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Courrier International

For Students 9th - 10th
Courrier International is a weekly magazine devoted to presenting the news from diverse perspectives. This site offers brief news from around the world, plus a theme from an international perspective.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: African Voices

For Students 6th - 8th
The African culture is vibrant and filled with amazing accomplishments in the area of art, religion, economics, and education. Read comments from Africans on their rich culture and history while viewing dynamic pictures. Included are...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: Teaching Units

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Complete teaching units (12) by grade level. CommonLit units are crafted to be both engaging and rigorous, featuring a variety of literary and informational texts from diverse sources. Reading, writing, and discussion are prioritized in...
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Cartage.org: Nonvascular Plants and Nonseed Vascular Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed resource focuses on tracheophytes, psilophytes pslophytes, lycophytes, equisetophytes, and ferns. Charts, drawings, and pictures supplement the text.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Breaking Barriers: Critical Discussion of Social Issues

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Through a series of picture book read-alouds and journal entries, students engage in critical discussion of complex issues of race, class, and gender.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Units: 7th Grade Thematic Unit: Heroes

For Teachers 7th
Complete teaching unit for 7th Grade Thematic Unit: "Heroes." In this unit, 7th graders will read seven texts that explore why people act heroically. Throughout this unit, students will revisit the essential question: "Why do people act...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians the Novel

For Students 9th - 10th
These articles answer the following questions about novels between 1832-1880: From Charles Dickens to Charlotte Bronte, Elizabeth Gaskell to George Eliot, how did the writers of this period use fantasy, realism, sensationalism, and...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians London

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wordsworth's Westminster Bridge to Blake's Chimney Sweepers; from Dickens's pickpockets to Jack the Ripper; and from Wells's War of the Worlds to Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes; discover the diverse ways in which writers in this...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Childhood

For Students 9th - 10th
These articles research how childhood was depicted in the literature of the 18th and 19th century, and how perceptions of childhood were different from those of today.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Multiple Texts: Multiple Opportunities for Teaching and Learning

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Engaging all students in a themed study or unit is a challenge that teachers can resolve by using materials that match students' independent or instructional reading levels (Robb 1994, 2000). When students face textbooks that are above...
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Curated OER

Photograph of the Cast of Les Belles Soeurs, Undated

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the motivating factors behind and recurring themes of Canadian author Michel Tremblay's diverse collection of works. This site offers a look into the author's cultural context as well as excerpts from his published works and...
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Curated OER

Cover of Les Anciennes Odeurs, 1981, With a Photograph of Michel Tremblay

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the motivating factors behind and recurring themes of Canadian author Michel Tremblay's diverse collection of works. This site offers a look into the author's cultural context as well as excerpts from his published works and...
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Curated OER

Cover of L'homme Qui Entendait Siffler Une Bouilloire, 2001

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the motivating factors behind and recurring themes of Canadian author Michel Tremblay's diverse collection of works. This site offers a look into the author's cultural context as well as excerpts from his published works and...
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Hunkins Experiments

Hunkin's Experiments: Sound Experiments

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Hunkin's Experiments is a group of simple cartoon illustrations of scientific principles. Some would work well in the classroom, but others have little value beyond entertaining students. All of the projects are easy to do. This group of...