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Annenberg Learner: Interactives: Rock Cycle: How Rocks Change
Find out how rocks and rock layers change with erosion and weathering.
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Annenberg Learner: American Passages a Literary Survey
A series of 16 Instructional Units on American Literature with texts, videos, instructor guides, and more. Topics include: Native Voices, Exploring Borderlands, Utopian Promise, Spirit of Nationalism, Masculine Heroes, Gothic...
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Annenberg Learner: Reading Like a Historian
During this 8-day unit, students will engage in collecting text evidence and then writing about their findings. They will answer the following question with credible, well-explained evidence: Why did Andrew Jackson and Elias Boudinot...
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Annenberg Learner: Literature: Exploring Point of View
This page explains point of view by discussing examples of situations where mutiple people witness an event, but have different perspectives on what occured. It offers a link at the bottom of the page to information about types of point...
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Annenberg Learner: Design a Roller Coaster
An interactive lesson where students design and build their own virtual roller coaster. Choose the height of the hills. the shape of the hills. and loop to find out if you successfully used physics concepts to pass the safety and fun...
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Annenberg Classroom: Energy and the Environment
A timeline discussing when the environmental acts and major events took place. Scroll through to learn details about the different acts that have been passed to preserve our energy and environment.
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Annenberg Classroom: The Preamble
The preamble is the introduction to the Constitution. It outlines the general goals of the framers: to create a just government and to ensure peace, adequate national defense, and a healthy, free nation. With its first three words, "We...
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Annenberg Classroom: The Annenberg Guide to the United States Constitution
The Annenberg guide to the United States Constitution: what It says, what It means. RI.11-12.8 seminal U.S. texts
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Annenberg Classroom: Eleventh Amendment
Text of the 11th Amendment limiting the type of lawsuits brought against states. The page includes explanation and links to related resources.
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Annenberg Classroom: Twelfth Amendment
Primary source text of the 12th Amendment accompanied by an explanation of the history and meaning. Links to resources for further study of this Constitutional Amendment.
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Annenberg Classroom: Thirteenth Amendment
Annenberg Classroom resource provides text of the 13th Amendment with an explanation of what it means. Links to related resources.
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Annenberg Classroom: Fourteenth Amendment
Text and brief description of the history and meaning of the 14th Amendment. Links to related resources listed.
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Annenberg Classroom: Twenty Third Amendment
Text of the 23rd Amendment and accompanying explanation in Annenberg Classroom Civics Education site.
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Annenberg Classroom: Twenty Fourth Amendment
Text and explanation of the 24th Amendment banning poll tax.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Use Context Clues to Decipher Words
This reading resource discusses the strategy of using context clues to decipher new words. A list of guiding questions is provided to help students as they use context clues to understand new words.
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Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits: Marianne Moore
Marianne Moore is the focus of this brief biography, remembered for her twentieth century poetry which embraced nature in a scientific sense as well as humanity. See "Marianne Moore Activities" for related materials.
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Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Migrant Struggle: Tomas Rivera
Capitalizing on his life as a migrant farmer, Tomas Rivera's literary contributions focus on humanity, as examined in this brief biography. See "Tomas Rivera Activities" for related resources.
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Annenberg Learner: Colonial Settlement: Interactive Timeline
In this interactive timeline see how other European nations, along with the British, colonized America and how events in Europe impacted colonization.
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Annenberg Learner: The Events of 1831: Interactive Timeline
This interactive timeline helps you examine how some of the events of 1831 were related. Significant events include slavery, abolition, evangelical revivalism, and new inventions.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Main Ideas and Supporting Details
Learn how to identify the main ideas and supporting details in an informational text by using a list of guiding questions.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Make Inferences and Draw Conclusions
Learn how to go beyond the literal meaning of a text by using a list of guiding questions to make inferences and draw conclusions.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Paraphrase / Retell
Learn how to paraphrase a text by using a list of guiding questions.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Recognize Cause and Effect Relationships
Learn how to identify the cause and effect relationships within a text by using a list of guiding questions.
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Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Reading Strategies: Summarize Information
Learn what a summary is and how to write an objective summary of an informational text by using a list of guiding questions.