Curated OER
Identify the Parts of a Newspaper features of informational text, newspaper format
Young readers make sense out of the wealth of information in newspapers with this helpful reference document. Pointing out basic features like headings, articles, bylines, and captions this resource is a...
Anchorage School District
Writing Effective Summaries
Drafting a strong first sentence for a summary is an important step. Writers can use the formula presented on this handout to get started. The resource lists three steps to put together a strong topic sentence, as well as tips and hints...
Global Publishing Solutions
Exploring New York City
Your class members will get up close and personal with the Big Apple in this fantastic lesson, which introduces learners to not only the concept of a city, but also provides a thorough overview of New York City itself and its...
New Bedford Whaling Museum
A New Bedford Voyage!
A thorough set of activities, articles, and reference material can enlighten your class about the history of whaling in New England. Kids travel back to a time when whale products were valuable and hunting whales was a way to help the...
Media Smarts
Advertising All Around Us
Here is a set of advertising lessons, explore language, techniques, representation, and target audiences. Discuss the impact ads have on our daily lives. What do we see and how do they make us feel? Observe ads from around the...
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Writer's Model: News Article Example
This two-page news article includes a left-hand column with pointers on placement of critical features. Clicking on the "Writer's Guide" link in the upper right-hand corner of the page enables the user to get tips, directions, and...
Luminarium
Luminarium: Edmund Spenser (1552 1599)
This Edmund Spenser site features links to Spenser quotes, a biography, essays, and scholarly articles written as well as selected poems.
Mex Connect
Mexico Connect: Pre Classic Period of the Olmecs
The Formative Period (1500 BCE-300 CE) of Mesoamerican culture is surveyed with an overview of the Olmec culture. Includes discussion of Olmec stone head sculpture, art, building, writing, and other achievements.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Sequoyah (Ca. 1770 Ca. 1840)
Featured is an overview of the life of Sequoyah who "was the legendary creator of the Cherokee syllabary." He found a way for the Cherokee people to communicate with each other by making each sound represented by a symbol which...
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University De Valencia: The Literature of Modernism: 1912 40
Modernist poetry is featured in this comprehensive article.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Anne Rivers Siddons (B. 1936)
Native Georgian Anne Rivers Siddons writes about Southerners in all her novels. This site features a biography of the prolific writer, as well as a brief discussion of her work. A suggested reading list is also included.