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Lit2Go

The Wolf and the Kid

5th - 8th Standards
What is true bravery and how do people demonstrate it? Part of an extensive series of audiobooks, Aesop's 81-word fable "The Wolf and the Kid" tells the story of a boy that bravely attacks an enemy wolf from afar. Paired with a graphic...
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Storynory

Jason and Medea Part Two: The Voyage to Colchis

5th - 8th Standards
The second part of Jason and the Argonauts’ journey to Colchis features a boxing match with King Amycus and the defeat of Amycus's army. But what happens when the Argonauts encounter Phineas the seer? Listen to an audio retelling of the...
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Lit2Go

The Fox Without a Tail

5th - 8th Standards
Can you trust advice from a person who has something to gain? Aesop's fable "The Fox Without a Tail" depicts the skepticism of a fox community when one of their fellow foxes, having lost his tail in a tap, tries to talk them into...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: World of Opera: Romance and Regret: Verdi's "La Traviata"

9th - 10th
NPR provides us with an audio introduction to the opera "La Traviata" with accompanying text, selected arias from the opera, and a description of its three acts. [3:08]
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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: How Congress Functions: Pt. 16: How a Bill Becomes a Law

9th - 10th Standards
The lengthy process a bill must go through before it becomes a law is explained.
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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: How Congress Functions: Pt. 18: Mark Up Sessions

9th - 10th Standards
Mark-up sessions are committee meetings that happen at a later stage in the process a bill goes through before a final vote in the Senate or the House.
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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: How Congress Functions: Pt. 19: Conference Committees

9th - 10th Standards
A conference committee is comprised of members from both chambers of Congress. It tries to resolve differences between the House and the Senate over the content of a bill. It issues a conference report to both chambers for a vote.
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Center For Civic Education

60 Second Civics: How Congress Functions: Pt. 21: Majority Support

9th - 10th Standards
At every stage in the process of becoming a law, a bill is scrutinized and must have majority support for it in order to be moved along.

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