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Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 1, Issue 8: The Wide World of Bread [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
Read this magazine article to learn about bread around the world including its history, types, names, and uses.
Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 2, Issue 9: Noodles Around the World [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
Read this magazine article to learn all about noodles or pasta including their history, materials used, names, and how it is eaten.
Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 3, Issue 10: Beavers and the Environment [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
Read this magazine article to learn how beavers both help and hurt the environment they live it.
Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 3, Issue 12: Stringing Along [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
Read this magazine article to learn about string instruments such as the violin including how it is made, how it is played, and how it works.
Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 4, Issue 9: Pianos:the Loud and the Soft [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
Read this magazine article to learn about the piano including what the word means and how it works.
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Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 5, Issue 7: The Art of Recycling [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
Read this magazine article to learn how recycled materials can be turned into works of art and the statement the artist is making.
Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Stained Glass: Painting With Sunlight [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
This magazine article discusses stained glass including its history, how it is made, and materials used to make it.
Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vol. 5, Issue 8: Guitars:the Kings of Rock [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 4th
Read this magazine article to learn about guitars including the history of guitars, kinds of guitars, and how they work.
Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Young Heroes: Katie Stagliano's Dream [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this magazine article, learn about how Katie Stagliano is working to feed the hungry by growing food for they hungry.
Article
Text Project

Text Project: Fyi for Kids: Vo. 5, Issue 5: Monster Stories [Pdf]

For Students 2nd - 4th
This magazine article discusses legends of monsters like Big Foot and The Loch Nest Monster. It explains how studies have disproved the existence of these monsters.
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Stanford University

Stanford Magazine: Angel Island: Breaking the Silence

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is about Katherine Toy, who is in charge of restoring the barracks at Angel Island. This story also discusses the plight of Chinese immigrants once they reach American shores and their poetry written on the walls of the...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Creating Magazine Covers to Summarize Texts

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
For this lesson, middle schoolers will examine the ways in which a magazine cover's headlines and graphics express the main ideas of its articles. They will then use an interactive tool to create covers that summarize chapters of...
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Other

Center for Ecoliteracy: New York Times Magazine: We Are What We Eat

For Students 7th
This article discusses the overproduction of corn and how it is contributing to obesity in our population. Corn, a starchy substance, is in everything we eat and drink. It explains the effect and what needs to be done to reduce it.
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Black Past

Black Past: Ebony Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
In this encyclopedia article, you will read about Ebony Magazine, a publication dedicated to reporting on black culture and achievements of African Americans.
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Other

Senior Magazine Online: Teaching Responsibility

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The qualities of a responsible person can be described but it can sometimes be a difficult concept to teach. This particular article frames this topic from the perspective of a parent but many points can be applied in a classroom setting.
Unit Plan
Other

Plus Math Magazine Various Articles

For Students 9th - 10th
Math articles that have questions embedded in the articles. Also includes puzzles, podcasts, and videos.
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Writing a Science Article Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Created to teach students of the 21st century, SOPHIA is bringing writing in the science classroom straight to your fingertips. Become the commander of your own learning experiences as you take part in this interactive lesson tutorial.
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Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Gordon Parks and "Harlem Gang Leader"

For Students 9th - 10th
Photographic essay tells the story behind the 1948 Life magazine article "Harlem Gang Leader", by Gordon Parks.
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Other

Kid Space: Magazing & Newspaper Articles

For Students 3rd - 8th
Here are descriptions of popular magazines appropriate for young readers from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Follow linked titles to the magazines' homepages.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Magazine: Tattoos: The Ancient and Mysterious History

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow this link to an article from "Smithsonian" magazine about a pervasive world cultural phenomenon--the art of tattooing. In the illustrated article, university researcher Joann Fletcher describes the significance of tattoos in...
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Other

Smashing Magazine: Product Design Principles: How Does Your Product Stack Up?

For Students 9th - 10th
The purpose of this article is to answer the question, "What do the greatest product designers consider to be the most important product design principles, and how can we apply them to our products?" In this article, you will learn six...
Website
Archaeological Institute of America

Archaeology.org: Archaeology Magazine

For Students 9th - 10th
A magazine dedicated to archeology. Includes recent discoveries, videos, articles, interactive digs, and more.
Article
Other

Al Jadid Magazine: The Legacy of the Late Sheikh Imam

For Students 9th - 10th
In this obituary-type article, Sheikh Imam's life and musical work are recounted. He is recognized as the "Creator of Modern Arabic Political Song," and the article credits his music with helping the political movements in the Arab world...
Article
Other

Ties Magazine: Safe Design Takes on Risk

For Students 9th - 10th
A printable article that reviews an art exhibit at the MoMA in New York. The article highlights a few of the product designs from the exhibit that each deal with the idea of safety. There is also a link to the online exhibit if you'd...

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