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Harvard University

Harvard Business Review: 8 Ground Rules for Great Meetings

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article describes the different types of ground rules for a meeting, behaviors that improve meeting outcomes, and what members can do to ensure the rules are followed. (Published June 15, 2016)
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Education.com

Education.com: Sl.4.1.b Worksheets: Follow Agreed Upon Rules for Discussion

For Students 4th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] A site with links to 6 lessons that can be downloaded and printed for student use while building skills with standard SL.4.1.B: Follow agreed upon rules for discussion and carry out assigned roles.
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University of California

Berkeley: Teaching Discussion Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on group discussion-style teaching. It provides links to topics such as follows: Creating Discussion Guidelines, Classroom Activities, Group Work, Group Work: Techniques, Group Work: Design Guidelines, Encouraging...
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US House of Representatives

Office of the Clerk: Lesson Plan "Play House"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
You are a congressman on the first day of your job. What will your day be like? Follow how a congressional term begins and what needs to be accomplished to begin the new term in this lesson plan. Role play the different players in the...
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Purdue University

Rules for Naming Binary Covalent Compounds

For Students 9th - 10th
This page presents four rules that should be followed when naming binary covalent compounds.
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National Archives (UK)

The National Archives: Living in the British Empire: India

For Students 9th - 10th
Was British rule in India a success or failure? Examine the consequences of British colonization of India in the following article that lays out the history and pros and cons of British rule. Primary source documents include a telegram...
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Get It Write

Get It Write: "I" and "Me"

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
To understand the correct usage of "I" and "me," you need to learn about the subjective and objective case of pronouns. This tutorial does a great job explaining that and giving good examples for you to follow. A brief quiz checks your...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Overview of Soft C and Soft G

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource has three sections: Overview of Soft c and Soft g, video demonstration, and teaching tips. It provides downloads of the following: lesson plan, lesson materials, word list, and video transcript.
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Other

Tidewater Community College Writing Center: Practical Punctuation Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains practical and useful information about the following: commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, parentheses and brackets, ellipsis points, quotation marks, and apostrophes. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: Guinea Bissau: History

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the history of Guinea-Bissau as part of the Portuguese colonial empire. Follow its fits and starts in developing a democratic government after is independence. Information is from the U.S. State Dept. Background Notes.
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Chem Tutor

Chem Tutor: Chemistry: Lewis Structures of the Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
This colorful page goes over the proper techniques for writing Lewis structures for elements. This is a great place to begin learning how to write Lewis structures. When you are ready for a more advanced lesson, follow the link to learn...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Overview of Adding Suffixes That Change Base Words' Final Y to I

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This resource has two sections: Adding Suffixes that Change Base Words' Final y to i, and video demonstration. It provides downloads of the following: lesson plans, lesson...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Overview of Adding Vowel Suffixes to Cvc and Silent E Base Words

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource has two sections: Overview of Adding Vowel Suffixes to CVC and Silent e Base Words, and video demonstration. It provides downloads of the following: lesson plans, lesson materials, word list, and video transcript.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Cornerstone: Peer Review Fishbowl

For Teachers 6th Standards
In this lesson, 6th graders are shown what an effective peer review session looks and sounds like. While observing it, students have a silent discussion online about what they notice. They then fill in a peer review goal setting worksheet.
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Education.com

Education.com: Sl.2.1.a Worksheets

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Choose from a variety of worksheets to practice the Common Core standard of following agreed-upon rules for discussions. Also included is a formative assessment for speaking and listening.
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Indiana University

Indiana University: Problemas De Genero

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Indiana University provides a concise, but thorough, Spanish explanation of nouns that do not follow the normal rules for gender. Greek and latin influence is examined. Great review for advanced students or teachers...
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Study Languages

Study Spanish: Gender of Nouns Part Ii

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Outstanding instructional activity that presents most of the word endings that determine gender. It also considers common exceptions to the rule. Without a doubt, this instructional activity shines above all others in teaching students...
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Other

Math Mistakes: Common Calculus Mistakes

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn from other student's mistakes by reviewing the following Calculus topics: limits, the power rule, derivatives, the sum rule, the product rule, the quotient rule, the chain rule, implicit differentiation, indefinite integrals,...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: Making of African American Identity: Segregation

For Students 9th - 10th
A Supreme Court decision, a chapter from a novel, and an editorial that explore segregation in late-nineteenth-century America. This resource focuses primarily on Plessy v. Ferguson, and the complexities that followed from this ruling.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Punctuation Between 2 Independent Clauses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What is the correct punctuation between two independent clauses? Use this site to learn more about the rules to follow.
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History of American Wars

History of American Wars: Revolutionary War Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline showing the events leading up to the Revolutionary War, beginning with unpopular legislation implemented under British rule. It follows with the reaction of the American colonists and continues in a cause and effect manner...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: South Africa Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline provides insight into the long history of struggle of the black population of South Africa. Follow the centuries of European wars and colonial rule and the policies that led to apartheid.
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Other

Digital Citizenship: Acceptable Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
The Acceptable Use Policy is used in schools to help govern how technology and the Internet are used within the classroom. It is an agreement that is signed by both the parents and the student stating that they will follow the rules set...
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Other

Literature Circles Resource Center: Teaching Students How to Discuss

For Teachers 1st - 8th Standards
Teachers are given strategies and hands-on approaches to help students prepare for a discussion and participate as active members of it.

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