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CommonLit

Common Lit: What Your Most Vivid Memories Say About You

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "What Your Most Vivid Memories Say About You" by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: More Than One Way to Create Vivid Verbs

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons to help students use vivid verbs in their writing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection...
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Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Using Language Effectively

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on using language effectively in your speech including using clear words and phrases, defining key terms, writing descriptively, using vivid language, considering your style and tone, and determining and addressing...
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Massachusetts Historical Society

Mhs: Coming of the American Revolution: Battle of Bunker Hill

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed vivid description of the Battle of Bunker Hill with supporting original documents and great teacher resources.
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Article
Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Across the Continental Divide

For Students 9th - 10th
In late 1805, Lewis led his party across the Continental Divide. Read numerous journal entries that describe in vivid detail this experience.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Oral Storytelling and Dramatization

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students begin this lesson by discussing what makes a good, vivid story and creating a working checklist of the criteria for a good story. They explore background information about the Mercury Theatre production of the "War of the...
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Website
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Savage Earth: Volcanoes Out of the Inferno

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS's The Savage Earth provides online learning associated with the series including vivid pictures, animations, and detailed information about volcanoes. Learn about the formation and causes of volcanoes as well as the characteristics...
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Lesson Plan
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Teacher's Guide for the Exhibition "Virtues of Memory"

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Many survivors chose to release their feelings about the Holocaust through art. This artwork can be used in the classroom to create a more vivid way of understanding the Holocaust. Young scholars will analyze and interpret some of this...
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Other

Texas Escapes: A Survivor's Account of the Goliad Massacre

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site read a vivid account from a survivor of the Goliad Massacre.
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Article
Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Thanks for the Memories

For Students 9th - 10th
Everyone wants a good memory but we don't often ask ourselves what memory is for. Let's begin our exploration of why memory is important and how it works with a little memory test: Do you remember what you learned in class last...
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Other

Ray's Web: Wildlife of the Rocky Mountains

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource contains vivid pictures and detailed information about the wildlife of the Rocky Mountains.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Becoming Visible: Grace Paley

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Grace Paley is presented in this brief biography highlighting her contributions to literature for her vivid expressions of American local-color through her writings. See "Grace Paley Activities" for related materials.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Poetry of Liberation: Lorna Dee Cervantes

For Students 9th - 10th
Lorna Dee Cervantes is presented in this brief biography, drawing attention to political and social messages which are camouflaged by vivid use of nature in her writings. See "Lorna Dee Cervantes Activities" for related materials.
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Website
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Destination Mars

For Students 9th - 10th
This fascinating site from NPR describes the two missions launched on June 11, 2003 to explore Mars and collect evidence that may help scientists solve the many mysteries of Mars. The site contains vivid pictures and links to many...
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Website
Other

Modern World History: A Case Study of British Imperialism in India

For Students 9th - 10th
India was the crown jewel of the largest empire in the history of the world. To understand how India arrived at this point, we need to look at india before colonization, specifically the rise and fall of the Mughal Empire in India. Vivid...
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Primary
Lumen Learning

Lumen: American and Puritan Literature: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

For Students 9th - 10th
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" is a sermon written by British Colonial Christian theologian Jonathan Edwards, preached to his own congregation in Northampton, Massachusetts to an unknown effect, and again on July 8, 1741, in...
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Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Hypatia of Alexandria

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of St Andrews gives a vivid biography of Hypatia and her influence in ancient mathematics, neoplatonic philosophy, and Alexandrian politics. Includes links to related biographies and topics.
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Handout
Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Sun

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the sun through this site that includes vivid multimedia resources. Learn sun statistics and view numerous images of the sun and eclipses.
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Handout
Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Uranus

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the planet Uranus through this site that includes vivid multimedia resources. Learn Uranus statistics and view numerous images.
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Handout
Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Jupiter

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the planet Jupiter through this site that includes vivid multimedia resources. Learn Jupiter statistics and view numerous images.
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Handout
Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Earth

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the planet Earth through this site that includes vivid multimedia resources. Learn Earth statistics and view numerous images.
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Website
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: An Act of Courage: Arrest Records of Rosa Parks

For Students 9th - 10th
A vividly detailed account of the events that led to the arrest of Rosa Parks for "violating a city law requiring racial segregation of public buses". Provided are copies of documents relating to her arrest that were used as evidence in...
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Website
Other

A Digital Artist: On the Road in China

For Students 9th - 10th
Vivid imagery of China is captured on this fascinating web site. Find photo journals, paintings, interactive movies, and more.
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Website
Other

Modern World History: Early Modern Empires (1500 1800)

For Students 9th - 10th
The roots of globalization began in the 15th century as modern empires began to thrive through trade. Asia was at its strongest during this time period, while Europe lagged behind until the discovery of America and an ocean route to Asia...

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