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Almost Completely True Adventures of Dav Pilkey

For Students 3rd - 5th
Author-illustrator Dav Pilkey tells his life story in his amusing comic strip form. The biography must be downloaded and is in PDF form.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Commonly Misused Words: How Their Effects Affect You

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on commonly misused words with a variety of media. It offers a YouTube video, "Using the Correct Words;" an infographic which lists 8 commonly misused word sets in comic format; a slide show with tips for the...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Commonly Misused Words: How Their Effects Affect You

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on often misused words using a multimedia approach. It begins with a short YouTube video discussing effect/affect; then provides an infographic which shows 8 commonly misused word sets in a comic format. It also...
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Grace: H2 O Conserve: Kids Aqua Conserve Water

For Students Pre-K - 1st
See eight-year-old Aqua and her dog show her family how to save water in their home, and eventually save money. Also, read about her adventures in comic and coloring books about water conservation.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Intro to Julius Caesar Using Universal Theme Analysis

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this 4-session lesson, students explore the theme of betrayal from different perspectives in their own lives and in modern scenarios through discussions and activities where they create and talk about comic strip scenarios. They...
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Hbc Heritage Corporate Collections Art the Great Fur Opera

For Students 9th - 10th
Delightful overview of The Great Fur Opera by Ronald Searle. Commissioned by the Hudson's Bay Company to commemorate its 300th anniversary, the comics cover a wide range of issues from the company's inception to 1970.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Storytelling With Words and Pictures

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
In this interactive lesson plan, students learn the basics of how stories are structured, gain vocabulary about storytelling elements, and explore how the arts, specifically drawing, can be a valuable way for students to tell stories.By...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: American Genius: Perseverance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners investigate the importance of failure to the process of innovation by investigating several items that were invented by accident. They share one "failure to success" story by creating a 3-panel comic strip poster, and then write...
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British Library

British Library: Shelley's Frankenstein: The Ghost Story Challenge

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will explore the origins of Frankenstein and place the novel in its context, considering it alongside the contemporary horror stories and scientific developments that influenced Mary Shelley. They will present their knowledge in...
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Gilbert and Sullivan Archive: The Bab Ballads by w.s. Gilbert

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the poems that Gilbert wrote for "Fun" magazine under the pen name Bab. Links to the actual songs and poems are included.
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Boise State University

Boise State University: Gilbert and Sullivan Archive

For Students 9th - 10th
The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive, hosted by the department of mathematics at Boise State University, is devoted to the operas and other works of William S. Gilbert and Arthur S. Sullivan. Content includes biographies, plot summaries,...
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Gilbert and Sullivan Archive: Iolanthe or the Peer and the Peri

For Students 9th - 10th
The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive provides an introduction, plot summary, art, reviews, a glossary, and lots more for the musical "Iolanthe."
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Gilbert and Sullivan Archive: Ruddigore

For Students 9th - 10th
The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive provides an introduction, plot summary, text, glossary, clip art, reviews, music, and more for "Ruddigore."
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Incredible Art Department

The Incredible Art Department: Art Periods and Styles

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of resource links here for a wide range of art periods and styles from ancient times to the modern day.
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Vaudeville Memories

For Students 9th - 10th
Wonderful site that offers all kinds of pictures and information about the performers, the theatres, the slang, and links to other sites.
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Vaudeville 101

For Students 9th - 10th
Fun site gives timeline, factoids and figurines, and an outline of a vaudeville show.
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Gilbert and Sullivan Archive: Gilbert's Plays

For Students 9th - 10th
Information about the plays and other stage works written by William S. Gilbert without his well-known partner, Arthur Sullivan. Includes links to in-depth information about each, scripts, performances and casts, and lots more.
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Gilbert and Sullivan Archive: h.m.s. Pinafore

For Students 9th - 10th
The Gilbert and Sullivan Archive provides an introduction, plot summary, text, glossary, clip art, reviews, music, and more for "H.M.S. Pinafore."
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Distinguishing Between Inductive and Deductive Reasoning

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on distinguishing between inductive and deductive reasoning. Sometimes it's difficult to separate these two types of reasoning because we often use them together; drawing conclusions in inductive reasoning is likely...
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Centre for Literacy in Primary Education: Poetryline: Poetic Forms and Devices

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource for learning about the different forms and devices used in poetry. Each item is linked to its own page which has examples of its use. Many of the pages have videos of authors reading their poems, and some have...
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European Space Agency

European Space Agency: Esa Kids: Our Universe: Cassini Huygens

For Students 3rd - 8th
An introduction to Cassini-Huygen, a joint mission to investigate Saturn and its moon, Titan. Told in an animated comic format.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: The Amazing Mundo

For Students 3rd - 8th
Introduction, in comic strip format, to a selection of minerals and rocks that are used to make everyday objects, such as glass, aluminum foil, coins, and computer chips.
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Louis Riel Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
Studying historical figures and events can be difficult unless one is able to immerse themselves in the subject. This website covers all aspects of the Louis Riel Trial in many different forms including, images, diary entries,...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Responding to Comparison/contrast: 3 Voice Storyboard: Feeling [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this PDF lesson, students study topics on which people might have differing feelings; they then create three dialogue bubbles that represent three different viewpoints: one that loves the topic, one that dislikes it, and one with a...

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