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CommonLit

Common Lit: Text Sets: College and Career Choices

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of 12 Grade-Leveled texts (8-12) on the topic College and Career Choices. Start the conversation about your students' future aspirations with these texts. Build their knowledge of what college is really like, how to...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

For Students 9th - 10th
The main image in this painting is Avalokiteshvara (1), the Bodhisattva of Compassion. He is the principle patron deity of Tibet. He sits on a lotus throne upon a lunar disc. This god takes many forms, such as the Dalai Lamas of Tibet,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Official Praxis Core Prep

For Students 9th - 10th
Test-prep site for teachers aspiring to enter the profession.
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Preface to Sancho: An Act of Remembrance

For Students 9th - 10th
Paterson Joseph describes how his research into Black British history led him to write his first play, Sancho: An Act of Remembrance. In this one-man show, Paterson Joseph inhabits the life of Ignatius Sancho, the 18th-century composer,...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Yemenis

For Students 9th - 10th
The Yemenis are a Muslim and Arabic-speaking people who are mainly Arabs, although a small percentage of the population has African and Asian ancestry. Yemeni values have traditionally relied on a hierarchical, tribally organized, and...
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A&E Television

History.com: Fatty Arbuckle and the Birth of the Celebrity Scandal

For Students 9th - 10th
This New Yorker article discusses Fatty Arbuckle, a silent-film era performer at the height of his fame, is arrested in San Francisco for the rape and murder of aspiring actress Virginia Rappe. Arbuckle was later acquitted by a jury, but...
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Other

Skeptic's Dictionary: Piltdown Hoax

For Students 9th - 10th
Was the Piltdown Hoax proof that science is "bunk" or was it just a temporary detour demonstrating the fallibility and human quality of scientific knowledge? These pages explores why so many scientists appeared to be duped by the...
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Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.

Merck Manual: Pneumonia

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this site from The Merck Manual for information on pneumonia. Read about the causes, how its diagnosed, symptoms, how it can be prevented, and treatment.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Osteomyelitis

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that bacteria can infect bones? Osteomyelitis is when bacteria infects a bone through a wound or through the blood stream. Signs, symptoms, and treatments are included in this site. Links to related articles are also available.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Engaging Parents to Support Academic Attainment Over Time

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Chances for success are improved when adults offer children, starting at a young age, positive expectations and aspirations about what they can do and achieve. Learn ways to help parents support students' long-term success in school,...
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Other

Msc: Exchange of Letters Re: Malolos Republic

For Students 9th - 10th
Did Gen E.S. Otis and Presidente Emilio Aguinaldo discuss the Philippine aspirations for independence? According to these letters they did.
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EL Education

El Education: Trees Are Trees

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An online book entitled Trees are Trees: A Collection of Poems and Letters by kindergarten students at the College School in St. Louis, Missouri. The book contains original poems and illustrations about nature which provide exemplary...
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EL Education

El Education: Trees for Everybody Meridian Hill Park Tree Field Guide

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An online field guide entitled Trees are for Everybody by kindergarten students at the Capital City Public Charter School in Washington, D.C. The book contains student observations, photographs, and original illustrations which provide...
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EL Education

El Education: Vinnie Di Carlo

For Students 4th - 7th
An online book entitled Vinnie DiCarlo by fifth and sixth grade students from Shutesbury Elementary School in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. The book includes an in-depth character study based on a character created by the students and...
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EL Education

El Education: What Is a Mastodon?

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An online book entitled What is a Mastodon? by kindergarten students at Genesee Community Charter School in Rochester, New York. The book contains information mastodons including what they looked like, how they ate and drank, and how...
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EL Education

El Education: What Matters to Me

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
An online book entitled What Matters To Me: On the Minds and Through the Eyes of Middle School Students by sixth grade students at Duggan Middle School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The book contains personal essays and self-portraits...
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EL Education

El Education: What Matters to Me

For Students 1st - 5th
An online book entitled What Matters to Me: In the Hearts and Minds of Elementary School Students by 4th graders at Mary O. Pottenger School in Springfield, Massachusetts. Autobiographical essays and self portraits provide exemplary work...
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EL Education

El Education: What's Up?

For Students 3rd - 8th
An online book entitled What's Up? Frequently Asked Questions About Space by 3rd graders at Genesee Community Charter School in Rochester, New York. The book contains information about space and tools used to study space. Original...
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EL Education

El Education: What Snake Am I?

For Students 2nd - 4th
An online book entitled What Snake Am I? by 2nd graders at The Conservatory Lab Charter School in Brighton, Massachusetts. The book contains information about different snakes found around the world. Original writing and illustrations...
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EL Education

El Education: Who We Are

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An online book entitled Who We Are by kindergarten students at the College School in St. Louis, Missouri. The book contains an autobiographical description and illustration of each student as well as a photograph of a sculpture of the...
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EL Education

El Education: Willie Mays Poster

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A colored pencil portrait of Willie Mays created by a 6th grade student at Shutesbury Elementary School in Shutesbury, Massachusetts. This original artwork provides exemplary work to which other students may aspire.
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EL Education

El Education: Wisconsin for Kids and by Kids

For Students 6th - 8th
An online book entitled Wisconsin for Kids and By Kids created by the students of Winnequah Middle School in Monona, Wisconsin that features some famous people, places, and events throughout Wisconsin's history. Original writing and...
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Shmoop University

Shmoop: Nectar in a Sieve

For Students 9th - 10th
This story focuses on a woman living in India during the period after India gained colonial independence from Britain. Read about this woman and others in novel, their struggles and aspirations. This site contains a thorough analysis of...
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BBC

Bbc News Profile: Pope Benedict Xvi

For Students 9th - 10th
A profile of Pope Benedict XVI, who was elevated to the papacy on April 19, 2005, is provided. The profile comments on Benedict's conservative leanings and on his aspirations of uniting the Catholic Church under his uncompromising...

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