Bibliomania provides the complete text of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Text is separated into chapters, and is an excellent example of regionalism, satire, theme, and irony.
This site provides the full text to Dickens' novel "Barnaby Rudge." A brief summary is also included.
This site has the complete text of James Joyce's collection of short stories, "Dubliners."
Providing the text of John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress," this website also has information on the life of Bunyan as well as the characters and significance of his famous written work.
This full text of Louisa May Alcott's An Old Fashioned Girl tells the story of Polly, the old-fashioned girl, who rides to the city on a load of furniture in a farmer's cart. She goes to Boston where she wants to work as a music teacher and a tale follows that is peculiarly like that of Alcott's fortunes.
This Bibliomania website provides the full text of Dickens' novel Nicholas Nickleby. A brief summary is also included.
How do companies collect and use data about you? Every time we go online, we're giving away information about ourselves. But just how much data are companies collecting from us? Hint: It's probably a lot more than we realize. Show your students these three tips on how to limit the data that companies collect. Approximately 45 mins.
LESSON OBJECTIVES: Explain why information about them and their behaviors is valuable to companies. Analyze how certain types of data are used by companies. Learn three strategies to limit individual data collection by companies.
What are the benefits and drawbacks of online tracking? Many of us are aware that we're being tracked when we go online. It's one of the ways our favorite websites and apps know how to recommend content just for us. But how much information are companies actually collecting? And what are they doing with it? Digging into the details can help us make smart decisions about our online privacy and how to protect it. Approximately 50 mins.
LESSON OBJECTIVES: Define online tracking and describe how companies use it. Identify the benefits and drawbacks of online tracking to both companies and users. Analyze specific examples of online tracking and take a position for or against them.
This video, effective for engaging students with significant cognitive disabilities, shows a classroom doing Big Paper Writing.
Guide to Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima, including historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show, with transcript, features readings from the novel as well as discussion of context and important themes. [28:56] A video guide has interviews with the author and gives important insight into the novel and it's background. [9:17]
A description and guide to Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, with historical information, author biography, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study with activities, homework assignments, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show, with transcript, features readings from the novel along with discussion of context and important themes. [29:07] A video guide showcases the author discussing the history of the novel and its significance. [7:30]
Guide to Tobias Wolff's Old School, with historical information, author biographies, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, writing exercises, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show, with transcripts, discusses excerpts from the novel and its important themes. [28:26] A film presents the novel's author discussing early writing influences and the plot of Old School. [26:38]
After a wild day of mishaps leaves Clifford wishing he weren't so big, Emily Elizabeth reads Clifford Gulliver's Travels as he drifts off to sleep. He dreams he is a small dog, and is at first excited to be able to do all the things he couldn't before, until Emily Elizabeth needs help. When he wakes up, he is glad to be back to his big, regular size. Join Clifford and explore the fun of comparing all sorts of sizes and colors. In this lesson, students will sort objects into groups by size and color. They will learn how to identify the special attributes of objects and how they can be similar (alike) and what makes them unique (different). This includes five different resources.
Teach language, vocabulary and listening comprehension with Celebrity Vocab clips! [2:26]
This printable worksheet will aid students in printing the letters of the alphabet.
This site provides a simple one-page exercise that lets students trace letters to spell words, such as zebra and the sun. Reinforces the connection between words and their sounds and how words are spelled. Corresponding pictures and recognition.
Contains plans for five 30-40 minute lessons that ask students to create BioBags, a kind of literature autobiography. In addition to student objectives and standards, these instructional plans contains links to PDF handouts and links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection activities.
Online lesson which allows students to choose a person of interest and create a timeline of their life. Includes working together, researching potential conflicting information, and developing essays from the original research. [Requires Adobe Flash Player.]
Typical lesson on a biography research project. Students choose a famous person, read a biography and do research online, and create a graphic organizer to teach the class about the person's life. [Requires Adobe Flash Player.]
The University of Groningen provides information about the 17th century British liberal philosopher. Includes concise biographical information and a link to the text of "A Letter Concerning Toleration." Read about what part of his philosophy was adopted by Thomas Jefferson and included in the Declaration of Independence.