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CommonLit

Common Lit: Food Deserts

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Food Deserts" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Chicano Movement

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "The Chicano Movement" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Legacy of Charles R. Drew

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "The Legacy of Charles R. Drew" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Kitty Genovese Murder: What Really Happened

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "The Kitty Genovese Murder: What Really Happened" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Golden Lotus: A History of Foot Binding

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "The Golden Lotus: A History of Foot Binding" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Road to American Independence

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "The Road to American Independence" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Resistance to the Vietnam War

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Resistance to the Vietnam War" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Japan's Quest for Empire

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Japan's Quest for Empire" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: The Cold War

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
A learning module that begins with "The Cold War" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Stephen Hawking

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Stephen Hawking" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Salvador Dali

For Students 7th - 8th
A learning module that begins with "Salvador Dali" by Jessica McBirney, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
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Other

Manchester University/jessica Stiffler : Culture and Diversity Unit

For Teachers K - 1st
By understanding cultural differences, students will become more excepting of others and will have a better understanding of the world around them. After completing this unit, students will better understand why each person is unique and...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Smudge Proof Lipstick Was Invented: Moments of Vision 6

For Students 9th - 10th
Today, lip cosmetics are a billion dollar industry, with 1 out of every 3 women claiming that they won't leave home without applying lipstick. But how did it come to be so common? In the sixth installment of our 'Moments of Vision'...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How the Rubber Glove Was Invented: Moments of Vision 4

For Students 9th - 10th
It's hard to imagine a modern hospital being able to function without rubber gloves- but they weren't actually invented until 1890. In the fourth installment of our 'Moments of Vision' series, Jessica Oreck shares the surprisingly...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Coffee Got Quicker: Moments of Vision 2

For Students 9th - 10th
For the 64% of Americans that drink coffee daily, an expedient cup is practically essential. But preparing coffee hasn't always been easy. In the second installment of our 'Moments of Vision' series, Jessica Oreck shares the ingenuity of...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Mansa Musa, One of the Wealthiest People Who Ever Lived

For Students 9th - 10th
Mansa Musa, the 14th century African king of the Mali Empire, is said to have amassed a fortune that possibly made him one of the wealthiest people who ever lived. Jessica Smith tells the story of how Mansa Musa literally put his empire...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Braille Was Invented: Moments of Vision 9

For Students 9th - 10th
Today, Braille is the universally accepted system of writing for the blind, translated into almost every language in almost every country across the globe. But it didn't actually start out as a tool for the blind. Jessica Oreck details...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Super Glue Was Invented: Moments of Vision 8

For Students 9th - 10th
Today, super glue is a nearly indispensable household item - but its incredibly sticky nature almost caused it to be abandoned in the development phase - twice. Jessica Oreck shares the wartime origins of this sticky substance. [1:53]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How the Band Aid Was Invented: Moments of Vision 3

For Students 9th - 10th
It is estimated that Johnson & Johnson have made an astounding 100 billion Band-Aids since they were invented in 1920. But where did the idea come from? In the third installment of our 'Moments of Vision' series, Jessica Oreck shares...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Mysteries of Vernacular: X Ray

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of the word X-Ray is one of great thinkers. French philosopher Rene Descartes isolated the letters X, Y and Z to stand for unknowns, and centuries later, Wilhelm Rontgen discovered the X-ray, using the X for the unknown nature...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How the Stethoscope Was Invented | Moments of Vision 7

For Students 9th - 10th
The stethoscope is the single most widely used medical instrument in the world. But where did the idea come from? Jessica Oreck shares the modest origins of this incredibly useful item. [1:48]
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Mysteries of Vernacular: Odd

For Students 9th - 10th
Whether we're talking all things unusual or mathematical, the origins of the word odd point to the Indo-European root uzdho, which means pointing upwards. Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel explain the evolution from the term for a triangle...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Mysteries of Vernacular: Lady

For Students 9th - 10th
Why do we call women ladies? Well, etymologically-speaking, the word comes from the Old English words for hlaf (bread) and daege (maid), which, combined, mean the female head of the household and eventually indicated high social...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Mysteries of Vernacular: Robot

For Students 9th - 10th
In 1920, Czech writer Karel Capek wrote a play about human-like machines, thereby inventing the term robot from the Central European word for forced labor. Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel explain how the science fiction staple earned its...

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