Handout
Merriam-Webster

Merriam Webster: Dictionary Illustration: Types of Bridges

For Students 9th - 10th
Labeled illustration of five types of bridges: beam bridge, truss bridge, arch bridge, suspension bridge, and cable-stayed bridge.
Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Literary Elements

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students are asked to identify literary elements such as irony, suspense, etc. After these elements are taught, this flipchart can be used for assessment.
Activity
PBS

Pbs Teachers:hang in There

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore different types of load supports and the forces that act upon them. Investigate how the cable contributes to the stability and strength of a suspension bridge.
Unit Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Bridges

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Through a five-lesson series that includes numerous hands-on activities, students are introduced to the importance and pervasiveness of bridges for connecting people to resources, places and other people, with references to many...
Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Sedition in World War I

For Teachers 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read primary source documents to solve a problem surrounding a historical question. This document-based inquiry lesson plan allows students to read anti-war literature from World War I critics...
Primary
George Mason University

George Mason University: Between the Wars: Wwi and the Crusade for Conformity

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of 3 U.S. Supreme Court cases on Free Speech during WWI. These cases deal with literature criticising the U.S. involvement in WWI. Includes the text of the Espionage Act under which war protesters were arrested.
Website
Technology Student

Technology Student: Technology and Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes how different cultures in history have advanced technology to create amazing structures and artifacts.
Article
Other

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston: Closed for the Holiday [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
"Closed for the Holiday" is an excellent account of the consequential events of the Great Depression focusing on the Stock Market Crash of 1929 as the beginning of the Great Depression, and ending with the emergency bank actions Franklin...
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Author: Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
This site focuses on Edgar Allan Poe's life and his short stories. It includes a link to a Poe biography and links to the full text of 53 of his short stories including the following: "The Black Cat," "The Tale Tell Heart," "The Fall of...
Website
PBS

Pbs: Building Big: Bridges

For Students 3rd - 8th
A collection of resources about bridges that includes basic facts about bridges, challenges faced by bridge builders, famous bridges from around the world, and a lab that helps you understand how different forces affect bridge...
Article
Other

Gossman: Turbulent Flow in Pipes

For Students 9th - 10th
Turbulent flow is described along with an explanation of its necessity when constructing waste fuel storage and burner supply systems.
Website
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Golden Gate Bridge

For Students 9th - 10th
The perfect site on the Golden Gate Bridge! PBS provides bridge math, great pictures of before, during, and after the construction of the bridge, and a special section called "Balancing Forces," that demonstrates how the "tension" of the...
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Classroom: Civil Liberties in War

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides extensive information for students and teachers examining the issue of civil liberty during wartime and in the fight against terrorism in the U.S. following September 11. Resources include news articles, legal...
Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Popular Culture: What Makes a Book Popular?

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on the elements that makes a book popular and provides links to lists of Goodreads popular books and NPR's "Your Favorites: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels."
Graphic
TES Global

Tes: Frankenstein Comic

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This English Language Learner resource provides visual supports to accompany Mary Shelley's classic book Frankenstein. This resource can also be used to introduce young readers to this classic horror...
Primary
Curated OER

History Matters: Get the Rope! Anti German Violence in World War I Era Wisconsin

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this harrowing account of a German-American farmer whose nativist neighbors suspected his alliegiance to the United States after the country entered the war against Germany in World War I.
Handout
University of St. Andrews (UK)

University of St. Andrews: Charles Augustin De Coulomb

For Students 9th - 10th
A large complete authoritative biography of Coulomb. Five large pictures, over a dozen links to contemporaries, references, a poster, other mathematicians. A fine source.
Unit Plan
Wonderville Media

Wonderville: Golden Gate Bridge

For Students 2nd - 7th
The city of San Francisco started officially planning to build the Golden Gate Bridge in August 1919. Many experts said it could not be built because of heavy winds and strong ocean currents, but construction began in 1933 and was...
Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: Explanation of Tyndall Effect With Labeled Diagram

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what the Tyndall Effect is and uses a diagram to model its impact on two different mixtures. Includes causes, examples, a look at suspensions and solutions, and an experiment to try.
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: The Sea of Trolls by Nancy Farmer

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In A.D. 793, eleven-year-old Jack leaves his family farm to become an apprentice to the Bard, a druid from Ireland, who is assigned to his Saxon village. At first, he is unsure of his duties, and is puzzled when the Bard experiences a...
Website
Other

Story of Pakistan: The Constitution of 1962

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Story of Pakistan explains the time leading up to the military coup in Pakistan, and the eventual suspension of the constitution. Mostly centering on the Constitution of 1962 set up by Ayub Khan.
Article
Other

Detroit News: The Hockey Game That Broke Out During a Riot

For Students 9th - 10th
The Detroit News, Detroit's daily newspaper, has a retrospective look at the Rocket Richard riot. On March 17, 1955, the newspaper reports, hockey fans in the Montreal Forum went on a seven-hour rampage of destruction and looting. The...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Bridge Building Bonanza: Which Design Wins?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, you build and test two types of bridges: a simple suspension bridge and a beam bridge. Which bridge design is stronger?
Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Elements, Compounds, Substances and Mixtures

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn about the classification of matter based on whether the chemical composition is pure or a mixture. Understand the definitions of elements, compounds, substances, and mixtures, and what the differences are between them. Five types...

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