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Read Works

Read Works: Inventions: Then and Now

For Teachers 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the telephone, calculator, television, and clock have changed since they were invented. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in comparing and contrasting.
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Read Works

Read Works: Famous Inventors Alexander Graham Bell: You Rang?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage shares brief biographical information about Alexander Graham Bell and his role in inventing the telephone. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
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Article
University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 587: Alexander Graham Bell

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the life and achievements of Canadian inventor, Alexander Graham Bell. Focuses on the two fascinations that marked Bell's whole life: his concern for the deaf and for flight, and the inventions that resulted. This is a...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs: Technology Slider

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a view into the American home over the past 100 years and illustrates the role technology played in daily life.
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Website
Other

Cpsr: Cyber Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
CPSR offers an informative discussion of current legal and policy topics hosted by group working for rights of assembly and speech for online communities.
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Article
College Grad

College Grad: Job Search Central

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource explains how to set up a "control center" to organize your job search much like a business.
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Other

I Am Special: Yo Soy Especial

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Dynamic site for teachers who have Spanish ESL students. Activities for students to strengthen basic concepts such as writing their own name, address and telephone number. It offers Spanish and English capability. Downloads provided.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Alexander Graham Bell

For Teachers 5th - 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This site includes a biography of Alexander Graham Bell. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and establishes scaffolding for vocabulary...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Telephones: Then and Now

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This short literary text passage is about how telephones have changed over the years. This passage is intended for guided practice and is designed to reinforce essential reading comprehension skills...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 207 Blossom and Snappy Learn About Utilities

For Students K - 1st Standards
Blossom and Snappy help Robbie prepare for a dinner party. They make a decorative centerpiece out of postage stamps. In order to help Robbie, they decide to pay her bills for her. In doing this, Blossom and Snappy visit and learn about...
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Curated OER

Telephone Songs

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an amusing site that deals with telephones. Take a break from learning all these skills and learn how to play a couple songs!
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Tale of Text Messages: A Character Study of a Tale of Two Cities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students engage in a character study of the numerous figures created by Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. They compare and contrast several forms of communication: email, text message, and telephone; complete a character study...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Inventions: Then and Now

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about popular inventions and how they have changed throughout the year, including: the telephone, the calculator, the television, and the clock. A question sheet is available to...
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Handout
Other

Market Connections: Research Faq

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page offers explanations of research methods and how they work. Though aimed at businesses, it provides good information about conducting school research as well.

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