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ProCon

Teacher Tenure

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Before the implementation of tenure in 1886, female teachers were sometimes fired for wearing pants or staying out too late at night. Scholars research the debate topic to decide if teachers should get tenure. They review the history of...
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ProCon

Is Homework Beneficial?

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Does homework improve student achievement, or does it increase stress? Scholars use the included debate topics website to prepare for a class discussion or debate about whether homework is advantageous. After reading a brief background...
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ProCon

Daylight Savings Time

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
An entomologist named Geroge Vernon Hudson is credited with proposing Daylight Saving Time (DST) so he could better study his insects. Using the informative website, scholars read a brief introduction to the topic and then explore the...
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ProCon

Net Neutrality

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Should net neutrality be restored? Scholars prepare for a class debate on the topic using the included website. After reading a brief introduction to the issue, they review the main pros and cons in an attempt to arrive at an informed...
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ProCon

Penny

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Twenty-nine percent of Americans want to abolish the one-cent coin, which begs the question: Is a penny saved really a penny earned? Scholars read fascinating facts about the history of the penny in preparation for a class debate or...
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PBS

Primary Source Set: Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
What did Jo write her stories with? How did the March sisters dress? A primary source set designed for Louisa May Alcott's Little Women prompts learners to look over images of household items and clothes from the 1860s before...
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Curated OER

The Annotated Bibliography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers put sources into correct Modern Language Association (MLA)bibliographic format, and evaluate accuracy of information and research value of two articles through short written annotated bibliography for each.
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Curated OER

Remember When?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work in cooperative groups to research life in a decade of the 20th century. Each group member writes a 7-10 page paper highlighting the social, political and cultural events and the group presents a Powerpoint presentation to...
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Curated OER

Career Education

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a instructional activity that focuses on the research of a chosen career field. They gather information from a variety of resources. The information is used to compose a research paper or powerpoint presentation.
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Curated OER

Helping Homeschoolers Be College-Ready

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Advice on essential skills for college from a homeschooled, public school teacher.
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Curated OER

Language Arts: Putting Together a Position Paper

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are able to identify the target audience for their writing. They are able to create an appropriate format for their papers. Students are able to focus on the developing clear arguments and supporting all key points with facts.
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Curated OER

The Life and Times of Robert Frost

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the life and times of Robert Frost. Using a fact worksheet imbedded students access websites to gather information about the life and writings of Robert Frost.
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Curated OER

Chronicling the Journey

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students chart the order of events in literature. For this literature lesson, students read The Odyssey and summarize the epic journey in their own words. Students then write about journeys they have taken in their own lives.
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Curated OER

Ed Tech

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students access and evaluate authority of electronic resources. They synthesize data from multiple sources. Students compose a Works Consulted page. They prepare and deliver an informative speech on a disease or medical condition.
Primary
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Mla Sample Research Paper (Daly) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a seven-page PDF of an MLA style research paper entitled "A Call to Action: Regulate Use of Cell Phones on the Road" by Angela Daly. It is provided as a positive example of a research paper in MLA style. The MLA style information...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Mla Sample Research Paper (Orlov) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an eight-page PDF of a research paper" entitled "Online Monitoring: A Threat to Employee Privacy in the Wired Workplace" by Anna Orlov. It is written in MLA style with MLA notations to aid in the understanding of MLA formatting....
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Paper Format

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on the format for an MLA style research paper. It offers a video which details the MLA style requirements including internal documentation and a bibliography. It also provides a slideshow outlining the basic...
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Other

Mla Style Official Site

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Modern Language Association of America's official site. Good links to its MLA Handbook and to MLA Style Manual, however, you have to buy the book if you want specifics. Gives guidelines for documenting sources from the World Wide Web.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Research Paper: Citations

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on research paper citations using MLA and APA styles; it provides information in a variety of media including 5 YouTube videos and 2 slideshows. The two slideshows offer comprehensive looks at each of the two major...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Using Modern Language Association (Mla) Style

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on using Modern Language Association (MLA) Style including the major components of a research paper written using MLA style, reasons to use MLA Style, formatting an MLA paper, general MLA guidelines, a comparison of...
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Other

Modern Language Association: Mla Style Center: Ask the Mla: Faq

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Modern Language Association resource contains a list of frequently asked questions about MLA (Modern Language Association) format. L.9-10.3a Standard Format
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mla Bibliographies

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on MLA style bibliographies; it offers a video lesson defining bibliography, explaining the difference between bibliography and works cited, giving general format information, listing what is included, and providing...
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Ohio State University

Ohio State University: Mla Citation Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This 10-page resource explains what a bibliography is and gives examples of MLA style in regards to citing, both in the bibliography and in-text, for works such as books, anthologies, encyclopedia articles, journals, magazines,...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Mla Style: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial is an introduction to the MLA formatting style. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "MLA Style." It also offers a link to the MLA website. It includes text and audio. [1:17]

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