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Read Works

Read Works: From Morning to Night

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about how the day moves from morning to night. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Dirty Work: Sewer Cleaners

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of NPR's series called "Dirty Work," this site features a trip into the Cincinnati sewer system. Learn how sewer workers help improve our environment.
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Winslow Homer: The Morning Bell

For Students 9th - 10th
This online collection contains information on artists and their art work. This site provides an image of Winslow Homer's The Morning Bell.
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Read Works

Read Works: Morning Sunshine

For Students 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how the tilt of the Earth on its axis affects sunrises and sunstes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works

Read Works: Get Up and Go! Breakfast Boost

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the importance of eating a healthy breakfast every morning. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Restoration and Eighteenth Century: Jonathan Swift

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Jonathan Swift and his use of satire and irony. It features links to Swift's biography, "A Voyage to Lilliput" and "A Voyage to Brobdingnag" texts from Gulliver's Travels, and a handout with questions about the...
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Other

Hartford Friends and Enemies of Wallace Stevens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is maintained by an organization in Hartford, Connecticut, Stevens' home town, devoted to promoting Stevens' poetry and contribution to the Hartford community. It contains a map and photos of the route Stevens walked to work...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: American Masters Collection: Maya Angelou

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a collection of one media gallery, eight videos, and one interactive about Maya Angelou and her works especially her autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Fact Tracker: Mummies and Pyramids

For Students K - 1st
This book checks information shared in the fiction book entitled Magic Tree House #3: Mummies in the Morning by Mary Pope Osborne. Mummies and Pyramids, the nonfiction companion written by Will Osborne and Mary Pope Osborne, is the...
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Academy of American Poets

Poets.org: Charles Simic

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise biography of Charles Simic that lists his works and achievements. Includes a photograph.
Handout
CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Winslow Homer

For Students 9th - 10th
This presentation provides an extensive gallery of American artist Winslow Homer's work, as well as a link to biographical information.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Ray Bradbury

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Explore the world of Ray Bradbury when you visit this educational resource. Each work is hyperlinked to study guide questions.
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CGFA

Carol Gerten Fine Arts: Thomas Eakins

For Students 9th - 10th
A full gallery of Eakin's work, as well as a brief biography. The links at the bottom provide more information.
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: Arthur B. Davies

For Students 9th - 10th
Arthur B. Davies is profiled at this site in a format that begins with a brief biographical sketch of his life. His works are then listed by appearance in the museum's database. Each work is presented in thumbnail format with brief...
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian American Art Museum: George Luks

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, this site provides biographical information on George Luks in addition to a thumbnail listing of five of his works as displayed at the museum.
Handout
Wonderville Media

Wonderville: Artists

For Students 3rd - 7th
An artist wakes up in the morning thinking about the story they want to tell to the world. Then they think about the materials they want to use to create their work. They may spend long stretches of time focusing on their art. Some...
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PBS

Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Explore and Play: Ramps Around Us

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Set up several ramps around the room and allow the students to explore and investigate how they work.
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Curated OER

A Physical Therapist Works With Two Polio Stricken Children in the 1950s.

For Students 9th - 10th
NPR celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the first polio vaccine by providing a timeline that begins in 1800 with an outbreak of infantile paralysis, photos, facts, and personal interviews.
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Curated OER

'Sam Cooke: Portrait of a Legend 1951 1964'

For Students 9th - 10th
This NPR Morning Edition profile features text and sound to celebrate the life and work of soul singer Sam Cooke whose string of hits includes "Cupid," "Wonderful World," "Chain Gang," and "Twistin' the Night Away."
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Curated OER

Sam Cooke

For Students 9th - 10th
This NPR Morning Edition profile features text and sound to celebrate the life and work of soul singer Sam Cooke whose string of hits includes "Cupid," "Wonderful World," "Chain Gang," and "Twistin' the Night Away."
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Curated OER

Sam Cooke, Singing

For Students 9th - 10th
This NPR Morning Edition profile features text and sound to celebrate the life and work of soul singer Sam Cooke whose string of hits includes "Cupid," "Wonderful World," "Chain Gang," and "Twistin' the Night Away."
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Curated OER

'The Red Checkered Tablecloth'

For Students 9th - 10th
This report focuses on the French painter Pierre Bonnard, his methods and his work, in honor of a large exhibition of his work at the Washington, D.C., modern art museum. Includes related links.
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Curated OER

'Self Portrait'

For Students 9th - 10th
This report focuses on the French painter Pierre Bonnard, his methods and his work, in honor of a large exhibition of his work at the Washington, D.C., modern art museum. Includes related links.
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Curated OER

Christine Dakin in 'Phaedra'

For Students 9th - 10th
This 2003 story from NPR discusses the return of the Martha Graham Dance Company to the stage. It includes images of her modern dance choreography, a selection of New York Times reviews of her work, and several links at the bottom of the...

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