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Project Britain

Primary Homework Help: Color Investigation Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 8th
Try making words on the screen disappear by changing the background color of this page. Add or subtract red, green, or blue, and see how light is made up of many different colors.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: A Word Game for Kids: The Colored Animal Game for Kids

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
How did this zebra turn green? Do the other zebras like him still? Young writers click on the animal button and the color button until they find a combination they want to write about. Then they write a story about the animal including...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Mark Twain's "A True Story, Repeated Word for Word as I Heard It." Neutral phrases are blue while non southern phrases are red and southern phrases are...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Chinese Jade: An Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
What is jade? The English term "jade" is used to translate the Chinese word yu, refers to a number of minerals including nephrite, jadeite, serpentine and bowenite, while jade refers only to nephrite and jadeite. Chemically nephrite is a...
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PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Rainbow Math Activity Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Red apples, orange candles, yellow stars, green frogs, and blue, indigo, and violet flowers-they all add up to Rainbow Math fun! During this adventure children learn the colors of the rainbow as they practice counting, adding and...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "The Tone of American Pie" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted the lyrics to Don McLean's "American Pie." Details with a nostalgic tone are blue while details with a sad tone are red and an indignant or outraged tone...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Color Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Are your students still using words like red, blue and green instead of words like crimson, aqua and emerald to describe nouns? This flipchart will jump start them into thinking about more interesting...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Maya Angelou's poem "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings." Details that show unjust treatment are blue while details that show poverty are green, and details...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Pedagogy of the Oppressed" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Paulo Freire's "Pedagogy of the Oppressed." Text highlighted in blue represents insightful details, red represents things that are difficult to understand,...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "The March of the Flag" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Albert J. Beveridge's "The March of the Flag (1898)." Text highlighted in blue shows benevolence while red shows economic interest in red, and...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Mine Is a Wide Estate" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted James Still's "Mine is a Wide Estate." Text details that are neutral are blue, non-Appalachian are red, and Appalachian are green. Click on any word to see...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Affrilachia" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have Frank X. Walker's "Affrilachia." Text details that are neutral are blue, African-American are red, and Appalachian are green. Click on any word to see the percentage of...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "The Road Not Taken" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have Robert Frost's "The Road Not Taken." Text details related to sight are blue, time are red, and agency are green. Click on any word to see the percentage of users that...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "What Mitosis Has to Do With Families" Visualization

For Students 7th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have ReadWorks' "What Mitosis Has to Do with Families." Text details related to descriptions are blue, definitions/examples are red, and comparisons/contrasts are green....
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "What I Learned From the Incredible Hulk" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Aimee Nezhukumatathil's "What I Learned from the Incredible Hulk." allusions are blue, questions or pauses are red, and details that are liked or important...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Tom Sawyer Chapter 2 Opening" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted the opening of chapter 2 of Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer. Emotional details are blue, sensory details are red, and nature details are green. Click on any word to...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "The Wife of Bath's Prologue [Excerpt]" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an excerpt of Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath's Prologue." Diction is blue while tone is red and imagery is green. Click on any word to see the...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Maples" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Judith Pordon's "Maples." Imagery is blue while personification is red and archetype is green. Click on any word to see the percentage of users that...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Sam and Jack" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an excerpt from Frederick Douglass' narrative. Details that show pathos are blue while details that show catalogue are red and details that show epistrophe...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Sailing to Byzantium" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an excerpt from William Butler Yeats' "Sailing to Byzantium." Details that show aging are blue, nature imagery details are red, and body descriptions are...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "We Shall Overcome" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have Dr. Charles Tindley's "We Shall Overcome." Details showing emotions are blue while inferences are red, and meaningful repetition is green. Click on any word to see the...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Influences on Achievement" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Grant Wiggins' blog post "Influences on Achievement." Strategies we currently use are blue while strategies that are easy to begin are red, and the most...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Adt Ad Analysis" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted an advertisement from ADT. Details that show logos are blue while ethos are red and pathos are green. Click on any word to see the percentage of users that...
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Gettysburg Address" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address." Details that show logos are blue while ethos are red and pathos are green. Click on any word to see the percentage...