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Curated OER

Sleuth Rays

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students conduct a close examination of the atom's electrons, and discover how to theorize the energy levels, observe the brightness of light, classify colors, and measure temperature.
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Curated OER

Memorizing Techniques

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore a variety of nmemonic devices, methods and techniques to help improve their memories. They brainstorm a list of things they find difficult to remember on their own first. In pairs they work on memory tricks by...
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Curated OER

Colors: Primary and Secondary

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore primary and secondary colors. In this lesson on light and color, students complete four different activities which include mixing colors, creating secondary colors from primary colors and observing the colors in a bubble.
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Curated OER

Benjamin Hawkins and the Creek Indians

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the settling of South Carolina.  In this U.S. History lesson, student research the events leading to the settlement of South Carolina by the Native Americans, then discuss and answer questions that relate to the...
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Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.

New Georgia Encyclopedia: History and Archaeology: Indigo

For Students 9th - 10th
Discussion of how production of the blue dye, indigo, helped boost the economy of Georgia and South Carolina in the seventeenth and eighteenth century until the Revolutionary War when England stopped buying it and production collapsed.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Indigo

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Indigo" by Alice Hoffman. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Aquamarine and Indigo

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Aquamarine and Indigo" by Alice Hoffman. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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Website
Duke University

Plantation America: The Work of Slaves

For Students 9th - 10th
On this webpage, the primary text contains selected entries from letters and journals. It also describes slaves delivering rice to Savannah, slave numbers, their condition on a plantation, how slaves were used, and a map and a drawing of...
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Other

University of Alabama: Virginia Woolf Seminar

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Alabama site offers a wealth of material on Woolf. In addition to the customary biography, links take you to comments and analyses of several of her novels, an essay on "Men and Women" written by Woolf, and an essay on...
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University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Colonial Economy

For Students 9th - 10th
Whatever early colonial prosperity there was resulted from trapping and trading in furs. In addition, the fishing industry was a primary source of wealth in Massachusetts. But throughout the colonies, people relied primarily on small...
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Other

Beyond Indigo: Dealing With Grief and Loss

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers information on dying and aspects of death affecting surviving family members
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Other

Indigo Image: Counterfeit Detection

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about what counterfeit printing is and how it is detected. Also learn about measures that are taken to prevent counterfeiting.
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PBS

Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Rainbow Math Activity Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Red apples, orange candles, yellow stars, green frogs, and blue, indigo, and violet flowers-they all add up to Rainbow Math fun! During this adventure children learn the colors of the rainbow as they practice counting, adding and...
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Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Habitats: Prairie

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn what prairies are, about the plants and wildlife that live there, and about the environmental efforts being made to restore them.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Learning Through the Duke

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Describe the life of Duke Ellington and his contributions to the field of jazz, write an original poem using a variety of popular vocabulary from the 1920's and respond to Ellington's composition "Mood Indigo" by creating a painting.
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Website
Other

Great Plains Nature Center

For Students 9th - 10th
Click around in this site from the Great Plains Nature Center for some wonderful pictures and information about the Great Plains. Check the Flora and Fauna section for easy-to-read content on such animals as the bison, fox, squirrel; and...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Buddhist Text About the Bodhisattva Manjushri

For Students 9th - 10th
This Tibetan manuscript is one of the oldest objects in the museum's Tibetan collection. It consists of twenty-two loose pages. The text is written in U-chen script, in pure gold ink, which has been applied on a ground of lapiz lazuli...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How the South Helped Win the American Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
British commanders attempted to reverse their floundering fortunes by launching a campaign in the South. There the British would find not just crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo that were vital to their economy, but stronger Loyalist...
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Handout
Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Dyula

For Students 9th - 10th
"Dyula" is a Manding word typically referring to "traders" as a socio-professional category, particularly to Muslim long-distance traders who speak one or another dialect of Manding. The name is used as an ethnic label by...
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Curated OER

National Park Service: Teaching With Historic Places: Plantation Agriculture

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource lets you explore the workings of southern plantations.
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Endangered Species: Save Our Species Coloring Book

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Use this site to create your own picture book of 21 endangered species. As you color each of the pages you can learn about each endangered animals.
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Handout
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Prairie Plants

For Students 3rd - 5th
Prairie plants are adapted to spend all day in the sun without drying out. Learn about some prairie plants here.
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Handout
Environmental Education for Kids

Eek!: Wildflowers

For Students 3rd - 5th
Take an online walk with EEK! and view wildflowers of the woods, wetlands and prairies. Then go outside, take a hike, and see if you can spot any of these beautiful bloomers.
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Danuta Bois

Distinguished Women of Past and Present: Eliza Lucas Pinckney

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a short biography detailing the life of Eliza Pinckney.

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