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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Five Areas of Instructional Improvement to Increase Academic Literacy

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
How can content-area, non-reading-specialist teachers contribute to academic literacy? They can incorporate these five techniques throughout their lessons: (1) provide explicit instruction and supported practice in effective...
Handout
Other

University of Northern Iowa: Study Skills

For Students 9th - 10th
Collection of web sites that provide tips to help you study more effectively, manage your time, take better notes, and handle the stresses of school life.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Intensive, Individualized Interventions for Struggling Readers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Because the cause of adolescents' difficulties in reading vary, interventions may focus on any of the critical elements of knowledge and skill required for the comprehension of complex texts, including fundamental skills such as phonemic...
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Teachers.net

Teachers.net: Cause and Effect

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Simple and effective method for introducing primary students to the concept of cause and effect in literature.
Lesson Plan
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: Thoreau's Critique of Democracy in "Civil Disobedience"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
National Humanities Center lesson explores the criticisms Thoreau makes about a representative democracy form of government. Lesson includes interactive assignments, teacher notes, strategies for Close reading, follow-up and vocabulary.
Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Personal Stories and Primary Sources

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
Students will explore the value of personal stories and first-hand accounts when exploring history, in this case, the events of the early twentieth century, which included World War I and the Great Depression. Through this five-unit...
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University of California

Uc Irvine: Distinguishing Between Primary & Secondary Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has an online quiz to test your knowledge of primary and secondary sources.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flip chart covers critical thinking skills, discovery, inquiry, comprehension strategies, and analyzing ecosystems. There is vocabulary matching, searching the web for answers, United Streaming...