Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Canada Arrives in a Splash of Color

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate social and political issues surrounding founding of Canada and compare their relevance to Canada today, interpret art works representing Canada's past identity and compare that identity to how Canada is perceived...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rainforests

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the rainforests. They research and identify the four levels of the rainforests. Students locate and research animals that are found in each level of the rainforest. They write a descriptive story about the rainforest.
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University of Virginia

Webbing Into Literacy: A Rhyme a Week: Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers a ready-to-use rhyme a week program for early literacy; the program offers dated units for weekly download to use throughout the entire year. It provides four different types of downloadable items each week for use with...
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Unite for Literacy provides hundreds of engaging online books for beginning readers and students learning English. The books are sorted into categories and themes that complement early learning programs. What makes their books unique is...
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Ncam: Cornerstones

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Cornerstones is a technology-infused approach to literacy development designed for early elementary children who are deaf and hard of hearing (and that can be used with other students who learn well visually and struggle with literacy).
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abcteach

Abcteach: Book Units: Vocabulary Enrichment

For Students Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Help to select units of books for student reading that will work to build student vocabulary. Some authors are Caldecott and Newberry winners from the early 20's until 2007. Also included are some...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Baseball and Social Change: The Story of Roberto Clemente

For Students 9th - 10th
In this blended lesson supporting literacy skills, students learn about baseball legend Roberto Clemente, his early years in the United States during segregation, and changes in the 1960s that made the U.S. culture more open to...
Interactive
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: United States History Map: Colonists

For Students 5th - 8th
Use these interactive maps to see and read about the colonization of the New World by several European nations. When you are finished looking at the maps, test your skills with the European Colonies Challenge.
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PBS

Pbs Kids: Super Why: A L L Rhyming Words Worksheet [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Print this worksheet for your students while teaching a rhyming/spelling unit. Student will fill in the beginning sound using picture clues to make a word ending in A-L-L. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
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...