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CommonLit

Common Lit: "Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America" S. Robinson

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (17) reading passages (grades 5-11) to pair with "Promises to Keep: How Jackie Robinson Changed America" by Sharon Robinson. In Promises To Keep, Sharon Robinson, daughter of the baseball legend, shares memories of her famous...
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Virginia Historical Society

Virginia Historical Society: The Portent: John Brown's Raid in American Memory

For Students 9th - 10th
Online companion of an exhibition mounted in 2009 to commemorate the anniversary of John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry examines Brown's role as a catalyst of the American Civil War.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Aliki

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource site for the work of the children's author Aliki includes lesson plans and activities for young scholars reading Corn is Maize, Painted Words, Spoken Memories, My Visit to the Zoo, My Visit to the Aquarium, and Wild and...
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Other

Society for Neuroscience: Brain Facts [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a publication on the human brain and how it works. Gives details on the neuron, how the senses interact with the brain and much more. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Have Journal Will Travel: Promoting Family Involvement in Litera

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars build positive memories of literacy activities when they take turns taking home a book bag stuffed with items to encourage literacy interactions with their families.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: When I Was Young In, a Literature to Language Experience

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Past meets present in this lesson plan in which students practice verb tense when they write personal short stories that they then publish in a flip book.
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Google

Louisiana Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Grade 7: The Giver: Unit Files

For Teachers 7th
A Google Drive folder with instructional presentations, discussion questions, student activities, and assessments for the book, The Giver.
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PBS

Pbs Mathline Lesson: Geometry, It's a Perfect Fit [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
This two-part geometry lesson plan has learners identify, describe, and classify two-dimensional shapes. Students engage in hands-on activities including identifying shapes in the classroom, creating patterns with shapes, identifying...
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English Verse

English Verse: Alexander Pope (1688 1744)

For Students 9th - 10th
Three of the famous satirist's poems are included here in full text, along with a brief biographical sketch and a recommended book for further reading.
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Curated OER

Weekly Writes: 52 Weeks of Writing Bliss! The Book

For Students 9th - 10th
An article which should help any writer think more clearly about theme and develop theme in a greater way while writing fiction. Includes tips and advice on theme, including information on repetition, resonance, time, memory/emotion, and...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Humoral Immune Response

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In the following tutorial students will describe the steps that occur in a humoral immune response.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Cell Mediated Immune Response

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Do cells really attack other cells? They sure do. When they can, the T cells search out and destroy "bad" cells. In the following tutorial students will identify the...
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OpenStax

Open Stax: Anatomy & Physiology: Production of the Formed Elements

For Students 9th - 10th
Students trace the generation of the formed elements of blood from bone marrow stem cells, and then learn the role of hemopoietic growth factors in promoting the production of the formed elements.
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Perspectives: Ida B. Wells

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the efforts of Ida B. Wells to combat lynchings of African Americans that were still occurring mainly in the South during the first part of the 20th century.
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Other

Review of the Monkey Bridge

For Students 9th - 10th
The writer interviewed Lan Cao about her book. She includes some biographical information in the article as well as discussion of the book.
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English Verse

English Verse: Oliver Goldsmith (1728 1774)

For Students 9th - 10th
Very brief page that offers a short biography and full text of two poems, along with a book recommendation.
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Library of Congress

Loc: The African American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship

For Students 9th - 10th
Online exhibit from the Library of Congress explores black America's quest for equality from the early national period through the twentieth century. Exhibit contains a wealth of items including books, government documents, manuscripts,...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: If I Stay by Gayle Forman

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Seventeen-year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; but in a blink, she finds herself watching as her own damaged body is taken from the wreck
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Guardian Angel by Oliver Wendell Holmes

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel The Guardian Angel by Oliver Wendell Holmes; it explores mental health and repressed memory, and Holmes uses the concept of the unconscious mind throughout his works.
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Other

Alexander palace.org: Russian History Websites

For Students 9th - 10th
Nice collection of online "books" and virtual exhibits about various Russian tsars, their palaces, and life during the height of imperial era to the final days of tsars. Includes an up-close look at Anastasia, a collection of letters...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Immunity

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Is giving shots to young children a good thing? Many, if not most, children hated going to the doctor, as it often meant getting a shot. Why? The shot actually...
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Library of Congress

Loc: African American Perspectives: Timeline of African American Hist, 1852 1880

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline of important points of interest in African American history from 1852 to 1880.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Altar of the Dead by Henry James

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the full text of "The Altar of the Dead" by Henry James about trying to keep the memory of those that have died alive.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Nathaniel Hawthorne

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What do you know about the life and work of Nathaniel Hawthorne? Use this comprehensive list of links to learn more about this famous author.

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