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Read Works

Read Works: Open House

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Kathryn who was not happy when her parents said the family had to move to a new house. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...
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Harvard University

Harvard University Library: Open Collections: Immigration to the u.s.,1789 1930

For Students 9th - 10th
Find books, pamphlets, photographs, maps, and manuscripts about immigration to the United States, principally nineteenth-century immigration. With a timeline of key dates in U.S. immigration history and a browsable list of search themes...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: The Metropolitan Opera House Opens

For Students 3rd - 8th
A part of America's Story on the Gilded Age: gives brief information on the Metropolitan Opera House, and opera houses in general.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Progressive Movement 1890 1920: Progressivism in the White House

For Students 11th - 12th
Looks at the Square Deal of Theodore Roosevelt, the Progressive goals of William Taft, and at legislation enacted under the New Freedom agenda of Woodrow Wilson.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "The Prince and the Pauper" Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Opens with valuable background information for "The Prince and the Pauper" as well as explanations of format. Features chapter-by-chapter summaries, historical notes, probing questions, vocabulary, and quotations. Also includes language,...
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Other

Old State House Museum: Arkansas and the u.s. Mexican War

For Students 9th - 10th
Arkansas's involvement in the U.S. - Mexican War is the focus of this detailed exhibit. The main menu lists a series of relevant topics, each of which opens to provide additional details. Highly recommended!
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Other

Open Congress

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a great tool to personalize and track all the information you want to follow about Congress. Search bills, senators, representatives, committees, issues, and forums. There are great tools to try out: facebook, widgets, and...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: u.s. History: Watergate: Nixon's Domestic Nightmare

For Students 9th - 10th
From a chapter in a history textbook. This section looks at the election of 1972, which Richard Nixon won, and the subsequent Watergate crisis. Includes review questions.
eBook
OpenStax

Open Stax: Homesteading: Dreams and Realities

For Students 11th - 12th
After reading this section from a chapter on "Westward Expansion", students will be able to identify the challenges that farmers faced as they settled west of the Mississippi River and describe the unique experiences of women who...
Primary
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Racketty Packetty House: As Told by Queen Crosspatch by Burnett

For Students 4th - 7th
This ebook version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's Racketty-Packetty House: As Told By Queen Crosspatch has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be...
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The House of the Seven Gables: A Romance

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House Of The Seven Gables: A Romance has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Old Stone House

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Constance Fenimore Woolson's The Old Stone House has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The Log School House on the Columbia

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of Hezekiah Butterworth's The Log School-House On The Columbia has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: The House at Pooh Corner

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of A. A. Milne's The House At Pooh Corner has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
eBook
Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Anne's House of Dreams

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of L. M. Montgomery's Anne's House Of Dreams has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Other

Smith College: Pompeian House

For Students 9th - 10th
View a model of a Roman home in Pompeii, consisting of a wide front entryway, an open-roofed central room with smaller rooms opening into it, and a garden at the rear.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Haunted House by Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of a collection of short stories titled "The Haunted House" by Charles Dickens. Dickens wrote the opening and closing story while other famous authors wrote the remaining stories centered around a haunted house.
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Other

Benjamin Franklin House

For Students 9th - 10th
The only remaining Franklin home, the one in London, has opened as a dynamic museum and educational facility. Although there is not a lot of information on Franklin himself, the conservation effort and subsequent use of the museum is...
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US Department of Education

Reaching All Families Creating Family Friendly Schools

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Reaching All Families, Creating Family-Friendly Schools, is the online version of the booklet published in 1996 by the U.S. Department of Education. The site presents accumulated knowledge and fresh ideas on school outreach strategies --...
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US Department of Education

Reaching All Families Creating Family Friendly Schools

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Reaching All Families, Creating Family-Friendly Schools, is the online version of the booklet published in 1996 by the U.S. Department of Education. The site presents accumulated knowledge and fresh ideas on school outreach strategies --...
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US Department of Education

Reaching All Families Creating Family Friendly Schools

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Reaching All Families, Creating Family-Friendly Schools, is the online version of the booklet published in 1996 by the U.S. Department of Education. The site presents accumulated knowledge and fresh ideas on school outreach strategies --...
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FNO Press

The New "Home Work" Suggestions to Send Home

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Information literacy can be practiced at home as well as at school. This article offers 12 suggestions for at home projects for parents and students to do together. Good for an open house handout.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Grandparents and Special Friends Day

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson was designed for our Grandparents and Special Friends day. It can be used for any visitation day, or an open house. The lesson is designed to review percent of a whole and the sector of the circle representing the percentage....
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US Department of Education

U.s. Department of Education: Let's Write!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Tips for parents on what they can do to help their children learn to write well. These are specifics things, and not just a list of general suggestions. It would make a nice handout for open house or to send home with students.

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