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CommonLit
Common Lit: West African Society at the Point of European Contact
A learning module that begins with "West African Society at the Point of European Contact" by USHistory.org, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or...
Other
Informational Interviewing 101
Explore ways to research career opportunities with informational interviewing. Check out tips, strategies, and samples to make your informational interview a success.
Other
All About Vision: Controlling Myopia With Contact Lenses
Information about rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lenses as a treatment for myopia, and children who can wear them.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centers for Disease Control: Coping With Stress
Learn about common sources of stress and how you can find healthy ways to respond to them. Also includes contact information for reaching out to professionals who can help with the coping process. PDFs require Adobe Reader.
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Jobs for America's Graduates
Jobs for America's Graduates (JAG) is an in-school program for at risk youth aimed at helping them in stay in school. This site explores this school-to-career program's key characteristics, outcomes, organization, and provides contact...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Gps on the Move
During a scavenger hunt and an art project, students learn how to use a handheld GPS receiver for personal navigation. Teachers can request assistance from the Institute of Navigation to find nearby members with experience in using GPS...
Other
Ph ds.org: Science, Math, & Engineering Career Resources
Are you interested in exploring science, math, or engineering career paths. Investigate career paths, guides, journals, mentoring, and contact information.
Other
Teaching Kids News: Street Artist Offers Hope and Peace to Torontonians
Instead of stapling posters advertising goods with contact information to power poles around town, a clever artist has presented a new spin on posters to spread something else around Toronto. Get the story here.
University of South Florida
Florida Center for Instructional Technology: The Apalachees of Northwest Florida
The Apalachee tribe inhabited Northwest Florida. Pre-European contact life, the arrival of Europeans and its impact, and the decline of the Apalachees are discussed.
Other
Arkansas Archeological Survey: Tunica & Koroa Indians of Arkansas
An overview of the Tunica and Koroa tribes of Arkansas including their daily life, beliefs, social organization, and the effects of contact with Europeans.
A&E Television
History.com: Miracle of the Andes: How Survivors of the Flight Disaster Struggled to Stay Alive
When an Uruguayan rugby team crashed in the Andes on Friday, October 13, 1972, cannibalism helped some survive two months in harsh conditions. The Uruguayan Air Force Fairchild F-227 had crashed into a glacial valley high in the Andes....
National Institutes of Health
Niddk: Cirrhosis of the Liver
Detailed information about the liver disease, cirrhosis. This resouce includes causes, symptoms, complications, diagnosis, treatment, and contacts available for more information.
University of Iowa
University of Iowa: Arts and Life in Africa: Sierra Leone
A record of statistics concerning modern day Sierra Leone, up to 1998. Scroll down to history section to see a brief, but informative description of pre-colonial and post-colonial history for Sierra Leone.
University of California
The History Project: Aztec Life as Revealed in the Codex Telleriano Remensis
The Aztec pictorial manuscript later known as the Codex Telleriano-Remensis was created in sixteenth-century Mexico, about a generation after contact. It is considered one of the most beautiful and informative remaining works by the...
Center for Parent Information and Resources
Nichcy: Services in Your State for Infants and Toddlers
Parents of children ages birth through 5 years will find information on who to contact, what services they are entitled to, a dictionary of terms used in special education, and much more.
Center for Parent Information and Resources
Nichcy: Services in Your State for Infants and Toddlers
Parents of children ages birth through 5 years will find information on who to contact, what services they are entitled to, a dictionary of terms used in special education, and much more.