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California State University

Ca State University: Classification and Assessment of Abnormal Behavior [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Chapter 3 of a psychology textbook. It explains how abnormal behavior patterns are classified, the DSM, standards and methods of assessment, and the sociocultural and ethnic factors that may need to be taken into account during...
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Washington: Assessment and Research

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This state site is the gateway to information on Washington's state academic standards and to results on various state assessments (the Washington Assessment of Student Learning, Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, and Iowa Tests of Educational...
Unit Plan
BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Drug Abuse and the Adolescent Brain

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This module focuses on the science that explains the effects that drugs have on the brain and, by extension, a person's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Specifically, it focuses on the adolescent brain. Adolescents may be more...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Comparing and Contrasting: Picturing an Organizational Pattern

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for two 50-minute lessons that teach about the comparison/contrast organizational pattern. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Assessing Cultural Relevance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for six 50-minute lessons that ask students to evaluate a text for its cultural relevance. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used...
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Illinois State Assessments

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Definitions and descriptions of the various testing programs in the state of Illinois are provided, along with results and sample test items.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Teaching the Compare and Contrast Essay Through Modeling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that teach students how to write comparison contrast essays after modeling the form to them. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as...
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Ccsso: The Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (In Tasc)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC) is a consortium of state education agencies and national educational organizations dedicated to the reform of the preparation, licensing, and on-going professional...
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Information Fluency

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy: Accessibility Awareness [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Micro-Module covering relevant information on Accessibility Awareness and Section 508, the American Disabilities Act for the Internet. The thorough and informative article addresses applications of Section 508, WC3, website compliance,...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Playing With Genre Through Newspapers and Short Stories

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons that ask students to compare narrative writing (short stories) to expository writing (news articles) in order to understand what makes each genre unique. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction With Little Red Riding Hood

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Contains plans for nine 50-minute lessons that center around different versions of "Little Red Riding Hood." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Proverbs: At Home and Around the World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Contains plans for three lessons about proverbs from around the world and how they have cultural and personal significance. In addition to objectives and standards, these instructional plans contain links to sites used in the lessons as...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Bridging Literature and Mathematics

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for five 50-minute interdisciplinary lessons that ask students to write about math-related, informational books such as "Actual Size" (Jenkins, 2004) and "If You Hopped Like a Frog" (Schwartz, 1999). Students use books...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A Sse Delivery Trucks: Assessment Variation

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This is an assessment task that has students look for structure in algebraic expressions related to the context of trucks delivering concrete blocks and asks them to relate that structure to the context. Aligns with A-SSE.A.1 and...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Buying Bananas, Assessment Version

For Teachers 7th
In this lesson, 7th graders determine the proporitonal relationship between bananas and the cost.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Basketball Bounces, Assessment Variation 1

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This task asks students to analyze a set of data about the height of a basketball for each time it bounces. They choose a model that reasonably fits the data and use the model to answer questions about the physical context. This variant...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Defining and Exploring an Author's Stylistic Choices

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for two lessons that teach students how to recognize an author's use of style in literature. These plans use "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston as an example, but the basic ideas can be adapted to other...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Graphing Plot and Character in a Novel

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Contains plans for four lessons that use the book "The Watsons Go To Birmingham 1963" by Christopher Paul Curtis to teach about plot by asking student to graph events in the story. In addition to objectives and standards, this...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Analyzing Symbolism, Plot, and Theme in "Death and the Miser"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for six lessons that ask students to apply literary analysis tools to the painting "Death and the Miser" by Hieronymous Bosch. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Finding Poetry in Prose Reading and Writing Love Poems

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Contains plans for three lessons about love poetry that ask students to review the genre before writing their own. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Myth and Truth: "The First Thanksgiving" [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Contains plans for three lessons that examine the myth and reality behind the first Thanksgiving and the Wampanoag Native Americans in colonial America. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Examining Race, Class, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Media

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for five lessons that teach students how to recognize and avoid stereotyping in media. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Identifying and Writing Effective Opening "Hooks"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that teach students to write effective "hooks," or beginnings, to their writing. They read the introductions of fiction passages and analyze the techniques they use before applying these techniques in...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Identifying and Understanding the Fallacies Used in Advertising

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
Contains plans for four lessons that teach about the fallacies used in advertising such as bandwagon appeal, hasty generalizations, red herrings, emotional appeals, and more. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...