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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Ap Macroeconomics: Appendices: Present Discounted Value

For Students 11th - 12th
The concept of a present discounted value (PDV), which is defined as the amount you should be willing to pay in the present for a stream of expected future payments, can be used to calculate appropriate prices for stocks and bonds. To...
Handout
Other

Plu: Designing and Delivering Multimedia Presentations: Why Use Visuals?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The advantages to incorporating visuals into a multimedia presentation are explained. SL.9-10.5 Audio Visuals. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.5, SL.11-12.5 Audio Visuals
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: Period 9: 1980 Present

For Students 9th - 10th
This Khan Academy resource provides a table of contents with notes for several sections of AP US History: Period 9: 1980-present.
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Past, Present and Future of the Bubonic Plague

For Students 9th - 10th
The bubonic plague, which killed around 1/5 of the world's population in the 14th century, is still around today -- but it now claims only a few thousand lives each year. How did that number shrink drastically? This learning module...
Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Nobel Prize in Physics 1922 Presentation Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This Nobel Foundation site provides the "Presentation Speech by Professor S.A. Arrhenius, Chairman of the Nobel Committee for Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, on December 10, 1922."
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University of Missouri

Exploring Constitutional Conflicts: The "Clear and Present Danger" Test

For Students 11th - 12th
Modern first amendment law was formed by cases during the WWI era. Were dissent and subversive activity protected by freedom of speech? Examine five cases that answered this constitutional question. Included are the full opinions of the...
Lesson Plan
Library of Congress

Loc: Photo Analysis Presenting the Statue of Liberty

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
The ability to examine a primary source is a gateway to building critical thinking skills and constructing knowledge. This lesson provides the students an opportunity to observe similarities and differences between 2 visual images,...
Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Grainne Mc Evoy, "Child Refugees: Our Present Informing Our Past"

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on issues both historical and current concerning the immigration of large numbers of unaccompanied minors and the problems it creates.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Understanding Content Through Photography

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson plan is designed to assist learners making self-text-world connections through multimedia presentations. This plan includes a student guide for writing the reflection scripts as well as a detailed instructional plan.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Jazz Singers: Online Exhibition

For Students 9th - 10th
Library of Congress online exhibition of Jazz singers provides a short bio and photos of each of these influential artists offering perspectives of the art of vocal jazz from the 1920s to present.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Choosing Whether to Use Software or Technology to Enhance Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A tutorial explaining how to use technology to create graphics and visuals to enhance documents and presentations. A brief audiovisual presentation identifies types of visuals, and another audiovisual presentation describes how and when...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Ntti: Managing Students With Computers Best Practices

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore ideas on the best practices for integrating computer technology into your classroom. Investigate whole-class presentations, computer teams, independent work, and special issues and challenges in the computer classroom.
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Developing, Writing, and Evaluating Persuasive Speeches

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that teach learners how to make and present strong persuasive speeches. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Buddies Create Power Point Stories

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for five lessons that ask students to create PowerPoint presentations about shared experiences like field trips or other activities. Students take pictures of what happen, and then explain the sequence of events in words...
Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1905 Presentation Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Nobel e-Museum contains a speech, originally given in 1905, in which Count K.A.H. Morner praises Robert Koch for his contribution to the world of medicine and awards Koch with the Nobel Prize.
Primary
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957 Presentation Speech: Yang

For Students 9th - 10th
The Nobel Foundation provides a fascinating speech by O.B. Klein of the Physics Committee. Elegant, erudite, and fully explanatory of the work of Lee and Yang. His description of a physicist on another planet is very insightful. This is...
Article
Other

Constructing Critical Literacy Practices Through Technology Tools and Inquiry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This journal article examines how the use of technology has helped to promote critical thinking and creativity. The article includes examples specifically focused on Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451."
Article
English Club

English Club: Basic Tenses

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Notes and examples of verb tense including past, present, future, active, passive, normal, intensive, continuous, perfect, and continuous perfect.
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: New York City Subway Posters

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Divisions: Ku Klux Klan

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Labor & Capital

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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University of Florida

Florida Museum of Natural History: St. Augustine on Line Exhibition

For Students 9th - 10th
A fine exhibit presenting the history of St. Augustine from its founding by the Spanish to an interactive timeline of events and people dating from earliest times to the present. Highly informative!
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Other

Zoo Lab a Website for Animal Biology: The Reptiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Some general facts about reptiles are presented with links to pages on different types of reptiles (turtles, alligators, lizards, snakes, and tuataras). The individual pages on the particular reptiles present characteristics and facts...
Website
Other

Metis Nation of Ontario: Culture and Heritage: Who Are the Metis?

For Students 9th - 10th
Metis history and culture are presented on this site. Presents a brief overview with links to deeper aspects of the Metis experience, including the role and importance of Louis Riel, symbols and traditions, a timeline, the Michif...

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