Contains plans for four lessons that teach students to write effective "hooks," or beginnings, to their writing. They read the introductions of fiction passages and analyze the techniques they use before applying these techniques in their own writing. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.

Excerpt from U.S. Strike Commission Report. Site also provides focus questions at the bottom.

This site presents a study guide to Oscar Wilde's play, "The Importance of Being Earnest." Content includes a biography of the author, background information about the play, a synopsis, occuring themes, some sample questions, and more. Registration is required to access the information, but registration is free.

Contains plans for three lessons that teach about root words, prefixes, and suffixes using handouts, websites, and games. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as to assessment and reflection activities.

Contains plans for a lesson about writing draft letters, or reflective letters about pieces of writing that students are submitting to an instructor. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lesson as well as assessment and reflection activities. W.9-10.9 Analysis/Reflection/Research, W.11-12.9 Analysis/Reflection/Research

The Perry-Castaneda Library at the University of Texas provides an outstanding collection of maps of the country of Indonesia. PDFs (require Adobe Reader).

Smithsonian site enlightens users in the field of Industrial Engineering by inviting them to view samples of industrial drawings. Some are working drawings, others are more finished and still, others are printed. They visually document American industrial creativity from inventors' thought to hand to the factory floor.

In this activity, students test if a significant relationship exists between a bivariate data set, and then calculate the confidence and predictive intervals. They also improve the interval-prediction capabilities by automating the process.

This set contains questions regarding inference for the slope of the least-squares linear regression line. The student learns to develop hypotheses, find the test statistic, and reach a conclusion in the context of the original problem.

This content pack is intended to be a way for educators to discover new resources and lessons for teaching information literacy skills in grades 6-12. The instructional materials contained within this pack were selected to support students as they grow and develop the following skills. Develop a topic for research. Explain research goals. Formulate essential questions and questions to guide research. Reflect on prior knowledge.

At this site from the Smithsonian Institute you can explore the world of invention by learning about inventors and their inventions. Searchable by name or subject, it is a great way for students to learn about science and technology.

Smithsonian site features Stephanie Kwolek, the inventor of kevlar. Learn about her famous discovery and the road she took to get there. Contains links to read more about women inventors.

This article explains how early government of the Roman city-state evolved. The foundation of the government under the Roman Republic was established during the Roman monarchy.

Early Roman religion was based on the family with a strong "head of the family" in Jupiter. Because the early Romans were an agricultural society, much of the religion also centered on nature.

The importance of family in Roman culture was apparent from the beginning of Rome. This article explains the structure of Roman society from the basic family unit to the tribe, a coalition of many families.

Shodor Education Foundation provides an applet that "allows the user to explore the world of transformations, reflections, and rotations. It allows the user to translate triangles, squares, and parallelograms on both the x and y-axes."

The tutorial explores applications of trigonometric graphs. Topics include simple harmonic motion and angular velocity. Definitions, an animation, examples, and practice exercises are included.