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Novel guide.com: "The Prince"

For Students 9th - 10th
NovelGuide.com provides a thorough study guide including summaries, character profiles, metaphor and theme analysis, quotes, and an author biography.
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Novel guide.com: The Time Machine

For Students 9th - 10th
Includes a large amount of information on the book including a novel summary, character profiles, metaphor analysis, theme analysis, top ten quotes, and a bibliography.
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Oregon Encyclopedia: National Reclamation Act (1902)

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a brief description of the National Reclamation Act and its aim of making more agricultural land available in the arid West by financing irrigation projects. Some information is specific to the Klamath Basin project in Oregon.
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Oregon Encyclopedia Project: David Thompson

For Students 9th - 10th
A biography of explorer David Thompson is provided. Links for further reading are also listed. Lesson plans are for writing encyclopedia entries are provided (but are not specific to David Thompson).
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Nea: The Pillars of Planning, Mission, Values, Vision

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses the writing of mission, value, and vision statements. Discusses all the approaches you can use to write them.
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Volunteer Abroad

For Students 9th - 10th
Database provides information about volunteering in other countries. Travel advice and links to university programs included.
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Concern Usa: Worldwide

For Students 9th - 10th
"Non-denominational, voluntary organization committed to the relief, assistance and advancement of peoples in need in less developed areas of the world."
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Quick Math: Solving Inequalities

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an interactive tool that solves inequalities for you. Gives exact and approximate solutions. Further down the page there is a discussion of how to solve intermediate and advanced inequalities as well as information about how to...
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Alzheimer's Association: Interactive Tour of the Brain

For Students 9th - 10th
Follow this two-part interactive tour of the brain. The first gives you brain basics; the second shows how the brain is affected throughout the stages of Alzheimer's disease.
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'If I Had Just Two Wings' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"If I Had Just Two Wings", an historical novel by Virginia Frances Schwartz, follows the journey of some slaves as they flee to Canada along the Underground Railroad. This teacher's guide includes detailed chapter summaries and project...
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Met Office: Understanding Weather

For Students 9th - 10th
This website provides information about weather.
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Project Ideal: The Special Education Referral Process

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This resource provides an overview to the "Special Education Process" so that the learner may understand the global procedures for providing a student with disabilities a free and appropriate education.
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University of Delaware: Major Resource Kits

For Students 9th - 10th
Major Resource Kits link academic majors to career alternatives by providing information on career paths, sample job titles, and a short bibliography of Career Resource Center materials available to students in a particular major....
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U.s. Marshals Service: Incident at Wounded Knee

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973 from the viewpoint of the U.S. Marshals Service.
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College Net: Scholarship Search

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you trying to find college scholarships? Use the resources on this site to search by keyword or create a custom profile to find scholarships to meet your financial needs.
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Venomous Reptiles: Care of Captive Bothrops Asper

For Students 9th - 10th
An article on the care of captive Bothrops asper snakes. Sometimes referred to as the fer-de-lance or lancehead, this species requires specialized care due to the size of its large fangs and somewhat unpredictable behavior.
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Read Works: New York Buildings "Going Green" [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An informational text about eco-friendly buildings in New York City. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Mali & African Empires: The African Slave Trade [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the African slave trade. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Japan: Your Japanese Counterparts [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
An informational text about students in Japan. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: How Glaciers Change the World [Pdf]

For Students 4th
Students read about how glaciers created land forms such as mountains and lakes during and after the Ice Age. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Read Works: Explorers [Pdf]

For Students 5th
Students read about explorer Ferdinand Magellan and his crew as they attempted to circumnavigate the globe. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Shoreline Community College: Formal Properties of Literature

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
As students become more aware of text complexity, an understanding of the formal properties of literature becomes more important. This is an excellent examination of the kinds of choices writers make that change the way readers receive...
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Science Oxford Online

For Students 9th - 10th
Make connections between science, enterprise, and society here in this collection of articles and current science topics in the news. Find out how science makes connections with the daily life of human beings.
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Constitution facts.com: Which Founding Father Are You?

For Students 3rd - 8th
Answer five questions to learn which of six Founding Fathers you are most like.