• 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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  • 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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  • The Magician's Elephant Teachers' Guide

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    The Magician's Elephant Teachers' Guide

    Use the discussion questions in this guide to engage pupils in a conversation about Kate DiCamillo's The Magician's…

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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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  • A girl getting ready to read a humorous book - literature that deals with laughter

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    Literature that Deals with Laughter

    Books that make kids laugh are listed in this literature resource for teachers.

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    Research Paper: Take Notes

    How to identify important information and take useful notes for a research paper.

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    Emily Dickinson -- Selected Poems -- Series One

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

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    How to Read a Poem

    This student handout will help students to read, understand, evaluate, and write poetry.

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  • Snow White: A Graphic Novel

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    Snow White: A Graphic Novel Discussion Guide

    This discussion guide for the graphic novel Snow White includes questions that can be used as part of an in-class…

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    Old South Meeting House

    Photo of the Old South Meeting House in Boston; Phillis Wheatley was a member of the congregation.

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    Eyewitness: Explorer

    Take a look at the often hazardous and perilous world of exploration from the lives and navigation techniques of the…

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  • The Modern Street-Cleaner Puzzle & Reading Passage

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    The Modern Street-Cleaner Puzzle & Reading Passage

    Florence Parpart invented the first modern street-cleaning machine. Students will read about this woman inventor and…

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  • The Middle Ages: Medieval Towns Activity Packet

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    The Middle Ages: Medieval Towns Activity Packet

    Students learn about life in medieval towns, as they read and complete the activities provided in this packet.…

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  • Where Are the Wild Things: Maurice Sendak

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    Where Are the Wild Things: Maurice Sendak

    Share the story of Maurice Sendak with your students, and assign the related activities to help them learn more about…

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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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  • 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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  • Librarian of Auschwitz Teaching Guide

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    Librarian of Auschwitz Teaching Guide

    Our Teacher Discussion Guide for Librarian of Auschwitz, a novel about a young girl in Auschwitz during the Holocaust,…

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  • Black History Month Profiles: Great African American Poets

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    Black History Month Profiles: Great African American Poets from Across the Generations

    This collection of poems from three highly regarded and important African American poets focuses on groundbreaking poems…

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    Homesick: My Own Story

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

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    The Anne Frank and Miep Gies Connection

    Students learn about Miep Gies, a friend to Anne Frank's family, and then answer questions about her life.

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    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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  • Chart, Two-Column

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    Chart, Two-Column

    A two-column chart can be used to organize ideas in any curriculum area.

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    Shadow of a Bull

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

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  • Alliteration Always!

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    Alliteration Always!

    For this PowerPoint project, students write alliterative sentences, type them on slides, and illustrate their work with…

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