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What's Inside a Pumpkin?
Students explore the properties of a pumpkin. In this What's Inside a Pumpkin lesson plan, students use a real pumpkin to investigate pumpkin facts, sing a song "Five Little Pumpkins", paint pumpkin patch artwork, participate in a...
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Keeping Safe (911)
Students explore "emergency safety" rules through a series of activities led by the teacher. In this safety lesson plan, students practice dialing 911 on a paper or play phone after listening to the interactive book It's Time to Call...
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Horton Hatches the Egg
Students explore space awareness and safe movement. In this movement/physical education lesson, students listen to the book Horton Hatches a Who. Students pretend to be Horton and rotate from hula hoop to hula hoop performing various...
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The Process of Sequencing- A Picture Card Game Activity
Young scholars put the events of a story in the correct order. In this sequencing lesson, students are paired up and labeled A or B. Young scholars in each group receive a set of story or event sequence cards and they take...
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Lesson One: Rock N Rhythm & Rhyme (Part One)
Second graders listen to poetry to find rhyme and rhythm. In this poetry lesson plan, 2nd graders listen to different types of poetry and find how they are alike. They look for rhyming words and create their own rhymes.
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Voltage Vantage
Students measure the voltage discharge of robots as the motors are used. For this physics lesson, students explain how to use a multimeter to measure voltage. They graph the voltage change over time and present their findings in class.
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Midpoint Formula in the Coordinate System
Students calculate the midpoint of a line. In this geometry lesson, students identify the different parts of the coordinate plane. They use the midpoint formula to find the middle of segments between a pair of coordinates.
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Poetry Reading and Writing
Fifth graders go over with teacher the two parts of the book A CHILD'S INTRODUCTION TO POETRY discussing the different types. They choose a couple of their favorite types or poets and write their own poems following the poet's particular...
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Alexander The Great
Students investigate the historical person of Alexander The Great. They view a video in order to create the context for the lesson plan. They read some biographies and conduct research using a variety of resources. Then students create...
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Introduction to the Federal System of Government
Eleventh graders participate in a gallery walk activity to identify past Canadian Prime Minister.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Authors: Jack London
This site features the author Jack London including a biography and the full text of 13 novels, 2 nonfiction pieces, and 130 short stories. His most famous works include "Call of the Wild," "The Sea Wolf," and "White Fang".
PBS
Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Authors: Jack London
Biography of American journalist and author Jack London, including personal history and highlights of important works.
PBS
Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Authors: Jack Kerouac
Biography of American author Jack Kerouac, including a brief personal history and mention of important writings.
Sonoma State University
Berkeley Digital Library: Adventure by Jack London
The full-text of Jack London's novel Adventure originally published in 1911.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: A Hyperborean Brew by Jack London
Classic Reader provides numerous classic short stories from famous authors. One work is "A Hyperborean Brew," a story written by the author, Jack London.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Jack Gantos
Read this autobiography to learn about author Jack Gantos. A link to a list of his books is available.
Other
Life of Jack London
Information packed site. Includes a lengthy, but interesting biography, theory on the cause of his death, his works, pictorial, and more.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Jack London
Lesson plans, e-notes, activities, and other resources are provided for teaching students reading Jack London's The Call of the Wild and his other works.
Sonoma State University
Berkeley Education: List of Works by Jack London
Superb site from Berkeley Education for finding any work by Jack London. Included are plays, short stories, fiction, non-fiction, and essays.
Other
Short Story Library at American Literature: "To Build a Fire" by Jack London
Read the full text of Jack London's short story "To Build a Fire" for free. With links to other short stories by famous American writers.
Sonoma State University
Sun Site: Jack London White Fang, Etext
This site features the full text of White Fang originally published in The Outing Magazine between May and October 1906 as well as a concordance.
University of South Florida
Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: James Fenimore Cooper: Jack Tier
The text of one of Cooper's lesser known novels, "Jack Tier; or, The Florida Reef." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which...
Other
The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
Use this extensive Ezra-Jack Keats website. It gives a summary of the different books and looks at Keats as a person and author.
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: White Fang by Jack London
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel White Fang by Jack London Free including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.