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Key Literacy Strategies: Determining Important Information

Resource	Grade Level	Media Type
Alexander Hamilton In this media-rich activity designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore the key role that Alexander Hamilton played in shaping the U.S. government, and how his childhood experiences helped him take on important responsibilities.	5-12	Student Activity
Building the Erie Canal In this media-rich activity designed to enhance literacy skills, students look at how the construction of the Erie Canal in New York affected the geographic, economic, and political character of the entire United States.	5-12	Student Activity
Continental Drift: From Idea to Theory In this media-rich activity designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn how the theory that explains the position of Earth's continents was established and later modified, and gain important insights into how science and the scientific community operate.	5-12	Student Activity
Debating the Constitution In this media-rich activity 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	Student Activity
Newton's Third Law: Action-Reaction In this media-rich activity designed to enhance literacy skills, an early astronaut's experiences teach students that Newton's third law of motion—for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction—applies both on Earth and in outer space.	7-12	Student Activity
Reproductive Strategies In this media-rich activity 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	Student Activity
Resisting Slavery In this media-rich activity designed to enhance literacy skills, students examine the life of Venture Smith, an African man enslaved in America, to learn about the experiences of enslaved and free African Americans in the New England colonies.	5-12	Student Activity
Snake Jaws: A Lesson in Evolution In this media-rich activity 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	Student Activity
Surviving Winter In this media-rich activity designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn about the various physical and behavioral adaptations that animals rely on to help them survive changing environmental conditions, such as the arrival of winter.	6-12	Student Activity
Writings of the Ancient Maya In this media-rich activity designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore what we can learn about the ancient Maya civilization from their writings, including how the destruction of many of the documents impacts our understanding of their civilization.	5-12	Student Activity