Curated OER
A World of Feathered Friends
students will learn to
respect the nature around them. This respect is vital because ignorance of surrounding
nature can lead to carelessness when curiosity goes awry. A perfect example of this
wayward curiosity took place at our school...
Spark Notes
The Scientific Revolution (1550-1700): Study Questions
For this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about the Scientific Revolution. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
Curated OER
Lessons in Drama: Learning About American Political Thought
Students develop critical thinking skills so that they may produce their own written plays or music from their thoughts and feelings. They express their thoughts based on what has been presented to them over the duration of the course.
Orange County Department of Education
The Hero: Writing and Responding
Pupils identify heroic character traits that they admire and that inspire trust and result in service to others. They identify the heroic traits of a character of their choosing and defend their reasoning using evidence from the text and...
Curated OER
Capitalization Post Test
In this capitalization learning exercise, students assess sentences in order to determine whether or not there are errors in capitalization present.
Curated OER
Literature Review
Students review for a literature exam by answering knowledge question, interpretation questions and judgement questions about a novel or story they have just read.
Curated OER
Choices and Impact
Tenth graders, in groups, search a database in order to help them choose a book. They become aware of their options for choosing a book to read. They create a reading deadline calendar for their group.
Curated OER
The Role of the Teacher
Students study the role of the teacher in various cultures and societies through in-class discussions, literature investigations, and personal reflection. Lesson extensions include a "Living Portraits" activity and a "Student becomes the...
Curated OER
The First Amendment
Students participate in a mock trial. Given the scenario, students prepare a cases concerning the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and the right to assemble. In groups, students prepare an opening and closing statement, as well...
Curated OER
Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Clauses and Appositives
In this grammar worksheet, students label each clause as restrictive or nonrestrictive, identify all appositives and add commas accordingly in eighteen sentences.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "To Kill a Mockingbird" Study Guide [Pdf]
A great resource for students reading "To Kill a Mockingbird," complete with pre-reading material (author biography, introductory article, novel background, and vocabulary words), as well as brainstorming activities and thought-provoking...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: To Kill a Mockingbird Teacher's Guide
This is a complete study guide for the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee including chapter-by-chapter guided reading questions (aligned to specific Common Core Standards), discussion questions, various writing prompts, and...
New Zealand Ministry of Education
Nz Ministry of Education: To Kill a Mockingbird
In this unit students begin by connecting to the story To Kill A Mockingbird through quotes taken from the text; they explore the background information about the author and the Civil Rights Movement. After reading, they plan and develop...
The English Teacher
Teacher2b.com: To Kill a Mockingbird
Check out this sample test for the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. Teachers can pick and choose the questions that will fit with their students learning styles.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Book Summary for to Kill a Mockingbird
This is a booklist (alphabetical by Parts) and a fill-in-the-blanks word puzzle for To Kill a Mockingbird.
National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: To Kill a Mockingbird
Guide to Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show,...
Other
Learn Nc: Justice for All?: To Kill a Mockingbird and a Time to Kill
This lesson plan uses the novels To Kill a Mockingbird and A Time to Kill; after viewing the courtroom scene in each movie, students will be able to demonstrate comparisons. RL.9-10.7 analyze 2 media
BBC
Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: "To Kill a Mockingbird"
A thorough overview of Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," made specifically for students preparing to take the GCSE test. This site is beneficial to all students studying the novel or race relations in the 1930's. Links include...
The English Teacher
Teacher2b.com: Notes for "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Review notes for the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
Selected (12) reading passages (grades 7-11) to pair with "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. A young Scout watches her father, prominent lawyer Atticus Finch, defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman in the...
Other
To Kill a Mockingbird the Student Survival Guide
A study guide for "To Kill A Mockingbird." Gives chapter summaries, vocabulary words, and allusions with helpful hints. Also provides links to other sources and lesson plans for teachers.
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement: Profiles in Courage to Kill a Mockingbird
This site offers two separate lesson plans which focus on the theme of "Courage," as portrayed in Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird," and court transcripts (and other primary source material) from the second Scottsboro Boys Trial of 1933.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
PBS
Pbs: News Hour Extra: 'To Kill a Mockingbird' Turns Fifty
Background on the history of the novel, 'To Kill a Mockingbird', banned in many U.S. school districts for many years, but now recognized as one of the greatest American novels. (July 14, 2010)