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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVocabulary University
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: Grammar, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary & Spelling, English-Language ArtsThis Web site has a variety of interactive word games designed for students to practice vocabulary, word etymology, and word mea...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Powers That Be
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, United States History, Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, students investigate past energy legislation, then write letters to Congress from the perspective of citizens tr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkUnmasking the Middle East
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, American Democracy, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies and 2 additional..In this lesson, students explore many of the countries in the Middle East, developing research-based posters and a "spider web" ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCritical Path
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Career & Technical Ed, English-Language Arts, Arts, Media, & Entertainment and 2 additional..In this lesson, students widen their understanding of the different points of view surrounding current news topics. They then re...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting Papers of Literary Analysis
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesThis resource, from Seamus Cooney of Western Michigan University, contains tips for writing papers of literary analysis. While a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFamily Life
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Mental, Emotional, and Social Health, Philosophy, Electives and 7 additional..In this lesson, students will compare their own definitions of family to a variety of dictionary versions. They will then discus...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkVidal's History--and Yours?
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis and 3 additional..In this lesson plan, from the PBS American Masters Web site, students apply the Guided Reading approach to Gore Vidal s writin...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAllen Ginsberg: Poetry and Politics
Grades: 9 to 12Subjects: United States History, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis lesson plan, from the PBS American Masters Web site, consists of three thematic components: the link between art and poli...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: DocumentThe Junk Mail Explosion: Why You Buy and How Ads Persuade
Grades: 7 to 10Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from the Columbia Education Center, is designed to increase student awareness of persuasion tactics used in junk m...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCycling Through Controversy: Debating Values and Viewpoints
Grades: 4 to 12Subjects: Oral Presentations, Science, Life Sciences, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, found on the Journey North Web site, focuses on debating skills. While students track a selected migration in the p...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTrivial Pursuits: Playing with Internet Information: A Lesson in Fact-Checking
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, students reflect on the difference between trivia and other types of information and examine how the Internet ha...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBlack, White and Digitized All Over: Examining the Pros and Cons of Print Newspapers and Online News Sites
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, Career & Technical Ed, English-Language Arts and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the pros and cons of getting news from print newspape...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhose Peace?: Analyzing Perspectives on the Israeli Palestinian Peace Process
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing Strategies and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the perspectives of different groups of people involv...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhat's in a Name?: Exploring the Relationship Between Places and the People After Whom They Are Named
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Geography, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, World History, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, students explore the connection between places and the people after whom they are named. Students investigate pe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDigestible Computers: Exploring the Future of Embedded Computing
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Writing StrategiesIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the pros and cons of "embedded computing" in the fiel...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkEvery Picture Tells a Story: Photojournalism and the Elián González Story
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Career & Technical Ed, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider controversial photos of Elián González and decide ho...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExhibiting Tools of the Trade: A Lesson on Museums for the Language Arts and Social Studies Classroom
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Electives, Reading Comprehension, History-Social Science, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students design "mini museums" that exhibit both historic and current ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkFound in the Translation: Exploring Multilingual Communication on the Internet
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Foreign LanguagesIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the quirks of machine translation and explore the bar...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAppliances with Minds of Their Own: Exploring and Inventing Appliances That Think
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine how everyday appliances might soon possess the capaci...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Long Way Home: Exploring News and Editorial Coverage of the Elián González Case
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Writing Strategies, Career & Technical Ed, English-Language ArtsIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the difference between "hard news" and editorial writ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0