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Cocori

Cocori: Complete Costa Rica: A Tangle of Life

For Students 9th - 10th
A narrative description of one person's journey through the jungles of Costa Rica. It provides lots of information on the plants and animals there and includes a few photos.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Don King

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Don King, an American boxing promoter known for his flamboyant manner and outrageous hair styled to stand straight up. He first came to prominence with his promotion of the 1974 "Rumble in...
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Curated OER

Bird in Cuyabeno, Ecuador

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy a photographical journey through Ecuador in all seasons. You can travel from the jungle - full of exotic plants and animals - to the highlands with their immense snow-covered and still active volcanoes- all these you can see in...
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Chicago: City of the Century: Philip Armour

For Students 9th - 10th
From a PBS American Experience series about Chicago, this biography of Philip Armour, who made the meat-packing business more efficient. Find out about his methods, but also about the horrible conditions of the meat-packers who worked in...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Tiger

For Students 9th - 10th
This open-source encyclopedia offers a detailed overview of the tiger. Content includes a look at this animal's physical description, method of killing, various subspecies, and the use of tigers in literature.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Upton Beall Sinclair

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography, selected publications, and a list of further reading.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki Tikki Tavi": Mixing Fact and Fiction

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing Fact and Fiction. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Books in the Classroom

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: The Great Kapok Tree

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site on the book "The Great Kapok Tree: A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest" by Lynne Cherry includes a review of the book, a listing of things to notice and talk about, activities related to the book, other related books, and links to...
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Lion

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia, a free and open-source encyclopedia, offers a detailed overview of the lion. Content includes a focus on lions in the wild, attacks on humans, cross-breeding with tigers, and more.
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Other

Classic Movies Sidney Poitier

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides only links, but there are links to many biographies of Sidney Poitier, a filmography of his works as both actor and director, tributes and interviews and much more. Much of the information about Poitier on the web is...
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Other

Mongabay: Bolivia

For Students 9th - 10th
Gather information on the environment of Bolivia especially its forests. There are statistical facts, links to related articles, and suggestions for books to read.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Lions for Kids: Learn About the Big Cat

For Students 3rd - 8th
The lion rules the land with it's hunting prowess and roar. Study the lion the second biggest of the big cats on this site.
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My Hero Project

My Hero: Muhammed Ali

For Students 3rd - 8th
Use this resource to learn about the life and career of boxing legend, Muhammed Ali. This brief article overviews his boxing career along with his humanitarian endeavors.
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Other

Seconds Out: Fighter Bios: Muhammad Ali

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the life and career of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Article profiles his rise to fame and the impact he had on the world of boxing and the world in general.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Animals of Asia, 1906

For Students 9th - 10th
A pictorial map from 1906 illustrating the various animals that live in regions of Asia. "The white bear, the seal and many sea birds are found near the Arctic shore. In the cold parts of Siberia tribes of yellow people keep herds of...
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Curated OER

Etc: Maps Etc: Delta of the Ganges River, India, 1873

For Students 9th - 10th
A map from 1873 of the Ganges River delta in what was at the time the Bengal province of British India. The map shows the main course of the Ganges River, the Hoogly and Hooringotta distributaries, and the Sunderbunds at the mouth of the...
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Curated OER

Ecuador

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy a photographical journey through Ecuador in all seasons. You can travel from the jungle - full of exotic plants and animals - to the highlands with their immense snow-covered and still active volcanoes- all these you can see in...
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Curated OER

Land Iguana

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy a photographical journey through Ecuador in all seasons. You can travel from the jungle - full of exotic plants and animals - to the highlands with their immense snow-covered and still active volcanoes- all these you can see in...
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Curated OER

Cuenca Domes

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy a photographical journey through Ecuador in all seasons. You can travel from the jungle - full of exotic plants and animals - to the highlands with their immense snow-covered and still active volcanoes- all these you can see in...
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Curated OER

Ecuador

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy a photographical journey through Ecuador in all seasons. You can travel from the jungle - full of exotic plants and animals - to the highlands with their immense snow-covered and still active volcanoes- all these you can see in...
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Curated OER

Ecuador Young Boy

For Students 9th - 10th
Enjoy a photographical journey through Ecuador in all seasons. You can travel from the jungle - full of exotic plants and animals - to the highlands with their immense snow-covered and still active volcanoes- all these you can see in...
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Curated OER

Guardian: Ingrid Betancourt

For Students Pre-K - 1st
An image of Ingrid Betancourt taken during her six years of captivity in the Colombian jungle
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rudyard Kipling

For Students 9th - 10th
A British author and poet, born in India. He is best known for the children's story The Jungle Book.
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US National Archives

Nara: American Originals: Meat Packing House Inspections

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this National Archives and Records Administration site for a short explanation of the term "muckraker," and for a quote by Sinclair, whose writings influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act in 1907.

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