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Resource Type: Website / HyperLink2004 Better and For Worse: A Look Back at the Events That Shaped 2004
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, American Democracy, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students consider some of the significant events that shaped 2004 thro...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Change of Scene: Learning About the Renovation of Performing Spaces
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, Theatre, Visual Arts & Performing Arts and 3 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students consider the elements that make a performance space succe...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWhole Lotta' Lava: Creating Volcanology Reports Modeled After Meteorological News Segments
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, Science, Earth & Space Science and 4 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students learn about the most recent research in the field of volcanol...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCooking up Descriptive Language: Designing Restaurant Menus
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Grammar, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students explore the genre of menus by analyzing existing menus from local restaurants. They revi...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCulture Shock
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, Geography, English-Language ArtsThis Xpeditions lesson asks students to think about how cultural customs differ throughout the world. Students research a foreig...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkThe Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional?
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language ArtsThis lesson, from EDSITEment, contains three activities for students to study the events of the Boston Tea Party of 1776 and ref...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkDiscovering Memory: Li-Young Lee's Poem "Mnemonic" and the Brain
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Literature, Science, Life Sciences, Writing Strategies and 2 additional..In this ReadWriteThink lesson, students first write about memory. They then use Web resources to learn how memory works and appl...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkGuided Comprehension in Action: Teaching Summarizing With the Bio-Cube
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students learn about how biographies are constructed using the Guided Comprehension model develop...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkIntroducing Each Other: Interviews, Memoirs, Photos, and Internet Research
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, Visual Arts, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson from ReadWriteThink, students read, write, speak, listen, and research as they interview a partner and write an a...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkTechnology and Copyright Law: A "Futurespective"
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Technology, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students review some copyright disputes involving new technologies. They then write newspaper art...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPocahontas Marries John Rolfe
Grades: TK/K to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, United States History, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis ReadWriteThink resource focuses on the facts and fiction surrounding the legend of Pocahontas. A classroom activity is feat...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAt Home in the Heartland Online: Grades, Subjects and Activities
Grades: 3 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, Geography, Literary Analysis, Writing Strategies and 2 additional..At Home in the Heartland has been written for grades 3 to 12. Text and activities are grade specific and have been organized by...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWomen and Sports
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson plan, from Discovery School, intermediate students develop reading, writing, and verbal skills as they research t...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkWriting Guides
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language ArtsThis page, from Colorado State University, provides extensive material for writers. Included are writing guides on reading, the ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCharacter Study: Creating Collages Reflecting Desirable Qualities in a Political Leader
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: History-Social Science, American Democracy, Arts, Media, & Entertainment, Career & Technical Ed and 2 additional..In this lesson, found on the New York Times Learning Network, students consider and create collages about the values and morals ...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkCopyright Law: From Digital Reprints to Downloads
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, History-Social Science, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, students read about the history of copyright law and generalize about how and why it has changed....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkPicture Books as Framing Texts: Research Paper Strategies for Struggling Writers
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this ReadWriteThink lesson, picture books give students frames for structuring research projects, freeing them from the langu...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkA Pill with a View: A Fantastic Voyage Through the Human Body
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Health & Physical Education, Health Education, Writing Strategies, Growth, Development & Aging and 2 additional..In this lesson, from the New York Times Learning Network, students examine the development of a new medical device, a pill-sized...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkAdolescent Literacy
Grades: 6 to 12Subjects: Literary Analysis, Professional Development, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionThis page, from the American Library Association, offers a collection of resources related to the demands of teaching adolescent...Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0
Resource Type: Website / HyperLinkExploring and Sharing Family Stories
Grades: 6 to 8Subjects: Writing Strategies, English-Language Arts, Reading ComprehensionIn this lesson, from ReadWriteThink, students access their own life experiences and then discuss family stories they have heard....Contributor: ThinkfinityViews: 0Favorites: 0