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Top of the Fold, Published by Grandview Elementary Students

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This student news effort includes a number of podcasts, book talks and reviews, and topics that classes are covering. A nice example of what can be done using 21st century skills.
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Texas Demographics Center

Office of the State Demographer: Introduction to Migration in Texas [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A report explaining the factors that cause a population to increase, as has been the case in Texas, why migration takes place and why it is important, and the contributions of immigrants to Texas. The focus is on population changes...
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Princeton University

Mammals of North America: Dolphins and Porpoises

For Students 9th - 10th
From the pages of "Mammals of North America," a field guide published by Princeton University Press, this website offers general descriptions of striped, blunt-nosed dolphins and porpoises. Detailed pictures and maps of habitat range are...
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Princeton University

Mammals of North America: Procyonids (Raccoons & Others)

For Students 9th - 10th
From the pages of "Mammals of North America," a field guide published by Princeton University Press, this website offers general descriptions of several procyonids, including ringtails, northern raccoons, and white-nosed coati. Detailed...
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Princeton University

Mammals of North America: Spotted and Hog Nosed Skunks

For Students 9th - 10th
From the pages of "Mammals of North America," a field guide published by Princeton University Press, this website offers general descriptions of both spotted and hog-nosed skunks. Detailed pictures and maps of habitat range are also...
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California State University: "Art" by Clive Bell

For Students 9th - 10th
The California State University provides an essay from the book "Art," originally published in 1914. There are discussion questions and links added by Julie C. Van Camp. The Formalist concepts of art by Clive Bell is thouroughly discussed.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory: Technologies for the Troops

For Students 9th - 10th
A very informative article about the latest technology which is being used by our troops in the war zone. Also featured are some futuristic forms of technology. (Published 2006)
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Encyclopedia Britannica: Emiliano Zapata

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents a biography of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. The biography is taken from the Encyclopaedia Britannica, and published as part of an online project entitled "Zapatista Rebels in Mexico and the Electronic...
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Princeton University

Mammals of North America: Elk and Moose

For Students 9th - 10th
From the pages of "Mammals of North America," a field guide published by Princeton University Press, this website offers general descriptions of both elk and moose. Detailed pictures and maps of habitat range are also included.
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Ohio University

Ohio.edu: Point of View and Narrative Voice

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an article defining point of view, explaining the types of point of view, and discussing voice and tone. It was originally published at http://teenwriting.about.com/library/weekly/aa111102e.htm.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: My Most Memorable Experience

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
For this lesson, each student will write a narrative story about his/her most memorable experience. Students will develop the narrative writing mode and create a brochure using desktop publishing software.
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Stanford University

Stanford University: A Biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly biographical article on King taken from a work published in 1999 and written by the most authoritative scholar on King today.
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Stanford University

Stanford University: Scientists Use Dna Fragments to Trace Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
Scientists piece together the puzzle of human migration out of Africa using DNA research. (Published in 2003)
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Le Moyne University: John Dalton

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Le Moyne University provides excerpts from Dalton's "A New System of Chemical Philosophy" published in 1808. Includes Dalton's table of atomic weights and and scanned atomic symbols.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Edgar Allan Poe Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As part of a unit on Edgar Allan Poe and his works, this classroom activity provides a brief classroom project and includes lesson plan ideas, web links, and additional texts.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: The Scarlet Letter Classroom Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A classroom activity/lesson plan for beginning the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Includes web links, a bibliography, and other lessons on the novel. From March 16, 2007.

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