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Rock A Lingua

Los Numeros 1-50 (Numbers 1-50)

K - 8th
How high can your Spanish class count? After listening to a catchy song and reviewing an accompanying worksheet, they'll be able to count to 50—twice!
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Lit2Go

The Man and the Lion

5th - 8th Standards
The plot diagramming activity that accompanies Aesop's "The Man and the Lion" asks readers to investigate the relationship between parts of the plot and the moral of the story. The resource comes with an audiobook recording of the fable...
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Storynory

Circe the Beautiful Witch

5th - 8th Standards
Could the lovely Circe be even more frightening than a towering Cyclops? Odysseus and his men certainly don't think so—until it's too late. Hear about the adventures, temptations, and piggish punishments on Circe's island with an audio...
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Storynory

The Sleeping Beauty

2nd - 6th Standards
Listen to "The Sleeping Beauty," one of the most romantic and chivalrous fairy tales ever written. The story of love and heroism comes in an audiobook format, which provides a classically narrative presentation.
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Storynory

Andromeda and Perseus

5th - 8th Standards
What happens when the ugliest monster, the most beautiful princess, and the most heroic son of Zeus meet in a Greek myth? There's adventure—and tragedy—abound in an audio version of "Andromeda and Perseus" that details the rescue of...
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Lit2Go

The Fox and the Cat

5th - 8th Standards
Would you rather have one safe plan or one hundred possible options? Learners read Aesop's "The Fox and the Cat" and write either a narrative story or a fable about a time when they had many choices, but could only choose one.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Ordinal Numbers

9th - 10th
Video clips of native Spanish speakers provide examples for students who are taking Spanish. The videos feature Spanish speakers who are using ordinal numbers to describe the sizes of their families. Provides a transcript as well so you...
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Discover Spanish

Discover Spanish: Numbers

9th - 10th
Discover numbers in Spanish. This lesson provides examples of how to use the vocabulary, an in-depth look at it, and a cultural perspective of how to apply the vocabulary to everyday life.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Numbers 1 100

9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects counting one through 100. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along. Great way to bring native speakers into the classroom and increase vocabulary!
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: How Fibonacci Introduced the World to Numbers

9th - 10th
Keith Devlin, the author of the book The Man of Numbers: Fibonacci's Arithmetic Revolution, talks about the history of arithmetic and how Leonardo of Pisa, or Fibonacci, changed commerce and the way arithmetic was done. Aired Aug. 12,...
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Discover Spanish

Discover Spanish: Numbers

9th - 10th
Discover numbers in Spanish. This lesson provides examples of how to use the vocabulary, an in-depth look at it, and a cultural perspective of how to apply the vocabulary to everyday life.
Audio
Backstory Radio

Back Story Radio: Beyond Numbers: A History of the u.s. Census

9th - 10th
This BackStory Radio episode explains the revolutionary idea to actually count the number of people in an area and explores how the notion of who counts has changed over time. It is provided in audio and transcript segments.
Audio
Discover Spanish

Discover Spanish: Numbers

9th - 10th
Discover numbers in Spanish. This lesson provides examples of how to use the vocabulary, an in-depth look at it, and a cultural perspective of how to apply the vocabulary to everyday life.
Audio
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Jerry Lee Lewis: 'Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On'

9th - 10th
In highlighting three people crucial to Jerry Lee Lewis, the killer (Lewis himself, the engineer (Jack Clement who first produced Lewis's works) and the critic (Robert Gordon), this site provides an extensive overview of the original...
Audio
University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Count to Ten

9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects counting one through ten. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Do Simple Arithmetic

9th - 10th
Various listening examples of native speakers in different dialects doing simple math problems. Provides a transcript as well so you can read along.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Africa : Portraits of Poverty

9th - 10th
An August 2006 six part series by NPR that exams the UN goals in Sub-Sahara Africa of halting the spread of HIV, reducing infant mortality and increasing the numbers of people with a primary education. Available in audio format, also...
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British Council

British Council Go4 English for Arabic Speakers: Songs

9th - 10th
This section of the British Council site for Arabic speaking children teaches English using a combination of fun songs, animation, and short word games (fill-in-the-blank, word finds, etc.). Songs relate to particular vocabulary sets --...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: A Video Interview With Timothy Basil Ering

9th - 10th
Timothy Basil Ering grew up on Cape Cod in Massachusetts with water, boats, and fisherman all around him. He remembers vividly when he was able to read a book the whole way through all by himself. That book was Green Eggs and Ham, and...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: A Video Interview With Greg Tang

9th - 10th
Greg Tang was born in Ithaca, New York, where his father taught electrical engineering at Cornell University and his mother taught math at Ithaca College. Greg grew up playing games with his two sisters, such as cards and chess, that...
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Holiday Birding

9th - 10th
A look at the 109th annual Audubon Christmas Bird Count, which draws avid birders from all over the country. The Count helps biologists learn more about bird behavior and their numbers. The information is added to an online database....
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Science Friday Initiative

Science Friday: Grasshopper Invasion

9th - 10th
An invasion of grasshoppers was anticipated in 2010 due to the high numbers of adult grasshoppers in the previous year. The potential impact of this in the Plains and Western states is discussed. Aired Apr. 2, 2010 [8:15]
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Learn Out Loud

Learn Out Loud: Self Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson

9th - 10th
Emerson's well-known essay is available here for free download as MP3 and MPEG-4 formats. Listen to the whole essay or just a sample.
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History of Our World

Podcast History of Our World: 5 Neolithic Revolution

9th - 10th
Rob Monaco's podcast [18:42] talks about the Neolithic, or New Stone Age period, in which hunter-gatherer society gave way to agriculture or farming allowing for greater numbers of people and civilizations to flourish.

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