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The Book Report

Kids reads.com: The Fudge Books by Judy Blume

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This comprehensive site features activities, reviews, and more for Judy Blume's "The Fudge Books." Come and explore this educational gold mine.
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Other

Mr coward.com: Dragonwings (Teacher Guide)

For Students 6th - 8th
This teacher's guide to the Newbery Award-winning novel contains study questions, vocabulary words, projects, supplementary information, and much more.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Online: Number the Stars

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
This detailed unit includes author biography, ideas for introducing the novel, related reading suggestions, reproducibles and more. Acrobat Reader required to read the study guide.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Judy Blume Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This educational site features links to lesson plans, learning activities, and more for several of Judy Blume's works. It also provides links to biographical information about this young-adult and children's author.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Literary Terminology: Practice 5 (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Practice using terminology critical for comprehension, interpretation, and analysis of poetry, drama, and fiction.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson

For Students 8th - 9th
Lyddie is a young girl who is separated from her family and made to work in order for them to keep their farm. Selected (6) reading passages (grades 8-9) to pair with the novel "Laddie" by Katherine Paterson. [Free account registration...
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Other

Study Guide for the Novel: "Number the Stars"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This site a sixth grade teacher offers this collection of discussion/study questions and classroom activities.
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover biographical details about famed author Louisa May Alcott who created colorful relatable characters in 19th-century novels.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Chaim Potok

For Students 3rd - 8th
This brief article on Chaim Potok, a rabbi and the author of "The Chosen", supplies information about his novel's characters, his early life and his education. Provides links to related articles.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Discovering Ourselves in Literature and Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), encourages students to evaluate literature in a variety of multimedia formats and answer the question, "Who Am I?," Students are then asked to...
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Department of Defense

Do Dea: The House on Mango Street

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the Mexican-American culture by reading "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros. This novella is made up entirely of vignettes about teenage Latina, Esperanza Cordero, who struggles with her life in a Chicano and Puerto...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Ivanhoe, Circa 1150 to 1200

For Students 9th - 10th
A map illustrating place names and routes of the main characters from Sir Walter Scott's novel Ivanhoe, set in the time of the Third Crusade and England's Norman Era. The map shows the routes of Cedric, Isaac, and Brian de Bois-Guilbert,...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Edward Bellamy

For Students 9th - 10th
(1850-1898) An American author who is famous for his novel set in the year 2000, Looking Backward, which was published in 1888.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Karl Marx

For Students 9th - 10th
A German revolutionary who argued the idea of communism in his novel The Communist Manifesto.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Lewis Wallace

For Students 9th - 10th
Lewis "Lew" Wallace (1827 - 1905) was a lawyer, governor, and Union general in the Civil War. He is most known for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.He was the eleventh governor of the New Mexico Territory.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Benjamin Disraeli

For Students 9th - 10th
(1804-1881) British Statesman and Prime Minister who wrote the novels Vivian Grey Coningsby and Sybil
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: F. Marion Crawford

For Students 9th - 10th
(1854-1909) American novelist who published over 40 novels
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: George De Maurier

For Students 9th - 10th
(1834-1896) French artist and illustrator who wrote and illustrated three novels, notably Trilby
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: James A. Froude

For Students 9th - 10th
(1818-1894) British writer and historian who wrote the History of England and the controversial novel the Nemesis of Faith
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Henry James, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
(1843-1916) American author that wrote many short stories and novels such as The Two Magics and Daisy Miller
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: On Your Mark, Get Set, React

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This session will demonstrate a novel approach to reaction time experiments done in junior science and mathematics courses. Participants will use a Calculator-Based Ranger (CBR) and a TI-83+ to record their reaction times.
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National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1930 1939

For Students 9th - 10th
New tools such as special microscopes and the cyclotron take research to higher levels, while average citizens enjoy novel amenities such as the FM radio.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Dialect (English Iii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson, studentsl listen to dialects from speakers around the country, explore how the use of dialect in literature helps to convey character, and determine to what...