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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Pbs: Moyers on Addiction: Help and Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
This link from PBS will connect you to a page listing organizations that service individuals with an addiction. Their telephone numbers and websites are provided. At the top of this page questions are answered regarding the diagnosis of...
Website
Other

The Lumpkin Foundation of Illinois

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Funded by the founders and family of the Illinois Consolidated Telephone Company, this foundation offers grants to non-profit organizations, "principally in East Central Illinois. Learn about grant requirements and the application...
Article
OpenStax

Open Stax: Catherine Schmidt Jones: Message Drums

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How did various cultures communicate before the invention of the telephone, email or telegraph? Discover the use of message drums in this lesson plan.
Website
BBC

Bbc Education: Languages: Deutsch Plus

For Students 9th - 10th
This web site complements the BBC's 20-part "Talk German" TV series. German grammar and vocabulary are introduced by way of topics and themes which include shopping, using the telephone, telling time, travelling, and sports. Listen to...
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Other

I Am Special: Yo Soy Especial

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Dynamic site for teachers who have Spanish ESL students. Activities for students to strengthen basic concepts such as writing their own name, address and telephone number. It offers Spanish and English capability. Downloads provided.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Inventions: Then and Now

For Students 2nd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about popular inventions and how they have changed throughout the year, including: the telephone, the calculator, the television, and the clock. A question sheet is available to...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Satisfaction Please! (Part 3)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Even the savviest consumer has a problem with a good or service on occasion. It is a consumer's right to complain when there is a genuine problem. In some situations, it is also a consumer's responsibility. A problem can't be fixed if no...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Satisfaction Please! (Part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Even the savviest consumer has a problem with a good or service on occasion. It is a consumer's right to complain when there is a genuine problem. In some situations, it is also a consumer's responsibility. A problem can't be fixed if no...
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Satisfaction Please! (Part I)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Even the savviest consumer has a problem with a good or service on occasion. It is a consumer's right to complain when there is a genuine problem. In some situations, it is also a consumer's responsibility. A problem can't be fixed if no...
Website
Other

Doctor of Dentistry (Dds) Programs Graduate Programs in East u.s.a.

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a list which includes names, addresses, e-mail addresses, and telephone numbers. Some include Peterson's in-depth description of the school's programs, costs, financial aid available and more.
eBook
Libre Text

Libre Texts: Physics: Early Quantum Mechanics

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of quantum mechanics which begins with why they are important and wraps up with an accident at Bell Telephone labs in 1925. Find several theories and formulas.
Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 207 Blossom and Snappy Learn About Utilities

For Students K - 1st Standards
Blossom and Snappy help Robbie prepare for a dinner party. They make a decorative centerpiece out of postage stamps. In order to help Robbie, they decide to pay her bills for her. In doing this, Blossom and Snappy visit and learn about...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: How United Flight 93 Passengers Fought Back on 9/11

For Students 9th - 10th
The cockpit voice recorder captured the sound of passengers attempting to break through the door. Like the three other planes hijacked on September 11, Flight 93 was overtaken by al-Qaeda intent on crashing it into the White House or the...
Handout
PBS

American Experience: Technology Timeline: 1752 1990

For Students 9th - 10th
Short descriptions of important technological innovations produced in America and the date of their introduction.
Interactive
PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Technology Timeline 1750 1990

For Students 3rd - 8th
Did you ever wonder who invented something, and when it was invented? Go to this interactive timeline that highlights inventors/inventions from 1750-1990. Click on the topic to read a brief paragraph about that invention.
Article
Other

Live Career: Proper Phone Interview Etiquette Can Propel You to the Next Step

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Although targeted at those doing phone interviews as part of a job search, the etiquette tips in this article would serve a journalist well. Focus on contact, follow-up, and how to seem organized and prepared.
Website
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Harcourt: Biographies: Alexander Graham Bell

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography is a great resource for information on Alexander Graham Bell. Includes links for additional information also.
Article
College Grad

College Grad: Phone Interviewing Success

For Students 9th - 10th
It's not "Just another phone call,"--it's a real interview. Prepare properly so that it's not your last and you can secure the job you are looking for!
Handout
Other

Market Connections: Research Faq

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page offers explanations of research methods and how they work. Though aimed at businesses, it provides good information about conducting school research as well.
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: What in the World Is That?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Can you match the picture to the correct invention? Read about these inventions and the importance of them. Also included are related sites to find further information about each invention.
Article
Amby Duncan-Carr

Amby: Types of Interviews

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you getting ready for a job interview? Make sure you are prepared by investigating the variety of interview formats that are out there.
Primary
Other

American Poems: Rotary

For Students 9th - 10th
This fifteen-stanza poem shares a meditation on the old rotary phone.
Primary
Library of Congress

Loc: Poetry 180: The Cord

For Students 9th - 10th
The one-stanza poem compares the reach of a phone cord to the long reach of her mother.
Article
University of Houston

University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: No. 587: Alexander Graham Bell

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the life and achievements of Canadian inventor, Alexander Graham Bell. Focuses on the two fascinations that marked Bell's whole life: his concern for the deaf and for flight, and the inventions that resulted. This is a...

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