ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Text Features: Non Fiction [Pdf]
Compare the printed page to an electronic web page and use this activity to discuss the similarities and differences. A cross-curricular tie-in with ecosystems. Could easily be adapted to another subject area.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Shapes Into Sculptures
In this lesson, students will identify 2- and 3-dimensional shapes as well as create shape drawings and sculptures. Teacher materials are available.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Learning Lab: Stories of the Wrights' Flights
This lesson plan has students read primary materials from the Smithsonian collection written by the Wright brothers, and compare and contrast them to secondary sources, such as newspaper stories from the next day. There is background...
Cornell University
Cornell University: Law School: Property Tax Overview
This resource gives an overview of adoption law with links to key primary and secondary sources.
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1953
This site from the Nobel eMuseum allows you to learn about George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959 CE), the winner of the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize, through primary and secondary resouces. This website is organized into the following sections:...
Nobel Media AB
The Nobel Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize 1919: Woodrow Wilson Facts
This site from the Nobel eMuseum allows you to read about Woodrow Wilson's (1856-1924) peacemaking actions for which he was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919. This website provides both primary and secondary texts and includes...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Education Agency: The Latest Tea News
News from the Texas Education Agency, the state agency that oversees primary and secondary public education. The mission of TEA is to provide leadership, guidance, and resources to help schools meet the educational needs of all students.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Compare and Contrast Map
Use this graphic organizer to compare or contrast ideas, things, or texts. This is a great cross-curricular tool to use for both reading strategies and prewriting.
Other
Mc Kinley Assassination Ink: A Documentary History
A resource that includes both primary and secondary source documents that relate to assassination of President William McKinley.
US Geological Survey
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation: Exploring the History of the Lake
A collection of lessons where students explore the history of Lake Pontchartrain Basin. By researching and finding primary and secondary documents and artifacts, students will create a time line, concept map, and journals about daily...
University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas: Human Environmental Interactions [Pdf]
Inspired by Hemispheres' 2004 Teachers' Summer Institute, People and Place: Human-Geographic Relations, this curriculum unit was designed to address human adaptation to and modification of the environment. How have humans adjusted to...