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Foreign Policy Association

U.S. and Europe Online Lesson Plan

For Teachers 8th - 11th Standards
Class groups investigate the economic and political implications of a country's policies on genetically modified foods, craft a position paper detailing that policy, and share their findings with the class. Armed with this information,...
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Curated OER

Winter Wonderland: Internet Literature Project

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars, using the Internet, communicate with peers around the world about winter-themed books. They study authors, write book reviews, re-write endings, interview book characters, create scene dioramas, paint murals, and write...
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Curated OER

Dear Miss Florence: Writing Letters To the Boardinghouse for Artists

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Imagine being one of the painters in 1910 at the Lyme Art Colony in Connecticut. Using the Florence Griswold Museum's on-line resources to gather information about the daily life of artists at the boardinghouse, learners write a letter...
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Curated OER

Build an Indoor Compost Bin

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write an essay to describe the contents of a compost bin.  In this composting lesson, students create a compost bin. Students examine soil for its contents and explains in an essay the impact of the soil on the environment.
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Curated OER

Energy Audit

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students collect data about energy usage and use mathematical calculations to analyze their data. In this energy conservation and statistics math activity, students survey their homes to complete an energy usage worksheet. Students...
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Curated OER

Expository Journal Prompts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Stuck for a journal topic? Download CAHSEE’s 21 “Expository Journal Prompts” as a pdf handout for yourself or class. A great resource for your writing program, print it up and add it your curriculum library.
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Curated OER

Transition into the Common Core

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Graphically organize and compare standards for the purpose of aligning curriculum to the Common Core.
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Study Guide
C.S. Lewis Foundation

Study Guide to Miracles

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Teaching is challenging, so is proving through logic that miracles and divine intervention can happen in this world. It is even more arduous to teach the text of that proposition—good thing there are resources available, like this study...
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Loudoun County Public Schools

Figurative Language Packet

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
A definitive resource for your figurative language unit includes several worksheets and activities to reinforce writing skills. It addresses poetic elements such as simile and metaphor, personification, hyperbole, and idioms, and...
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PBS

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
What rights are guaranteed to students? Do they align with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was approved by the United Nations in 1948? Middle and high schoolers present persuasive arguments about the rights they believe...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Love in the Time of Cholera Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Interactive
Curated OER

The Oedipus Plays Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
After reading Oedipus and Antigone, quiz your readers with these online, interactive questions. All questions are multiple choice, and they simply ask for information recall (as opposed to further analysis). Twenty-five questions are...
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Jump online (to Sparknotes), and check out the study questions listed for Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World. Provide a list of the questions to your high schoolers, and get them in groups to discuss their answers. Potential answers are...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Sophie's World Quiz

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
After reading Sophie's World, high schoolers answer as many multiple choice questions as possible. There are just about 30 questions posted online, and learners can hit "submit" to receive immediate feedback. 
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Spark Notes

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises revisits his time in Spain. After completing the novel with your class, consider adding some of these study questions or essay topics to your learners' final assessment. There are three study...
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle: Study Guide - Mini Essays

For Students 6th - 8th
In this online interactive literature activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. Students may check some of their answers online.
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Spark Notes

For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway: Study Guide - Essays

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Included here are three short study questions and five essay topics for the novel For Whom The Bell Tolls. Consider using these in an upcoming final assessment, but also remember that many high schoolers use SparkNotes to prepare for...
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Spark Notes

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman: Study Guide - Essays

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
SparkNotes is popular for a reason! It provides tons of information, and even for teachers, there is useful information on this website. Respond to eight short answer and essay questions about Philip Pullman's trilogy of His Dark...
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Curated OER

His Dark Materials Quiz

For Students 7th - 12th
Is your class reading His Dark Materials? Use this Sparknotes quiz to supplement your reading comprehension test. You can click "PDF" to send the quiz to the printer, and you're all set to go!
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Study Guide
Spark Notes

Homecoming by Cynthia Voigt: Study Guide - Essays

For Students 9th - 12th
Use an online interactive literature instructional activity to test comprehension and critical understanding of the book, Homecoming. Learners respond to eight short answer and essay questions about Cynthia Voigt's novel. Answers to...
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Curated OER

A Now Thing: Present Tense Verbs

For Students 2nd - 4th
Present tense verbs are the focus of this language arts instructional activity. Students review verb tenses, and identify present tense verbs in 22 sentences. Some good, solid practice can be found in this fine instructional activity.
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Activity
Orlando Shakes

Julius Caesar: Study Guide

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What makes a good leader? Use the curriculum guide for William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar to help scholars answer that question. Pupils research the play's historical context and other background information before engaging in...
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Activity
Orlando Shakes

The Taming of the Shrew: Study Guide

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew combines three things that are sure to capture scholars' attention: love, deception, and clown attire. With the curriculum guide, learners hone their opinion-writing skills and practice...
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Activity
Orlando Shakes

The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of "A Christmas Carol": Study Guide

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What could be better than a play within a play? A study guide for "The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society's Production of 'A Christmas Carol'" has theater-goers share their thoughts on the comedic...

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