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Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Leon Sverdlove on the Taft Hartley Act

For Students 9th - 10th
It's interesting to read about the anti-union sentiment that led to the Taft-Hartley Act after World War II, but even more amazing to see how that sentiment was tied to the anti-communist witch hunts of the time. Read the comments of the...
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Activity
Chemistry Collective

Chem Collective: Camping Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
Measure the enthalpy of a reaction and then create a solution warm enough to cook food.
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Handout
Intel Corporation

Intel Education: Lesson 1: What Is Binary Code?

For Students 9th - 10th
A short description of binary numbers and how they work.
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Activity
Mathematics Archives

Math Archives: Eccentricity in Polar Conics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Good site explaining Eccentricity in Polar Conics. The site is quite detailed.
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Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Joe Rudiak Remembers the 1919 Strike

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an interview with a former steelworker, who recalls the Great Steel Strike of 1919 when he was a young boy. Find out the ramifications for his family because his father was a union man who supported the strike. An audio of the...
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Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Port of Entry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Through this activity students become historical detectives and use documents to trace the impact of immigration on the US.
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Handout
Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Oscar Wilde the Model Millionaire

For Students 9th - 10th
The full text of Oscar Wilde's short story, "The Model Millionaire." Includes a link to other full texts of Wilde's work on Bibliomania.
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Handout
American Public Media

American Public Media: Jesse Jackson (1941 )

For Students 9th - 10th
Offered is a brief biographical sketch of Baptist preacher, Jesse Jackson, and the full text of his 1988 "Keep Hope Alive" speech at the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
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Article
Amby Duncan-Carr

Amby: Resume Samples & Resume Worksheets

For Students 9th - 10th
Do you need to see a resume example? Use the resume worksheets and examples to get your resume started.
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Unit Plan
City University of New York

Brooklyn College: Melani: Emily Dickinson: Death

For Students 9th - 10th
This is Emily Dickinson's poem "Because I could not stop for Death" followed by an analysis of the poem.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Analyzing Poetry [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource explains how to analyze a poem for its subject, narrator, tone, diction, and more. "Open" and "closed" poems are defined. Explanation are provided for "metrical feet" and "rhyme scheme" in poetry. William Shakespeare's "My...
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Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Pennsylvania State University: Much Ado About Nothing [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 77-page PDF of the full text of the Shakespearean comedy Much Ado About Nothing provided by Pennsylvania State University's Electronic Classics Series.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

The Molecular Workbench Database: Models of the Atom's Electron Orbitals

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about atomic structure and the multiple theories of atomic structure in this simulation.
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Article
National Arts Centre (Canada)

Arts Alive: Ludwig Van Beethoven

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the National Arts Centre of Canada explores the life of Beethoven (1770-1827 CE). Read about his education, musical contemporaries, loss of hearing, and his death. There are also discussions of many of his famous works,...
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Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Living the Revolution: America, 1789 1820

For Students 9th - 10th
Over thirty primary sources explore the American Revolution covering the topics of early republican life, religion, politics, expansion, and equality. Includes notes and discussion questions.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Who Are the Baka?

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from Africa features the Baka, people who live in the rainforest in southeast Cameroon.
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Website
University of Arizona

Nasa: The History of Mars Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the time line from 1960 to the 2000s about Mars Missions. Choose from news, explorations, blogs, gallery, and missions to learn more about Mars exploration.
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Handout
University of California

Uc Berkeley: Recommended Search Strategy

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of California provides a chart presenting a recommended 5-step search strategy.
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Unit Plan
University of California

Uc Davis: Trigonometric Integrals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site lists numerous trigonometric identities and integrals. It also provides several examples of how to solve integrals.
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Primary
University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Sixties Project: A Veteran Speaks Against the War

For Students 9th - 10th
This site by the Sixties Project gives the text of the speech given by Bob Muller, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, to a meeting of the Student Assembly of Columbia University on July 23, 1971.
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Primary
University of Chicago

The Founders' Constitution: Resolution of the Constitutional Convention

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of the Resolution of the Constitutional Convention authorizing the submission of the Constitution of the United States to the legislatures of the states to be ratified by state conventions.
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Unit Plan
Tramline

Tramline, Inc.: Virtual Ocean Field Trip

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this enchanting site, students will learn basic principles about oceans and will be introduced to an assortment of sea life, both plant and animal. Other interesting ocean links can be found on the teacher resource section of this link.
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Activity
University of Texas at Austin

Introduction to French Determiners

For Students 9th - 10th
Concise overview of French determiners. Includes definite, indefinite, and partitive articles, as well as demonstrative (ce,cet,cette, ces)and possessive(mon, ma, mes)determiners. A great introduction to the grammatical concept.
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Activity
University of Texas at Austin

Ut Austin: Introduction to French Prepositions

For Students 9th - 10th
Brief intro to French Prepositions - Compares to English to highlight differences (with examples).