Unit Plan
St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Adding S Lesson

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this beginning reading module, the instructor models how to pronounce words that incorporate that end in letter "s" in them. Students are prompted to interact with the video segments at various times. Students can choose to sound out...
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St. Charles Place Education Foundation

Reading Bear: Adding S Quiz

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This site is an interactive quiz to assess knowledge about adding the letter "s" changes the understanding of the word. The quiz is designed to follow the "Reading Bear: adding s" lesson.
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Primary
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History

Gilder Lehrman Institute: Ulysses S. Grant at West Point, 1839

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A seventeen-year-old Ulysses S. Grant penned this letter to his cousin when he was a cadet at West Point revealing his first impressions of the academy. Also, includes a watercolor painted by Grant and...
Professional Doc
Auburn University

Auburn University: Teaching Letter Recognition

For Teachers Pre-K - K Standards
How can you teach your students letter recognition? This site offers insight into this necessary pre-reading skill set. Come and explore this informative resource.
Interactive
Starfall

Starfall: Letters of the Alphabet

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This site features activities for the letters of the alphabet. Students have an opportunity to click on a letter and hear a story about that letter.
Website
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
Everything you wanted to know and more about Harry S. Truman, from biographical information to love letters.
Lesson Plan
Hopelink

Hopelink: Reading Lesson Idea: The Letter C

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Practice reading words that contain the letter C and learn how to decode the s and k sound.
Activity
Other

Twentieth Century Poetry in English: t.s. Eliot

For Students 9th - 10th
Maintained by Professor Eiichi Hishikawa, Faculty of Letters at Kobe University in Japan, this useful website tells you where to look to find more information on Eliot. This site does not offer much general information on Eliot, but it...
Primary
Vassar College

Vassar: Eisenhower's Letter of Support to Ngo Dinh Diem

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of a letter sent from U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower to Diem.
Unit Plan
US Government Publishing Office

Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Ben's Ab Cs

For Students 2nd - 4th
Each letter of this alphabet is linked to an important aspect of the U.S. Government, e.g. "A is for Armed Forces" has a link to the Air Force. Links are made to the Bill of Rights, symbols, branches of government and The Constitution....
Primary
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of the English edition of Thomas Paine's "The Rights of Man" in a series of links including an introductory letter to President Washington.
Activity
Writing Fix

Writing Fix:a Right Brained Writing Prompt: Serendipitous Alliteration: Letter S

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Students use the alliteration generator to spark an idea for an alliterative narrative using the letter "S" and focusing on word choice and playing with words. An online page and a word choice checklist are provided for students to type...
Activity
Other

Screwtape Letters Website

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a wealth of information on the book including a synopsis and an analysis.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Letter From Jackie Robinson on Civil Rights

For Teachers 7th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A letter from Jackie Robinson to President Eisenhower in response to a speech Eisenhower gave asking African Americans to be patient. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Apostrophes and Possession

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson focuses on the use of apostrophes in forming possessives; it defines apostrophe and lists its purposes. It lists two types of possessives, singular and plural, explains how to form each including the placement of...
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Little Lily's Alphabet by s.m.p.

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Little Lily's Alphabet by S.M.P. (c1875), the letters of the alphabet with rhymes and illustrations for each.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Holiday Album: Easy Reading for Children by Sarah S. Baker

For Students K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Holiday Album: Easy Reading for Children by Sarah S. Baker [1870]. It includes illustrated stories, letters of the alphabet, vocabulary and more.
Primary
University of Florida

Baldwin Library: Our Mother Goose by S. N.

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Our Mother Goose by S. N., a picture book of the ABC's and nursery rhymes with rebuses.
Lesson Plan
US National Archives

Nara: Teaching With Documents: Launching the New u.s. Navy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The National Archives and Records Administration provides the original letter President John Adams sent to the U.S. Sentate on May 18, 1798 nominating Benjamin Stoddert as the first Secretary of the Navy to lead the newly created...
Unit Plan
Penguin Publishing

U.s. Penguin Group: Welcome to the World of Ezra Jack Keats! [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This is a collection of information about Ezra Jack Keats and his books for young readers. It includes biographical information, an annotated listing of his books; activity suggestions for four of his books; book suggestions by theme for...
Primary
Yale University

Provisional Govt. Of Israel Writes the President of u.s.

For Students 9th - 10th
This May 15, 1948, letter announces the Israeli provisional government and asks the United States to recognize and accept the new state and its government.
Activity
Other

The Copyright Society of the u.s.a: Copyright Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Introduces the concept of "copyright" by answering common questions, defining related terms, and providing sample permission letters. Highlighting the planning and work of school yearbook club, this site shows a variety of ways copyright...
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: C. S. Lewis

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedia article from Wikipedia on C. S. Lewis (1898-1963 CE) discusses his literary career, mentioning his scholarly work, novels, and his writings dealing with Christianity. Links are provided throughout for additional information.

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