The 100 Days of School collection includes Videos, Documents, Interactive, and Media Gallery for Grades PreK-K, K-2, 3-5, 6-8.
Students were randomly assigned a document from the list of 100 Milestone Documents compiled by the National Archives and Records Administration. They researched the document and completed several projects based on it including an essay, an oral presentation and a reading project. Based on the document, Executive Order 9066: Resulting in the Relocation of Japanese (1942). students chose a book to read and then share with a project of their own choosing. This student read Weedflower by Cynthia Kadohata and then created a scrapbook about the book and its connection to the document. Students were given a checklist/rubric of the required elements for the project.
This article includes the URL and description of 100 free web tools that can be used by all teachers. The tools are categorized into search engines, math and science, games, templates and lesson plans, and more.
A collection of one hundred documents that are significant in shaping the history of the United States, beginning with the Lee Resolution of June 7, 1776, and ending with the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Use this site to learn all about this Supreme Court decision that dealt with interstate commerce. View an image of the original document and read the complete text.
Explanations and examples to demonstrate how to identify independent and dependent clauses, prepositions and prepositional phrases, participle phrases and gerund phrases, and infinitives and infinitive phrases.
A free CK-12 account is required to view all materials.
The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed for reading nonfiction and informational texts, while others are useful for any text.
Determine the formula for finding the coordinates of a point on a line segment.
A free CK-12 account is required to view all materials.
In this video segment from Cyberchase, the CyberSquad replaces a piece of track to get the Madre Bonita Express to the Mother's Day harvest.
Explanations and examples that demonstrate how to identify and correctly use commas with coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and introductory phrases; semicolons to connect independent clauses; colons to introduce lists; hyphens with modifiers; apostrophes with singular and plural possession; and dashes and parentheses for emphasis. L.9-10.2 Cap/Punc/Spell, L.11-12.2 Cap/Punc/Spell
A free CK-12 account is required to view all materials.
Information and examples of words containing the vowels "a", "e", "I", and "o."
A free CK-12 account is required to view all materials.
Learn everything you need to know about writing a descriptive essay including: using language that appeals to the five senses; understanding the difference between showing and telling; identifying essays that describe people, places, objects, and events; and writing descriptive essays that use concise language, are logically organized, and address the significance of the of item being described.
A free CK-12 account is required to view all materials.
Explanations and examples that teach how to identify and correct errors in subject/verb agreement, comma splices, sentence fragments, capitalization of titles and names, and use of passive voice. L.9-10.1 Grammar/Usage, L.11-12.1 Gram/Usage Conventions
A free CK-12 account is required to view all materials.
Take a look at an image of the constitutional amendment that put an end to slavery in the United States. Interactive image is accompanied by an overview of the amendment's inception and adoption, as well as document transcript.
Archived exhibition reveals how European writers and mapmakers thought about America during the Age of Discovery. Describes the allegorical images Europeans sometimes used to portray America and features the Gutierrez map, drawn in 1562, which is full of depictions of giants, cannibals, mermaids, monkeys, and sea monsters.
An exhibit by the Library of Congress supplies diverse facts on the famous 1492 voyage. The exhibition first examines the encounter between the European explorers and the native people. They explore five geographical areas: The Caribbean Island Societies, the Middle American Cultures, the Andes, Life in the Highlands, the South Atlantic Peoples, and the Diverse Societies of North America. The changing order of the Mediterranean World gives a new perspective to the discovery of America. The entry for Christopher Columbus, too, gives a different slant on the Man and the Myth. The entire site is fortified with pictures and descriptions of artifacts from the time. All in all, the Library of Congress presents multiple routes for discussions on Columbus Day.
Spelling rules with examples for words that contain the letter "u."
A free CK-12 account is required to view all materials.
This section introduces imaginary and complex numbers in the context of solutions to quadratic equations that don't have real-number solutions.
A free CK-12 account is required to view all materials.
Luminarium offers a student resource for learning about the authors of the English Renaissance period. Contains links to over 25 different authors from the period which contain their biographies, bibliographies, and text to some of their works.
A website covering 17th century English literature. Extensive list of links connected to many prominent writers of the time. A detailed historical timeline of the 17th century provided.