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The Giver
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #234344
Format: Extended learning
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This Track contains several supplemental activities for grade 8 students who are reading The Giver in English class.
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Bill of Rights
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #135137
Format: Resource list
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Using the information from your class worksheet on an amendment, join your partner to complete the Webquest. Use the resources listed to add to your arguments.You must answer questions 1,3,4,6, & 7 from the student guide sheet for History class. Cut & paste these questions on a Word document - then do your work.
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Anthology Activities
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #129861
Format: Resource list
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Lessons included relate to short shories in the grade eight Literature and Language anthology, as well as several other selected pieces.
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The American Revolution
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #129724
Format: Resource list
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Several informational and activity oriented sites focusing on the American Revolution
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Boston - Johnny Tremain/Background for Trip
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #125983
Format: Resource list
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This site will allow students to investigate locations, people, & times of Johnny Tremain's Boston in Revolutionary times. They will also be able to preview sites which they will be visiting on a historic tour of the city. Ties to their English curriculum and the novel, Johnny Tremain, will be emphasized.
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Jamestown Images
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #123796
Format: Resource list
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Visit virtual Jamestown to view the routes taken by Captain John Smith. Look at the artifacts remaining from this settlement and read various diaries & letters written by early settlers.
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Symbolism: Political & Historical
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #110430
Format: Extended learning
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This Track contains background information and sites relating to an Art History project in which students will research and create a timeline correlating to the grade 8 History curriculum. Students will become familiar with political symbols of the U.S., and will incorporate them into their timeline and other art projects.
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Presidential Folk Art Project
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #106339
Format: Extended learning
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{ sites and links are given to students to explore the lives and accomplishments of the U.S Presidents. After becoming familiar with the basic biographical information on two specific Presidents, students will explore the trivia, and the more detailed background info dealing with all of the facets of the people destined to become a U.S. President. They will attempt to determine the qualities which made (or make) this person so uniquely qualified at the time he was elected. They will focus on his accomplishments and legacy, as well as a selected piece of information which can be used to create a piece of Folk Art representing this man.The materials chosen and the design will reflect the qualities and personality of this President.The groups will then divide into pairs to create this representaion in their Art class. After sharing and examining all of the projects, students will vote to eliminate 10 presidents per day for 4 days. On the 5th they,based on the research presentations & information, they will eliminate the last 2 in order to select one "Survivor" president, a choice which they will defend with specific facts.
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Let's See Where History Took Place...
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #104633
Format: Extended learning
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Visit historical sites associated with several social issues of the early 1800's - Women's Rights; Immigration; Labor Conditions.
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Traveling West - Manifest Destiny
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #103144
Format: Extended learning
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Check out three specific sites which show you areas added to the United States from 1803 - 1848. Travel the last portion of the Oregon Trail, then to the Alamo, site of one of bloodiest battles of the Mexican-American War,and finally to Sutter's Mill where the discovery of gold drew thousands to California in 1849.
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Black History Scavenger Hunt - Biographies
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #100171
Format: Resource list
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This track is designed to lead students to sites which may help them with biographical information to be used in creating a poster for a "Black History Scavenger Hunt". The student will select a person from one of 10 different categories (Sports/Politics/Science & Technolgy/Art/Music/Civil Rights/Literature/History/Entertainment/Education.
They will research enough information to provide: a brief personal life biography; a summary of their accomplishments; and then design a poster which will represent this person graphically & include an answer to a "clue" that they will write for the hunt. As other students view this exhibit, they will locate the answers to the "Scavenger Hunt" by reading the posters.<P>
Student Instructions:<P>
Select a research subject from the list in class, or, scroll through these web sited to get ideas. Once you have decided on a subject and had this choice cleared by the teacher, please print out all information that you feel will help you to create an informative and intersting poster.
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Ancient Egypt - Research Paper
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #146912
Format: Worksheet
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This will provide students with teacher selected research sites which will be used to teach Grade seven students the steps in writing a research paper.
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The Hobbit
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #108513
Format: Resource list
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Background materials and activites relating to the novel.
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Flowers for Algernon
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #134455
Format: Extended learning
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Examine the types of tests which Charlie took prior to his surgery. Try them to see how each makes you feel.
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Travel the Underground Railroad
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #100689
Format: Extended learning
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Students will visit one assigned site, and choose another from several options, in order to write an explanatory paper.
<P>Student Instructions:
<P>Visit the National Geographic site and travel on the Underground Tailroad as a runnaway slave. Keep written notes of the trip as you travel. Then select one additional site for more information, in order to write an essay explaining a trip on the Underground Railroad from the point of view of a runnaway slave. </P>
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Background - Julius Caesar
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #278096
Format: Resource list
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This track provides some background information for high school students reading Shakespeare's <EM>The Tragedy of Julius Caesar.</EM>
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Ireland - background info
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #273352
Format: Resource list
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This site is intended to give students background on Ireland & Irish culture as they read <U>Angela's Ashes.</U>
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Siddhartha - background
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #352139
Format: Resource list
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These sites will help you to understand Buddhism as it relates to the novel Siddhartha.
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"When I Was Puerto Rican" - Background Info
Annotations by Kelly DeGiso
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Track #266732
Format: Worksheet
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This Track is designed to support student understanding of Puerto Rico as they read the memoir <U>When I Was Puerto Rican.</U>
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