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We Beat the Street Discussion Guide
Provoke students' thoughts on peer pressure, friendship, and their goals in life…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiterary BiographiesHeroes & Role Models -
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Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl Discussion Guide
Use these enrichment activities and Internet resources to enhance teaching Anne…Subjects:LiteratureBanned Books and CensorshipReading and Literature -
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The Peanuts Gang: Charles Schulz
Share the story of Charles Schulz with your students, and assign the related…Subjects:Creative WritingAmerican History/U.S. HistoryTwentieth Century -
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Leonardo da Vinci
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Italian inventor and painter…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryPainters -
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Gandhi
Learn about Mohandas Gandhi's life and accomplishments, and then explore the…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryWorld HistoryIndia -
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Eyewitness: Natural Disasters
Witness the amazing power of hurricanes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters…SubjectsScienceEarth ScienceNatural Disasters -
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Albert Einstein, Physicist
Albert Einstein is known for his Theory of Relativity and other discoveries. A…Subjects:ScienceScientistsPhysics -
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Helen Keller
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Helen Keller.Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryInventions -
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Red Scarf Girl Teacher's Guide
Study a difficult time in Chinese history with this teacher's guide to Ji-li…Subjects:LiteratureNonfiction LiteratureLiterary Biographies -
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George Herbert Walker Bush
Explore the details of the life and accomplishments of George Herbert Walker…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryAmerican History/U.S. HistoryU.S. Presidents -
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Ryan White, My Own Story
An excerpt from a touching tale of a courageous young man, his battle against…Subjects:Reading and LiteratureLiterary BiographiesIllness and Diseases -
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Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring
Enhance reading comprehension with a lesson that is centered around a biography…SubjectsLanguage Arts and WritingReading and LiteratureEcology -
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Fastest Woman in the World: Wilma Rudolph
Share the story of Wilma Rudolph's achievements with your students, and assign…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryTwentieth CenturySports -
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Thomas Alva Edison, Inventor
Use the brief description of inventor Thomas Edison to complete the related…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryInventionsScientists -
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Timeline: Conscription in the United States, 1620-Present
Does the U.S. still have the draft? Were there actually draft riots in America?…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryWorld HistoryHistoric Wars and Military Action -
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Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One
This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to…Subjects:PoetryLiterary BiographiesSuffrage and Women's Rights -
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The First Man in Space
Interesting facts and fun activities related to Yuri Alekseivich Gagarin, the…Subjects:ScienceSpace ExplorationAstronauts and Space Flights -
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Eyewitness: Jungle
Eyewitness: Jungle explores the world of rain forests and related ecosystems,…SubjectsRain ForestsAnimals (Zoology)Earth Science -
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Analogies: Famous Americans
Complete theses analogies about famous American men and women. Included are…Subjects:American History/U.S. HistorySocial Studies and History -
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Homesick: My Own Story
Activities and resources to teach Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz.Subjects:LiteratureLiterary BiographiesImmigration -
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Spoonerisms Activity
Pupils will learn about Spoonerisms, instances in speech when the initial…Subjects:Social Studies and HistoryWritingLiteracy -
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Jackie Robinson and Civil Rights
Students think critically about the Civil Rights movement and its key players as…SubjectsSocial Studies and HistoryAfrican-American HistoryCivil Rights -
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Jane Goodall, Ethologist
A review of Jane Goodall's life and accomplishments are complemented with…Subjects:ScienceScientistsEndangered Species -
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Eyewitness: Explorer
Take a look at the often hazardous and perilous world of exploration from the…SubjectsReading and LiteratureInformational TextsDiscovery and Exploration
