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Curated OER

What's Inside a Pumpkin?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
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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Curated OER

Keeping Safe (911)

For Teachers Pre-K - K
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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Curated OER

Horton Hatches the Egg

For Teachers K - 1st
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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Curated OER

The Process of Sequencing- A Picture Card Game Activity

For Teachers 1st - 5th
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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Curated OER

Lesson One: Rock N Rhythm & Rhyme (Part One)

For Teachers 2nd
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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Curated OER

Voltage Vantage

For Teachers 7th - 12th
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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Curated OER

Midpoint Formula in the Coordinate System

For Teachers 8th - 10th
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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Curated OER

Poetry Reading and Writing

For Teachers 5th
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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Curated OER

Alexander The Great

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Curated OER

Introduction to the Federal System of Government

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders participate in a gallery walk activity to identify past Canadian Prime Minister.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
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".
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PBS

Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Authors: Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of American journalist and author Jack London, including personal history and highlights of important works.
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PBS

Pbs: The American Novel: Literary Timeline: Authors: Jack Kerouac

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Biography of American author Jack Kerouac, including a brief personal history and mention of important writings.
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Sonoma State University

Berkeley Digital Library: Adventure by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
The full-text of Jack London's novel Adventure originally published in 1911.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: A Hyperborean Brew by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic short stories from famous authors. One work is "A Hyperborean Brew," a story written by the author, Jack London.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Biography: Jack Gantos

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Read this autobiography to learn about author Jack Gantos. A link to a list of his books is available.
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Other

Life of Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
Information packed site. Includes a lengthy, but interesting biography, theory on the cause of his death, his works, pictorial, and more.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Jack London

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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Sonoma State University

Berkeley Education: List of Works by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
Superb site from Berkeley Education for finding any work by Jack London. Included are plays, short stories, fiction, non-fiction, and essays.
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Other

Short Story Library at American Literature: "To Build a Fire" by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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Sonoma State University

Sun Site: Jack London White Fang, Etext

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: James Fenimore Cooper: Jack Tier

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this extensive Ezra-Jack Keats website. It gives a summary of the different books and looks at Keats as a person and author.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: White Fang by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
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.

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