Institute and Museum of the History of Science
Museo Galileo: Multimedia: Video: Astronomical Use of the Plane Astrolabe
Invented in ancient Egypt, the plane astrolabe is a tool used by astronomers and navigators to determine time and identifying positions of the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets. Read text or view the video to understand the details of its...
Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Beginnings of the Movement: African American Men Get the Vote
Explore the ways in which the women's suffrage movement, after African-American men were given the right to vote, fell short. Read texts from this period of time.
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The War of 1812: The Burning of Washington
A one minute video and two primary source accounts of the burning of Washington, D.C. during the War of 1812. Students can read text of a British soldier's account as well as a letter on the topic written by Dolley Madison to her sister.
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Ask Lois Terms: Associative Property
Are you confused about the associative property? Well, just ask Lois. Set up in the "Dear Abbey," format, students can email Lois to get answers to their math questions. Easy to read text, written in "kid friendly" language with...
Smithsonian Institution
Nat'l Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Greatest Show on Earth
See a poster advertising The Greatest Show on Earth and read text explaining why the poster was so important to advertising the circus.
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Arild Hauge's Runes: About the Runes
This site from Arild Hauge's Runes provides an easy-to-read text about the runes and their meaning. Illustrations of rune artifacts. Although the author is from Denmark, home of the Vikings, please be aware that we could not ascertain...
Alberta Online Encyclopedia
Alberta Online Encyclopedia: The Metis in Alberta
Explore the Metis Peoples in Alberta--their beginnings, the people and their communities and their culture and lifestyle. Listen to content, view pictures, read text and follow the timeline of this Aboriginal peoples of Alberta.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Connecting With Reading
A brief slideshow that identifies and defines the ways that readers can make connections while reading a text (Text to Self, Text to Text and Text to World) and instructions about annotating while reading. Includes a worksheet that...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Academic Reading Strategies
This lesson focuses on reading strategies including understanding your purpose, and before, during, and after reading strategies.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Activities for Struggling Readers
How can you help the struggling readers in your classroom? This site offers some insight into activities to help develop your students reading skills.
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Nclr: The Essentials of Teaching Reading
Find out what the essentials are for teaching reading. This site provides vital information for teachers in developing the most successful reading program for their students.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Identify, Compare, Write Nonfiction
Lesson that introduces the concepts of nonfiction to elementary students. Through reading and interactive lessons, students engage the genre of nonfiction and begin to write their own examples.
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Textkit: Greek and Latin Learning Tools
This site is developed by lovers of ancient languages to help people of all ages learn Greek and Latin. Includes many downloadable grammar and reading texts as well as classical e-books. Tutorials are available and e-mail vocabulary...
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Canadian Heritage: Alberta
A brief overview of the province of Alberta. Easy to read text plus photos make this perfect for the younger researcher.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Creating Text Sets for Whole Class Instruction
Learn what makes a strong English language arts (ELA) curriculum by creating text sets for the whole-class instruction.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Critical Reading: Logic and Structure
This lesson focuses on structure and logic including types and purposes of essays, organizational patterns, argumentative writing, and logic and fallacies.
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides & Strategies: How to Read an Essay
Use this guide when reading an expository text or any type of essay, as it provides important questions you should ask yourself while you read. You can access this page in multiple languages from the English homepage.
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Critical Reading: How the Language Really Works: Interpretation
In this brief article, the author considers the ways that readers interpret text. An interesting comparison between reading and viewing a painting is worth a look.
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Mantex: Tutorials: What Is Close Reading?
This site discusses the four types of reading: Linguistic, Semantic, Structural, and Cultural and offers a detailed example of close reading. RL.11-12.3 Auth choice story elem, RL.11-12.5 Choice of Text Structure
Education.com
Education.com: Rl.3.5 Worksheets: Refer to Parts of Stories, Dramas, and Poems
[Free Registration/Login Required] Links to 20 worksheets and graphic organizers for students to use while practicing skills within third grade reading standard RL.3.5.
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