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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Rediscovering Biology: Unit 4: Microbial Diversity

For Students 9th - 10th
A complete learning module on microbial diversity that includes a downloadable textbook chapter, teacher guide, and lesson activities. The chapter can also be viewed online. In addition, there are animations, images, a video, and...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Social and Historical Perspectives of Dogs

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn more about the theory that dogs evolved from wolves in this video from Nature. [5:03]
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Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Diversity Quiz

For Students 6th - 8th
Take this interactive, multiple-choice quiz over ecological biodiversity, then review your score and any missed questions at the end.
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Activity
PBS

Liberty: Chronicle of the Revolution: Diversity

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief look at the population increase in colonial America. Find out where all these immigrants came from and what they did in the colonies. From PBS.
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Activity
Other

Learning for Justice: Test Yourself for Hidden Bias

For Students 9th - 10th
Test for your hidden bias. Even though we believe we see and treat people as equals, hidden biases may still influence our perceptions and actions. Each test takes about five minutes, and your privacy is protected.
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Scholastic: Book Files: The Giver

For Students 9th - 10th
Lois Lowry's, "The Giver", is an Newbery Award novel. Themes of "The Giver" are diversity, freedom, connections, choice, individuality, honesty, and family. Make the smart choice by reading the novel with a BookFiles reading guide. The...
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Professional Doc
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Curriculum Based Measures

For Teachers K - 1st
This literature review provides a brief history of curriculum-based measurement (CBM), clarifying its relationship to curriculum-based assessment, a summary of the primary features of CBM, and a rationale for its design. Extensions of...
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Handout
American Forum for Global Education

American Forum for Global Education: Spotlight on Muslim Identity [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This downloadable booklet is a comprehensive teacher's guide you can use to help students' understand Muslims and their countries and cultures of origin. 100 pages include background information and teaching tips, activities and...
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Professional Doc
American Institutes for Research

Center on Response to Intervention: Culturally Responsive Rti

For Teachers K - 1st
This series of professional learning modules, released by the National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt), presents Response to Intervention (RTI) as a culturally responsive framework for ensuring...
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Interactive
Population Connection

Population Connection: World Population History

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the peopling of our planet from multiple perspectives- historical, environmental, social, and political.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Smith, Marx, and Keynes

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanning three centuries of history, from the dawn of the industrial age to modern times, three diverse thinkers developed their own landmark theories on commerce, labor, and the global economy. The three economists profiled in this...
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Primary
National Archives (UK)

The National Archives: Focus on Film

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Professional Doc
PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Why the Net? An Interactive Tool for the Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th
This online workshop for integrating technology in the classroom features topics on how to use the Internet for educational purposes. Content includes a full explanation, demonstrations, explorations, and guidelines for implementation....
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Handout
Untamed Science

Untamed Science: Biodiversity: Animals: Kingdom Animalia

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the characteristics that make Kingdom Animalia a distinct classification group. Explore photos and watch video clips about many species of animals.
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Website
The Field Museum

Field Museum: Exhibits: Evolving Planet: Quaternary

For Students 9th - 10th
Delve into the details of the Quaternary Period of the Cenozoic Era, which presents enlightening scientific data about the present-day ice age and the evolving planet.
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Website
China State Council Information Office and the China International Publishing Group

China News: Scholars Take Stock of the Korean War

For Students 9th - 10th
If you are looking for a different perspective on the Korean War, this will work for you. This State Run site gives us the viewpoint of the Chinese and the North Koreans on the war. This is a good site to see how the other side of the...
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Handout
Luther Seminary

Bible Tutor: Proverbs

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bible Tutor site includes a diverse collections of sayings based on the idea that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
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Website
Digital History

Digital History: Was the 'Whole Thing a Lie' or a 'Noble Crusade' [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Read the opposing viewpoints of General Westmoreland, U. S. commander in Vietnam during the troop escalation, and Sgt. Donald Duncan, a Vietnam veteran, who became one of the first critics of the U.S. Vietnam policy. Was the Vietnam War...
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Unit Plan
Georgetown University

Georgetown University: Susan Glaspell

For Students 9th - 10th
Have you ever read any of Susan Glaspell's work? This site offers a range of material on the work "Trifles." The materials range from classroom issues and strategies, major themes, historical perspectives, and the personal issues that...
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Handout
Other

Election 2004: White House

For Students 9th - 10th
Polling reports featuring results from various opinion polls that match Bush, Kerry and Nader. Diverse subjects are included. Updated when new polls are released.
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Website
Other

In Character: A Journal of Everyday Virtues

For Students 9th - 10th
In Character is an online journal that examines a single virtue--compassion, creativity, purpose, modesty, loyalty, or thrift, for example--from different perspectives. Articles are written by noted scholars, journalists, and critics,...
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Professional Doc
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Inclusive Classrooms: A Primer for Teachers

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
An inclusive classroom is a general education classroom where students with and without learning differences learn together. Inclusive classrooms are welcoming and support the diverse academic, social, emotional, and communication needs...
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Other

Iucn: Red List of Threatened Species

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Find out about endangered animals featured here from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Search through thumbnails to view previous months' species of the day to learn more.
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Primary
Shippensburg University

Shippensburg University: Social Psychology Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Shippensburg University has a wealth of information about social psychology. This page focuses on person perception and the mental structures involved. You can also find information on self defense, prejudice, social...