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Shmoop University

Shmoop: The Glass Menagerie

For Students 9th - 10th
First produced in 1944, The Glass Menagerie is analysed in detail in this comprehensive site.
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Curated OER

Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of a Young Woman (Laura)

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Portrait of a Young Woman (Laura)", created by Giorgione in 1506 (Oil on canvas mounted on panel, 41 x 34 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Portrait of Laura Da Pola

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Portrait of Laura da Pola", created by Lorenzo Lotto in 1544 (Oil on canvas, 90 x 75 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Simone Memmi Drawing Laura's Portrait for Petrarch

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Simone Memmi Drawing Laura's Portrait for Petrarch", created by Pietro Saltini in 1863 (Oil on canvas, 118 x 143 cm).
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US National Archives

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library: Pioneering Journeys of the Ingalls Family

For Students 4th - 6th
Growing up in the late 1800's was not an easy life, especially when your family was always on the move searching for a farm. Laura Ingalls Wilder led a challenging childhood of moving often and falling on hard times. Trace her journeys...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: When to Use Apostrophes

For Students 9th - 10th
It's possessive. It's often followed by S's. And it's sometimes tricky when it comes to its usage. It's the apostrophe. Laura McClure gives a refresher on when to use apostrophes in writing. [3:14]
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: If You Take a Mouse to School [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A reader's theater script for Laura Numeroff's picture book, If You Take a Mouse to School, is provided on these pages. Five narrators are needed in this activity.
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American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Supporting Teachers With Progress Monitoring

For Teachers K - 1st
This 2006 presentation (PDF PowerPoint and Handouts), conducted by Dr. Erica Lembke and Dr. Laura Saenz.at the Summer Institute on Student Progress Monitoring, discusses issues related to successfully implementing Curriculum Based...
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Children's Books Online

Children's Books Online: Twinkle and Chubbins

For Students 5th - 8th
"Twinkle and Chubbins", written in 1911 by Laura Bancroft, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 189 page book is appropriate for intermediate readers.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: If You Give a Student an Animal

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, the book If You Give a Moose a Muffin, written by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text for word choice. The content focus of the lesson is to teach the students to take ownership of scientific and descriptive...
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Smithsonian Institution

National Portrait Gallery: American Women: Jessie Fauset

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief biography of Jessie Fauset, who was a leader in the Harlem Renaissance. See a portrait of her painted by Laura Wheeler Waring.
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US National Archives

Pioneering Journals of the Ingalls Family: Pepin, Wisconsin: Household Chores

For Students 9th - 10th
Based on journals for Laura Ingalls Wilder's family, these descriptions of housework in a pioneer home are typical of the life of most pioneers on the prairie or in the northern woods. These chores would have been "women's work."
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing a Roundabout Story

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson plan, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text to highlight the trait of organization. The content focus of the instructional activity is to highlight that authors' story structures can be...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Some Animals Don't Do That!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
For this lesson plan, Dogs Don't Wear Sneakers by Laura Numeroff, is used as a mentor text for to highlight the trait of idea development. The content focus of the lesson is to highlight what topics cannot do. Students generate a list of...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore by Laure Lee Hope

For Students 6th - 8th
Join the Bobbsey twins as they search for a missing sailor in "The Bobbsey Twins at the Seashore" written by Laura Lee Hope, which is more than likely a pseudonym.
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Curated OER

If You Give a Moose Cover

For Students 3rd - 5th
This teacher resource includes a review of Laura Numeroff's If You Give a Moose a Muffin, things to notice in the book and discuss, and related learning activities and links.
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President Bush

For Students 9th - 10th
This article examines some of Laura Bush's efforts in her husband's presidential campaign of 2004.

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