Curated OER
Irregular Formal Commands (Mandatos)
How do you form irregular formal commands in Spanish? Now that your class has learned how to form the Ud. and Uds. commands, review some of the irregular formal commands. First encourage learners to study the charts at the top of the...
Curated OER
Dulce et Decorum est by Wilfred Owen
It is entirely fitting and proper that Wilfred Owen’s powerful “Dulce et Decorum Est” is the poem used for an exercise in close reading, discussion, analysis, and argumentative writing. Class members discuss focus questions in pairs,...
Curated OER
The Salem Witch Trials 1692
Look at images depicting the Salem Witch Trials and read a few character descriptions. Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba are featured with the remaining slides being pictures. Show your history or English class this slide as you read...
Curated OER
Mnemonics to Remember Your Trig Ratios
In this calculus worksheet, students review mnemonic rhymes to help them remember the different ratios of sine, cosine and tangent. They are funny and memorable for any grade level.
Curated OER
United States Geography: Crossword Puzzle
In this geography worksheet, learners use the 14 clues in order to fill in the crossword puzzle with the appropriate United States geography answers.
Curated OER
The Power of Words
Young scholars research the power of words and the necessary teaching of tolerance. In groups, they research a particular word given to them about a group in society. They trace the origin of the word and form a stance on how they view...
PBS
Pbs: A World of Stories: The Boo Hag
North Carolina-based storyteller Donna Washington tells a scary tale from the Gullah culture about a man and his beautiful wife-who is not what she seems to be. The story explains the Gullah tradition of painting doors and windows blue...
Shmoop University
Shmoop: T He Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale
Read and learn more about this fascinating tale in this comprehensive site about The Wife of Bath's Tale.
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Greenberg: Godey's Lady's Book: Editor's Table
Read several of Sarah Josepha Hale's editorials from Godey's Lady's Book. One is a series of editorials she wrote about establishing a national Thanksgiving holiday.
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University of Vermont: Godey's Lady's Book: Sarah Josepha Hale
A biography of Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book for forty years in the mid-nineteenth century.
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University of Vermont: Godey's Lady's Book
A collection of a magazine published between 1855 and 1858 in the Philadelphia. Each issue contained poetry, articles, and engravings created by prominent writers and other artists of the time.
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The Custumer's Manifesto: Images of Mens Clothing
This website has images of men's and women's dress during 1650-1800.