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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Themes: Auto Safety Pioneers

For Students 9th - 10th
Since the 1970s, Americans have witnessed an amazing number of safety improvements in automobiles and the driving environment. Seat belts, air bags, safer fuel tanks, the Jaws of Life, and driving while intoxicated (DWI) campaigns are...
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Hickman Community Charter District: Informative Writing

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Sample topics in informative writing for K-3rd grades and 4th-8th grades. CSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.2. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.9 Draw evidence from informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Discovering Ourselves in Literature and Life

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan, provided by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE), encourages pupils to evaluate literature in a variety of multimedia formats and answer the question, "Who Am I?," Students are then asked to...
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Dwellings: The Message of Houses and Their Contents, 1780 1820

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Architectural styles of the times reflected the economic status and taste of the individuals who owned the houses. As this turn of the century proceeded from 1780 to 1820, many changes occurred in communication, transportation,...
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Encyclopedia of the New American Nation: Dollar Diplomacy

For Students 9th - 10th
This extensive essay explains the goals of William Howard Taft's foreign policy during his presidency and how it reflected U.S. relations with countries in Latin America and with China. Comparisons are made with the goals of Taft's...
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University of Maryland

Voices of Democracy: George W. Bush, Second Inaugural Address (20 January 2005)

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete text of the Second Inaugural Address by George W. Bush in 2005 along with an interpretive essay that examines the ways that President George W.Bush's Second Inaugural Address reflected the assumptions of the Bush Doctrine, ideas...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Blogging With Photovoice: Sharing Pictures in Integrated Class

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Photovoice is a technique that has participants take photos in response to a prompt, reflect on the meaning behind three of their photos, and share the photos to find common themes. It is an ideal strategy for all forms of classrooms,...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Amy Tan's

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for five lessons that use Amy Tan's essay "Mother Tongue" to teach about nonfiction and fiction as well as engage the issue of language and identity. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan...
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PBS

Pbs: American Masters: Ernest Hemingway

For Students 9th - 10th
British writer Tom Stoppard reflects on the life and legacy of Ernest Hemingway in this essay. There is also an interactive timeline of Hemingway's life, and an interview with DeWitt Sage, who directed a film about Hemingway.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to Andean Cultures

For Students 9th - 10th
From textiles to ceramics, metalwork, and architecture, Andean cultures produced art and architecture that responded to their natural environment and reflected their beliefs and social structures. Read more about the Andean culture in...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Introduction to the Inka

For Students 9th - 10th
The Inka had developed a complex culture deeply rooted in the traditions that came before them. Their textiles, ceramics, metal- and woodwork, and architecture all reflect the materials, environment, and cultural traditions of the Andes....
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Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Writing Task

For Teachers 9th Standards
In this section, 9th graders prepare to write, develop, and publish the culminating task essay. They also reflect on the understanding they've built through the unit texts by engaging in a discussion about the unit question, and they...
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EL Education

El Education: Chickenology: The Art and Science of Keeping Chickens

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This manual was written by a group of middle school and high school students in the Maplewood Richmond Heights school district. The students, known as the "Chickenologists", care for the district's flock of chickens. This comprehensive...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Henry David Thoreau

For Students 9th - 10th
Henry David Thoreau (born David Henry Thoreau; July 12, 1817 - May 6, 1862) was an American author, naturalist, transcendentalist, tax resister, development critic, sage writer and philosopher. He is best known for his book Walden, a...

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