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Willow Tree

Solving Equations and Inequalities with Absolute Value

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
The concept of absolute value can be difficult for learners to grasp. Reinforce their understanding of a basic absolute value expression and connect it to solving equations and inequalities. Scholars write two equations/inequalities to...
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Willow Tree

Problem Solving

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
School subjects connect when your young scholars use math to edit English. Math allows you to convert an entire paragraph into a simple equation or inequality. Examples encourage learners to write expressions, equations, and inequalities...
Lesson Plan
Willow Tree

Solving Inequalities

For Students 8th - 11th Standards
What does solving an inequality have in common with solving an equation? Almost everything! A math resource focuses on the one exception. The examples lead learners through the steps of solving an equality when multiplying or...
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Curated OER

Comparatives & Superlatives in Spanish

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Who is taller? And who is the tallest? Help your Spanish language learners express comparison by teaching them about comparatives and superlatives. The first part of the webpage includes in-depth explanations with examples of...
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Atlanta History Center

What if YOU Lived During Jim Crow?

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Young historians envision what life was like for African Americans living in the Jim Crow South through hands-on, experiential activities. 
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Equal, Greater, or Less Than

For Students 1st - 8th Standards
Find definitions of the equal, not equal, less than, and greater than signs, as well as information what you are supposed to do with them and how they are used in general math and in algebra.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
March 21 is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Learn about the history of this of importat day and its origin in 1960's South Africa.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Lorenz Curve

For Students 9th - 10th
This website describes what a Lorenz curve is, and shows what it would look like graphically. A mathematical formula is also given.
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City University of New York

Chinese Cultural Studies: Women in China: Past and the Present

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses the equality problems women in China face even though things have changed since 1949. Includes information on divorce.
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Curated OER

Biz/ed: Virtual Economy Glossary: Gini Coefficient and Lorenz Curve

For Students 9th - 10th
Glossary of terms that contains gini coefficient and lorenz curve. Both definitions contain a clear graph, scroll down to the L's to find lorenz curve.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Students "Sit" for Civil Rights

For Students 3rd - 8th
Read the book, "Freedom on the Menu" about the Greensboro Sit-Ins and use the background information and follow up activities provided to enhance the story.
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History Link

Bertha Pitts Campbell: An Oral History

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Washington State Oral History Project comes this captivating interview with Bertha Pitts Campbell, an African American woman and early Seattle civil rights worker. Campbell talks about the discrimination and segregation she...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Nctm: Ask Dr. Math: Solving Inequalities

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In response to a student question about solving an inequality, "Dr. Math" provides a general discussion of what is necessary to solve these types of problems.