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In this classroom guide, you'll find a variety of cross-curricular activities, discussion points, and projects to enrich Built to Last by David Macaulay. Take students on a virtual tour of Raglan Castle in Wales, study the architecture of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres in France, and listen to the rich history of the Suleymaniye Mosque in Turkey. Through studying castles, cathedrals, and mosques, students will think about history and their own place in it.

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Test Prep Strategies and Practice for Students

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Test Prep Strategies, Tools, and Practice Questions

Help set your students up for academic success with this packet of test-taking tips, test preparation strategies, and pr...

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Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

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Exit Tickets for Middle School Classrooms

Exit tickets are a form of assessment that are often used informally to assess how well students grasped a lesson, what ...

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Geography Activities for Middle School

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Geography Activities for Middle School

Help students explore the world and develop their geography knowledge with this packet of geography activities for middl...

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The Whydah Teaching Guide

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Using The Omnivore's Dilemma in the Classroom

Use these classroom activities and discussion questions with the Young Readers Edition of The Omnivore's Dilemma by Mich...

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Caminar Educator's Guide

Caminar, a novel in verse inspired by actual events during Guatemala's civil war, is the moving story of a boy who loses...

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Forge Discussion Guide

This reading guide for Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson includes a pre-reading activity about the French and Indian War, c...

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After the River the Sun Classroom Guide

A quest and an adventure tale combine with a story of friendship, family, and loss in After the River the Sun by Dia Cal...

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Kennedy's Last Days Teacher's Guide

The reading, writing, and research activities in this teacher's guide for Kennedy's Last Days: The Assassination That De...

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