Printable, fifty-five page PDF file of a staff development manual containing strategies for teaching reading. Includes chapters on vocabulary, main ideas and supporting details, author's purpose, chronological order, plot and conflict resolution, cause and effect/ fact and opinion, compare and contrast, and organizing information. It is provided by a site designed to help prepare students for the fourth grade FCAT standardized reading test in Florida.

Teachers can use the information on the Timucua Indians either with the student handouts provided or within their own lesson designs. In addition to the materials on the Timucuas, there are resources available for a broad spectrum of other areas of Florida social studies.

Written primarily for students in grade 4, this site details how to create a two-column notetaking format. Provides a brief summary and a bibliographic reference.

Art and music were not exempt from receiving Hitler's influence during the holocaust. Here you can view Nazi approved art, art considered "degenerate," art from inside the camps and ghettos, and art inspired by the holocaust. This is a comprehensive site that has many resources including lesson plans.

This comprehensive project provides information on many aspects of the Holocaust. There is an excellent timeline with narrative, pictures, and web links. The People section provides a study of people involved in and affected by the Holocaust such as victims, perpetrators, and bystanders, through pictures, quotes, personal stories, and video clips. The Arts section includes commentary on the art, literature, and music of the times and provides clips of music condoned by the Nazi movement as well as music by the victims.

Students "go fishing" and use proportions to learn how estimating is used to determine the size of a population.

In this online activity use view tubes to collect data and determine the linear relationship and line of best fit.

Students use weight to collect data and investigate the linear relationship. This activity uses a graphing calculator.

Clickable network map shows information on the types and uses of networking hardware. Very basic introduction.