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As You Like It
Students use online resources in order to examine patterns of imagery in As You Like It. By comparing these patterns to those of other Shakespeare plays, students draw conclusions about the different reasons Shakespeare uses imagery in...
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Caesar
Students examine patterns of imagery in Caesar by using online resources. Students compare the patterns they see to those they've found in other Shakespeare plays. Then students draw conclusions about why Shakespeare might have used the...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: The Climate Change Debate
Is global warming all smoke and mirrors? Find out what your scholars think with this handout, which has them analyzing two political cartoons on the topic. Background information gives context, detailing the computer hacking during the...
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"I'm Melting!"
Third and fourth graders engage with a worksheet designed to help them differentiate between melting and dissolving. After reading an informative paragraph about the two actions, they consider four scenarios, and choose whether they...
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Bookworm's Delight Challenge
In this books worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions about popular children's books. Students complete 10 questions.
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Famous Animals Quiz 1
In this famous animals worksheet, students answer short answer questions identifying famous animals in books, movies, music, and more. Students complete 10 short answer questions.
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Mixed Prepositions 1
In this online/interactive prepositions activity, students fill in the blanks to complete sentences with the correct preposition choices. Students choose 10 multiple choice answers and check by clicking the Check button.
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Creative Writing - The Five Step Story Process
Using "The Five Step Process," and picture prompts, is a wonderful way to get your students excited about creative writing.
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Fantastic Journeys
In this activity, students will design a theme park attraction based on a fantastic journey from literature, film, or their own imaginations.
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Reader's Paradise
Students visit the school or local library (or bookstore) to create short film or radio documentary that records a specific habit or ritual associated with reading, book buying, or book borrowing.
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Fantastic Journeys
High schoolers design a theme park attraction based on a fantastic journey from literature, film, or their own imaginations. They plan a multi-million dollar attraction based on a fantastic voyage from popular culture entertainment.
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And Tomorrow's Forecast Is...
Students create original short stories that feature distinctive weather phenomena, such as rainbows, snowstorms, tornadoes, thunder and/or lightning. They use a story map, imbedded in this plane, to help them organize their story.
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Harry Potter: Upper Grades Activity
Students interpret symbols and metaphors from Harry Potter that refer to real-life political and social issues.
Library of Congress
Loc: Exhibitions: The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairy Tale
An online exhibit that provides a collection of colorful artifacts related to L. Frank Baum's "The Wizard of Oz." See a poster promoting Baum's children's books as well as many book covers, artwork from the "The Wizard of Oz," personal...
Yale University
The Wonder Behind the Wizard of Oz
Very detailed lesson plan that compares the book to the 1939 film version of The Wizard of Oz. Includes bibliographies and biographical background on L. Frank Baum.
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Nancy Polette: Wizard of Oz Activities
Use any of these quick activities to accompany a study of "The Wizard of Oz." Crosscurricular ideas are included.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
This is the full text of the children's novel The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum.
Library of Congress
Loc: Digital Collections: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
View this digital copy of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum in a scanned format from the Library of Congress' Rare Book Collection.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Join Dorothy and the Wonderful Wizard as they take Aunt Em and Uncle Henry on a fabulous tour of Oz in this full-text sequel to L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. Multiple digital formats of the full text are available.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: Does "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" Have a Hidden Message?
In his introduction to "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," L. Frank Baum claims that the book is simply an innocent children's story. But some scholars have found hidden criticisms of late-nineteenth-century economic policies in the book. Is...
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: The Wizard of Oz
In this learning module, students will engage in a deep study of Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz. Worksheets, a test, and map projects are provided to reinforce comprehension of The Wizard of Oz.
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The Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary Edition on Dvd
This is an official website for the Wizard of Oz 75th Anniversary. It advertises a theater screening of the film in January 2019, has a link to a blog, and links to purchase the DVD in 3D, and other Oz merchandise.
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg: Glinda of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The full text of one of L. Frank Baum's sequels to The Wizard of Oz. This novel is about Glinda, the Good Witch of the West. Multiple digital formats of the full text are available.
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Piglet Press: Wizard of Oz Encyclopedia
A fascinating and detailed site about all aspects of the book and movie versions of "The Wizard of Oz." Explore lengthy lists of characters, places, and unique and magical things, along with audiobook samples and a biographical...
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