Activity
Natural History Museum

Nhm: The Endeavour Voyage Across the Pacific

For Students 9th - 10th
This multi-media rich site explores the voyage made by James Cook on the Endeavour in 1768. This voyage, marked as one of the most influential in history, made major nautical, geographical, natural history, and medical discoveries along...
eBook
Children's Books Online

Children's Books Online: How Sing Found the World Is Round

For Students 5th - 8th
"How Sing Found the World is Round", written in 1920 by Sydney Reid, has been digitized and made available by the Rosetta Project. This 21 page book is appropriate for intermediate readers.
Article
CZBrats

Panama Canal Zone: The Maroons

For Students 9th - 10th
This page is a reprint of an article by Sydney March entitled "Maroons: Dark Warriors of the Spanish Main" which first appeared in the journal "The New World."
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Science: South Africa: What Are the Different Food Groups?

For Students 2nd - 4th
Join Sydney on his great island tour in South Africa, and learn more about the five food groups.
Unit Plan
University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive home page provides improvement module links in the areas of grammar, citations, and writing. The University of Sydney's The Write Site provides online support to help students improve their writing skills.
Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: O. Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
Superbly written biographical sketch of O. Henry, also known as William Sydney Porter, that includes excerpts from his books and a complete listing of all of his works.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Banding Together

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about a girl named Sydney who sold wrist bands to raise money and awareness for diabetes. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Unit Plan
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences

Powerhouse Museum: Australian Designers at Work

For Students 9th - 10th
The Powerhouse Museum of Sydney, Australia, hosts an online exhibit about Australian designers. Visitors can explore careers in design by following links to each of six profiles on designers representing distinct design professions.
Graphic
University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Structuring Your Individual Arguments

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A diagram is provided to help students organize an argument. Assertions, sub-assertions, evidence, and counterarguments are included. Click on page 2 at the bottom to see the functions of the above and page 3 to for a practice activity....
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Hearts and Hands" by O. Henry

For Students 7th - 9th
A learning module that begins with "Hearts and Hands" by O. Henry accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Brief Debut of Tildy" by O Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of the short story "The Brief Debut of Tildy" by O Henry; a chance encounter helps a young waitress come out of her shell.
Activity
University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Practice 1: Sentence Fragments

For Students 9th - 10th
During this interactive lesson, students will determine the number of finite verbs in each sentence or fragment.
Activity
Other

Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

For Students 4th - 9th
This is a phenomenal resource. It allows the user to create a reading list of quality children's literature based of choices such as reading level, type of book, genre, ethnicity, gender, etc. In addition, one can determine if a book won...
Lesson Plan
Other

O. Henry: The Green Door, Lesson and Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This set of lessons and activities includes brief biography of the writer, synopsis, pre-story and other exercises and discussion questions, and a follow up. The plans are downloadable in .pdf or .doc format.
Lesson Plan
Other

O.henry: The Last Leaf Lesson and Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The ELLSA site offers this very complete set of lessons about The Last Leaf, focusing on setting, but including vocabulary and other elements.
Graphic
Other

Early Images of the Australian Aborigines

For Students 9th - 10th
This exhibition provides images drawn from the early discovery and exploration accounts, including those of William Blake.
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "By Courier" by O Henry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "By Courier" by O. Henry, an American author famous for his surprise endings.
Handout
Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Arachnology Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Australian Museum Online has a collection of arachnids. You can even examine their "feature arachnid!"
Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Cause and Effect Papers: Key Elements: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson goes over words, phrases, and key elements that are included in cause and effect papers. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Cause and Effect Papers: Key Elements."
Website
Australian Museum

The Australian Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features links to information on Australia's museum.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: The Guilty Party

For Students 11th - 12th
A learning module that begins with "The Guilty Party" by O. Henry, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free teacher and...
Website
BBC

Bbc: News: Country Profile: Australia

For Students 9th - 10th
From the BBC, an overview of the Asia-Pacific country of Australia. Presents a map, timeline, facts at-a-glance, and information on leaders and the media. For fun, listen to the Australian national anthem.
Unit Plan
University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Overview: Using Quoting & Paraphrasing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This learning module explains the components of academic writing. The module includes the following topics: original material, paraphrased content, summarized information, and direct quotations.
Website
American Movie Classics Company

The Film Site: The Maltese Falcon

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a summary of the film, The Maltese Falcon.

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