Should students believe everything they see on tv? The National Archives provides this resource for students to examine cinemas as an accurate source of history. Links to archived videos and activities are provided. RI.11-12.7 Eval...

Dr. Math, in a reply to a student's question, explains how to find the location of the vertex and focus, calculate the distance between the focus and vertex, as well as identify the axis of symmetry and the directix.

In this arts integrated unit, 3rd graders will explore Rocks and Soil. These projects focus on bringing multiple art forms to the Earth Sciences for third graders. Students will focus on comparing and contrasting the 3 types of rocks, as...

This site shows how to use technology in the classroom and not be afraid of it! WebQuests are an inquiry based online tool for educators to use in the classroom. All the information during the lesson comes from the World Wide Web and...

Mary Hunter Austin recreates two Native American tales in her stories, "The Story of Little Tavwots," and "The Fire-Bringer." The texts can be read online or downloaded in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each story has downloadable...

This resource offers the complete texts of four of Andersen's best-known fairy tales: The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Ugly Duckling," "Thumbelina," and "The Swineherd." The texts can be read online or downloaded in MP3 format. In...

Over the past fifty years the population of the great apes around the world has diminished rapidly. Statistics and reasons of their decline is the focus of this article and its resources.

NOVA ferrets out long-forgotten secrets of architects and engineers of the early civilizations. Content focuses on the trebuchets of medieval Europe, the pharaoh's obelisks of ancient Egypt, the moai statues of Easter Island, the...

This companion website of a NOVA program that aired in 1999 features extensive information that focuses on moon research and includes a history of the Apollo missions as well as the science of the moon's origins.

Excerpt from U.S. Strike Commission Report. Site also provides focus questions at the bottom.

Basic arithmetic skills for adult learners are the focus of this teacher's guide.

This PDF Practice Guide, released by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in April 2009, aims to help educators develop and implement Response to Intervention (RTI) to assist students struggling in math. The focus is building an...

The beautiful monarch butterfly is the focus of this elaborate site. Links to photos, video clips, cycle of life, seasonal charts, migration maps, and stories from Mexico are also included. Terrific site for students to explore!

This site focuses on Hades, Greek god of the underworld. It provides biographical information, background, English and Greek pronunciations of his name, other titles, pictures, myths, and his places of worship.

This lesson focuses on Dante's Inferno: Cantos 1-34 from The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. It includes links to the Digital Dante website to read the work, handouts, and a discussion rubric.

Georgetown University site with a lengthy article on many aspects of gene therapy. Includes background and historical information and numerous resources on the topic. Focus here is on the ethics of these types of therapies.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This learning module focuses on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew including why it is considered a "problem play." It includes information about the abuse of women in the 1500-1600's, a chart of how...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This slide show lesson focuses on analyzing conflict in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. It includes analyzing excerpts and reading a scene and answering questions.

Human Rights Watch, with this accompanying web site , is one of the leading organizations dedicated to defending and protecting human rights. International attention is focused where human rights are violated and oppressors are held...

This slideshow lesson focuses on divided (split) quotations and how to punctuate them. It presents four uses of the divided quote, explains how to punctuate each, and provides examples.

This slideshow focuses on the use of dystopia, dysfunctional societies, in literature. It defines dystopia, explains common characteristics, tells how and why dystopia is created it literature, and provides examples in novels and in movies.

This slideshow tutorial focuses on editing techniques for grammar and mechanical errors; it states three ways that grammar should be reviewed in papers: Microsoft Word's grammar check, review each sentence backwards, and have peer or...

This slideshow lesson focuses on writing a reverse outline as a post writing strategy for assessing your paper for weak or missing aspects. It explains how to create the outline using a rubric if available and provides a skeletal example...

This video lesson focuses on the uses of the slash mark; it explains the purposes of the slash mark and when not to use it. It also discusses when to use the slash and how to write it between words, in poetry, and in URL addresses.