Music to Teach Personal Narrative

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The personal narrative, apart from appearing as an option in the writing component of many state assessment tests, is a form of writing which allows students the chance to reflect seriously and honestly on important events in their own...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Big Five Personality Traits and Health Behaviors

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer the following questions on the relationship between personality traits and health behaviors by using the given table.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Personality Psychology

For Students 9th - 10th
This article on the psychology of personality gives information on the two traditional models, discusses the "N" and "S" personality types, and briefly mentions criticisms leveled at the two models.
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Handout
Columbia University

Drug Mechanisms and Brain Function: The Antipsychotic Experience

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on the effect of certain drugs on human personality. Article's foundation is in anti-psychotic research.
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Stories From Veterans

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the Library of Congress Veteran History Project, these stories tell of life altering occurrences events that occurred while on a mission, and the wait for those at home. These are historical and primary-source first person...
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Lesson Plan
CPALMS

Cpalms: Close Reading Exemplar: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

For Teachers 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will learn about the life of Frederick Douglass, his personal experience of the slave system, and the discrimination and prejudice he faced from those around him. This intensive lesson exemplar...
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Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Experiencing War: Military Medicine

For Students 9th - 10th
Stories focus on military medicine and highlight personal accounts from doctors, nurses, and individuals providing medical support.
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Unit Plan
Vision Learning

Visionlearning: Culture of Science: Scientists and the Scientific Community

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at the human side of science. Take a look at how background and motivation can lead to different perspectives, discoveries, and progress in science.
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Handout
North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Nato: Military Representative of the Uk

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource presents the curriculum vitae (document of personal experiences and qualifications) for Vice Admiral P.K. Haddacks, the British military representative to NATO.
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Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Elizabeth Venditto, New Immigrant Storytelling Tools for Challenging Times

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on "Immigrant Stories" which has enabled wide participation by giving individuals complete control over their stories and defining "immigrant" broadly. It teaches anyone, including students, to make a digital story...
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Unit Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Psychology: Introduction to Abnormal Psychology

For Students 9th - 10th
This learning module looks at how normal behavior is defined and perceived by society. The definitions of normal behavior shifts as societal norms change over time. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is a...
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Civil War Soldier in Wild Cat Regiment: Tilton Reynolds Papers

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided by the Library of Congress. Through this collection of primary documents telling of the Civil War experience of Captain Tilton C. Reynolds, a member of the 105th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, you can find out...
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: Patriotism and American Identity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discuss and consider the subjective nature of the term "patriotism" and describe how a person's experiences and culture affect his view of himself as an American.
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Handout
NASA

Nasa: Astronaut Biography: Alan Shepard

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical information with personal data, education, organizations, special honors, aviation experience, and NASA experience.
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Article
Other

Connective Tissue Disorder Site: Vitamin K

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about vitamin K deficiency and its link to connective tissue disorders such as mitral valve prolapse, scoliosis, and hypermobility. Written by a person who suffers from a connective tissue disorder, this article includes the...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Coming to America: Ellis Island and New York City

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This full text is borrowed from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and provides information about the history of Ellis Island and the first person account of the immigration experience....
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Unit Plan
University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Immigration: Refugees in Contemporary Global Migration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The following sources include a news report in 2007 on Iraqi refugees in Sweden and interviews in 1998 of Hmong refugees living in Minnesota. Its goal is to explore the refugee experience, both from an international or geopolitical...
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PBS

Pbs: The Lowdown: The Math of Trash: Percents and Proportions

For Students 6th - 8th
Discover how percents and proportions help explain issues like climate change, composting, and zero waste in this video from KQED. In the accompanying classroom activity, students estimate the percentage of various types of trash that...

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