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Department of Energy: Lolly vs. the Energy Monkeys

For Students 9th - 10th
It's a race against time to see if you can find all the ways energy is being wasted in Lolly's house. If you don't react in time the alien "energy monkeys" will steal your energy. Flash is required.
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Read Works

Read Works: The Vegetable Thief

For Students 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a brother and sister who work together to solve the mystery of who has been stealing vegetables from the community garden. A question sheet is available to help students build...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the novel The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim, a mystery novel. German Leopold von Ragastein meets Englishman Everard Dominey, in Africa, and plans to murder him and steal his identity to spy on...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 19: Runaway Slaves

For Teachers 6th - 8th
The Underground Railroad was a significant part of American History. It served as a lifeline to hundreds of slaves who risked their lives to escape the horrors of bondage. Through readings of primary sources and listening to music, young...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Saving Grace Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After initially giving up her baby for adoption, Evie steals her back because she believes the baby is not being properly cared for. When the baby gets sick, Evie must make the difficult decision to get medical help and thus be...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Watch Me Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In Watch Me by Norah McClintock, Kaz yields to temptation and steals an elderly lady's purse after initially setting out to help her get up from a fall. Then he learns he must confront the serious consequences of his actions. This...
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Orca Book Publishers

Orca Book Publishers: Runaway Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In Runaway, a novel by Becky Citra, a boy must make some difficult decisions about whether to help another boy that he has seen steal but who is also being physically abused. The story is set in the 1830s in Upper Canada. This teacher's...
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PBS

Pbs: A World of Stories: The Piper's Cold Feet

For Students K - 1st Standards
Pennsylvania-based storyteller Megan Hicks tells a traditional Scottish tale about a piper who steal's a dead man boots, but comes to regret it.
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Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: Radio

For Students 9th - 10th
This multi-stanza poem describes scenarios where a radio was stolen out of a car.
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Eserver

E Server: Poetry Collection: Shakespeare: Sonnet 92

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of William Shakespeare's Sonnet 92.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Old Wives' Tales

For Students 9th - 10th
Will wearing shoes help a baby walk sooner? Does caffeine stunt a child's growth? Does chocolate cause acne? Find old wives' tales about pregnancy, infants, food, coffee, and illness, and answers to the above questions.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: A Thief Dines Out, Hoping Later to Eat in by Rick Bragg

For Students 9th - 10th
For most people, the threat of jail is enough to convince them to abide by society's laws. But for Gangaram Mahes, the promise of jail time is what prompts his criminal activity. In this New York Times article, Rick Bragg discusses why...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "A Vagabond" by Guy De Maupassant

For Students 9th - 10th
"A Vagabond" is about a man looking for work who is arrested for begging. After the magistrate releases him and exiles him from the village, he steals food and tries to attack a young woman, leading to his re-arrest.
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Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online: What Are the Risks?

For Students 9th - 10th
There are many ways for online criminals to take advantage of internet users. They may invade your privacy, steal your identity, rob you of your wealth, and infect your computer. This site provides links to information that can be used...
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Basketball for Kids: Statistics

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about statistics in basketball such as assists, rebounds, blocks, steals, and shooting percentage.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Soccer for Kids: Tackling

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about tackling in soccer. Ways to steal the ball including sliding, blocking and poke tackling.
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Maury Wills

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life of Maury Wills, African-American professional baseball player and manager, who set base-stealing records in his playing career.
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: Greetings (Saludos)

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of an extensive site designed for Spanish-speaking English language learners, this exercise reinforces listening skills and increases listening vocabulary by having students distinguish between similar-sounding matched pairs of...
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Get Safe Online

Get Safe Online: Safeguarding Identity

For Students 9th - 10th
Online criminals use several techniques to steal identities. This resource provides links to other sites that deal with different types of identity theft scams such as phishing and spoofing.
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New Advent

Catholic Encyclopedia: Judas Iscariot

For Students 9th - 10th
A long and detailed sketch of the life and religious significance of Judas Iscariot. Please note that ?The Catholic Encyclopedia? is a historic reference source and should be viewed in the context of resource material dated around 1910.
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Curated OER

Athenian Red Figure Clay Vase, About 400 Bc

For Students 9th - 10th
Illustrated dictionary entry for Hesperides, the keeper of the golden apples that Herakles must steal for his Eleventh Labour. Describes the plan that Herakles devised to obtain the precious apples.
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: William Marcy Tweed

For Students 9th - 10th
William M. Tweed (April 3, 1823 - April 12, 1878), sometimes informally called Boss Tweed, was an American politician who was convicted for stealing between 40 million and 200 million dollars from New York City taxpayers through...
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Curated OER

Language Guide: La Construccion

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In the city, one might see all kinds of construction going on. Learn how to say words pertaining to things you might see at a construction site by moving your mouse over the illustration to hear the correct Spanish pronunciation.

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