8th Grade Reading and Literature Reference (page 1)

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Military Personnel

Reading Comprehension

Quebec

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1972 Ice Hockey: Team Canada vs. USSR

Review hockey scores and statistics from 1972, when Team Canada defeated the Soviet National Team. This article includes…

Subjects:

Sports

History of USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

Canada

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The Stanley Cup

Discover the origins of the Stanley Cup, hockey's most prized trophy. Read about the Cup's history, and learn how the…

Subjects:

Sports

Award and Prize Winners

Physical Education and Fitness

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John Keats - Biography & Activities

Study the life and work of John Keats, one of the greatest 19th-century English poets. This resource includes…

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Literature

Poetry

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Salman Rushdie Biography

Read about the life and work of Salman Rushdie, an Indian-born English novelist and critic, in this biography.

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Authors

Literature

Reading and Literature

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Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn

Study the Battle of Bannockburn through this poem by Robert Burns.

Subjects:

Reading and Literature

Poetry

Social Studies and History

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James Bond - Fictional Character Biography & Activities

Read a biography of the fictional secret agent James Bond  created by Ian Fleming  to learn more about this…

Subjects:

Adventure

Children's Book Characters

Fiction

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Sir Thomas More Biography

Sir Thomas More is a Catholic saint. Read this biography to learn more about the life and death of this British writer…

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Authors

Religion

Literature

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Harriet Beecher Stowe Biography

Read about Harriet Beecher Stowe, an American reformer and author of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

Subjects:

Slavery in United States

American History/U.S. History

Social Studies and History

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Dinosaur Facts Part I

The first of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: when dinosaurs…

Subjects:

Library Resources

Science

Reading and Literature

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Dinosaur Facts Part II

The second of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: how dinosaurs…

Subjects:

Library Resources

Science

Reading and Literature

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Dinosaur Facts Part III

The third of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: what dinosaurs…

Subjects:

Library Resources

Reading and Literature

Dinosaurs (Paleontology)

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Dinosaur Facts Part IV

The last of four articles answering questions about dinosaurs. This article covers the following issues: what colors…

Subjects:

Library Resources

Reading and Literature

Dinosaurs (Paleontology)

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Myths About Explorers

An article dispelling myths about various explorers.

Subjects:

Library Resources

Reading and Literature

Explorers

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Oscar Wilde Biography

Read this biography to learn more about Oscar Wilde, the famous Irish writer who penned the play The Importance of Being…

Subjects:

Playwrights

Authors

Jobs, Careers, and Occupations

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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Biography

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf became the president of Liberia in January, 2006. The first woman ever elected head of an African…

Subjects:

Political Figures

Liberia

Award and Prize Winners

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Alice Walker

A brief article about Alice Walker.

Subjects:

African-American History

Suffrage and Women's Rights

American History/U.S. History

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Ralph Johnson Bunche

A brief article about Ralph Johnson Bunche, the first African American to win a Nobel Prize.

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African-American History

American History/U.S. History

Social Studies and History

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Frederick Douglass

A brief article about abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

Subjects:

African-American History

Slavery in United States

American History/U.S. History

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Women Nobel & Pulitzer Prize Winners

Celebrate the achievements of women with this list of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners.

Subjects:

Literature

Award and Prize Winners

Suffrage and Women's Rights

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How Do I Love Thee?

Read this love poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning with your students.

Subjects:

Literature

Poetry

Reading and Literature

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Julia Ward Howe

Read about Julia Ward Howe -- an American suffrage leader.

Subjects:

Suffrage and Women's Rights

U.S. Elections

American History/U.S. History

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Remembering the Day of Infamy

Read a historical account of what occurred on the day Pearl Harbor was bombed, December 7, 1941.

Subjects:

Reading Comprehension

Ancient Civilizations

World War II (1939-1945)

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