Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Pamuk: My Name Is Red
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers My Name Is Red, by Nobel laureate Orhan Pamluk. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the novel and find...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Homer: The Odyssey
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Homer's Odyssey. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from The Odyssey and find dozens of rich and varied...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Euripides: The Bacchae
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The Bacchae, by Euripides. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the play and find dozens of rich and...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: The Bhagavad Gita
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Bhagavad Gita. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the Gita and find dozens of rich and varied...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Shikibu: The Tale of Genji
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The Tale of Genji, byMurasaki Shikibu. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the tale and find dozens of...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Wu: Journey to the West
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Chinese folk novel Journey to the West (also known at The Monkey), generally ascribed to sixteenth-century writer Wu Cheng'en. Lesson centers on a half-hour video...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Candide
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Candide, by Voltaire. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the satire and find dozens of rich and varied...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Popol Vuh
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers Popol Vuh, a Mayan text that combines history and myth. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on Popol Vuh. Read an excerpt from the work...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: Roy: The God of Small Things
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the novel. Read an excerpt from the work and find...
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Freedom: A History of Us
Online home of the sixteen-part PBS series on American history, A History of US is a storehouse of information and resources to enrich any study of America. Includes an interactive timeline, an image browser, games, quizzes, first-person...
Other
Manitoba Model Forest Network: Sustainable Forest Management (Grade 11) [Pdf]
This 167-page Science unit on forest management looks at the different ways humans have managed Manitoba forests throughout history. It explains the ways we harvest our forests, the products they provide us with, and what the future...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Maps, Time, and World History
Learn how map projections and chronological constructs are used in the study of world history and help us to understand and interpret the past. Part of a larger site on world history, this unit on maps offers complete reading,...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Garden Lesson Plans: Discovering Plants: Vocabulary [Pdf]
A one-page glossary of words that might be used by young students when studying plants.
Other
Rourke Publishing: Natural or Man Made [Pdf]
A science text for young children that looks at which materials are made by humans and which are found in the natural world. Includes lots of photographs, ideas for discussion, a glossary, and comprehension questions.
Other
Museum of Jewish Heritage: Coming of Age During the Holocaust
Classroom-ready curriculum about the Holocaust as seen through the eyes of children and teens who lived through it. With powerful video testimonies from survivors, first-person narratives, personal photos, and timelines as well as varied...
Other
What Are Collective Nouns? (With Examples)
This site provides a resource related to collective nouns. Numerous examples are provided, along with an multiple-choice interactive quiz.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Learning About Subheadings and Bold Words
In this lesson, learners will use several strategies to learn the meaning of new words they encounter in text. The students will learn specific strategies so when they encounter new words, they can figure out the meaning of those words...
Other
Dr. Brian Blood: Music Theory and History Online
An exhaustive resource with everything concerning music theory. From ear training to music history, this site covers it all.
Marxists Internet Archive
Marxists.org: Proletariat
View Karl Marx's definition of what the proletariat is. Also information on its origins and a discussion on the issues that need to be examined in relation to Marx's definition is given.
Childnet
Childnet: Online Safety: Talk It Over
A research-led resource designed to support educators in facilitating empathetic, honest, and evidence-based conversations on online hate and how to tackle it with secondary aged pupils. Talk it over includes a slide presentation with...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Nova: Addiction: Community Screening Guide
NOVA Addiction is a film that explores the impact of the opioid epidemic on individuals and society, examines the neurobiology of opioid addiction, and discusses current harm reduction approaches and treatments and how they might be...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Medieval Sourcebook: Hildegard Von Bingen (1098 1179 Ce)
This site from the Fordham University provides a detailed biography of this remarkable woman includes information about her writing, her health (she apparently suffered from migranes), her music, and her religious beliefs. A bibliography...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Making Community Measurements: Abiotic Factors [Pdf]
A lesson plan in which learners explore plant communities and observe different types of soil and weather conditions in an attempt to determine cause and effect relationships. Includes discussion questions, extension activities and web...