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The History of Gifted and Talented Education

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Check out a "Timeline of Key Dates in Gifted and Talented Education," which starts in the late 19th century and provides notes on the development of intelligence testing, the publication of giftedness resources, and the establishment of...
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Libraries: Accepting Smithson's Gift: John Quincy Adams' Role

For Students 9th - 10th
From a Smithsonian exhibition entitled "From Smithson to Smithsonian," this document relates John Quincy Adams' role in getting the US government to accept and support the gift that became the Smithsonian Institution. A transcript of...
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Pre K Grade 12 Standards

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Here are standards "designed to assist school districts in examining the quality of their programming for gifted learners." "Program Design," "Curriculum and Instruction," "Socio-Emotional Guidance and Counseling" and other parts of the...
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US National Archives

National Archives: Tokens & Treasures Gifts to Twelve Presidents

For Students 9th - 10th
These gifts are unique records of each administration from Herbert Hoover through Bill Clinton. Many of them are handmade artworks. Some are from well known artists and others from supportive American citizens.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: A Pictorial Gift for the Little Ones

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A scanned copy of the 1880 publication of A Pictorial Gift for the Little Ones by James P. Walker, a book of children's poetry.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Gift of Life

For Students 6th - 8th
A scanned copy of the 1872 publication of The Gift of Life by Sara Wood, a nonfiction book for children.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aunt Louisa's Birthday Gift by Laura Valentine

For Students 3rd - 5th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Aunt Louisa's Birthday Gift by Laura Valentine (1865), a collection of illustrated children's stories and poems.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Child's Illustrated Gift Book by James P. Walker

For Students 2nd - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Child's Illustrated Gift Book by James P. Walker (1866), a children's picture book of rhymes, poems, and songs.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aunt Louisa's Coloured Gift Book by Dick Whittington

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's picture book Aunt Louisa's Coloured Gift Book by Dick Whittington (1888). It features the use of illustrated letters of the alphabet in the context of eating an apple pie.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Cape Town Dicky, Or, Colonel Jack's Boy by Theo Gift

For Students 4th - 8th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's illustrated novel Cape Town Dicky, or, Colonel Jack's Boy by Theo Gift (1888). It is about a young boy from Cape Town who goes to live with his relatives in England after...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Aunt Louisa's Golden Gift by Laura Valentine

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Aunt Louisa's Golden Gift by Laura Valentine, (1880?) a picture book with letters of the alphabet and nursery rhymes.
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Ursula Le Guin: The Bear's Gift

For Students 9th - 10th
The poem "The Bear's Gift" from Ursula LeGuin's "Always Coming Home".
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Gift [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"My The Gift" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a little girl who wanted to buy an apple for her sick mother, but they had no money. A man gave her a dollar when she returned the wallet he had dropped. The storekeeper saw...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Do It Yourself Patchwork Gifts

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Students will sharpen their geometry skills when they make these holiday gifts. This site offers hands-on activities with geometry skills interwoven.
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Pennsylvania Association for Gifted Education

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the organization and legislative initiatives, locate job openings in the field, and find links to other resources for the gifted.
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Child's Illustrated Gift Book by James P. Walker

For Students 1st - 4th
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Child's Illustrated Gift Book by James P. Walker (1865), a collection of illustrated children's poems, songs, and rhymes.
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Open Library of the Internet Archive

Open Library: Gretchen's Gift, Or, a Noble Sacrifice

For Students 9th - 10th
This ebook version of A. L. Sadlier's Gretchen's Gift, Or, A Noble Sacrifice has been made available in multiple formats by the Open Library. Editions of the full novel, organized by year of publication, may be accessed here.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Great Gift

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage includes the story of a girl who is celebrating her birthday. This passage is intended as a guided passage. It contains questions regarding explicit information and drawing conclusions.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Great Gift

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage includes the story of a girl who is celebrating her birthday. This passage is intended as a guided passage. It contains questions regarding explicit information and drawing conclusions.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Gift of the Magi

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is designed for use with the story, The Gift of The Magi. It is a series of assessment questions designed to evaluate student comprehension of the story.
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Challenging Gifted Students in the Regular Classroom

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"How do teachers develop an instructional plan that will be challenging, enlightening, and intriguing to students of different abilities?" Find the answer to this question and sources for further reading.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 3.oa Gifts From Grandma, Variation 1

For Teachers 2nd - 4th Standards
The first of these is a multiplication problem involving equal-sized groups. The next two reflect the two related division problems, How many groups? and How many in each group? CCSS.Math.Content.3.OA.A.3 Use multiplication and division...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Evolution's Gift of Play, From Bonobo Apes to Humans

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about our similarity to apes, and how they solve their problems so peacefully at times but humans, the more "advanced" species, can behave so primitively. [7:02]
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Tfao: W. Edmondson's Sculptures Gifted to Cheekwood

For Students 9th - 10th
Within this article regarding the donation of several Edmondson sculptures, there is a short biography that details his work.

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