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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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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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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: From Courage to Freedom:frederick Douglass's 1845 Autobiography

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this 3-lesson unit, students will read Douglass's narrative. They will analyze Douglass's vivid first-hand accounts of the lives of slaves and the behavior of slave owners to see how he successfully contrasts reality with romanticism...
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Discovering Lewis & Clark

Discovering Lewis & Clark: Rocky Mountain Gates

For Students 9th - 10th
Journal entry vividly describes the expedition's journey through the four gates of the Rocky Mountains in 1805.
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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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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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British Library

British Library: Using Discovering Literature in the Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Written by the English and Media Centre with the Learning Team at the British Library, this free pack shows you how to make the most of the wealth of materials on the Discovering Literature website. Alongside digitized manuscripts and...
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Library of Congress

Loc: American Memory: Photographs of Japanese American Internment at Manzanar

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides vivid photographs taken by Ansel Adams at the Manzanar Relocation Camp for Japanese-Americans.
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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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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Canela Body Adornment

For Students 9th - 10th
Among the Canela of Brazil, adorning the body enhances appearance, signals changes in social identity, and expresses culturally prescribed values. View vivid photos of the different cosmetic treatments men and women undergo.
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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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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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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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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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Views of the Solar System

Views of the Solar System: Neptune

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

Views of the Solar System: Saturn

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the planet Saturn through this site that includes vivid multimedia resources. Learn Saturn 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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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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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: She Did What? Revising for Connotation

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Did she walk, skip, amble, dance? In this minilesson plan, learners explore connotation by acting out and revising the simple sentence "She walked into the room."

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