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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: A Guide to "The Taming of the Shrew" [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Performance ideas, interdisciplinary connections, related books, and more can be found in this 16-page .pdf guide.
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Other

Andy Warhol Museum: Resources and Lessons

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A collection of resources for teaching about the life, times, and work of Andy Warhol in an interdisciplinary way. This resource features a lesson index, examples of student work, unit-length plans, suggestions for art activities, and...
Professional Doc
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: A Teacher's Guide to "The Call of the Wild" [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Vocabulary, classroom activities, background information and other features are available in this 17 page .pdf guide.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What do you know about Shakespeare's tragedy "Romeo and Juliet?" Explore this informative resource filled with links to lesson plans and activities.
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Scholastic

Scholastic:magic School Bus Themes Index

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Magic School Bus cross referenced by themes to provide quick access to many activities and references.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Designing Museum Exhibits for "The Grapesof Wrath"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Integrating various creative formats with solid, researched fact, allows students to show what they have learned. The resulting "museum" can be shared with an audience in any of a number of ways. Includes handouts, rubric, and...
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Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Fantastic Pictures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Check out this interdisciplinary lesson plan. Students have an opportunity to draw a card with an adjective word and another card with a noun word and then make a drawing of the object.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: A Guide to "Romeo and Juliet" [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
If you're looking for interdisciplinary ideas for Romeo and Juliet, or wondering how to approach the language of the play with students, this 15 page .pdf guide will be especially helpful. Includes other features as well.
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Other

Global Grocery List Project: Homepage

For Students 3rd - 8th
At this site from the Global Grocery List Project, students collect data on the prices of common grocery items and submit their findings. They can then compare the data they collected to data from students around the world. There are...
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Other

I*earn (International Education and Resource Network)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This nonprofit organization creates structured projects that facilitate engaged learning and youth making a difference on an International scale. Project areas include interdisciplinary topics such as the environment/science,...
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "The Cay" Teacher Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teacher guide for "The Cay" features brief synopsis and author information as well as list of themes and ideas for interdisciplinary connections.
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Eric Carle

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What do you know about Eric Carle, the author? This Carol Hurst site highlights some interesting facts about this author's life and refers to some of his books.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour: Unemployment

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This PBS lesson plan incorporates math, language arts, and economics to study the current unemployment situation in our country. Students begin by watching a story from NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, then create a publication to showcase...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Eric Carle Biography

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Discover more about your favorite children's author, Eric Carle, when you visit this biography. Students and teachers will gain a new perspective of this author's life and work.
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Other

Book Club Lesson Plan: The Watsons Go to Birmingham

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Explore this comprehensive book club lesson plan for "The Watsons Go to Brimingham-- 1963," by Christopher Paul Curtis.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Christopher Paul Curtis

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plans, student activites, and biographical resources for the career and works of Christopher Paul Curtis: Bud, not Buddy and The Watsons go to Birmingham--1963.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Against the Odds Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Teachers can find ideas for their probability lesson plans here. For example, there is an interdisciplinary unit dealing with disabilities and probability as well as one using a field trip to Sea World.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Keep Your Own Field Journal

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This site, which offers templates for field journals, is part of a larger, interdisciplinary site about New Zealand. Walks you through the process and purpose of a field journal for scientific observation.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Eleven by Patricia Giff: Book Notes: Educator's Guide

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A pre-reading activity and some thematic connections for class discussion are at the heart of this teacher's guide for Eleven by Patricia Giff.
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Patsy Stevens

Garden of Praise: Musical Spelling Rules

For Students 2nd - 5th
Use these clever songs to help students learn basic spelling rules. Sheet music, as well as audio files, are available for each of 4 songs. Scroll down the page for interactive practice activity.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "Bud, Not Buddy" Teachers Guide

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Ideas for connecting this novel with other parts of the curriculum, a pre-reading activity and thematic connections are the important features of this teacher guide.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Living With Volcanoes: An Introduction to Geoarchaeology

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity introduces students to the interdisciplinary field of geoarchaeology through a case study of the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 CE. Short lectures with questions are given requiring analyses of a variety of data sets...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geology of the Credit River at Hidden Valley Park

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this earth science lesson, students investigate the characteristics of the Credit River in an interdisciplinary inquiry based investigation. They will determine the speed the water moves, identify rocks and sediments in the river bed,...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Bio Graph Graphing Life Events

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for four 50-minute interdisciplinary lessons that ask students to interview people and graph significant life events in order to write about those events. In addition to student objectives and standards, these...