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Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBigger Than Life but Not Necessarily Better: Evaluating Images of Health in American Society
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Science, Life Sciences, English-Language Arts and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine where one develops his or her views about health and ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Name of the Game: Learning About Culture Through Sports
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Physical Education, Health & Physical Education, Geography and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the cultural significance of various sports from arou...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Power Behind the Throne: Creating a Strategy Guide to Find Entry-level Employment
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Economics, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students choose a professional field of interest and consider what mod...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAd Nauseam: Exploring the Role of Special Interest Groups in Campaign Advertisements
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: American Democracy, Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore the role of special interest groups in American polit...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorking Dogs
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language ArtsThis resource, from PBS, provides an interactive slide show featuring information about ten different types of working dogs. Vis...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCapturing the Moment: Creating a Photograph Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Visual Arts & Performing Arts and 3 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students create photography timelines of the civil rights movement. Th...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBoston Public Library: Folktales Around the World
Grades: TK/K to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis Web page, from the Boston Public Library, features an annotated list of children s folktales from around the world. This re...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWarm Thoughts About the Cold: Reconstructing Memoirs of South Pole Residents
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Geography, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about life at the South Pole. After collecting informat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAll the News That's Fit to Blog: Gathering First-hand News Accounts Through Web Logs
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Career & Technical Ed, Reading Comprehension, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students critique three web logs, each of which offers first-hand acco...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBook Club Guide: Because of Winn-Dixie
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Professional Development, Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis page, from Kidsreads, features a book club guide for the children s book, Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo. The pa...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBecause of Winn-Dixie
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading Comprehension, Literary AnalysisThis page, from Kidsreads, offers information about the book Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo. The page features infor...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPress Conference for "Bud, Not Buddy"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literature, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis lesson, from ReadWriteThink, can be used after the reading of "Bud, Not Buddy," by Christopher Paul Curtis to encourage stu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Bard in the Big Apple: Setting Shakespeare in the Modern World
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, TheatreIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students explore how setting impacts a work of literature by "moderniz...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe New Fant-"Asia": Contrasting Animated and Live-Action Filmmaking
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Film & Video, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider the different stories and story-telling techniques o...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkBooktalks--Quick and Simple
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Literary Analysis, English-Language ArtsThis resource, from Nancy Keane s Children s Literature Webpage, features a collection of ready-to-use booktalks--a brief introd...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWright Brothers
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Technology, English-Language Arts, History-Social Science, Reading Comprehension, ScienceThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the Wright brothers and their historic first flight in 1903. A classroom activity is fea...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExplore Summers Past and Present
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsHave fun sharing favorite summer memories. In this activity from ReadWriteThink, children think about their own memories and ans...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWorld War II in Children's Literature
Grades: 3 to 8Subjects: Reading Comprehension, World History, Literary Analysis, English-Language Arts, History-Social ScienceThis resource, from Carol Hurst s Children s Literature Site, is part of the April 1997 issue of the Web site s newsletter. This...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: Career & Technical Ed, Reading Comprehension, Writing Strategies, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, 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
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkActing Up: Analyzing Similarities and Differences Among the Live, Film, and Written Versions of Tony Award Winning Productions
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Reading Comprehension, English-Language Arts, Visual Arts & Performing Arts, TheatreIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students work in groups to study a Tony Award winner from the past thr...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0