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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: Authors: Anton Chekhov

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the author Anton Chekhov including a biography and the full text of 11 novels, 121 short stories, and four plays.
PPT
Tom Richey

Slide Share: Atomic Models: Everything You Need to Know

For Students 8th
A detailed slideshow for Grade 8 students that looks at the history of our understanding of atoms. Looks at the ideas presented by Democritus, John Dalton, J.J. Thomson, Ernest Rutherford, and Niels Bohr, and the modern-day wave model. A...
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Other

Science Blogs: Adventures in Ethics and Science: Basic Concepts: Norms of Science

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what Robert K. Merton meant by the norms of science, and summarizes the four norms highlighted by Merton. These are Universalism, 'Communism' or the sense of being part of a community, Disinterestedness, and Organized...
Lesson Plan
Stanford University

Stanford University: Lesson Plan on the Children's Crusade

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A well designed four part lesson plan that examines the use of children in the civil rights demonstration that occurred in Birmingham under the leadership of Dr. King.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Collective Learning (Part 4)

For Students 9th - 10th
In the final essay of a four-part series, David Christian explains how advances in communication and transportation accelerated collective learning.
Article
Open Curriculum

Open Curriculum: New Kingdoms

For Students 9th - 10th
Between 1866 and 1977, a total of four new kingdoms were added to the original plant and animal kingdoms identified by Linnaeus. The new kingdoms include Protista (protists), Fungi, Monera (eubacteria), and Archaea (archaebacteria)....
Primary
National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: America in the 1920s: Chicago Tribune Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...
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PBS

Pbs: They Made America

For Students 9th - 10th
Companion site to the four-part series on looking at America through inventors. Focuses on inventors from the early days of the country to modern day. From Robert Fulton and Samuel Colt, to Ted Turner and Russell Simmons, this site...
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Other

Milwaukee Public Television: Making of Milwaukee: Classroom Materials Gr. 1 4

For Teachers 1st - 5th
An amazing and comprehensive resource for teaching Milwaukee history to students in Grades 1 to 4. The materials are organized around four themes - early settlers, immigration, working, and modern Milwaukee. A free DVD of the video...
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National Library of France

National Library of France: Utopia : The Quest for the Ideal Society

For Students 9th - 10th
An online exhibit examining the history of utopia as revealed through story and art. Organized into four sections, "Utopia" takes viewers on a visual tour of utopian society has it has been interpreted by the ancients, in the bible,...
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Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: St. Patrick's Day

For Students 9th - 10th
Who was St. Patrick and why do we celebrate this holiday? The Library of Congress has background information and photos to help tell the story of St. Patrick's Day.
Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Rhythms in Poetry: T. S. Eliot

For Students 9th - 10th
Nobel Prize winner, T. S. Eliot is presented in this brief biography highlighting his life and literary contributions to modernist poetry. See "T. S. Eliot Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
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Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1973: Patrick White

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the 1973 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Patrick White. This website is organized into the following sections: "Press Release," "Presentation Speech," "Autobiography," "Swedish Nobel Stamps," "Article," and "Other...
Article
Indiana University

Indiana U./ensi Sensi/better Biology Teaching

For Students 9th - 10th
The paper "Better Biology Teaching by EmphasizingEvolution & the Nature of Science" includes Modern Science & Uncertainty as one of the four major themes the authors advocate in the teaching of biology.
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Introduction to Ancient Greek History

For Students 9th - 10th
Consisting of twenty-four video lectures, this introductory course in Greek history traces the development of Greek civilization as manifested in political, intellectual, and creative achievements from the Bronze Age to the end of the...
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PBS

Pbs: Thomas Eakins (Lessons About the ?American Rembrandt?) [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find four lesson plans developed for the PBS documentary "Thomas Eakins: Scenes from Modern Life" about the life and work of the man who would become known as the ?American Rembrandt.? The lessons touch on all the essential qualities of...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Cadence

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the musical term cadence and its importance in music and dance. Includes a description of the four main types of cadences in modern music theory and other definitions of cadence at this site.
Primary
History Tools

History Tools: Abigail and John Adams Discuss Women and Republican Govt [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of four primary source letters written by John and Abigail Adams which reveal their position on the political role of women during the Revolutionary Era. Documents have been updated with modernized spelling.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Is It Bad to Hold Your Pee?

For Students 9th - 10th
Humans should urinate at least four to six times a day, but occasionally, the pressures of modern life force us to clench and hold it in. How bad is this habit, and how long can our bodies withstand it? Heba Shaheed takes us inside the...
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Other

Anglo saxons.net: England C.450 1066 in a Nutshell

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site has a wealth of information on the Anglo-Saxon period in England. A few questions at the beginning provide general background. For more specific details, you can search the timeline, an On This Day section, or the list of...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Analyzing Advice as an Introduction to Shakespeare

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for four lessons that use a "Chicago Tribune" column and other modern sources to teach about the advice that Polonius gives to Laertes in Shakespeare's "Hamlet." In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: A Prehistoric Connection

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan is an adaptation of Activity 92 from Project Learning Tree. Students will research the four prehistoric time periods and compare and contrast them with their lives. By doing this, they will recognize the difference...
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Other

The Official George Crumb Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The official site, with sections devoted to his life, compositions, recordings, writings, and news. The news section has internet links, and the site has a search function!
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Other

French Horn Stopping Why the Pitch Shift?

For Students 9th - 10th
The opening four points of this article point out the 4 special challenges of playing the modern French horn. When the player uses the "stopping mute", he/she must transpose the music down one semitone in order to play in the correct...