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Curated OER

Architecture : A Reflection of Our Times

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners explore types of architecture and how it has changed throughout history. They predict what homes of the future may look like. Students investigate a variety of well known architects from around the world and from different...
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Curated OER

Design a Pollinator

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make a scientific drawing of a pollinator with at least five traits that make them well adapted to a given plant(s). They describe in their science notebook the adaptations that make their pollinator well suited to a given plant.
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Curated OER

Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore what happens to water as it goes from solid to liquid and back. In this state of matter lesson, students observe, measure, and describe water as it changes state.
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TES Global

Tes: The Tempest 2010 Film Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a film guide to the Into version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, a mystical thriller with a modern twist (available free from intofilm.org). It provides a short summary, prereading and...
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TES Global

Tes: The Lion King Film Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a film guide for the movie The Lion King, a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's play Hamlet, to be used with younger children. Discussion questions for pre and post viewing and a writing...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Critiquing Films Using Sight and Sound

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan examines methods of critiquing and review films based on elements of sight and sound. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
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Other

The Life and Writing of Margaret Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
California Newsreel offers a review of the film "For My People, The Life and Writing of Margaret Walker". Good biographical information is included in this review.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Rookie Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This is a three-part writing project which includes a research paper, a creative short story, and a movie review inspired by the movie, The Rookie. The lesson is easily adapted to other appropriate films of similar themes.
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Literature Library: "Frankenstein" Study Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Great study guide for Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," complete with pre-reading material (author biography, vocabulary words, novel introduction), reading questions, brainstorming and charting activities, and thought-provoking writing...
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Other

Hong Kong Education City: English Campus

For Students 9th - 10th
English Campus is an excellent site for Chinese speakers learning English. It includes seven channels - Watch, Read, Practice, Play, Create, Meet, and a Teachers' Corner. Learn by playing word and grammar games, watching movies and...