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Free Reading

Free Reading: Amplify Education, Inc.: Words Separated Into Phonemes

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This page contains audio clips of words separated into phonemes. The audios give the word and then the word separated. There is a link to the Phonological Awareness activities page that utilizes this sound page. The sounds are pronounced...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Literature: Contemporary Drama

For Students 9th - 10th
This introduction to contemporary drama focuses on the elements or characteristics of drama and the theme of the American Dream. It features the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, which is set in the 1950s.
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: Ology: Express Yourself

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Test your skill at reading the emotion expressed in a face in these two matching games.
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Free Reading

Free Reading: Finding Initial Sounds: A Pre Reading Game

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A teacher-led activity that helps students learn to isolate the initial sounds of words.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Address

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The viewing goals for this lesson were for students to use a visual text, Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" speech (played first without sound), to identify visual cues & understand why he may have chosen to use certain...
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PBS

Pbs: Nova: Lost Treasures of Tibet: Deciphering Buddha Imagery

For Students 9th - 10th
Interactive presentation explains the many ways that the Buddha is represented in art. Discusses the symbolic nature of his appearance as well as the Buddha's characteristic hand gestures, or mudras.
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CNN

Cnn Money: Body Language Savvy

For Students 9th - 10th
What one gesture means in one part of the world may be totally different in another part! Here's some good advice on what to watch out for when traveling as well as a lesson on the different cultures of the world.
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Chicken Little

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Improve students' reading fluency while providing fun and purposeful practice and performance through Reader's Theater Scripts. The focus is on reading the text with expressive voices and gestures - no memorization required! Have fun...
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What I Learned as a Prisoner in North Korea

For Students 9th - 10th
In March 2009, North Korean soldiers captured journalist Euna Lee while she was shooting a documentary on the border with China. In her TED Talk, she shares her experience living as the enemy in a detention center for 140 days- and the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Seated Amitabha Buddha (Amida Nyorai)

For Students 9th - 10th
Buddhism is a religion based on the teachings of a historical figure known as the Buddha Shakyamuni, who lived about 2,500 years ago. This sculpture shows Amitabha, identified as the Buddha of the Western Paradise. Amitabha is shown...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an image of the compassionate and merciful bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. Bodhisattvas are enlightened beings who are destined to become buddhas but postpone that final state in order to help humanity. The name Avalokiteshvara...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara

For Students 9th - 10th
The main image in this painting is Avalokiteshvara (1), the Bodhisattva of Compassion. He is the principle patron deity of Tibet. He sits on a lotus throne upon a lunar disc. This god takes many forms, such as the Dalai Lamas of Tibet,...
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Auburn University

Auburn University: How to Count Phonemes in Spoken Words

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
How do you count phonemes in spoken words? Check out this site to discover more about how to approach dealing with question in the classroom. This site offers exercises dealing with counting phonemes.
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Auburn University

Auburn University: The Letterbox Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
What is the rationale behind the "Letterbox Lesson?" This site reveals how learners must understand the phoneme sequence in words in order to decode them. Come and learn more.
Article
American Psychological Association

American Psychological Association: Facial Expressions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The American Psychological Association discusses whether facial expressions accurately reveal emotions and other details about the personality.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how power posing- standing in a posture of confidence, even when we don't feel confident- can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for...
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Other

Armstrong Atlantic State University: English Language

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover more about the history of the English language when you visit this informative site. Students and teachers will benefit from this educational resource.
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Auburn University

The Reading Genie: Making Friends With Phonemes

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Superb explanation of phoneme awareness. Content addresses how to focus on individual phonemes, how to make the phoneme memorable, and how to find phoneme in word contexts.
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Everything ESL

Everything Esl: Twenty New Cultural Questions

For Teachers 9th - 10th
These are different scenarios that teachers might have to confront with their ESL students. Help the professionals at your school understand the diverse cultures of your students. It offers downloads and resources. Great for staff...
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Everything ESL

Everything Esl: Twenty New Cultural Questions

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
These are different scenarios that teachers might have to confront with their ESL students. Help the professionals at your school understand the diverse cultures of your students. It offers downloads and resources. Great for staff...
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Biz Move

Biz Move: Master Your Non Verbal Communication Skills

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article dicusses many aspects of nonverbal communication - eye contact, facial expressions, distance, paralanguage, and more. This is a very good introduction to the subject.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art: Byzantium

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art, view an excellent online exhibit of artwork created during the Middle Byzantine period from 843 to 1261. Religious influences during this time were the inspiration for art, and this exhibit provides a...
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McMaster University

Mc Master University: Making Class Presentations [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Comprehensive guide with 17 areas of suggestions and tips for delivering a successful class presentation. Requires Adobe Reader. [PDF] CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.4, SL.11-12.4 Presentation
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Understanding Language

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This instructional activity focuses on understanding the language, both verbal and non-verbal, of your speech. It discusses the importance of language, word choice, purpose and audience, ways of thinking about language, venue and...

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