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Animals in Ancient Rome (Grades 7-8)
Students explore the role of animals in ancient Rome through the interpretation of a fictional account.
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A Whole Lotta Shakin'
Young scholars read first hand accounts of earthquake survivors in order to begin the describe the different types of earthquake waves and the order in which they arrive. They engage in using earthquake waves as a means to indirectly...
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Blackout!
Students read news reports and first-person accounts of a blackout in a large city and keep weblogs or journals. They take on different roles of people who live in the city or commute there to work and then use their journal accounts to...
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Japan's Textbook Case
Students read and discuss "Japan's Refusal to Revise Textbooks Angers Neighbors." They discuss how accurately textbooks account for historical events, then collaborate to write unbiased textbook entries for current events.
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The Historiography on Robert Boyle: Was Boyle the Progenitor of Modern Science?
Students participate in a warm-up activity by attending a football match writing an account of who won the game. They discuss how their account could differ from someone else's account of the game. They discuss how different people's...
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Signature History
Learners review the meaning and application of primary and secondary sources in research. They determine how researchers locate primary source documents before looking at signatures as a validating factor on many primary sources....
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The Wounds of War
Students examine how the lives of civilians who experience war are changed forever. They read and discuss first-hand accounts of citizens in Sarajevo, and consider the many needs of people, and how wars affect people's ability to meet...
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Make Mine Turkey
Young scholars compare foods available for the Pilgrims' Thanksgiving with contemporary Thanksgiving foods. After reading information about the first Thanksgiving, pupils create a menu and compute the cost of a turkey dinner, using...
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Views of 9/11
Fifth graders examine through research ways people around the world viewed events of September 11, 2001, analyze how United States foreign policies have caused conflict with other regions and countries, research and read first person...
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Disaters!
Learners read a fiction and nonfiction accounts about different types of disasters. The class uses iChat AV and iSight camera to interview students in a different part of the country about natural or manmade disasters in their area....
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It Comes In Waves
Learners investigate the behavior and different origins of tsunami waves, and they then research and chart the path of certain tsunamis from recent history using the Internet, maps and firsthand accounts.
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Hidden Children and the Holocaust: A Lesson and Pledge for Action
Students read various personal accounts of children during the Holocaust. Using special identification cards, they relate the Holocaust to historical events in their lifetimes. Examining primary source documents, they describe how they...
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Subtraction Word Problems
In this subtraction problem solving worksheet, students read and solve four word problems. Each word problem involves regrouping to the thousands place. There is an area on the worksheet for students to show their work.
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Long Day's Journey into Night Review Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Looking Backward Review Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, learners respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Lord Jim Review Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Two Towers Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Lysistrata Quiz
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Aristophanes's Lysistrata. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Macbeth Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's Macbeth. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Madame Bovary Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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The Moonstone Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension instructional activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Mourning Becomes Electra Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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My Brother Sam is Dead Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension activity, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about the Colliers' My Brother Sam is Dead. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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My Name is Asher Lev Quiz
In this online interactive reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Chaim Potok's My Name is Asher Lev. Students may submit their answers to be scored.