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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Pronunciation/sonidos

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Extensive site from Ingles Mundial focusing on Spanish-speaking ELL. This section practices sound recognition - contrasts "s" & "z". Great interactive listening comprehension exercises reinforce teachings. Site has a "Teacher's...
Activity
Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: The Future: Pronunciation/sonidos

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Extensive site focusing on Spanish-speaking ELL. This section practices sound recognition.
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Digital History

Digital History: The Great Society and the Drive for Black Equality

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about President Lyndon Johnson's vision for the Great Society. See how the programs instituted were focused on lifting the poor from poverty, especially African Americans. Included were laws to increase civil rights and voting...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Colonizing the Bay

For Students 9th - 10th
John Winthrop's "Model of Christian Charity" was delivered as a sermon aboard the Arabella, as the Puritans approached their destination of Massachusetts Bay in 1630. The speech spells out his vision of the society they hoped to create...
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Other

Wichita Art Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
The focus at the Wichita Art Museum is on American art: American Character, American Still Life Traditions, American West, American Paradise, Americans Abroad, American City, American Continent, Independent American Visions, and Triumph...
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The BIG zoo

The Big Zoo: Grevy's Zebra (Equus Grevyi)

For Students 9th - 10th
A site with information about Grevy's Zebra. Content focuses on this animal's diet, habitat, social structure, reproduction, and good eyesight. A video clip is also included.
Handout
Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Carnegie Museum: North South East West: American Indians and the Natural World

For Students 9th - 10th
Web companion site to the Alcoa Foundation Hall of American Indians exhibit at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. It focuses on American Indians' relationships with the natural world and explores four different visions: the Tlingit...
Handout
Natural History Museum

Natural History Museum: The Secret Life of Bats: Bat Senses

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of an online exhibit on bats, this section focuses on bat senses: sight, olfaction (smell), echolocation, and hearing.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Fire Safety for Kindergarten

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] Fire Safety lesson including KWL chart, tools firefighters use, links to Sparky's sight and Smokey the Bear's website. Lists fire safety rules in a learning focused format.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Storyboard

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Give students the chance to write their own Reader's Theater script! Small groups choose their genre, compose summaries, use their knowledge of story structure to deconstruct the text and turn it into a new creation, and finally rehearse...