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Fraction Message
Young scholars practice identifying fractional parts represented in pictures and phrases. In this fraction lesson, students determine the proportion represented by common time and money phrases such as "3 hours in a day". Young scholars...
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Late Bloomers
Students demonstrate an understanding that individuals grow at various rates. For this health lesson, students read Leo, the Late Bloomer and identify ways to be tolerant of others. Students record the height of classmates and graph the...
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Study Guide for the 2009 Doris Conant Lecturer on Women and Culture: Barbara Ehrenreich
Students analyze the teachings of Barbara Ehrenreich about women and culture. In this women and culture lesson, students define "joy" and "collective joy." Students do field research on these topics and write a field report and a letter...
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Colson Whitehead
Students read an excerpt from Colson Whitehead's The Intuitionist. For this author analysis lesson, students read about poet and author Colson Whitehead. Students analyze a poem and a piece of fiction of Whitehead's.
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Paulo Coehlo's The Alchemist
In the allegory worksheet students analyze Paulo Coelho's novel, The Alchemist. Students analyze allegorical elements by answering guided questions.
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What is Sensitivity?
Students examine the difference between internal and external differences in people. They identify prejudices in society and explain how important it is to be sensistive to others. They discover types of sensitivity in "To Kill A...
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Philanthropy, Literature and You
Students identify philanthropic acts in the novel "To Kill A Mockingbird". They create a box of items that were found in the tree from the novel as well. They write journal reflections based on philanthropic acts they have done in their...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: Harper Lee
This is a collection of four video lessons and a teacher's guide about Harper Lee and her masterpiece "To Kill a Mockingbird."
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Harper Lee, Author, Dies at Age 89
Read about the life and death of Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This collection uses primary sources to explore Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Historica's the Prime Ministers of Canada: Stephen Harper
This site presents a brief biography of Stephen Harper. The graphics and audio segments provide many hours of interesting exploration.
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Ctv News: Harper to Apologize for Residential School Abuse
The abuse and suffering from Canadian Residental Schools has ended, & with Prime Minister Harper's historic speech, a healing will start!
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper
Biographical profile of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, the first African American woman to publish a short story and also an influential abolitionist, suffragist, and reformer.
Other
Prime Minister Harper Offers Full Apology for the Indian Residential Schools
The full text of Stephen Harper's apology to First Nations for the Indian Residential Schools system.
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Cbc: Who's Who in Harper's New Cabinet
2008 article presents the people in Prime Minister Harper's cabinet. This is a larger cabinet with more women and more Ontario ministers. Listed is their position, Riding and cabinet post.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: (Nelle) Harper Lee
This site presents a detailed biography of Harper Lee, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird." The biography includes numerous passages from the novel, and how the novel related to Lee's life and environment.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Harper Lee
Learn more about the life and work of Harper Lee when you visit this informative site. This site provides links to activities, vocabulary lessons, newspaper articles and more focused on the book "To Kill A Mockingbird."
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
This is an online study guide/notes for the novel To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
CommonLit
Common Lit: Book Pairings: "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
Selected (12) reading passages (grades 7-11) to pair with "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. A young Scout watches her father, prominent lawyer Atticus Finch, defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman in the...
Vocabulary.com
Vocabulary.com: Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" Chapters 11 20
This site offers a series of vocabulary words as they appear in Harper Lee's classic novel, To Kill a Mockingbird.
Alabama Humanities Foundation
Encyclopedia of Alabama: Arts and Literature: Harper Lee
A biographical portrait of Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
Illinois Institute of Technology
Oyez.org: Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections
OYEZ.org offers excellent information on the court decision, Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections, including an abstract, a multimedia section on participants, resources, audio, and more.
University of Virginia
Univ. Of Virginia: Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, Poems
The University of Virginia Library provides a wonderful selection of Frances Harper poems. Each poem is individually linked for easy access to one of interest. Includes images.
PBS
Pbs: Cet: Africans in America: The Raid on Harper's Ferry
PBS' four-part series, "Africans in America," highlights the antislavery movement, including a focus on John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry. Content includes a description of the event, as well as the after-effects including the news of...
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