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National K -12 Subject
English Language Arts
Reading and Viewing
Reading Fundamentals
Text Comprehension
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The Powers of GovernmentIn this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn how power is divided and shared among the executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the U.S. government. |
5-12 |
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Reproduction: One Goal, Two MethodsIn this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn about the advantages and disadvantages of the two basic forms of reproduction for the living things that practice them. |
5-12 |
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Slavery and the U.S. ConstitutionIn this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore how delegates to the U.S. Constitutional Convention in 1787 addressed slavery in the Constitution as they debated the idea of fair representation in the government. |
5-12 |
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Snake Jaws: Connecting Structure and FunctionIn this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn how animals' physical characteristics, such as jaw structure, are directly related to the function they perform when the animal interacts with its environment. |
5-12 |
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Solving a Public Health ProblemIn this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students study a disease outbreak and the investigation that followed to understand the role that public health workers play in protecting the communities they serve. |
5-12 |
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The Story of PocahontasIn this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore what may have happened when Pocahontas and John Smith met by comparing popular and historical versions of the famous story. |
5-12 |
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Surviving WinterIn this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn about the varied physical and behavioral adaptations that animals rely on to help them survive changing environmental conditions, such as the arrival of winter. |
5-12 |
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Symbolism: Keely's MountainIn this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students learn about the use of symbolism in literature and examine how places can have symbolic meaning for people. |
5-12 |
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Tiktaalik: A Fish Out of WaterIn this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn that transitional fossils provide scientists with evidence to establish how major animal groups are related to one another. |
5-12 |
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Trail of Tears: The Cherokee Fight Against RemovalIn this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students examine the struggles of the Cherokees to remain on their land in the early 1800s. |
5-12 |
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Understanding Character: The Life of Percy JulianIn this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students learn about the character of chemist Percy Julian through his struggles with racism in his education, work, and community. |
5-12 |
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Using the 3Rs to Help the EnvironmentIn this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students examine our growing waste problem and learn about strategies we can use to lessen the strain on our landfills and Earth's natural resources: reduce, reuse, recycle. |
5-12 |
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Who Owns a Sound?In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students examine the debate over electronic sampling in music and gather information to form their own opinion about the issue. |
5-12 |
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Who Was Alexander Hamilton?In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore the key role that Alexander Hamilton played in shaping the U.S. government and how his early experiences helped him achieve this success. |
5-12 |
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Writings of the Ancient MayaIn this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore what we can learn about the ancient Maya civilization from their writings. |
5-12 |
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