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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Elements of Literature: Guide to Number the Stars [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive mini-guide to Lowry's novel "Number the Stars." Provides excellent and detailed information concerning historical/biographical context, characters, chapter study questions, and post-reading activities.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (9) reading passages (grades 5-11) to pair with "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry. Number the Stars is historical fiction set during WWII in Nazi occupied Denmark. 10-year-old Annemarie Johansen risks her life to help the Rosens,...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

For Students 3rd - 5th
Have you ever read the Newbery award book Number the Stars by Lois Lowry? This site provides discussion questions, a writing prompt, an extension activity, and more.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Number the Stars Word Work

For Students 3rd - 5th
A six-part learning module with links to texts, videos, and images to better understand vocabulary while reading Lois Lowry's Number the Stars.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

For Students 3rd - 5th
A learning module with sixteen links to images, videos, and texts to use while reading Lois Lowry's Number the Stars.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Number the Stars by Mrs. Wade

For Students 4th - 6th
A six-part learning module with links to images, websites, and videos to use while reading Lois Lowry's Number the Stars.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Jewel of Seven Stars by Bram Stoker

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published 1903, one work is The Jewel of Seven Stars. This horror novel was written by Bram Stoker.
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Five Stars for Emily Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Five Stars for Emily, a novel written by Kathleen Cook Waldron, looks at a young girl's experience of leaving modern comforts behind and going to live in a log cabin without electricity. This teacher's guide includes a book summary,...
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Number the Stars

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This teacher resource includes a review of Lois Lowry's Number the Stars, things to notice in the book and discuss, and related learning activities and links.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Online: Number the Stars

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
This detailed unit includes author biography, ideas for introducing the novel, related reading suggestions, reproducibles and more. Acrobat Reader required to read the study guide.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Number the Stars by Lois Lowry

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Set in 1943 when the Nazis occupied Denmark, ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen is asked to carry out a heroic deed and aid her uncle in his efforts to smuggle Danish Jews across the sea to Sweden, where they will be safe. She has already...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Number the Stars: Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th
This animation features a discussion about Lois Lowry's novel Number The Stars, which was written about the WW2 Occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany. 2:19sec.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of the novel The Street of Seven Stars by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Register for a free account to unlock annotation tools, printing, and more.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Number the Stars

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Number The Stars" by Lois Lowry. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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Other

Study Guide for the Novel: "Number the Stars"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site a sixth grade teacher offers this collection of discussion/study questions and classroom activities.
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Other

Book Club Lesson Plan: Number the Stars

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Designed to be used in conjunction with other schools, the activities and lessons here could be used by a single class as well.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ology: What Do You Know About Stars?

For Students 6th - 8th
Test your knowledge with this ten-question quiz on stars. Focusing on stars in the Milky Way galaxy, questions range from the life cycle of a star to the number of stars in our galaxy.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Where Did All the Stars Go?

For Students 3rd - 5th
If you live in a big city or urban area it is hard to see many stars at night. In most urban areas only the most brilliant stars, planets and the moon can be seen. This is because of something called light pollution which is the...
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Moon and the Stars

For Students 3rd - 5th
When you are in the city, only a few of the brightest stars are visible. But when you are in the country, you can see many more stars than you can count. Sometimes you can even see the bright belt of our galaxy, the Milky Way. In this...
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Maths Challenge

Maths challenge.net: Three Circles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a proof problem, considered a "three star" geometry problem requiring knowledge of proofs and properties of circles.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ology: In Pictures: Journey to the Stars

For Students 3rd - 5th
Two astrophysicists present images of stellar phenomena in this resource and explain why stars are so important to the existence of life on Earth.
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NASA

Nasa Star Child: Star Child

For Students 3rd - 8th
StarChild from NASA defines and describes the Solar System in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. The website is broken down into two versions for the student, grade school and junior high.
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Other

American Film Institute: Top Ten Science Fiction Films

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this top ten list of the greatest science fiction movies as picked by the results of a poll taken of leaders from the creative community. Number one is "2001: A Space Odyssey" which was released in 1968.
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Lone Star Junction

Lone Star Junction: The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of a memoir by Noah Smithwick, first published in 1900. It has been heralded as one of the most accurate portrayals of early Texas life.

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