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  • TEACHING RESOURCE

    Banning Harry Potter?

    The Harry Potter series has been banned from some schools in the United States and the United Kingdom. Find out why some…

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    Banned Books and Censorship
    Teaching Harry Potter
    Literature
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  • You Are a Role Model: Teaching Advice

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    You Are a Role Model: Teaching Advice

    Learn how to be a good role model in this excerpt from Rafe Esquith's Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire.

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  • TEACHING RESOURCE

    Children Depend on Us, So Be Dependable: Teaching Advice

    Rafe Esquith, gives advice on being dependable in your classroom, in this excerpt from Teach Like Your Hair's on Fire.…

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  • Fever 1793 Teacher's Guide

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    Fever 1793 Teacher's Guide

    Explore late eighteenth-century life in America with the discussion topics and cross-curricular activities in this…

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    Historical Fiction
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  • At Home in Her Tomb: Lady Dai and the Ancient Chinese Treasures of Mawangdui Discussion & Activity Guide

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    At Home in Her Tomb: Lady Dai and the Ancient Chinese Treasures of Mawangdui Discussion & Activity Guide

    The remarkably preserved body of Lady Dai of Mawangdui provides many clues about daily life in ancient China. Use this…

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    Nonfiction Literature
    Literature
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  • Ruby Redfort Code-Breaking Kit

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    Ruby Redfort Code-Breaking Kit

    Host a Ruby Redfort event in your classroom or school library. Get your master code-crackers warmed up with some…

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    Detective and Mysteries
    Children's Book Characters
    Logic and Problem Solving
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  • Activity: Muscles and Movement

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    Activity: Muscles and Movement

    Familiarize students with the scientific names of muscles in the human body through this activity. Students will use an…

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    Library Resources
    Reading and Literature
    Musculoskeletal System
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  • Peak Student Pack

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    Peak Student Pack

    Take students on an adventure with these activities for Peak by Roland Smith. Students will research Mt. Everest, study…

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    Adventure
    Fiction
    Literature
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  • BOOK GUIDES

    On the Far Side of the Mountain

    Use this literature guide to help you teach On the Far Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George.

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    Literature
    Language Arts and Writing
    Geography
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  • TEACHING RESOURCE

    The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn -- Chapters Three and Four

    The excerpted chapters three and four of the The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn can be used to entice students into reading…

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    Historical Fiction
    Ancient Civilizations
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  • REFERENCE

    Homesick: My Own Story

    Activities and resources to teach Homesick: My Own Story by Jean Fritz.

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    Literature
    Literary Biographies
    Immigration
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  • REFERENCE

    Carleton Kendrick Ed.M., LCSW

    Learn about Carleton Kendrick, a family therapist and parenting expert.

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  • TEACHING RESOURCE

    An Interview with Jeff Kinney

    Jeff Kinney answers questions about his very funny online journal, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal.

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  • LESSON PLANS

    Well Versed: A Guide to Teaching Poetry

    Enhance understanding with a teaching guide that offers tried and true techniques for bringing poetry into the lives of…

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    Literature
    Poetry
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  • If I Were in Charge of the World

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    If I Were in Charge of the World

    In this computer activity, students read and discuss a poem, imagining what the world would be like if they were in…

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    Reading and Literature
    Literature
    Poetry
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  • ACTIVITIES

    Shadow of a Bull

    Enrichment activities and Internet resources to enhance teaching Shadow of a Bull, by Maia Wojciechowska.

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    Literature
    Folk Tales
    Reading and Literature
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  • LESSON PLANS

    Harry Potter Haiku

    Students learn how to write a haiku using the Harry Potter book series as a prompt.

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    Reading Comprehension
    Literature
    Teaching Harry Potter
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  • Analyzing a Book Character

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    Analyzing a Book Character

    This chart of questions will help students analyze the cover art of a book. Use this worksheet when talking about the…

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    Teaching Harry Potter
    Book Art
    Books
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  • REFERENCE

    Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series Two

    This selection of Emily Dickinson's poems gives students the opportunity to experience one of America's outstanding…

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    Poetry
    Creative Writing
    Suffrage and Women's Rights
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  • BOOK GUIDES

    The Red Pony

    Enhance understanding with a teaching guide for Steinbeck's The Red Pony provides pre-reading activities; discussion of…

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    Banned Books and Censorship
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  • Independent Reading Guide: The Novel

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    Independent Reading Guide: The Novel

    Use a teaching guide that helps students analyze the elements of novels, their responses to the selection, and the craft…

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    Literature
    Reading and Literature
    Novels
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  • Sharing the Asian American Heritage Experience

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    Sharing the Asian American Heritage Experience

    Enhance understanding with a teaching guide that offers reading ideas about Asian-American history for all reading…

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    Asian History
    Culture and Diversity
    World History
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  • "Batman & Robin" Comics

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    "Batman & Robin" Comics

    Some history and some fun activities related to the "Batman & Robin" comic strip.

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    Comics, Graphic Novels, & Illustrated Novels
    Social Studies and History
    Visual Arts
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  • Reading Guide for Chains

    BOOK GUIDES

    Reading Guide for Chains

    Extend students' learning with discussion topics for Chains, a National Book Award finalist. The questions in this…

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