Sophia Learning
Sophia: Paper Writing: Transitions and Topic Sentences
This tutorial focuses on transitions including transitional devices, lists of common transition words and phrases, transitions between paragraphs with examples, and separate lists of transition words for descriptive, narrative, and...
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Salt Lake City
A brief description of the history of Salt Lake City. Includes a brief paragraph about the settlement of the Mormons in 1847. For the full article, get a free trial!
Other
Management Control: The Cases of Daniel Mc Callum and Gustavus Swift
Scroll down to the paragraphs about Gustavus Swift for a description of his company's innovative organization that introduced vertical integration to the cattle business.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of Composition
If you are a teacher OR a student looking for a well-informed website on elements of the writing process, you are in luck! This site from the Capital Community College is very comprehensive and easy-to-navigate. From grammar basics to...
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Free Graphic Organizers for Planning and Writing
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides graphic organizers that students can use to plan their written pieces. Graphic organizers for all modes of writing are provided.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Digging Up Details on Worms: Using Science in an Inquiry Study
A lesson plan based on a study unit of earthworms, using the inquiry model to integrate scientific processes with literacy practices. Instruction plans, related resources, and standards are included.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Principles of a Composition
Writing a Paper? Here at the Capital Community College is everything you could ever ask for while preparing your essay. This site includes the writing process, structure, thesis statement, transitions, the computer as a writing...
Luther Seminary
Bible Tutor: Haggai
This Bible Tutor website contains a brief description of the Prophet Haggai and his teachings. The information is only two paragraphs in length and provides links to additional information on related subjects.
Other
Mayan Math
A basic, illustrated description of the math system developed by the Mayans. Includes a paragraph comparing the Mayan system favorably with the Roman numeral system of the same time.
Other
The Kansas Collection: Indians of the Prairies
At this site from the The Kansas Collection you can scroll down to "The Bow and Arrow" to read a description of Indian use of these weapons. Contains an informative paragraph on how they are made.
Rice University
Hyper Stat Online Statistics Textbook: Mutually Exclusive Events
This resources offers a brief, one paragraph description of mutually exclusive events and gives an example for further clarification.
Other
In Italy Online: Churches of Rome
An excellent collection of pictures of Christian Churches in Rome with a description of each. Simply click on the church of your choice and you can view the picture and read a brief paragraph on the church.
Curated OER
Steamboat
Traveling West was never easy! Here is a good description of the many ways people traveled. Of particular note is the paragraph on the steamboat crews.
Curated OER
Photograph:the State Capitol, Salt Lake City, Utah.
A brief description of the history of Salt Lake City. Includes a brief paragraph about the settlement of the Mormons in 1847. For the full article, get a free trial!