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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Rediscovering Biology: Unit 4: Microbial Diversity

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete learning module on microbial diversity that includes a downloadable textbook chapter, teacher guide, and lesson activities. The chapter can also be viewed online. In addition, there are animations, images, a video, and...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Epic of Gilgamesh

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Epic of Gilgamesh. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from Gilgamesh and find dozens of rich and varied...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Pamuk: My Name Is Red

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers My Name Is Red, by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamluk. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the novel and find...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Homer: The Odyssey

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Homer's Odyssey. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from The Odyssey and find dozens of rich and varied...
Lesson Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Euripides: The Bacchae

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The Bacchae, by Euripides. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the play and find dozens of rich and...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: The Bhagavad Gita

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Bhagavad Gita. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the Gita and find dozens of rich and varied...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Shikibu: The Tale of Genji

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The Tale of Genji, byMurasaki Shikibu. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the tale and find dozens of...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Wu: Journey to the West

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Chinese folk novel Journey to the West (also known at The Monkey), generally ascribed to sixteenth-century writer Wu Cheng'en. Lesson centers on a half-hour video...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Candide

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Candide, by Voltaire. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the satire and find dozens of rich and varied...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: One Hundred Years of Solitude

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Popol Vuh

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Popol Vuh, a Mayan text that combines history and myth. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on Popol Vuh. Read an excerpt from the work...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Roy: The God of Small Things

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the novel. Read an excerpt from the work and find...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Multimedia course focuses on thirteen literary classics from many different times and many different cultures. Each lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on a particular work. Read excerpts from each work and...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Exploring the Cultural Framework

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Use the triangle model of the cultural framework to explore how products, practices and perspectives are interrelated. Compare two different products, practices and perspectives and see sample answers for each from two different cultures.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: On Trial: Anonymous Sources (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson in which learners investigate issues of journalistic ethics revolving around the reporting of leaked information, promises of confidentiality, and the public's right to know. Students also conduct a mock trial, attempting to...
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Everything ESL

Back to School Esl Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Provide the English learners in your class with the opportunity to develop pride in their heritage. Help strengthen the positive self-esteem of your students. It provides downloads.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Animal Movements

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
For this lesson, students will explore animal movements. They will compare movements and relate them to where animals live and how they obtain food. The lesson includes animal cards and a worksheet as well as strategies for diverse...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Cultural Communication Styles: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that communication symbols and styles vary in meaning and application between cultures. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Cultural Communication Styles."
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Black and White"

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Excellent resource for empowering students to become better learners. This lesson plan includes making students aware of racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity in a positive way. Good resource.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: In Group/out Group: Relationships and Attitudes: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand ways in which group membership affects people's perceptions and actions towards their own and other groups. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "In-Group/Out-Group: Relationships and...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Cultural Worldview: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
At the end of this tutorial, the learner will understand that culture of origin has an effect on individuals' perceptions of how the world is and how the world "should" be. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Cultural Worldview."
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Pyramid Equality

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson plan will result in students solving equations and using properties to form equivalent expressions. It provides downloadable PDF resources to go along with the activity as well as strategies for diverse learners, extensions...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Complete "Red Book Series" Focused on Reading Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This binder provides copies of the original "Red Book Series" titles and links to online resources created for today's classrooms. Educators can access basic research about reading, view videos, download lesson plans, and learn how to...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Easy Equivalent Measures

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Easy Equivalent Measures is an exciting, engaging lesson that will make this unpopular, hard skill EASY for your students. We will use Input/Output charts to demonstrate our knowledge of equivalent measures. This lesson will support the...