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Eserver

E Server: The Thoreau Reader: "Civil Disobedience" Part 1 of 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the annotated text of Part 1 of "Civil Disobedience," an essay by Henry David Thoreau. The essay, written in 1849, is about following your conscience.
Lesson Plan
Lumen Learning

Lumen: Rhetorical Reading: Read Strategically: Retain New Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on strategies to retain new words such as reading voraciously, use a good dictionary and thesaurus, use new words, and learn a new word every day. It also provides an annotated biography of resource...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Annotate for Meaning (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on annotation including the tools and techniques for marking texts, annotating for meaning in a story, and adding marginal notations to your marked text.
Handout
New York University

New York University: Literature Annotations: The Idiot

For Students 9th - 10th
Sponsored by a multi-disciplinary Medical Humanities program at The University of New York School of Medicine, this brief summary/commentary focuses on the medical aspects of Dostoevsky's "The Idiot."
Handout
New York University

Literature Annotations: The Magic Mountain

For Students 9th - 10th
This thorough summary of the novel also includes a brief commentary on the book as a whole, and Thomas Mann's experience writing it.
Handout
MadSci Network

Mad Sci Network: Visible Human: Annotated References

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of transverse and coronal views of the internal anatomy of the human body. The webpage also has a keyword search for specific organs.
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Other

Hamlet Haven: Annotated Bibliography

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive and well-organized site will be a help to anyone writing about Shakespeare's famous prince. Some articles are full text, others are citations with abstracts, and all are scholarly and well-indexed.
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Thomson Reuters

Find Law: u.s. Constitution: Twenty Second Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the text of the Twenty-second Amendment and explanatory annotations.
Primary
Duke University

California Gold: The Diary and Letters of James M. Burr

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful primary resource on the California Gold Rush. Read actual letters and a diary--with explanatory annotations--by a prospector from 1850-1853.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Chestnut Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
This annotated slideshow adapted from KET's Electronic Field Trip to the Forest illustrates how blight decimated the American chestnut tree and the methods scientists use to identify and pollinate the remaining trees to create...
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University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: A Photo Essay on the Great Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
Series of annotated photographs that document the realities of Depression-era America.
Lesson Plan
Yale University

Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Supreme Court Rules on School Desegregation

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This thoughtful unit explores the history of school desegregation legislation, including a discussion of the impact of the Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education decisions. A six-week plan of lessons, along with other sample...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Main Reading Room: Literary Criticism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is an annotated list of reference websites for literary criticism.
Handout
University at Buffalo

Info Poland: German Invasion of Poland

For Students 9th - 10th
Annotated links to Poland-related information provides extensive information through articles, websites and reference pages on the German invasion of Poland and occupation during WWII.
Handout
Luminarium

Luminarium: Middle English Lyrics

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides links to full texts of Middle English song lyrics, which are illustraed with illuminated manuscript art and fully annotated. Links to essays, articles, and related resources.
Unit Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: Teaching With News: Resource Guide on the Terrorist Attacks in Paris

For Students 9th - 10th
Multi-media learning resource provides an annotated list of online sources that may be helpful for approaching some key aspects of the terrorist attacks in Paris.
Primary
Lone Star Junction

Lone Star Junction: Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of the 1952 version of this book by J. Frank Dobie. Chapters are thematic collections of annotated lists of books on different aspects of Southwestern culture and history, e.g., Texas Rangers, mountain men, and the Pony...
Website
Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Community Stories: One Man's History in Wood: The John Mc Crea Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore this collection of models created by artisan John McNeely. The exhibit features furnishings, homes, and buildings used by Ontario pioneers. Excellent annotations accompany each artifact.
Article
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Rti: Research for Practice

For Teachers K - 1st
This annotated bibliography, published by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), is a compilation of research about RTI. The authors Amy-Jane Griffiths, Lorien B. Parson, Matthew K. Burns, Amanda...
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University of Washington

University of Washington Campus Library: Immigration Act of 1965 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the text of the Immigration Act of 1965 along with annotations about the legislation.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Landslide Animation

For Students 3rd - 5th
There has been 5,741 recorded rainfall triggered landslides worldwide between 2007-2013. Watch this animation by NASA that shows how rainfall over a slope causes ground saturation that triggers a landslide. Also, examine an annotated...
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Other

Peacock: The Round Table; Or King Arthur's Feast

For Students 9th - 10th
Annotated full text of Peacock's story "The Round Table; or King Arthur's Feast."
Activity
Other

Louis L'amour: Photo Gallery

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive collection of annotated photographs of L'Amour. Many bear his personal caption.
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Other

Jss Virtual Gallery: John Sargent Thumbnails 1896 Thru 1897

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the JSS Virtual Gallery is a nice website showing the artwork of John Singer Sargent from 1896 to 1897. Includes images of "Gabriel Faure," "Mrs. Carl Meyer and her Children," "Mrs. George Swinton," and "Catherine Vlasto."...