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War Story Documentary

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Students research and create an aspect of a war. They practice on writing a bibliography and essays.

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6th - 12th
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English Language Arts
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English Language Arts Examination: August 2016

New York State Education Department
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Practice Test English Language Arts: Grade 8

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As teachers, it is our job to encourage learners to stand up for what they believe in and help them learn lessons from life's events. A set of practice questions designed for the ELA MCAS assessment features passages that teach positive...
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CCSS: Adaptable
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Civil War Literature Circle

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Historical fiction can be a valuable asset when learning about the past. Integrate several novels written about the Civil War into your social studies unit, with groups of four working collaboratively to comprehend the novel from...
5th - 8th English Language Arts
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War Horse and WWI Poetry

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Here's a resource that deserves a place in your curriculum library. As part of their study of War Horse individuals create an anthology of World War I poetry. 
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Night: Annotated Bibliography

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This annotated bibliography and list of websites are valuable resources for any study of the Holocaust and/or of Elie Wiesel's Night.
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7th Grade English/Language Arts Practice Test

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The Georgia Department of Education provides practice for their Criterion-Referenced Competency Test in English/Language Arts with 30 multiple-choice questions.
6th - 8th English Language Arts
Website

Annotated Bibliographies

University of North Carolina
When researchers write a paper, they become curators of information. It's their job to determine the best sources of information on a topic and use those sources to inform their writing. As part of a larger series, a handout on annotated...
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CCSS: Adaptable
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World War I and Its Aftermath

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Louisa May Alcott | The Civil War

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Louisa May Alcott longed to fight in the Civil War to end the scourge of slavery, but like most nineteenth-century women, was relegated to the ranks of wartime nurses and seamstresses. Learners watch a short dramatization of Alcott's...
5 mins 7th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
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