Curated OER
West Indies and The Caribbean: Sugar & Slavery
Students study the state of the world before the slave trade. They explain the geography and economics of the slave trade. They explore primary sources and how historians use these sources to create historical interpretations.
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Modern Europe Research Project: How Changes in Late 20th Century Europe Helped To Shape Our Global Society Today
Students research a topic relevant to the late 20th century. They create a project while following the conditions explained in the rubric.
The Commonwealth
Commonwealth Secretariat: Trinidad & Tobago
The Commonwealth Secretariat offers a country profile of Trinidad & Tobago with information on its geography, society, economy, history, constitution, and politics. Includes a map and image of the flag.
PBS
Pbs: Guns Germs, & Steel
Although the video of the PBS offering of Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Guns, Germs, and Steel, is no longer available on line, the transcripts of all three episodes are. Diamond addresses the question of global inequality...
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Read Works: Why Do We Need Rules?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining the importance of rules. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: How Did Pilgrim Children Live?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the typical lifestyle of a Pilgrim child. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Watch Your Commas
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage discusses Lynne Truss' book Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really DO Make a Difference! This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
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Read Works: Great Lakes
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about environmental issues causing problems for the Great Lakes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Paradise Lost
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the Amazon rain forest and some of the animals living there. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Read Works: Dinosaur Chomper
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the fossil of a giant crocodile dinosaur found in Niger. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: North America the Continent of North America
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the continent of North America and the countries it contains. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Celebrate Flag Day
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the American flag and Flag Day. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Some Laws Are Intolerable
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the British Acts that lead to the Boston Tea Party and to the writing of the Declaration of Independence. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...
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Read Works: The National Guard
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the National Guard, how it came to be, and how it protects the United States. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: California
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the state of California. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Who Owns the Arctic?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the North Pole, the countries that want to claim it, and the effects of global warming. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: The Meteor
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a meteor that fell to Earth in 2013 and the witnesses who documented it. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: News Debate: Sew Long?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text debating whether home economics courses should or should not be taught in schools. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Who Invented Earmuffs?
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a fifteen-year-old named Chester Greenwood who invented the earmuffs. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Canoes
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about canoes and how they were first made. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Making Cents
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text explaining how coins are minted. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Our World
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read facts about seven continents. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.
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Read Works: No Bites, No Scratches, No Problems
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about pet bites, how dangerous they can be, and how to avoid getting them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: City Life and Country Life
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text that compares living in the city and in the country. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.