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Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: School Readiness

For Students Pre-K - K
Use these resources to turn everyday moments into brain-building adventures. Children's lives are packed with first-time experiences. As a caring, supportive adult who talks with them, asks them questions, offers comfort, and shares...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Primordial and Complex Jealousy

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and analyze the passage "Primordial and Complex Jealousy" and complete the related six-question quiz.
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: One More Step Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"One More Step" by Sheree Fitch deals with step families. Julian has trouble accepting Jean-Paul but must adapt when his mother marries him. This guide for teachers includes a book summary, discussion topics and teaching ideas.
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Kicked Out Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In "Kicked Out" by Beth Goobie, Dime is unhappy at home and moves in with her quadriplegic brother who helps her learn to love herself. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, discussion topics and teaching ideas.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Fences" by August Wilson

For Students 9th - 10th
The play "Fences" explores the complex relationships of a 1950s middle-class, African American family and how they deal with issues of financial hardship, infidelity, and insecurities. Selected (7) reading passages (grades 7-11) to pair...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "The Odyssey" by Homer

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (6) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair with the epic poem "The Odyssey" by Homer. Odysseus, an ancient Greek war hero and leader of Ithaca, embarks on a twenty-year long return to his homeland after the fall of Troy. It is...
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Kids Health: When You Are a Twin or Triplet

For Students 3rd - 8th
"Have you ever wondered what it feels like to be a twin?" KidsHealth considers the types, troubles, and terrific things about twins and triplets.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

For Students 9th - 10th
In this novel, Louise dreams of leaving her tiny island home in Chesapeake Bay, but first she must escape the shadow of her twin sister who seems to rob her of everything. Selected (11) reading passages (grades 6-10) to pair with "Jacob...
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Dougy: How to Help a Grieving Teen

For Students 9th - 10th
There is no method for helping someone grieve that will always prove effective. This site does, however, offer tips for those who want to help a teen manage their grief in an emotionally supportive manner.
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Center for Young Women's Health: Coping With Loss: A Guide for Teens

For Students 9th - 10th
Losing someone close to you isn't easy. Anytime a familiar situation changes one must develop the ability to cope with what's been altered. This site looks at different types of loss and how to approach these difficult times. Additional...
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TES Global

Tes: Fathers and Daughters in Shakespeare Gallery

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a collect of photos of fathers and daughters from Royal Shakespeare Company's productions of Shakespeare's plays.
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ReachOut USA

Reach Out Usa: When Parents Are Fighting: Dealing With a Breakup or Divorce

For Students 9th - 10th
ReachOut fact sheets are written by young people for young people and edited by a mental health professional. This page has tips for how to handle your parents splitting up or divorcing, and what to expect.
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Read Works

Read Works: Sibling Face Off

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An essay about the complicated relationship between siblings. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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National Network to End Domestic Violence

Nnedv: Women's Law: Domestic Violence/dating Violence

For Students 9th - 10th
Defines domestic/dating violence, explains the laws against it, and how they can help the abused.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan

For Students 9th - 10th
Four Chinese women, who left war-torn China and immigrated to America, share their stories as they try to understand their daughters and what it means to be Chinese in America. Selected (10) reading passages (grades 8-11) to pair with...
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Adoption.com

For Students 9th - 10th
This website focuses on adoption including information about putting your child up for adoption, choosing a family, reunion of child and birth parent, adoption professional, and much more.
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Oprah: How Friendship Affects Children's Eating Habits

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Studies show that friendship plays an important role in a kid's eating behavior. The results of the study showed that overweight children who ate with their overweight friends consumed more food than when they were with thinner children...
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Quia

Quia: Analogies Jeopardy

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A Jeopardy-style game to play while learning to identify word relationships with categories including Family, Places, Actions, Time, and Opposites. Students complete each question by typing the correct word to complete each analogy. The...
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My Online Reading: Children's Story: My Mum

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Digital storybook, with flippable pages, about some of the nice things mothers do for their children.
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Timeless Myths: Genealogy of Greek Deities

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive genealogy chart of the Greek gods and goddesses, and their relationships to each other. Click on any name to learn the title held by that god/goddess.
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Kids Health: Abuse

For Students 9th - 10th
Abusive relationships of any kind can sometimes be confusing for a child or teenager. If you or someone you know is involved in this type of relationship then this is a good site for understanding how to recognize and stop the abuse....
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Making the Connection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Graph theory is a visual way to represent relationships between objects. One of the simplest uses of graph theory is a family tree that shows how different people are related. Another application is social networks like Facebook, where a...
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ArtsNow

Arts Now Learning: Magic Rocks [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, students work in groups with each acting as a predator, prey, or family member in a particular habitat. They present their habitat performance to the class and students identify the habitat and animal relationships....
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Aga: grandparents.com: When You're a Parent, Again

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Article describing the experience of some grandparents who suddenly found themselves having to raise a grandchild, and offering advice on what to do in that situation. (Published 2015-11-02)

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