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Sherman's March and America: Mapping Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of five interactive maps that each focus on a different perspective of Sherman's March to the Sea. These include a factual map, one that looks at African Americans and Southern civilians, one about travel, one on soldiers,...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Houghton Mifflin Company: Teacher's Guide for Bread and Roses, Too

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Katherine Paterson writes historical fiction for middle school aged young scholars. This book on the Bread and Roses strike includes good factual information about the strike woven into a personal story. This teacher's guide is a handy...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Writing an Opinion Based on Facts From a Text

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Learners will plan a paragraph that states their opinion and cites evidence to justify their opinion about an informational text. This lesson uses biographies since students can easily be able to write down factual information from the...
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Believe It or Not?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
This lesson reveals to young scholars how advertisers use words and images to make goods and services look their best. To protect consumers and make sure that competition among sellers is fair in the marketplace, the federal government...
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Rice University

Galileo Project: John Locke

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Galileo Project of Rice University, you can view factual information about Locke's life. Written in lists; easy to read. Includes categories such as nationality, education, religion, scientific disciplines, and...
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Gene Flow

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from Palomar college explains what gene flow is and describes a situation where this occurs in humans. Information is brief but factual.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Drug Dope Show

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Understand the addiction process and factual information concerning various classes of drugs. Learn techniques for exerting positive peer pressure as well as withstanding negative peer pressure.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Targets

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine the reasons alcohol advertisers target young people, and interpret the "real" messages in alcohol advertising. Learn basic facts about alcohol abuse to create a factual poster about alcohol.
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Eduscapes; In Depth Page, Moose

For Students 9th - 10th
This in depth site provides factual information on the following topics: size, physical characteristics, food, gender, habitat, herding, locomotion, reproduction, range, and predators. Links are provided for those interested in learning...
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University of Richmond

University of Richmond: Confusing Pronouns

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site discusses the need to avoid ambiguous pronoun references. Includes a helpful rewriting examples. Brief, but informative and factual.
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Global Nature Fund: Pantanal

For Students 9th - 10th
A web resource that describes the Pantanal, the "world's largest wetland". It covers parts of Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay. Click on 'detailed data' to read lots of factual information.
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Tascc:sexual Decision Making

For Students 9th - 10th
This website gives statistics and stories with objective, factual and up to date information. This site gives the viewer the opportunity to develop values and practice skills.
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Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic: High Platelet Count

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides great information on Thrombocythemia, or high platelet count. The article is set up as a brief answer to a question about the condition, thrombocythemia. The information is short, factual and interesting.
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Aaron Shepherd

Aaronshep: "The Christmas Truce"

For Students 9th - 10th
On Christmas Eve in the first year of WWI, British and German soldiers called a truce. "The Christmas Truce" story by Aaron Shepard is a good example of historical fiction. The story if followed by a factual account of this events.
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WebMD

Web Md: Fracture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from WebMD Health provides great information on fractures, giving the basics, symptoms, treatment and prevention. A picture/chart is provided along with good, factual information, making this a great site to check out on the...
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St. Olaf College: The Malthusian Model

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from St. Olaf College provides great information on the Malthusian Model for population growth. Great factual text is given, along with formulas and examples to increase the learning on the subject.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Planetary Cereal Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a project which would be appropriate to use at the end of a lesson about the solar system. Students will decorate an empty cereal box with information and games showing their comprehension of factual information about an assigned...
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University of Richmond

University of Richmond: Brainstorming

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Richmond provides step-by-step guidelines through the prewriting brainstorming process. Recommended as a solution to writer's block. Though brief in its content, the site is factual and informative.
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Pc Guide: Rewriteable Cd (Cd Rw)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from PC Guide provides information about rewriteable CD (CD-RW) media, including a link to encoding information. The information is very brief but factual, and worth checking out on the subject.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: To the Last Man by Zane Grey

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "To the Last Man" by Zane Grey based on factual events involving the Hashknife gang of Northern Arizona.
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Us Genealogy Network: Steamboating on the Mississippi

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn factual information about the early days of steamboating on the Mississippi River and in St. Louis. You can also read an actual account from a steamboat Captain, view photos and listen to the song "Steamboat Bill."
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Kidcyber: Ostrich

For Students 2nd - 4th
This interesting site provides an abundance of factual information on ostriches. Topics include physical characteristics, diet, and life cycle.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Monsters of the Deep

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation explains the uses and effects of an octopus's poison. The information that is presented is somewhat brief, but factual, and worth checking out on the subject.
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Luther Seminary

Bible Tutor: 1 Maccabees

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Bible Tutor briefly discusses the contents of 1 Maccabees. The information is very short but factual and is worth checking out for a background on the subject.

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