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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: F. H. Burnett: The Secret Garden

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource presents the text of the popular children's book, "The Secret Garden." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which...
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Website
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Thornton Burgess

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource presents the texts of two of Thornton Burgess's nature-oriented children's books, "The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat," and "Whitefoot the Woodmouse." The texts can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or...
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eBook
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: L. Frank Baum

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers the texts of five of Baum's original 13 "Oz" book. Included are "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz," "The Emerald City of Oz," "Tik-Tok of Oz," and "The Tin Woodman of Oz." The texts can be...
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Website
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Barnum: Squinty, the Comical Pig

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This resource presents the text of Richard Barnum's children's story, "Squinty, the Comical Pig." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support...
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Handout
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Henry B. Plant

For Students 9th - 10th
From a book titled "The Greatest Men of Florida," this is an account of the life and works of Henry B. Plant, whose work was instrumental in the development of the Gulf Coast area of Florida. The text can be read online, downloaded in...
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Primary
University of South Florida

Lit2 Go: Sojourner Truth: Ain't I a Woman?

For Students 1st - 9th
Audio [2:26] and text of speech made by Sojourner Truth, Ain't I a Woman? (1851)
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Handout
University of South Florida

School Networks: Glossary

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive glossary on networking terms.
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Handout
University of South Florida

Holocaust: People: Sinti and Roma

For Students 9th - 10th
This page discusses in detail what happened to the persecuted Romani people during the Holocaust. It also provides links to further content about lives of Roma and Sinti people during this period.
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Lesson Plan
University of South Florida

Project Oceanography: Single Celled Organisms [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students explore three kinds of symbiotic relationships involving unicellular organisms. They will also look more closely at the relationship between zooxanthellae and coral, and the importance of nitrogen-fixing bacteria...
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Primary
University of South Florida

Civil Rights and Conflict Selected Speeches: No Compromise With Evil of Slavery

For Students 9th - 10th
A speech given by William Lloyd Garrison in 1854 in which he advocates for the abolition of slavery. The readability level, word count, and citation are provided. An audio rendition of the speech can be heard as well as downloaded in mp3...
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Author's Purpose

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section focuses on identifying the author's purpose.
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Graphic Organizers

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section teaches students to use graphic organizers.
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Probable Passage

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section provides help in using the "probable passage" technique to aid comprehension. In addition, links are available to...
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Semantic Feature Analysis

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section on semantic features helps students recognize supporting details as they read.
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Story Mapping

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section focuses on story mapping, which helps students put events of a story in sequential order.
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Selective Underlining

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section focuses on identifying main ideas and significant details by selectively underlining them in a text.
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University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Paynes Prairie

For Students 9th - 10th
Adapted from Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park brochure, this article gives an excellent overview of the nature preserve and its history. The quiz offers feedback immediately.
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Handout
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Ben Franklin

For Students 9th - 10th
Ben Franklin is the subject of this passage and the comprehension questions which follow. The test is interactive online, and may be printed for use in the classroom by going to the site map and choosing PRINTABLE MATERIALS.
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Handout
University of South Florida

Fcit: A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Teacher's Guide to the Holocaust offers an overview of the people and events of the Holocaust. Extensive teacher resources and student activities are included, as well as photographs, documents, art, music, movies, literature, and more.
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eBook
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Lewis Carroll: Symbolic Logic

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of a book "discussing the area of mathematics which studies the purely formal properties of strings of symbols." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter...
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Fcat Practice Reading Tests

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Provides nine interactive, online practice tests for the fourth grade Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). Each test uses a number of reading skills and uses both multiple choice questions and short written responses. It...
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Unit Plan
University of South Florida

Fcat Reading Grade 4: Teaching Strategies

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This is a great resource that concentrates strategies and student activities in one place in an easy to use format, and can be navigated easily. Find great examples of probable passage, selective underlining, and semantic feature...
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Chronological Order

For Students 2nd - 5th Standards
The site provides extensive assistance in preparing 4th-grade students for Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. This section focuses on identifying the chronological order.
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Study Guide
University of South Florida

Fcat Express: Chronological Order

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Strategies to help students recognize the order of events in a selection provided by a standardized test preparation site intended for fourth grade. Includes strategies such as plot diagrams, probable passages, story mapping, summary...