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New Jersey. New Jersey Student Learning Standards In 1996, the New Jersey State Board of Education adopted the state's first set of academic standards called the Core Curriculum Content Standards.

New Jersey

The standards described what students should know and be able to do upon completion of a thirteen-year public school education. Over the last twenty years, New Jersey's academic standards have laid the foundation for local district curricula that is used by teachers in their daily lesson plans. Revised every five years, the standards provide local school districts with clear and specific benchmarks for student achievement in nine content areas.

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New Tools - Springfield Township H.S. Virtual Library - Spartan Guides for Mobile

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" HelloSlide is a pdf-only tool that allows you to add computer-generated voice to your documents. Visual Note-taking - Student Projects. 1.

Visual Note-taking - Student Projects

Watch excerpt Elizabeth's story (6:42) Free Lesson Plan Portals And Open Ed Content. Primary Source Analysis Tool. Sculpture. Annotations. Research Tools - Springfield Township H.S. Virtual Library - Spartan Guides for Mobile. NY Regents Research. Network Team Institute Materials: May 13-16, 2013: ELA 9-12 Professional Development. Skip to main content Search form Network Team Institute Materials: May 13-16, 2013: ELA 9-12 Professional Development.

Network Team Institute Materials: May 13-16, 2013: ELA 9-12 Professional Development

State’s NY graduation requirement: 1,250-word research paper - Schools. EngageNY. The New York State Education Department (NYSED) is engaging teachers, administrators, and education experts across the State and nation in the creation of curriculum resources, instructional materials, professional development materials, samples of test questions, test specifications, and other test-related materials that will help with the transition to the New York State P-12 Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS).

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United States Map Showing States that Adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS)(New York State Adopted the CCSS on July 19, 2010) EBSCO. Pennsylvania Library Model. School Librarians and the Common Core Standards: Resources. 37 teach the teachers Lesson 1. The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln. Nicolay Copy Named for John G.

The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln

Nicolay, President Lincoln's personal secretary, this is considered the "first draft" of the speech, begun in Washington on White house stationery. The second page is writen on different paper stock, indicating it was finished in Gettysburg before the cemetery dedication began. Lincoln gave this draft to Nicolay, who went to Gettysburg with Lincoln and witnessed the speech. The Library of Congress owns this manuscript. My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant. My mother wanted to give me a better life, so she sent me thousands of miles away to live with her parents in America — my grandfather (Lolo in Tagalog) and grandmother (Lola).

My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant

After I arrived in Mountain View, Calif., in the San Francisco Bay Area, I entered sixth grade and quickly grew to love my new home, family and culture. I discovered a passion for language, though it was hard to learn the difference between formal English and American slang. CCSS Activity 1. CCSS 2 Aug 27 Eng Soc.docx. CCSS Activity 3. CCSS Activity 4&5. 37 teach the teachers Lesson 5. Affirmative Action: Factious Past, Uncertain Future. Hide captionAbigail Fisher, the Texan involved in the University of Texas affirmative action case, accompanied by her attorney Bert Rein, right, talks to reporters outside the Supreme Court in October.

Affirmative Action: Factious Past, Uncertain Future

Susan Walsh/AP Abigail Fisher, the Texan involved in the University of Texas affirmative action case, accompanied by her attorney Bert Rein, right, talks to reporters outside the Supreme Court in October. The Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that universities can consider race as a factor, if the goal is to achieve diversity. Guy Raz. Quiz questions. Book Review: Mismatch. Trevor Butterworth. Trevor Butterworth is an Irish journalist and writer who has lived in the United States since 1993 and presently resides in Brooklyn.

Trevor Butterworth

He writes a weekly column for The Daily, called "The Information Society," which is about how we produce, consume, and abuse information in our so-called knowledge economy. He is a contributor to the Financial Times, for which he has profiled writers such as Tom Wolfe and the late Louis Auchincloss; and he is a regular book reviewer for the Wall Street Journal.

The Unraveling of Affirmative Action. 37 teach the teachers Lesson 4. Resource evaluation. Alex Gibney: Zero Dark Thirty's Wrong and Dangerous Conclusion. It's difficult for one filmmaker to criticize another.

Alex Gibney: Zero Dark Thirty's Wrong and Dangerous Conclusion

That's a job best left to critics. However, in the case of Zero Dark Thirty, about the hunt for Osama bin Laden, an issue that is central to the film -- torture -- is so important that I feel I must say something. Zero Dark Thirty exercise. 37 teach the teachers Lesson 2. NoodleTools. EasyBib. The Benefits of EasyBib Pro Accurately cite your sources in APA, Chicago and MLA formats Spend less time formatting and more time on your paper Access to additional tools for your research needs Sign up today! Cancel your risk-free trial with one click. Note taking in EasyBib video. EasyBib Note-taking Rubric. EasyBib Notebook template.pdf. 37 teach the teachers Lesson 3. Twitter lesson. Twitter 101 tutorial - Stumpenhorst.