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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: How to Use the Guidebooks

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A guide to teaching ELA Guidebooks, English language arts curriculum made up of units focused around a collection of texts. Made by teachers for teachers, the guidebook units ensure all students read, understand, and express their...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: How to Choose the Best Multicultural Books

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Teacher's resource that advises how to choose great multicultural books for children. Includes lists of good books and authors, as well as criteria for selecting texts.
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Other

Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'How to Make a Wave' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"How to Make a Wave", a novel by Lisa Hurst-Archer, is about an adolescent girl struggling to come to terms with a scar on her face and the absence of her mother. This extensive teacher's guide includes chapter summaries with...
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Other

Into the Book: Questioning

For Students K - 1st Standards
Learn the significance of questioning in the classroom to teach students how to question the text in order to better understand what they are reading.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Teacher2 Teacher Ask a Question

For Teachers 9th - 10th
If you are a math teacher and have a concern about how to teach something to your student(s), would like some suggestions on what resources are available, or any other concern related to teaching mathematics come to this site to find an...
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University of Regina (Canada)

University of Regina: Math Central: Introduction to Slope for Middle Years Mathematics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This collection of five middle school math lessons covers the topic of plane geometry, specifically the concept of slope. The first lesson plan introduces students to plotting points on a Cartesian grid using a Geoboard. Lesson two moves...
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Other

Quinnipiac University: Blogging Across the Curriculum

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This online course was created for the Interactive Digital Design Department at Quinnipiac University and is designed to examine how weblogs are being used in academia. The various pages cover the basics of weblogs, how to use Blogger...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Instruction: Reading Rockets: Topics a to Z

For Teachers K - 1st
This site provides a link to curricular materials that tell us what to teach, and instruction informs us of the best way to teach. This section includes information about both the "what" and "how" of evidence-based teaching.
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University of California

University of California: Understanding Science: The K 2 Teachers' Lounge

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A collection of teacher resources on the "how to" incorporate the nature and process of science into your curriculum. Site includes tips for the teacher, sample starting activities, teaching tools, and sample lessons.
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University of California

University of California: Understanding Science: The 6 8 Teachers' Lounge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
A collection of teacher resources on the "how to" incorporate the nature and process of science into your curriculum. Site includes tips for teacher, sample starting activities, teaching tools, and sample lessons.
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University of California

University of California: Understanding Science: The 3 5 Teachers' Lounge

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A collection of teacher resources on the "how to" incorporate the nature and process of science into your curriculum. The site includes tips for the teacher, sample starting activities, teaching tools, and sample lessons.
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University of California

University of California: Understanding Science: The 9 12 Teachers' Lounge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of teacher resources on the "how to" incorporate the nature and process of science into your curriculum. Site includes tips for the teacher, sample starting activities, teaching tools, and sample lessons.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teaching With Primary Sources: Hispanic Exploration in America [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a great lesson plan from the Library of Congress that shows how to use primary sources in the examination of the Spanish Conquistadors in America. The lesson plan offers many possible activities for learners to use with the...
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American Heart Association

American Heart Association: Be the Beat!

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Heart Association wants to help create a new generation of life savers - teens who know how to perform CPR and use AEDs (Automated External Defibrillators) to save lives. Be The Beat! teaches teens about heart health and...
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Library of Congress

Loc: For Teachers: Analyzing Primary Source Documents

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
These student worksheets and activities help students analyze many different types of primary source documents. Life histories, objects, and photographs are all used to engage students.
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Library of Congress

Loc: For Teachers: Classroom Materials Using Primary Sources

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This excellent teacher resource features lessons that use primary source documents in an engaging way. Included are lesson plans created by teachers, themed resources, primary source sets, presentations and activities, and collections...
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: A Guide to "Romeo and Juliet" [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
If you're looking for interdisciplinary ideas for Romeo and Juliet, or wondering how to approach the language of the play with students, this 15 page .pdf guide will be especially helpful. Includes other features as well.
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Stanford University

The Hidden Picture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What can you see in the sun's granules? This site includes links and further information for teachers on how to teach convection.
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: English Language Arts: Grade 5: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

For Teachers 5th Standards
Fifth graders learn that even in the most fantastical settings, literature can teach us real lessons about life. Students explore the opposition of good and evil; the value in courage, adventure, forgiveness, and honesty; and the...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Electric Money Teaching Guides (History of Money Resources)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Five teaching guides containing interdisciplinary lessons that can be used to explore the characteristics of money; how credit, debit, and smart cards work; financial markets and transactions; and similar topics. Designed as complements...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: What's With All the Pressure?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn how to take blood pressure by observing a teacher demonstration and then practicing on fellow classmates in small groups. Once the hands-on component of this activity is completed, the class brainstorms and discusses how...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: 'Jeffrey and Sloth' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This teaching guide for Jeffrey and Sloth, a story written by Kari-Lynn Winters, provides a synopsis of the story, discussion questions and teaching ideas. The book is about the experience of writer's block and how to overcome it. The...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Teacher Lessons: Technology and Resources for Flipped Lessons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing flipped lesson strategies straight to your fingertips. Learn how to integrate technology into your lessons easier than ever before!
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Digestion Simulation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
To reinforce students' understanding of the human digestion process, the functions of several stomach and small intestine fluids are analyzed, and the concept of simulation is introduced through a short, introductory demonstration of how...