Curated OER
The Life Masks of Lincoln
Students analyze two life masks of Abraham Lincoln. In this Life Masks of Lincoln lesson students determine which events during his presidency formed the change in Lincoln's countenance. Lastly students create a timeline of important...
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SAT Reading Comprehension Practice Test 09
For this SAT test prep worksheet, learners read the passages and complete the 13 multiple choice online questions as part of reading comprehension test prep.
Curated OER
Fish Swimming--A Poem by Moniza Alvi
In this poetry analysis worksheet, middle schoolers read the poem "Fish Swimming," and discuss the metaphors in the poem. Students complete eight activities based on the poem, including rewriting the subject of the poem and watching two...
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Texas City Disaster
Fourth graders study the Texas City Disaster, the largest industrial accident in United States history. They examine the explosions of the SS Grandcamp and the SS High Flyer and their effect on the oil refining center of Texas City and...
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Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": Narrating Quentin's Mental Breakdown
Students trace Quentin's mental breakdown that leads to his suicide, assuring the overall decline of the Compson family.
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Lesson 27: Illinois/Chicago Unit Assessment
Fourth graders create a Class ABC Book summarizing key elements of Illinois and Chicago.
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Home Healing and Family Stories
Students explore their family history by examining home remedy traditions. They read and discuss a handout about home remedies, conduct an interview with a family member, and complete an interview worksheet.
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Radio Program #14-The Back to the Land Movement
Students identify the impact of the "Back to the Land" movement on the Appalachian area. They interview people who have moved back or know someone who has moved back to the Appalachian area. Students graph out profiles of "typical"...
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Writing with Style: Six Traits of Good Writers
Fourth graders listen as the teacher reads a picture book that emphasized word choice. They discuss words and how word choice impacts a piece of writing. Students view various passages on the overhead, and highlight adjectives and verbs...
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Verb Patterns Pellmanism Game (Advanced)
In this grammar worksheet, learners participate in a
Verb Patterns Pellmanism Game (Advanced) in teams of four. Students match up as many verb patterns from the thirty-nine verbs listed as they can.
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Lives of Stars
Students take notes on the lives of stars. In this lesson on stars, students take notes alongside a PowerPoint presentation about the lives of stars.
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GED Math: Internet Support for Varied Solution Methods
Twelfth graders, who teach GED classes, discuss math as an individual problem solving process rather than as a single method of getting the right answer. They visit Websites dealing with math problem solving situations and answer...
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Veterans of Past American Wars Project
Students interview United States war veterans to gain an understanding of the impact that war has had on the society, economy, family, individual and other aspects of life in American History.
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The Battle of the Little Bighorn
Students assess how point of view can change a story. For this content area reading lesson, students read about the Battle of the Little Bighorn from three different sources. Students answer questions based upon their reading and draw...
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Madge's Mistake: A Recollection of Girlhood by Annie Armstrong
This is an online photocopy of the original of the children's book Madge's Mistake: A Recollection of Girlhood by Annie Armstrong (1884), a children's novel.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Recollections of My Childhood
A scanned copy of the 1852 publication of Recollections of my Childhood by Grace Greenwood, a book of stories for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: A Grandmother's Recollections
A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of A Grandmother's Recollections by Ella Rodman Church, a nonfiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Recollections of Mrs. Anderson's School
A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of Recollections of Mrs. Anderson's School by Jane M. Winnard, a fiction book for children.
Sam Houston State University
Sam Houston State University: "Recollections of a Private" Going to the Front
This SHSU site provides an excerpt from Goss's "Recollections of a Private" entitled "Going to the Front". An illustration is also included.
Repeat After Us
Repeat After Us: If Recollecting Were Forgetting
A poem from Emily Dickinson, "If Recollecting were Forgetting", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Lauren Schaffel and can access a printable version of this piece.
University of North Carolina
Documenting the American South: A Soldier's Recollections
This 'Documenting the American South' site from the University of North Carolina provides the full 326 page text (HTML file) of Randolph McKim's "A Soldier's Recollections" that describe his experiences and observations during his...
Lone Star Junction
Lone Star Junction: The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days
The complete text of a memoir by Noah Smithwick, first published in 1900. It has been heralded as one of the most accurate portrayals of early Texas life.
Other
Civil War Homepage: "Recollections of a Private"
This Civil War Homepage site provides some of the text to Goss's published account of the life of a soldier in the Civil War. Part I is a good second-hand look at the Battle of Bull Run. Part II, a march from Washington to Harper's Ferry...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Recollection" by Guy De Maupassant
Text of the short story "A Recollection" by Guy de Maupassant. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)