Collecting and Organizing Facts From Multiple Sources - Flowering Plants

Students take notes on two videos about flowering plants and organize the information to write a cohesive essay about the topic.

A Community of People Now

In this video segment from the documentary American Masters: Bill T. Jones: A Good Man, Bill T. Jones struggles to find meaning and relevancy for the life of Abraham Lincoln in today’s social and political landscape.

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Comparing and Contrasting - Explorers of Yesterday and Today

Students write essays that compare and contrast two explorers of Yellowstone National Park, Tom Murphy, a modern day explorer and photographer and John Colter, an explorer who traveled across the same area almost 200 years ago.

Condense, Combine or Categorize New Information - Your Brain and Moral Decision-Making

Students watch a video showing an experiment on how the brain responds when making moral decisions. They then synthesize information to create a summary paragraph that describes the experiment and the conclusions presented.

Developing Supporting Ideas - A Garden Grows in Brooklyn

Students design and draw a garden and give reasons to support why their garden is important to the neighborhood.

A Garden Grows in Brooklyn

Visit a garden in Brooklyn and learn how it brings a community closer together in this WILD TV video segment.

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Garden Spiders

In this video segment from Garden Insects, learn about six varieties of spiders that live in one garden.

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Identifying the Social and Cultural Context of a Period - The New Negro and the Harlem Renaissance

Students write an essay summarizing the social and cultural changes in African American life and attitudes during the Harlem Renaissance.

Interpreting Characters, Setting, Plot, and Theme - The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Disaster

Students watch a video segment chronicling the tragic fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory. Using a story elements graphic organizer, students determine the various elements of the story and arrange them in the correct order on the organizer.

Jane Jacobs

Learn about Jane Jacobs, an activist who worked to save the neighborhoods of New York City in this video segment from New York Voices.

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Perspectives of the Gullah Geechee People - Sapelo Island

Students use information they record on a Speaker Graphic Organizer to write a paragraph about the perspectives of the Gullah Geechee People.

Reading Charts and Tables – Garden Spiders

Students read a chart that reflects information about garden spiders in the segment and then answer a series of questions using the chart.

Recording Information to Write a Report - Kids Who Volunteer in Their Communities

Students write a report on kids’ volunteer activities.

Social and Historical Perspectives of Dogs

Learn more about the theory that dogs evolved from wolves in this video from Nature.

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Summarizing - Squirrel Rehabilitation

Students use a graphic organizer to summarize important information from a video segment. They use their notes to write a summary of the video segment.

Writing to Publicize an Event - The Cultural Day Festival on Sapelo Island

Students create posters to publicize the Cultural Day Festival on Sapelo Island, Georgia.

Your Brain and Moral Decision Making

In this segment from Curious, scientists conduct an experiment to learn how different areas of the brain are stimulated when making moral decisions.

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