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University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Teamwork & Group Work

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teamwork is an essential component of an engineering curriculum since engineers almost always work in groups. This website contains links that help to explain the concept of teamwork, group work, and study teams. It also includes how to...
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University of California

Berkeley: Teaching Discussion Sections

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on group discussion-style teaching. It provides links to topics such as follows: Creating Discussion Guidelines, Classroom Activities, Group Work, Group Work: Techniques, Group Work: Design Guidelines, Encouraging...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Students' Work Ethic Affected by Peer Groups, Desire to Be Popular

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A learning module that begins with "Students' Work Ethic Affected by Peer Groups, Desire to Be Popular" by Shankar Vedantam, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed...
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Other

Act, Inc.: Work Keys Assessments: Teamwork

For Students 9th - 10th
Take tests online to determine your teamwork abilities in work and professional settings. This website describes 4 levels of teamwork, which expand upon "The traditional 3 Rs of reading, writing, and arithmetic by becoming one of the...
eBook
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: A Group of Noble Dames by Thomas Hardy

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the book A Group of Noble Dames by Thomas Hardy, a collection of short stories. The stories are contained by a frame narrative in which ten members of a club each tell one story about a noble dame in the 17th or...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Working in Groups

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A lesson on leadership styles and responsibilities of working in groups.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Group Theory 101: How to Play a Rubik's Cube Like a Piano

For Students 9th - 10th
Mathematics explains the workings of the universe, from particle physics to engineering and economics. Math is even closely related to music, and their common ground has something to do with a Rubik's Cube puzzle. Michael Staff explains...
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US National Archives

Nara: Guide to Federal Records: Public Works Administration [Pwa]

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive information on all the projects completed under the Public Works Administration. Includes a brief history. Provided by the National Archives and Records Administration.
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: Text Feature Diagrams

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
At the end of this lesson, students will be able to identify and create diagrams associated with informational text. Included is a link to an eSpark video on diagrams, rules for group work, multiple examples of diagrams, and a...
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Other

Work 911: Cooperative Communication

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site defines "Cooperative Communication" and provides examples and information as to how to apply it. Although the article is geared toward the workplace, it applies to all forms of communication, especially when negotiating....
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PBS

Pbs: Modeling Fraction Division Using Comparison, Group Number Unknown

For Students 6th - 8th
This animated video illustrates a visual model for solving a word problem involving the division of fractions. The problem asks students to use fractions to compare the spring weight of a hedgehog with its weight just before hibernation....
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PBS

Pbs: Modeling Fraction Division Using Comparison, Group Size Unknown

For Students 6th - 8th
This video illustrates a visual model for solving a word problem involving the division of fractions. The problem asks students to determine the length of a losing frog's jump in a jumping frog contest based on a comparison with the...
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University of California

University of California Berkeley: Teaching Discussion [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A guide for instructors on how to engage students actively in discussions. SL.9-10.1 Discussion, SL.9-10.1b Group Rules, SL.9-10.1d Possitive Communication Stratagies, SL.11-12.1 Discussion, SL.11-12.1d Resolve/Synthesize
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "Adho Establishes Working Group on Inclusivity" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted Bethany Nowviskie's "Adho Establishes Working Group on Inclusivity." Ideological details are blue and pragmatic details are red. Click on any word to see...
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Other

Pet Your Dog: Dog Breeds by Group

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of an expansive reference dedicated to dogs, this section focuses on dog breeds based by group. Click on any dog photo to access detailed facts about that particular dog. Hundreds of beautiful photos included.
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Other

Boglewood Group: Titian [Tiziano Vecellio]

For Students 9th - 10th
Short history of the life of Titian and a discussion of his work.
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Constitutional Rights Foundation

Constitutional Rights Foundation: The War in Afghanistan: What Should American Policy Be? [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Article on American policy and the war in Afghanistan in which students read background history and assert an informed opinion about what they think the U.S. role in Afghanistan should be. Small group work and questions for writing and...
Website
Canada Science and Technology Museum

Kids Zone: Arctic Diary

For Students 3rd - 8th
Have you ever wanted to be a scientist in the Arctic? Learn from the journals of a research group working on the Arctic sea ice at the northerntip of Canada. Global warming, security of northern routes, pollution, and changes to the...
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Other

Kid Citizen: Congress and Child Labor

For Students 3rd - 5th
Congress is made up of a group of people who work together to improve the quality of lives of citizens throughout the nation. Long ago Congress decided that it was important to pass labor laws to protect children. Why did they think that...
Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Darwin's Letters: Collecting Evidence

For Students 9th - 10th
This group of letters is a sample of the extensive correspondence Darwin carried on with a wide group of friends and colleagues as he collected evidence to support his theory of evolution by natural selection. From Charles Darwin's...
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Other

Arts & Letters Club of Toronto

For Students 9th - 10th
View an online exhibit highlighting the Arts & Letters Club of Toronto which was established in 1908 and made up of members of Toronto's arts community including the Group of Seven.
Website
Other

Elisabeth Kubler Ross Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the official site for Elisabeth Kubler-Ross (1926-2004 CE), author of the groundbreaking "Death and Dying." Includes much information on her life, works, and related organizations.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Florida Folklife

For Students 9th - 10th
Library of Congress provides materials from the WPA Collections, 1937-1942. Selections include narratives and songs from ethnic and cultural groups, including African Americans, Bahamian Americans, Cuban Americans, American Indians, and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Is Romance Dead?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As an introduction to the medieval romances, students compare and contrast the medieval rules of courtly love to the modern "rules" of courtship and romance. Students write a compare/contrast essay after group work and class discussion.

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