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Calculus help.com: Tutorials for the Calculus Phobe

For Students 9th - 10th
A dozen interactive tutorials are what help make the basics of calculus more clear for those students who need additional explanation. Clear directions, simple examples, and interesting graphics are all part of this resource.
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A&E Television

History.com: How a Deadly Railroad Strike Led to the Labor Day Holiday

For Students 9th - 10th
When the federal government was called in to suppress a railroad workers' strike, dozens were killed and politicians sought a way to show they still supported workers. July 1894, President Grover Cleveland finally signed into law...
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Frontiers Media

Frontiers: Seeing With Your Ears: A Wondrous Journey Across the Senses

For Students 3rd - 8th
For dozens of years it has been believed that the brain is organized into "sensory areas": that is, that there is a "visual area," an "auditory area," and so forth, and that the visual area can only process visual information. It has...
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Art Teacher on the Net: Art of Many Lands

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Dozens of resources for lessons and projects based on the art of various cultures. Included are ideas for Africa, France, America, Russia, India, and Australia.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Data Collecting in the Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of two dozen questions students can easily ask eachother in the classroom to quickly collect data in hopes of using it in their study of making graphs. Some are opinion questions, while others require the counting of certain items...
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University of Missouri

Famous Trials: Trial of the Nazi Saboteurs (1942)

For Students 9th - 10th
The eight Germans who landed on beaches were all graduates of a training school for saboteurs. The idea for a sabotage effort in America developed in late 1941, soon after a German spy network in the United States imploded when one of...
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University of the Arts, London: Paintings at Universal Leonardo

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a collection of 25 paintings by Renaissance-era master painters, including more than a dozen of Leonardo's most famous works. Paintings are accompanied by links to explanations of the artistic problems and puzzles that fascinated...
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History.com: How Julius Caesar's Assassination Triggered the Fall of the Roman Republic

For Students 9th - 10th
In the first weeks of 44 B.C., Caesar was proclaimed "dictator for life." His life, though, wouldn't last much longer. Fearful that the concentration of absolute power in a single man threatened the republic's democratic institutions,...
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Deadwood Dick Magazine: Deadwood Dicks by the Dozen

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief history of the famous character, Deadwood Dick, and his evolution through the years.
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Kryss Tal: The English Language: Words Borrowed

For Students 9th - 10th
An incredible comprehensive list of "borrowed words" in the English language, grouped by the languages from which the words are borrowed. Provides and describes dozens of languages and literally thousands of loan words. Highly recommended.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Invitation to World Literature: The Bhagavad Gita

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson from a multimedia course on literary world classics considers the Bhagavad Gita. Lesson centers on a half-hour video offering multiple perspectives on the work. Read an excerpt from the Gita and find dozens of rich and varied...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Falasha

For Students 9th - 10th
The Falasha are a northern Ethiopian highland population of Jewish belief. They are one of the dozens of small ethnic minorities in Ethiopia and have been recognized as a "nationality" in the Ethiopian constitution of 1986. More than...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: The Shirelles

For Students 9th - 10th
One of the earliest girl vocal groups of the early Sixties, they had a dozen Top Forty hits including the first #1 single by a girl group. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996.
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The One Thousand Dozen" by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
Text of the short story "The One Thousand Dozen" by Jack London. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Teacher Guide to the Alphabet

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Lesson ideas and dozens of printable handouts for teaching the letters of the alphabet.
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The History of War: Battles, Sieges, and Treaties: World War 2 (1939 1945)

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a chronological listing of the major battles of World War II and dozens of minor battles fought all over the world. The source for a preponderance of the references is Wikipedia.
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The Toymaker

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Dozens of beautiful paperfolding toys for you and your students to try. Just print, cut, fold, and glue. Many would work well with class themes including animals, flowers, and holidays.
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Insight for the Day: George Bernard Shaw Quotes

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of dozens of thought-provoking quotations by the famous Irish author George Bernard Shaw.
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The Virtual Egyptian Museum

For Students 9th - 10th
View dozens of ancient Egyptian artifacts. Sift through the collection by type, period, God, or material.
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Military History Encyclopedia on the Web

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Articles, pictures, maps, timelines and consolidated subject pages on the history of war and military engagements. Use any one of a dozen indexes to locate conflicts or battles of interest. Includes many useful extras, such as...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: Archaeology: Clues From the Past

For Students 3rd - 5th
This resource is a place for learning all about archaeology - archaeological fieldwork, field journals, tools of the trade, and interesting archaeological sites and discoveries. Explore, ask questions, find information, and meet...
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The Mathematical Association of America: Career Profiles

For Students 9th - 10th
Offers dozens of essays written by people who use math in their careers, providing practical answers to the question: 'Why should I study math?'."
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The Dirty Dozen Persistent Organic Pollutants

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this site to learn about the effects of persistent organic pollutants on the ecology of Antarctic coastal waters. Information is presented for both teacher and student researcher.
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University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The Digital Library provides links to the complete texts of a dozen of George Eliot's works.

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