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Education Commission of the States: Pre K Grade 3 Reading and Literacy Practices
A brief report of findings and policy recommendations of five different research studies on the effects of literacy instructions with Pre-K through 3rd grade students.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: u.s. Supreme Court: Lassiter v. Northhampton Election Bd (1959)
This is the Supreme Court case that found the literacy test unconstitutional in 1959.
National Archives (UK)
The National Archives: Focus on Film
Should students believe everything they see on tv? The National Archives provides this resource for students to examine cinemas as an accurate source of history. Links to archived videos and activities are provided. RI.11-12.7 Eval...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Library of Congress: Media Gallery | Women's Suffrage
This collection of primary source documents from the Library of Congress supports teaching about women's suffrage in the United States. These primary sources include images, song sheets, articles, statistical documents, maps, political...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: Dutch New Netherland
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Dutch colony of New Netherland.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source: Truth, Justice, and the Superhero Comic Book
This collection uses primary sources to explore the emergence of superhero comic books.
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Woodrow Wilson Center: Digital Archive: Mass Media and Censorship
This is a small collection of primary source documents discussing propaganda and media control in the Soviet Union. Most documents are from the 1970s and 80s, and they are varied in both type and source. In general, the documents discuss...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Election Central 2016: Elections Throughout History
This link from the Election Central 2016 website focuses on elections throughout history with the use of primary source documents such as campaign posters, newspaper headlines, and video clips from various Presidential elections...
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Pbs Learning Media: Kwame Ture, Stokely Carmichael
In this transcript of an interview recorded for Eyes on the Prize, Stokely Carmichael describes SNCC organizing campaigns and his views on "Black Power."
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Sketches of British Insects by William Houghton
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Sketches of British Insects: A Handbook for Beginners in the Study of Entomology by William Houghton (1888), an illustrated introductory textbook on the subject of...
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The Secret Origin of Good Readers [Pdf]
This downloadable .pdf explains the research on graphic novels (comic books) as well as offering practical suggestions for classroom lessons and other resources. This is a large file, so it may take a few moments for this to load.
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The National Academies Press: Open Book: Eager to Learn
A complete copy of the book Eager to Learn by The National Research Council's Committee on Early Childhood Pedagogy, edited by T. Bowman, M. Suzanne Donovan, and M. Susan Burns, copyright 2000. The book focuses on preschool education and...
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Vatican: Virtual Tour of the Sistine Chapel
This is an amazing panoramic virtual tour of Sistine Chapel set to music. Every inch of the Vatican can be viewed in its place by using the mouse on the video. Michelangelo's paintings are on the ceiling and above the altar and other...
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Morino Institute: Promise of a New Communications Age
This speech outlines the nature of the communications revolution, establishes a framework for the most important challenges that must be addressed and proposes an Agenda for Action for individuals and groups to take advantage of the...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Bartleby the Scrivener, a Story of Wall Street" by H. Melville
This is the full text of the short story "Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street" by Herman Melville. A successful lawyer on Wall Street hires Bartleby, a scrivener, to relieve the load of work experienced by his law firm. For...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Bolted Door" by Edith Wharton
This is the text of the short story "The Bolted Door" by Edith Wharton, a curious and cynical study of a man who, having failed as a playwright and being disgusted with life, tries to give himself up for a murder.
Arizona State University
Jaie: Will We Meet the Challenge?
This site from Journal of American Indian Education provides the 1964 speech presented to the Governor's Interstate Indian Council describes reservation conditions and prospects, in light of the War on Poverty.
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New York State Library: Student Activity: Primary Versus Secondary Sources
Read about the Railroad Strike of 1877 using three excerpts from textbooks and three original newspaper articles. Compare and contrast the information in the primary and secondary sources.
Curated OER
History Matters: Atlanta Compromise Speech, 1895
Read an excerpt from Booker T. Washington's 1895 Atlanta Compromise speech, in which he stresses accommodation rather than resistance as way to deal with racism. Includes a short audio clip - the only surviving recording of Washington's...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Author: Louis Constant Wairy
This is the full text of Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by Louis Constant Wairy, a man who followed Napoleon in his travels and his campaigns, was at his court, and saw him in the privacy of his family for 15 years.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: John Strange Winter
This site provides a link to the full text of the short story "Koosje: A Study of Dutch Life" by John Strange Winter.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "Ahead of Schedule" by p.g. Wodehouse
This is the text of the short story "Ahead of Schedule" by P.G. Wodehouse. A discussion of a system on how to get a woman.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Bread and Butter Miss" by H. H. Munro
This is the text of the short story "A Bread and Butter Miss" by H. H. Munro. Out in the country, at a large stately home, the early morning conversation turns to a very important matter. Who will win the local Derby?
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Clarity Connect: African Folktales
Links more than a hundred African folktales from Nigeria, South Africa, Zulu, West Africa, and more.
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