Curated OER
Egyptian Homes
In this social studies worksheet, students work to compare a house in Ancient Egypt to a modern home. They create a venn diagram.
Curated OER
Breaking News English: Croation Homosexuals Make a Stand
For this English worksheet, learners read "Croation Homosexuals Make a Stand," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Media Education Foundation: Deconstructing a Video Advertisement [Pdf]
Handout that leads students through an exploration of the visual and audio elements of a video advertisement as well as the effect these elements have on the intended audience and the community as a whole.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Changes in the Ad as Model in the Short Run
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and graphs related to changes in the AD-AS model. Topics include AD shocks, such as changes in consumption, investment, government spending, or net exports, and supply...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: How the Ad/as Model Incorporates Growth, Unemployment, Inflation
The aggregate demand/aggregate supply, or AD/AS, model is one of the fundamental tools in economics because it provides an overall framework for bringing economic factors together in one diagram. These factors include economic growth,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Equilibrium in the Ad as Model
In this activity summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and graphs related to a short-run macroeconomic equilibrium. Topics include how to model a short-run macroeconomic equilibrium graphically as well as the relationship...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Critical Media Literacy: Commercial Advertising
In this instructional activity, students will examine mass media critically and become aware of how much advertising is around them. They will realize the impact media has on social equality, what people buy, and on culture.
Library of Congress
Loc: Prosperity and Thrift: Merchandising and Advertising in the 1920s
Read about the advertising strategies used by various companies during the 1920s. Includes many links to related businesses and topics.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Justinian the Institutes 535 Ad
This site from the Modern History Sourcebook of Fordham University provides great information on Justinian's Institutes. Click here for a table of contents from our books of the Institutes, a significant portion of Justinian's code of...
PBS
Pbs Frontline: The Persuaders
The meaning of brand, the world of today's advertisers, and the concept of neuromarketing are some of the topics of this PBS Frontline program. You can watch the whole program, join the discussion, read about the shaping of new brands,...
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Ad and Bc
The resource examines how years are written. Topics discussed include "Common Era" and "Before Common Era".
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Curricular Connections: Holocaust Remembrance
The Holocaust is often a difficult topic to discuss with students. This guide offers tips for approaching the subject, as well as cross-curricular connections for a more meaningful reading experience.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Dropout Prevention Interventions
This What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) topic report evaluates 16 dropout intervention programs that have been found to meet WWC evidence standards of effectiveness.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Extended Writing to Learn Strategies
Writing enables students to process, organize, formulate, and extend their thinking about what they have been learning. In addition, teachers can also assign writing to help students evaluate what they know and understand about a topic....
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Teaching Writing to Diverse Student Populations
Writing is a complex operation requiring knowledge of text structure, syntax, vocabulary, and topic, and sensitivity to audience needs; so it is not surprising that many teens find writing challenging. This article identifies the...
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Inc.com: Design & Copywriting Effective Advertising
This site houses eight steps to designing and creating effective print advertising. Among the topics discussed is the 40-40-20 Rule, which the catalog industry feels is the equation to success.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Keynes' Law and Say's Law in the Ad/as Model
Compare Keynes's and Say's law in the context of aggregate supply and demand.
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Inquiry Charts (I Charts)
The Inquiry Chart (I-Chart) is a strategy that enables students to generate meaningful questions about a topic and organize their writing. Students integrate prior knowledge or thoughts about the topic with additional information found...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Anticipation Guides
An Anticipation Guide is a strategy that is used before reading to activate students' prior knowledge and build curiosity about a new topic. Before reading a selection, students respond to several statements that challenge or support...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Frame Routine
The Frame Routine is a strategy designed to assist students as they organize topics, main ideas and details about reading assignments. This technique includes a basic hierarchic graphic organizer called a "Frame" that can be used to help...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Concept Sorts
A concept sort is a strategy used to introduce students to the vocabulary of a new topic or book. Teachers provide students with a list of terms or concepts from reading material. Students place words into different categories based on...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: List Group Label
It provides students with a way to recognize the relationships between words and concepts using their prior knowledge about a topic. The list-group-label strategy can be used before and after students read.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: China and Rome
A learning module on relations between ancient China and Rome prior to the opening of the Silk Road trade route. It includes several supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Indian Mounds of Mississippi
This website has an itinerary, photographs, and descriptions of the eleven mounds from the Mississippian culture that can be found in the state of Mississippi. Scroll down to the bottom of the "Welcome" page to click on topics for more...