Improve understanding of expository materials by summarizing the main ideas. The summarization strategy helps students recall the main ideas and specific facts of materials they read. There are five rules for writing summaries.

This is a speech given by President Eisenhower during the last days of his administration. In it, he cautions against the growing power and influence of the American military-industrial complex. A great primary source that still contains...

Explanation of the various types of stereoisomers,with an isomer classification flowchart.

Improve understanding of expository materials by getting the main ideas through paraphrasing. The paraphrasing strategy helps students recall the main ideas and specific facts of materials they read. There are three steps for teaching...

This is the story of the careers of Jean Frederic Joliot and Irene Curie.

This intervention emphasizes the importance of verbal rehearsal of a story. By retelling, students relate information from the story to their own experiences. In this way, they improve their reading comprehension and memory of story...

Digital database of American cookbooks from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries provides insights into the social history of Americans across three centuries through a consideration of women's labor in the household,...

An image of the Michigan State Bird.

An essay on the Ottoman Empire's resistance against the revolutionary nationalist movement. Discusses the Ottoman reform.

Provides statistics, history, economy, culture, politics, and demographics for Hong Kong located in Eastern Asia.

Michigan-MEAP Multiple Choice Sample Practice Test C assesses a variety of math concepts. Correct answers are confirmed. Incorrect answers trigger a text box with suggestions for getting the correct solution. As the items on the page are...

This resource explores the Amber Plan by state. Learn what the Amber plan is, how the plan works, and what the initial criteria are to put the plan in action. Content also includes a state-by-state analysis of the Amber plan in each area.

The EPA profiles the Great Lakes ecosystem, their ecological protection and restoration, wetlands, shorelands, pollution prevention, and so on. Click "Visualizing the Great Lakes" for pictures of the lake environment.

This intervention, which is based on Schema Theory, emphasizes linking previous knowledge structures (schemata) with reading materials. A pre-reading technique (see "My Story Map") provides a framework that directs students' attention to...

An image of the Michigan State Bird.

An image of the Michigan State Flag.

An image of the Michigan State Flower.

This clickable map of the United States gives students access to research information from history and tourism to attractions and famous historic figures.

An image of the Michigan State Tree.

An image of the Michigan State Bird.

An image of the Michigan State Flower.

An image of the Michigan State Flower.

An image of the Michigan State Flower.

An image of the Michigan State Reptile.