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Curated OER

Study Guide for the Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A well-written study guide for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Includes a profile of William Shakespeare and background information about the play and its historical context. There are synopses of each act, discussions of literary devices,...
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Unit Plan
REMC Association of Michigan

Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 16. Career Prep

For Students 9th - 10th
In this learning module, students complete six Quests. They begin by exploring their personality, skills, and interests. Next, they will explore careers that fit their profile, create employability documents, create an online portfolio,...
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Green Your Pc: Help Your Computer Save Power

For Students 6th - 8th
Check out this science fair project to determine how much power your PC really uses, and if it is an energy hog, how you can reduce its appetite for energy. You will learn how to profile and streamline your computer's power usage, while...
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Government of Alberta

Alberta Human Resources and Employment: Oc Cinfo: Airline Pilot

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the occupation of airplane pilot including duties, working conditions, personal characteristics, educational requirements, employment opportunities, salary and references for additional information.
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Government of Alberta

Alberta Human Resources and Employment: Oc Cinfo: Aircraft Maintenance Engineer

For Students 9th - 10th
A video [4:48] overview of responsibilities of Aircraft Maintenance Engineer including: duties, working conditions, personal characteristics, education, and salary.
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Handout
Careers New Zealand

Kiwi Careers: Veterinarian

For Students 9th - 10th
This Kiwi Careers site provides good information about veterinary careers. Includes tasks, personal requirements, entering the job market, working conditions, and a personal profile of a current professional.
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Careers New Zealand

Careers New Zealand: Dancer

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough description of a career as a dancer. Information includes tasks and duties, personal requirements, how to enter the job market, working condition, employment conditions, and statistics in current job market. A personal profile...
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Careers New Zealand

Careers Nz: Taxi Driver

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough look at the career of a taxi driver. Information included in areas of: tasks and duties, personal requirements, how to enter the job, working and employment conditions and the job market. A personal profile is included with...
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Careers New Zealand

Careers Nz: Graphic Designer

For Students 9th - 10th
Thorough look at a career as a graphic designer or commercial artist. Information covered includes: tasks and duties, personal requirements, how to enter job, working conditions, employment conditions, and the job market. A personal...
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Careers New Zealand

Careers Nz: Air Force Officer

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from Careers New Zealand provides a thorough look at career as Air Force Officer. General sections covered include: tasks and duties, personal requirements, how to enter the job, working conditions, employment conditions,...
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Other

Le Magnifique Mario Lemieux

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a tribute to the great ice hockey player Mario Lemieux. It offers career statistics, personal profile, photos, and links to other resouce information.
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Careers New Zealand

Careers New Zealand: Director (Film/television/radio/stage)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site explores what it takes to become a director. Content includes a focus on job requirements, working and employment conditions, a personal profile of a current director, and more.
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Careers New Zealand

Careers Nz: Aeroplane Pilot

For Students 9th - 10th
This Careers New Zealand site provides a detailed overview of what it takes to become an airplane pilot. Content includes a focus on the various tasks and duties, job requirements, working and employment conditions, personal profiles of...
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Careers New Zealand

Careers Nz: Author

For Students 9th - 10th
This KiwiCareers site explores the various requirements for becoming an author. Content includes job requirements, working and employment conditions, personal profiles of actual authors, and more.
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Article
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

Depaul University: Center for Urban Education: Native Americans: Potawatomi[pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
"Native American Life--Potawatomi Profile" is a one page, non-fiction, first person reading/thinking passage about the Potawatomi Native American tribe. It includes information about what they did during each of the seasons of the year.
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Princeton Review

The Princeton Review: Chef

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides information about having a career as a chef. Includes educational and personal requirements, future job outlook, job duties, and what to expect after working in the field after a number of years.
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Princeton Review

The Princeton Review: Career Coach

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains detailed information on the coaching career field. Tells typical duties, job requirments (both educational and personal), what to expect after being in the field for awhile, future job outlook, and more.
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Website
Employment Spot

Employment Spot: Choosing a Career

For Students 9th - 10th
Choosing a career is possibly one of the most important decisions of a lifetime. Whether you are fresh out of school or facing a mid-life career change, it is vitally important that you seriously consider your personality and interests...
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Historica Canada

Historica Canada: Heritage Minutes: Emily Murphy

For Students 9th - 10th
A resource profiling Emily Murphy. As one of "The Famous Five", she became deeply involved in women's rights and politics and won the fight to have women declared as 'legal' persons in Canada. She was also Canada's first female...
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Ethical Issues in Pharmacogenetics

For Students 9th - 10th
Pharmacogenetics allows for a more personalized drug to folks who need to take certain types of medicine in response to how human genes react. The study does not come without ethical questions such as medical privacy and unequal...
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Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Jesse Louis Jackson Sr. (1941 )

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a profile of Jesse Jackson and his efforts in the civil rights movement.
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Article
Georgetown University

Georgetown: Georgetown Slavery Archive Bayonne Johnson

For Students 9th - 10th
Hoya reporter Kshithij Shrinath interviews Patricia Bayonne-Johnson, a descendant of Nace and Biby Butler a husband and wife who were sold by Georgetown President Thomas Mulledy SJ in 1838. Ms. Bayonne-Johnson was the first person to...
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Article
University of Missouri

Famous Trials: George Zimmerman ("Trayvon Martin") Trial (2013)

For Students 9th - 10th
Trayvon Martin was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Walking back from a 7-Eleven to the Sanford, Florida townhouse of his father's fiancee on a dark and rainy February evening in 2012, Martin aroused the suspicions of neighborhood...
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Unit Plan
Colby College

Spanish Language & Culture: Los Pronombres Relativos

For Students 9th - 10th
Great Spanish language practice with the relative pronouns que, quien, quienes, and lo que. Use these pronouns to complete three short biographical profiles of three famous hispanic women, and check your answers.