Better Lesson
Better Lesson: I Learned It Online
Preparing the new generations for college and career readiness absolutely requires us to ensure our children are competent and comfortable in the use of a variety of digital tools. Young scholars will be learning about a topic online and...
Middlebury College
Crime and Punishment Summary and Study Guide
Prepared by a professor of Russian language and literature at Middlebury College, this site offers a very useful study guide for the student of Crime and Punishment, including chapter-by-chapter summaries, identifications of the book's...
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Tennessee State University: The Study Skills Help Page
The Study Skills Help Page provides learning strategies for success. Explore the learning tools and tips that you can use to become a more skilled learner.
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4 Tests: Your Online Practice Test Site
Free on-line ACT test allows you to see your answers and explains the ones you got wrong. This site also includes practice tests for the GED, SAT, TOEFL, and many other exams.
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Mapping Your Future: Explore Your Career
Find out about your options in higher education, and learn how to choose a career. Includes useful tips on job hunting, resume writing, and job interviewing techniques. Select the "en Espanol" link on the right side to view this resource...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Strategies to Improve High Schools
Research suggests six reform strategies that may help high schools better prepare students for college-level work and the workforce: planning at the state and district levels; rigorous curricula; real-world relevant curricula; improving...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Conjunctions
This site is prepared by Professor Charles Darling of Capital Community College, this extremely thorough site breaks down its discussion into categories of coordinating, subordinating, and correlative conjunctions. Focuses most...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Prepositions Locators in Time and Place
This site is prepared by Professor Charles Darling of Capital Community College and breaks down prepositions by time, place, and movement.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: African American Students and u.s. High Schools
This fact sheet, prepared by the Alliance for Excellent Education, looks at statistics related to the graduation rates and college readiness of African-American students, as well as the quality of the teachers and schools that serve them.
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Idea: Debatabase
The IDEA Debatabase is designed to help high school and college level debaters by providing both pro and con arguments for hundreds of debate topics. These arguments have been prepared by experts in debate, both debaters and judges....
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Calling All Books!
High school students learn the basic outline of the Library of Congress Classification system that is used in larger college and public libraries. The class will place a collection of books into the correct classifications. An...
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: I Owe, I Owe, So Off to Work I Go!
Students often attend college and are faced with the mounting debt incurred from student loans. This lesson plan will guide through calculating repayment for students loans, preparing a monthly budget, and researching options for...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Alearn's Summer Math Program
This article focuses on Alearn's Summer Math Program, a non-profit organization that is committed to help more low-income, underrepresented students prepare for and complete college. These students often come with significant gaps in...
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Avoiding Design Mistakes When Creating Visuals
Using visuals in a speech can enhance the speech and captivate the audience, only if used effectively. Review design errors and learn how to avoid them when choosing visuals for your speech. SL.11-12.5 Audio Visuals
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Learning Enrichment:reading Skills in the Social Studies
Discussion of the critical reading skills needed in Social Studies, although the skills discussed can apply to a variety of areas. This is part of a larger site containing numerous lesson plans for Social Studies, and this page is really...
EL Education
El Education: Radon Study
Students work together with local scientists and undergraduates students at a local college to learn about radon and test radon levels in their area. Students collected information through interviews and prepared individual reports for...
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Live Career: Quintessential Careers: Information Interview Tutorial
This tutorial from Quintessential Careers offers a discussion of informational interviewing and how it is a networking tool. Loaded with helpful and detailed tips. SL.9-10.6 Adapt to task/formal