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Curated OER

The Holocaust: Valuing Creation

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students write a descriptive essay.  In this Holocaust lesson, students discuss what it must have been like for Anne Frank to stay inside for two years.  Students try to appeal to all five senses in their descriptions. 
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Curated OER

Boombox Classroom: Baroque, By George!

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this music worksheet, students circle the various types of music composed by Handel. They select the vocabulary term that refers to a mini-opera without acting.
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Curated OER

Math Maven's Mysteries

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these story problems worksheets, students read the math problem story about 'The Secret of E. Quation the Great.' Students solve the question about the secret weights by using a letter to represent the unknown and circle the equation...
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Curated OER

Intermediate Sentence Completion 5

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students read the sentences and choose the best word to complete the sentence. Students complete 12 sentences.
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Curated OER

Who/Which Clauses, Adverbial Clauses, and “–ing” Openers

For Students 5th - 6th
In this grammar worksheet, students practice working with clauses. Students are given ten sets of sentences where they are to combine the sentences and create three new sentences using a "who/which" clause, and adverbial clause, and an...
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Curated OER

Verbs

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this verbs worksheet, students read about verbs, then underline verbs in a set of 9 sentences and write 2 action verbs given people might do. Students then complete 2 alphabetical order activities.
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Curated OER

Weather Dude: Thunder and Lightning

For Students 9th - 10th
Weather site highlights the severe weather occurrences of thunder and lightning. Click on the link to hear a music clip.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Boom Boom Thunder!!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
The focus of this activity is for students to determine why thunder makes the "Boom" sound. Through hands-on activities students will become familiar with the sound thunder makes.
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The Best Notes

The Best Notes: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an online study guide for the novel Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor including author information, literary elements, chapter-by-chapter summaries/notes, study questions, and analysis.
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NOAA

Noaa: Ocean Explorer: Thunder Bay Sinkholes 2008: Cells That Changed the World [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A class experiment on cyanobacteria and green algae. The instructional activity is based on research conducted during a 2008 expedition to study sinkholes in the waters near Thunder Bay, Ontario. An annotated list of websites with source...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred D. Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th
Selected (8) reading passages (grades 6-10) to pair with "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred D. Taylor. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry tells the story of the Logan family combating racial tension and segregation in Mississippi during...
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Australian Museum

Australian Museum: Concretions, Thunder Eggs and Geodes

For Students 9th - 10th
Ever break open a geode and see the beauty inside? Learn how those crystals formed, as well as the mineral formations in thunder eggs and concretions.
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Thunder and Lightning

For Students 3rd - 8th
Lightning is the most spectacular element of a thunderstorm. Learn how lightning forms, and how lightning leads to thunder.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Book Files: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

For Students 9th - 10th
"Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry", by Mildred D. Taylor is a riveting, Newbery Award winning novel, about a family living in the 1930s Jim Crow South. Make a smart choice by reading your favorite novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Everyday Mysteries: What Causes the Sound of Thunder

For Students 3rd - 8th
Detailed description of the scientific cause of thunder.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

For Students 6th - 9th
An eleven-part learning module with links to images, texts, and websites to use while reading Mildred D. Taylor's Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.
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McREL International

Mc Rel: Thunder Clouds [Pdf]

For Students 6th - 8th
A worksheet regarding rain, clouds, thunder and lightening.
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University of Pittsburgh

Germanic Myths, Legends, and Sagas: Thor, the Viking Thunder God

For Students 9th - 10th
Four myths about the Norse god, Thor, are available here, as well as other information about the worship of Thor in old Scandinavia.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry" by Mildred D. Taylor. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Static Electricity Thunder and Lightning

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An activity where students simulate the creation of thunder and lightning using simple materials, and learn how static electricity can produce sound.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Cambodian Myth of Lightning, Thunder, and Rain

For Students 9th - 10th
Prumsodun Ok tells this empowering tale that still enlightens our world today, "Moni Mekhala Ream Eyso" the most sacred dance drama in Cambodia.
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: 7.rp Thunder and Lightning

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Alyssa sees a lightning bolt in the sky and counts four seconds until she hears the thunder. Aligns with 7.RP.A.
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Other

Teacher's Study Guide for "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Writer and curriculum specialist offers this synopsis for each section of the book, with questions and activities.
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War Times Journal

War Times Journal: Thunder Gods and Kamikazes: Suicide Air Offensives of Wwii

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of the Japanese Kamikaze war effort, discussing how it started, why, and the types of planes and pilots needed. The Kamikaze attacks started in the Philippines but the worst attacks took place in the Okinawa campaign.

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