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PBS

Pbs: L. Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun: Jim Crow, Home Ownership, American Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how Jim Crow laws impacted home ownership and the pursuit of the American Dream in this series of videos from the American Masters film, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. Lorraine Hansberry's family was at the...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "Raisin in the Sun" Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Raisin in the Sun" (screenplay) teacher guide includes in-depth introduction and synopsis. Also featured are tips for reading a screenplay. Masterfully explores themes, symbolism, and film techniques. Consists of 16 pages. This is a...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Drama: A Raisin in the Sun Act Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Act II of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry including the symbolism in the play. It features links to a study guide, Spark Notes and Shmoop summaries of the play, and an NPR: A Raisin In the Sun Broadway...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Drama: A Raisin in the Sun: Act Iii

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to Act III of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry which focuses on major conflicts. It features links to a study guide, a character analysis assignment, and Spark Notes and Shmoop summaries of the play.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Drama: Introduction to a Raisin in the Sun

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson is an introduction to the play "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry, which is set in Chicago in the 1950s. It features links to two of Langston Hughes's poems that influenced the title of the play and a Lorraine...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Lorraine Hansberry: "A Raisin in the Sun": Analyzing Theme

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this interactive lesson, discover how literary techniques like setting, characterization, and conflict contribute to the overarching theme of a text. Through analysis of Lorraine Hansberry's iconic play A Raisin in the Sun, explore...
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California Institute of Technology

Cool Cosmos: Sun Ask an Astronomer

For Students 3rd - 8th
Cool Cosmos provides the answer to many questions about the sun! Just find your question and click on it.
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NASA

Nasa: Sun: Overview: Our Star

For Students 9th - 10th
A graphical representation of facts, figures, and information about our solar system's only star, the sun.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: The Sun and Convection Currents

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the sun's energy, Coriolis effect, and how wind is formed in this interactive learning module.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Sun and the Moon Tutorial

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing the sun and the moon straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive tutorial.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (7) reading passages (grades 8-10) to pair with the drama "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry. When a struggling African-American family receives a large insurance check, a conflict erupts on how to spend the money....
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NASA

Nasa: Classroom Activity: Our Very Own Star: The Sun

For Students K - 1st Standards
This PDF storybook for children tells the story of the sun. The easy-to-understand text and graphics make it a useful classroom tool for younger students.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Sun Smarts

For Students 9th - 10th
Sunburn isn't just painful, it's dangerous. Learn about the connection between sun exposure and skin cancer, and learn how treat sunburn. Also, learn how to prevent getting sunburn with three simple tips. Use the links on this page to...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Tracking the Sun: Observing the Path of the Sun Throughout the Year

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Over the course of the school year, students collect weekly data about the sun's position at a specific time of day, resulting in creating a figure "8" that shows the path of the sun called an analemma.
Website
NOAA

Noaa: National Weather Service: The Sun and Its Effect on the Earth [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The Space Environment Center (SEC) put together a slide show for use by teachers on Space weather. Begin with discussing solar emission and the sun itself. Then end with a summary of climatic effects of space weather, and a note on space...
Article
New York Times

New York Times: Books: Marital Tragedy: The Sun Also Rises

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 1926 review of Ernest Hemingway's novel, The Sun Also Rises, written in the year of its original publication.
Handout
NASA

Nasa: Mysteries of the Sun

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the study of the Sun's influence on the solar system called Heliophysics. This site contains videos on topics like Space Weather, Solar Variability, the Heliosphere, Earth's Magnetosphere, and the Earth's Upper Atmosphere.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Our Amazing, Powerful Sun

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the Sun by exploring various aspects of it, including its composition, interior workings, and relationship to the Earth.
Interactive
BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Physical Processes: Earth, Sun, and Moon

For Students 3rd - 5th
Help Sarah Jane and her team put the solar system's planets back in order. Following the activity, read more about the sun, the Earth, and its moon, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
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Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy: Earth and Sky: Soho Explores the Sun

For Students 2nd
Read about the work of the spacecraft SOHO and the things we have learned about the Sun from the pictures and information that it sends back to Earth. Book includes audio narration in 6 additional languages with text in English.
Handout
State Energy Conservation Office-Texas

State Energy Conservation Office: Electricity From the Sun [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 6th
Discusses forms of renewable energy that rely on the sun. For example, wind is created when solar energy heats the air, and biomass is solar energy that has been stored in plants.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Sun and Space Weather Image Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Images and diagrams of the Sun, solar phenomena such as sunspots and flares, space weather, Earth's magnetosphere and upper atmosphere, the aurora, and more.
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Scholastic

Scholastic Instructor: Sun Sational Science

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Discover more about the sun when you visit this educational resource. The content of this site includes solar fun facts, experiments, and activities.

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