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TES Global

Tes: Teaching History With 100 Objects: Bust of Ramesses Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] The Bust Of Ramesses II, an ancient Egyptian king, is part of the "Teaching History with 100 Objects" collection from The British Museum. This resource includes images of several artifacts, a list of...
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TES Global

Tes: James Stuart and Witchcraft

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on King James I and his belief in witchcraft. It includes information and activities about witches, conducting research about James's superstitions and his book Deamonologie, and...
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: General Chuck Yeager, Usaf

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography with photos and audio on Chuck Yeager, an Air Force pilot credited with being the first man to break the sound barrier. Site includes photos, audio and text.
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Primary
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: "Patrick Cleburne's Proposal to Arm Slaves"

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this letter from January 2, 1864, Patrick R. Cleburne, a Confederate commander, writes to a Confederate general proposing that black soldiers be added to their ranks as they were in grave danger of...
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Primary
Read Works

Read Works: Passages: The u.s. Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is the Constitution of the United States; a vocabulary worksheet is provided for the words "favor" and "right."
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Women in Ancient Rome

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Women in the Civil Rights Movement

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Valley Forge and the American Revolution" by Barbara Radner

For Students 5th - 6th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Who Was Anne Frank?" by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Reconstruction

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each text is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see the...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Rasuptin: Mysteries of a Monk's Life and Death

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Excerpt From Trail of Tears Diary" by Jobe Alexander & Mary Hill

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Changing America

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Egypt's Pyramids

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Egyptian Mummies" by Us history.org

For Students 7th - 8th
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Egyptian Social Structure

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Election Central: Election Collection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 21 election-related resources to help teachers engage students in the political process and spark discussion.
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Emmett Till" by Jessica Mc Birney

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Empowering the Black Power Movement

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Article
CommonLit

Common Lit: "The Road to American Independence" by Jessica Mc Birney

For Students 9th - 10th
This informational text recounts America's road to independence, starting from the beginning of English colonization in North America and ending with the final battle of the American Revolution. A specific purpose for reading and...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Pictures and Text Work Together Too!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
The class will read the informational text "Together They Were Better". As the teacher reads the book aloud, she/he will use the illustrations from each page to give students clues as to the text on the page, helping them to see the...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Comparing and Contrasting With "Then and Now"

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This instructional activity is a great small group reading instructional activity that has a social studies connection. In this instructional activity, learners will be comparing and contrasting schools from long ago and schools of today...
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Lesson Plan
Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Similarities and Differences Between Two Text

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
For this lesson, through guided practice, the students use two texts about Martin Luther King to compare the similarities and differences between those texts. Includes videos of the lesson in action, printable charts, and a graphic...
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PPT
TES Global

Tes: Teaching Shakespeare: Tudor Fashion

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show features men's and women's Tudor fashion for the rich and the poor. The students are to study these and design an outfit to fit the person.