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Elder's Cloud Observations
Students study cloud types and Native language terms for clouds and cloud types. In this cloud types lesson, students listen to a Native American speaker discuss clouds and the words used to describe clouds. Students complete a worksheet...
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Taking Notes from Written Documents
In this notetaking skills worksheet, students discuss the main events and opinions of a document, as well as listing three things the document tells about life at the time it was written.
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Worlds Apart
Students examine the similarities and differences among the experience of modern-day immigrants through investigating the personal experiences of several immigrants.
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Freedom of the Press
Tenth graders explain the "watchdog" role of the press. They identify varied roles that citizens, reporters, and editors play in maintaining a free press. They identify value conflicts between freedom of the press and other rights.
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Grunt's Little War
Students view a film about the role of the soldier during the Vietnam War. They discover what it was like to fight a war against a culture so unlike our own. They answer questions to complete the lesson.
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Marital Conflict Resolution
Students study the importance of marital conflicts and the skills to resolve the conflicts. During a classroom PowerPoint presentation, activities, and a discussion, they identify methods of conflict resolution as related to marriage...
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Boarding Schools And Native American Culture
Students engage in a lesson that focuses on the influence of American values placed upon the Indians. Students use primary and secondary documents in order to explore the indoctrination. They create a project that reflects adequate...
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School Renovation - What's Your Idea?
Students discuss the upcoming renvoations to their school. As a class, they develop their own proposals for what they would like to have available to them. Using a digital camera, they take pictures of the new school and compare them...
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Community Connections
Eighth graders with a number of disabilities visit people and places in their community while using digital cameras to record their visits. They take digital pictures which they include in books, posters, and other publications which...
Other
Interview With Abe Neri
This is quite an interesting interview with the daughter of the famous Japanese writer, Abe Kobo. It is a translation, so the language doesn't flow as smoothly as it would in the original, but Neri talks about a lot of the influences in...
Other
Interview With Linda Sue Park
This site provides an interview with 2002 Newbery Newbery winner Linda Sue Park.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Blue Balliett
Read this biography to learn about author Blue Balliett. Links to her website, an interview, an author visit kit, and a list of her books available.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Kristiana Gregory
Read this biography to learn about award winning author Kristiana Gregory. Links to her website, an interview, an author's visit kit, and a list of her books are available.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Marcia Thornton Jones
Read this biography to learn about author Marcia Thornton Jones. Links to her website, an interview, an author visit kit, and a list of her books are available.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Suzanne Collins
Read this biography to learn about author Penny Colman. Links to her website, an interview, an author visit kit, and a list of her books are available.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Debbie Dadey
Read this biography to learn about bestselling author Debbie Dadey. Links to her website, an interview, an author visit kit, and a list of her books are available.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Gordon Korman
Read this biography to learn about New York Times bestselling author Gordon Korman. Links to his website, a video interview, an author visit kit, and a list of his books are available.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Read this biography to learn about award winning author Susan Campbell Bartoletti. Links to her website, a video interview, an author visit kit, and a list of her books are available.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Biography: Bruce Degen
Read this autobiography to learn about illustrator Bruce Degen. Links to an interview, an author visit kit, and a list of his books are available.
Virginia Tech
The Alan Review: An Interview With Ruth White
This is an interview with Ruth White, author of Belle Prater's Boy, conducted by Pam B. Cole of the ALAN Review.
Other
January Magazine: Profiles and Interviews: Mario Vargas Llosa
This site provides an in-depth interview with Peruvian writer Vargas Llosa concerning past literary works, political involvement, and role in present literature.
PBS
Pbs News Hour: Interview With Tom Stoppard
This is a transcript of an interview with Stoppard that was done on "NewsHour with Jim Lehrer." Stoppard talks about his writing process and creativity.
Other
Interview With Children's and Ya Author Diane Gonzales Bertrand
The transcript of an interview with Texas poet and children's author Diane Gonzales Bertrand. (Date of Interview: March 2002)
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: Author Interview: Transcript From Interview With Pam Munoz Ryan
This article shares the transcript of an interview with the author Pam Munoz Ryan. Conducted by one of the writers from Reading Rockets, autobiographical information is shared regarding the topics for some of the author's most famous works.