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Actorama: Casting Calls and Audition Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
Website where actors can create profiles and search casting calls. Monologues and scenes to use for audtitions can be searched by various criteria (gender, source material, period, type, and main action and/or emotion involved.
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History.com: 8 Ways the Original 'Star Trek' Made History

For Students 9th - 10th
When "Star Trek" premiered on NBC in the fall of 1966, it promised "To boldly go where no man has gone before." More than half a century later, it has done just that. The original "Star Trek," which lasted for only three seasons, birthed...
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Harp Week

Education at Harp week.com: The Reconstruction Convention Simulation

For Students 9th - 10th
A simulation activity where students participate in a convention at the end of the American Civil War that never actually took place. Together they grapple with the issues that faced America in 1865 in dealing with the demise of slavery...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Analyzing Characters in 12 Angry Men

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Re-telling a story from the points of view of its various characters is a powerful way to review the events of a story, show how authors use characterization to reveal characters' personalities, and encourage students to view stories...
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270towin: 1872 Presidential Election

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides detailed electoral facts for the presidential election of 1872 won by Ulysses S. Grant. Another candidate, Horace Greeley, died before the Electoral College cast its votes; it is so far the only election in which a Presidential...

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