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Multimedia Schools: Moving Every Child Ahead the Big6

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article looks at applying the Big6 process to issues raised by No Child Left Behind legislation. The goal of the Big6 process is to improve performance by improving thinking through application of information technology skills. This...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: General Writing Resources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This helpful resource details the process of writing, including how to plan, write, and revise. Content also includes the different types or genres of writing, and exercises in grammar and mechanics.
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Are We a Democracy or a Republic?

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay on the present political state in America contending the country is leaning further towards a republican form of government instead of a democracy. Defines and explains the major differences between democracy and republicanism...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Community as Place, Making of African American Identity: V. 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Articles examining the notion of community as place. An essay by James Weldon Johnson and R. Edgar Iles provides different definitions of community by illustrating regional culture.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The Rise of Fundamentalism

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center offers an essay on the definition and discussion of generic fundamentalism and historic fundamentalism, with suggestions on how to guide student discussion.
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University of Kentucky

University of Kentucky: Genetic Testing

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay on the uses and types of genetic testing. Very readable. Discusses legal issues, offers several case study examples, and includes a definition.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: The Heroic Couplet: Its Rhyme and Reason

For Students 9th - 10th
Lengthy academic essay that argues that traditional poetry, including the heroic couplet, is still relevant in the modern world. While this is discussed, the history of the heroic couplet is provided. A good definition of the term with...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literary Text: Irony, Sarcasm, and Paradox

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, you will learn to evaluate the role of irony, paradox, and sarcasm in literary nonfiction such as speeches and essays. Take a look at the chart; it contains...
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Glossary of Literary and Rhetorical Terms: Heroic Couplets

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A short definition of the term Heroic Couplet along with a short example from a piece of poetry from Pope's Essay on Criticism.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Quest for the American Dream in "Raisin"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unique online instructional activity explores the term "The American Dream," and applies it to Hansberry's play "A Raisin in the Sun." Students define what they believe is "The American Dream," and then modify that belief based on a...
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English Companion: Reading Expository Text

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Taken from "Reading Reminders: Tools, Tips, and Techmiques," the information on this website provides advice on how to read, understand, analyze, and write expository texts.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Cooking Up Descriptive Language Designing Restaurant Menus

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that ask students to develop their descriptive writing skills by creating their own restaurant menus. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Why I Am Not a Christian" by Bertrand Russell

For Students 9th - 10th
The essay "Why I am not a Christian" was originally a speech given by Bertrand Russell in 1927. He explains his definition of Christianity and explains why he doubts the existence of Jesus. Read the full text on this site.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: The Tech: Cnn Foils Prior Restraint

For Students 9th - 10th
An essay by a freshman at MIT gives a definition and examples of "Prior Restraint." The Tech is the MIT school newspaper. (Published Dec. 7, 1990)
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ACT360 Media

Writing Den

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The WritingDEN includes feature articles with associated words, sentences, and paragraphs to aid in the writing process. Interactive features include pronunciation guides and content quizzes. The Tips-o-matic section offers grammar...
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Hickman Community Charter District: Informative Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Sample topics in informative writing for K-3rd grades and 4th-8th grades. CSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.2. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

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