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Curated OER

A Man of Integrity and Courage

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read one of the most important articles in modern medical history on the importance of conducting research in an ethical manner that includes participants who give informed consent.
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Curated OER

Book Review

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students write a five paragraph theme that explains how the novel which they read in this unit effectively utilized various literary elements to portray the impact of a disease on a population. They then decide which three literary...
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Curated OER

A Sense of Place

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and describe one or two places significant to them using vivid language. They describe one of those important places in accurate, evocative language showing an original perspective.
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Curated OER

Language Arts: Survival Diaries

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils are able to compose a dialectical journal entry which analyzes information presented in a text. They are able to compose a creative journal entry which develops characters, presents events in logical order, and includes sensory...
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Curated OER

Time to Read

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify how the literary elements of theme, point of view, characterization, setting, and plot illustrate the effects of a certain disease on a community. They identify the aspects of the book that are specific to the...
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Curated OER

Literary Circles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils use correct grammar, spelling and capitalization in their writing. They connect information acquired in history and science classes with the events described in the books that were read. Students make a clear and informative...
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Curated OER

Grounded for Life

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders become familiar with the lives of penguins including their life cycles, habitats and basic needs. Students will experience the lives of penguins through stories and video.
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Curated OER

Voices at Whisper Bend

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine life in Pennsylvania during and after World War II. Using primary source documents, they compare the unity of the United States during World War II and the Iraq War. They also discover how citizens adapt to the war...
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Curated OER

Underground Travelers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars are introduced to new vocabulary associated with the Underground Railroad. Using primary sources, they evaluate the railroad's impact on society in the past and today. They also make a judgment about the morality of the...
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Curated OER

Tasmanian Time Travel

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders perform research using the Internet about the Tasmanian Devil. The project can be presented in a variety of ways. The use of computer software is important for students to know, specifically Hyperstudio.
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Curated OER

What's on Your Plate?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students travel the world. In this global studies lesson, students research selected countries and investigate their cultural traditions.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Animal Study From Fiction to Facts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for five 50-minute lessons that ask students to compare and research information about animals from fiction and nonfiction texts. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to...
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Starfall

Starfall: Plays, Fiction, Nonfiction

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An index of links to six fiction storybooks, eight nonfiction books, and three plays. Each book has pictures and audio that will allow students to click to hear sentences or individual words as they read along. Links to three different...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Blending Fiction and Nonfiction

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four class periods that ask learners to blend narrative and expository writing after reading fiction and nonfiction selections. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Analyzing Text Complexity of Non Fiction Sources

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson will help middle schoolers read and comprehend nonfiction, specifically biographies, through determining criteria for text complexity. Included is a PDF and Smart Notebook titled Determining Text Complexity, and an example of...
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British Library

British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Work & Welfare

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This thematic collection will allow students to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...
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British Library

British Library: 19th Century Non Fiction Texts: Gender, Behaviour & Etiquette

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This thematic collection will allow young scholars to read and understand 19th-century non-fiction texts, and support them in identifying key features for a range of genres, audiences, and purposes. Each source is accompanied by original...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Nonfiction: Elements of Nonfiction

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the elements of nonfiction including types of nonfiction such as biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, newspaper editorials, speeches, and essays. It features links to a chart of the types of nonfiction and an...
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Fiction and Nonfiction

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a collection of six fiction ebooks, eight non-fiction ebooks, and three sets of sentence activities: dragon, baby, and toy box. Students can choose to read or listen to each sentence of the ebooks.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Fiction and Nonfiction Sort [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which students look at different books, write their titles, and sort them according to whether they are fiction or nonfiction. Materials are included.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Connection: Historical Fiction to Nonfiction

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A learning module with fifteen links to slides, websites, videos, websites, and quizzes about linking historical fiction and nonfiction texts.
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The English Teacher

The English Teacher: Teaching the Analysis of Non Fiction

For Students 6th - 9th Standards
A form used by an English teacher to help students understand and analyze nonfiction literature. Very helpful ways to classify information. It can be modified for different grade levels.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Nonfiction Pyramid

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
A printable pyramid for use with nonfiction texts while students identify the main ideas and supporting details within a text. Students also determine author's purpose and key vocabulary words. Directions on how to use this type of...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literary Nonfiction (English 7 Reading)

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Learn how to describe the structural and substantive differences between an autobiography or diary and a fictional adaptation of it.

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