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Web Exhibits: Calendars Through the Ages: Announcing the Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
Well-organized website depicts the "Fascinating history of the human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and stars." Gives an overview and specifics of the basis of calendars through the ages.
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Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company: Hbc Calendar Paintings

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating history of a unique art form - calendar paintings. This site looks at the works in the Hudson's Bay Company tradition.
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Timekeepers.org: Calendar History

For Students 6th - 8th
Scroll down this page to see the various topics addressed on this website. Learn a "brief history of the Western Calendar" as well as information about the ancient calendars of the world, including the Sumerian, Egyptian, and Greek...
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Author's Calendar: Mao Zedong (1893 1976)

For Students 9th - 10th
Visit this site for a biographical sketch of the life of Chinese dictator Mao Zedong. It discusses his political career, as well as his literary career. A bibliography of his selected works is also provided.
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A Calendar for "Northanger Abbey"

For Students 9th - 10th
This analysis of Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey" examines the function of time in the plot using an day-by-day calendar to summarize the events of the story. Includes a bibliography.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Calendar Fun Operations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to help students evaluate numerical expressions by using order of operations. The students will be provided a calendar for the current month of the year. Students will then be provided with a worksheet that...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Lesson Plan: Calendar Fun Operations

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson allows students to practice evaluating expressions using order of operations. They will create a calendar using symbols, and a PowerPoint presentation to review the order of operations. It also gives an assessment and ideas...
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University of Nebraska

Carbon 14 Dating Calendar

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a Carbon 14 Dating Calculator to compute the percent of Carbon 14 remaining after a given number of years. Also calculates how many years have elapsed from how much Carbon 14 remains.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: The Wacky Classroom Calendar

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Inspired by Barry Lane's book 51 Wacky We-Search Reports, in this cross-curricular lesson students learn how to summarize properly.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Margaret Atwood

For Students 9th - 10th
A lengthy biography and list of works by Atwood.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Upton Beall Sinclair

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography, selected publications, and a list of further reading.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Erik Axel Karlfeldt

For Students 9th - 10th
A biographical sketch of Erik Axel Karlfeldt who was a famous Swedish writer. Highlights his life as a writer and lists several of his selected works.
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Author's Calendar: Gore Vidal

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, from a public library in Finland, provides information on Gore Vidal's life, a list of works by and about him, and other interesting information.
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270 To Win

270towin: 2020 Presidential Election Calendar

For Students 9th - 10th
2020 presidential election calendar includes known dates for state primary and caucus events, party conventions and presidential debates.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: 45 Bce: Julius Caesar Takes a Leap

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do we have an extra day at the end of February every four years? We have Julius Caesar to thank! Read this short explanation about how the calendar kept falling out of step with the seasons and Caesar's solution to the problem.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Pegasos: Eugene O'neill (1888 1953)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a biography of Eugene O'Neill, an expressionist writer. It includes quotes as well as further bibliographical references.
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Author's Calendar: Daniel Defoe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives a thorough biography of Defoe. It includes quotes from his writing and information about his most important works.
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Author's Calendar: Henry Fielding

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Good biography of Henry Fielding (1707-1754 CE), the English Romantic novelist.
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Author's Calendar: Dorothy Parker

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers an organized collection of biographical information on Dorothy Parker.
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Author's Calendar: George Eliot

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Mary Ann Cross -- better known as George Eliot -- who was the author of "Middlemarch" and "Silas Marner." This page includes biographical information as well as insight into individual literary works by Eliot.
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Author's Calendar: Guillaume Apollinaire

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief biography on the life of French author and playwright, Guillaume Appollinaire.
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Author's Calendar: Ludovico Ariosto

For Students 9th - 10th
The biography on this Italian poet is thorough and contains a selected bibliography.
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Author's Calendar: T(homas) E(dward) Lawrence

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a biography of British archeological scholar, adventurer, and military strategist, T.E.Lawrence. It gives details on his early life and life in Arabia. It includes quotations, and links to further information.
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Author's Calendar: Chinua Achebe

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A complete biography of Achebe includes quotes from him as well as a brief synopsis of his novels. There is a list of all his works.

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