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Son of the South

Son of the South: Confederate Generals

For Students 9th - 10th
Presents biographies and resources for a large group of Confederate generals.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Generalizing Proportions From Similar Figures

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Given a pair of similar figures, including dilations, students will be able to generalize that the lengths of corresponding sides are proportional.
Activity
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: General Nathanael Greene

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhaustive biography of Nathanael Greene which contains not only biographical information, but also much information about the War in the South and military strategy. A great resource.
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Carlsbad Caverns Natural Resources: The Bat Colony

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the National Park Service website, this page provides general info. about the resident bat population, and links to more specific bat info. For the bat enthusiast!
Website
Frostburg State University

Frostburg State University: General Chemistry Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides information about calculating molality.
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Ohio State University

General Plant Biology: Angiosperm Life Cycle

For Students 9th - 10th
Photomicrographs and diagrams make this resource a great tool for studying reproduction and development. Use this along with your lab material on plants.
Activity
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: General Tips for Test Taking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides test taking strategies. Students will find strategies to use before, during, and after test taking.
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Frostburg State University

General Chemistry Online: Ten Signs of Chemical Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Resource provides the ten signs that tell when a chemical change has occured. Each sign has a detailed explanation.
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Other

Jerry Wilkinson: History of Key West

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that in the earliest of times, Key West began as a coral forest under the sea water? Travel back in time and follow the rich detailed history of this region from its first inhabitants to its many economic resources to its...
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Exploring Ancient World Cultures

Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Ancient World Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Evansville provides this site that gives an overview and then additional pages with readings in ancient Greek philosophy and literature. A good general resource.
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Legislative Branch

For Students 9th - 10th
Referred to as the North Carolina General Assembly, the legislative branch is run similarly to the federal government. Check out this brief resource for details about the state legislative system.
Website
Information Technology Associates

Cia World Factbook: Slovakia Geography 2008

For Students 9th - 10th
General geographic information on Slovakia, including natural resources and environmental issues.
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Encyclopedia of Earth

Encyclopedia of Earth: Cape Verde

For Students 9th - 10th
Facts about Cape Verde including environmental issues, geography, government, people, water, economy, agriculture, natural resources, and energy.
Website
Other

South Carolina Indians

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough site that provides good basic information on the early indigenous peoples of South Carolina. Information includes tribes, a map of the location of the tribes, history of the tribes, cities and towns with Native American names,...
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Other

History: From Cliff Swellings to Statehood

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource traces the history of Colorado from its earliest inhabitants to its admittance as the thirty-eighth state of the union.
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University of Washington

Northwest of the West: The Frontier Experience on the Northwest Coast

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource, from an exhibition called "The Frontier in American Culture" shows how the frontier on the Northwest Coast differed from the frontier in the rest of the West. Differences include the forests and the development of logging...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: George Washington

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource highlights George Washington's career (1732-1799). Pictures help to connect the historical events discussed.
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Classroom Feud

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
As part of a unit about the state of Alabama, young scholars spend time collecting information about the state, which they in turn report to a classroom in another state using distance learning equipment. Then the two classroms in...
Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs: Academic Vocabulary in the Common Core: Disciplinary Vocabulary

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This series of four video segments features a social studies teacher and a chemistry teacher demonstrating the integration of academic vocabulary into their classrooms. These segments feature the incorporation of general vocabulary (Tier...
Activity
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Get Ready to Celebrate Banned Books Week

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The last week of September is generally the time to celebrate Banned Books Week. Use this lesson plan from ReadWriteThink talk about censorship and why it is important to protect books.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Comparing and Explaining Transformations

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Given rotations, reflections, translations, and dilations, students will be able to develop algebraic representations for rotations, and generalize and then compare and contrast the properties of congruence transformations and...
Lesson Plan
British Library

British Library: Austen's Emma: Social Realism & the Novel

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In the course of the novel's development, Jane Austen was a significant contributor to the emergence of the modern novel as we know it today. The review of Emma in the Quarterly Review (October 1815) makes clear to a modern audience how...
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Blue Planet: Introduction to Oceanography

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures from an introduction to oceanography course taught at the University of California, Los Angeles. The course gives a general introduction to the processes and history of Earth's global oceanic system in...
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Other

Map of Guyana

For Students 9th - 10th
Features a map of Guyana with an easy to understand synopsis of general information on the country.