Sophia Learning
Sophia: Comparing and Contrasting Texts
Two PowerPoint presentations and a video [2:57] on comparing and contrasting literary and informational texts as well as how to write a literary analysis. Includes links to external resources.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Research Process: Finding Sources
This lesson plan focuses on how to find sources including information on research strategies: preliminary, intermediate, and advanced. It provides a variety of resources available in each level including videos: " How To Google Like A...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Succession
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Ecosystems are "dynamic." This means that ecosystems change over time. Both natural forces and human actions cause ecosystems to change. Learn more about succession...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Transformers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This lesson looks at the function of transformers, at how turns and voltage ratio are related, and at solving transformer problems with mathematics. Includes a...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Outdoor Air Pollution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Air pollution is due to chemical substances and particles released into the air mainly by human actions. This pollution affects entire ecosystems around the world....
Other
The Baltimore Railroad Strike & Riot of 1877
This website provides links to documents within the "Archives of Maryland Series: Documents for the Classroom." Each link leads to primary and secondary resources and resource material on the 1877 railroad strike, as it unfolded in...
EL Education
El Education: Kurare
After researching slavery and personal experiences of slaves with primary and secondary resources, students create a fictional character that is historically and geographically accurate. Character files include a portrait, a narrative...
EL Education
El Education: Mary Jo Wellington
After researching primary and secondary resources on slavery, students create a fictional character file that is both historically and geographically accurate and demonstrates an understanding of the humanness of slaves.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1983
Read about the 1983 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, Barbara McClintock (1902-1992 CE), who was rewarded "For her discovery of mobile genetic elements." This website includes both primary and secondary resources, including a...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Political Influences of the Great Depression
Given primary and secondary sources of information about selected New Deal measures (e.g., the creation of the Civilian Conservation Corps or the passage of the Agricultural Adjustment Act), students will analyze how these measures...
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Student will use primary and secondary sources to gain a richer understanding of women's activism and how the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire led to changes in labor and safety regulations in America.
National Women’s History Museum
National Women's History Museum: Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin
Students will explore the life of Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin by critically reading primary and secondary sources to determine her worldview, political beliefs, and core values.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Summarize Informational/expository Text
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn how to summarize main ideas, supporting details, and relationships among ideas within expository text.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Impact of the Erie Canal on America
Students will learn how the creation of the Erie Canal changed the environment to be more advantageous. This transportation waterway impacted American culture, economics, politics, and more. It set America on a path of destiny, from a...
British Library
British Library: Coleridge's Kubla Khan: Composition
This activity, which aims to develop students' understanding of 'Kubla Khan' after completing an initial study of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem, will encourage students to make links between the poem and a number of historical sources.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Color Mixing
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is an elementary primer to mixing colors in art and is a great resource for beginning artists with activity pages for kids to demonstrate their understanding of primary and secondary colors.
TES Global
Tes: Languages and the Olympics
[Free Registration/Login Required] During this three week Olympics unit, primary students will pair with secondary students. Students will learn basic French and Spanish vocabulary through music and physical education activities.
Childnet
Childnet: Online Safety: Film Competition 2021
For the last 12 years, the Childnet Film Competition has challenged young filmmakers to create a short film or a storyboard in response to a given theme. All entries must contain a positive message and be able to educate other young...
Other
Simon Frasier University: A Journey to a New Land
This interactive site examines questions about early human migration to North America offers grade-level appropriate information for primary, elementary, middle, secondary and post-secondary levels. Teacher resources, simulations, video,...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1918
This website on Fritz Haber, the winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, includes both primary and secondary texts and resources for further reading and research.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1908
At this site read about Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937 CE), the scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, "for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances." This...
Other
Windows on Maine: Video and Multimedia About Maine for Students and Teachers
Windows on Maine is an excellent program consisting of primary and secondary digital sources native to Maine to aid in learning and educating about the state's rich history and resources.
Other
Hypertextbook: Large Molecules
This is a good, in-depth reference for the study of macromolecules in biology - lipids, proteins and carbohydrates. Includes images and links to other sources as well as a quiz for students to check understanding.
TES Global
Tes: 'Ain't I a Woman?' and 'I Have a Dream'
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this series of activities, students will compare Sojouner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech". Students will look at literal and implied...