Handout
BBC

Bbc News: Polish President Lech Kaczynski Dies in Plane Crash

For Students 9th - 10th
View video footage from the scene of the plane accident that claimed the life of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, the first lady and key figures in the Polish Government. Was it pilot error, or that the Soviet-designed plane was more...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Save the Moonflowers

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Margaret Mee (1909-1988) was a botanical artist who often traveled up the Amazon River alone in search of rare flowers to collect and paint. Even at the age of 79, she planned to return to the Amazon for another excursion. On...
Primary
American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Edward M. Kennedy: Chappaquiddick

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video (4:25] of Senator Ted Kennedy's address to the people of Massachusetts upon the death of Mary Jo Kopechne in a car accident and drowning on the island of Chappaquiddick. It was broadcast nationally from...
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: My Life Hasn't Changed

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about Ann Thompson, a junior skier preparing for the Olympics, who became a Paralympic athlete after a skiing accident. A question sheet is available to help students build skills...
Handout
Greek Gods

Greek Gods: Greek Heroes: Psyche

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this and learn the story of Psyche and Eros. Do they get back together after the terrible accident?
eBook
Libre Text

Libre Texts: Physics: Early Quantum Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of quantum mechanics which begins with why they are important and wraps up with an accident at Bell Telephone labs in 1925. Find several theories and formulas.
Lesson Plan
Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Sudden Impact Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
When her friend is hospitalized after a soccer game, Tina helps find a donor match for his rare blood type. But then the donor himself is in an accident. This teacher's guide for Sudden Impact by Lesley Choyce includes a book summary,...
Website
University of Florida

Florida Museum: South Florida Aquatic Environments: Introduced Species

For Students 9th - 10th
The transport of living plants and animals to areas beyond their native range has been practiced by human beings for thousands of years. While some introductions are intentional, others occur by accident or happenstance. Regardless of...
Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: First Aid & Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
This website includes several links that will help you learn first-aid skills that you might need to use in emergency situations. Learn how to deal with allergic reactions, animal bites, fevers, heat illness, nosebleeds, and other...
Handout
Other

Australian Government: E Safety: Sharing Photos and Personal Information Online

For Students 3rd - 5th
Personal information is as precious as the keys to your house. Giving these keys to the wrong people, even by accident, can be like allowing a stranger into your house without you even knowing. If someone has lots of personal information...
Article
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Medical Misinformation

For Students 9th - 10th
Misinformation is inaccurate information shared by accident. It can sometimes confuse, mislead, or influence people. COVID-19 is a new virus, which means it is sometimes easy for people to misunderstand information, interpret it...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: Remembering the Apollo 1 Tragedy

For Students 9th - 10th
When NASA's first fatal spacecraft accident occurred 50 years ago, it happened not in deep space but right on the launch pad. The three men set to blast off on Apollo 1 -- rookie astronaut Roger Chaffee and veterans Virgil "Gus" Grissom...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Rocky Rescue Lesson Plan: Molly of Denali

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This lesson, based on the animated story "Rocky Rescue" from the PBS KIDS series MOLLY OF DENALI, helps children notice compare and contrast text structure while listening to and reading informational texts. In the video, Molly uses a...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: How Landing the First Man on the Moon Cost Dozens of Lives

For Students 9th - 10th
NASA was preparing feverishly for a moon landing in a race against the former Soviet Union to honor slain president John F. Kennedy's 1961 pledge for the country to land a spacecraft on the moon (and return safely) before the end of the...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: Woodstock 1969: How a Music Festival That Should've Been a Disaster Became Iconic Instead

For Students 9th - 10th
Fifty years later, people are still trying to match the bizarre accident that was Woodstock '69. The Woodstock Music and Art Fair began on August 15, 1969, as half a million people gathered on a dairy farm in Bethel, New York. Billed as...
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Lowdown: Gun Violence, Gun Control, Gun Rights: Where We Go From Here Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
While tragic mass shootings like the ones in Las Vegas and Orlando shine a spotlight on our nation's lax gun laws, these horrific events make up a tiny percentage of U.S. gun deaths. Suicide, other types of homicide and accidents play a...
Handout
PBS

Drinking and Driving: Being a Friend

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to step in and stop "A friend who's impaired." This website includes simple things you can do to prevent others from getting behind the wheel of a car after they have been drinking. These tips can save lives!
Article
Curated OER

Kids Health: Gearing Up for Bicycle Safety

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides information about how to teach children about bicycle safety.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: She Didn't Mean to Do It

For Students 9th - 10th
This three-stanza poem creates a feeling of mystery, pain, and sadness.
Website
Other

Ukrainian History

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features articles from Ukrainian history from different periods including the Cossack and Soviet eras.
Website
Other

Neurotic Poets: Sylvia Plath

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a detailed biography on the often turbulent life and poetry of Sylvia Plath (1932-1963 CE). Included are links to full-texts of Plath's poems and images.
Website
NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Looking Back on Three Mile Island

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR provides us with a slide show of information on the Three Mile Island crisis, the site of the worst nuclear plant emergency in American history.
Article
FOX News

Fox News: Fast Facts: Dates in Columbia Probe

For Students 9th - 10th
Fox News provides a timeline of significant developments in the investigation of the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster from February, 2003 to July, 2003.
Lesson Plan
Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Overdrive: Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After helping his brother with his car, Jake borrows it and gets involved in a street race. The other car crashes. Jake eventually realizes he must own up to his part in it. This teacher's guide for "Overdrive" by Eric Walters includes a...

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