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Biographies for Kids, Famous Leaders for Young Readers

Biographies for Kids, Famous Leaders for Young Readers
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Story of Stuff The Story of Stuff, originally released in December 2007, is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It’ll teach you something, it’ll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the Stuff in your life forever. Download the Fact Sheet Credits The Story of Stuff was written by Annie Leonard, Louis Fox, and Jonah Sachs, directed by Louis Fox and produced by Free Range Studios. Show full list of credits

Takes: Rosa Parks In October, 2005, two months after Hurricane Katrina, Rosa Parks died, at the age of ninety-two, in Detroit. Her signal act of defiance on the evening of December 1, 1955, her refusal to vacate her seat near the front of the Cleveland Avenue bus in Montgomery, Alabama—what Martin Luther King, Jr., called the ultimate gesture of “I can take it no longer”—was the precipitating act of the city’s bus boycott and the civil-rights movement. For two days, her body lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda, in Washington—an honor accorded only twenty-nine times before. Then, on November 2nd, in Detroit, there was a funeral service at the Greater Grace Temple Church. Thousands lined the streets to wave farewell and sing the old anthems and hymns. Four thousand packed the sanctuary. “That funeral was so long that I can hardly remember it!” Obama, the sole African-American member in the United States Senate, had also been invited to speak.

Girl Scouts of Virginia Skyline Council Can you google that? – informationssökning på engelska | Mias klassrum Att internet flyttat in i våra klassrum är det ingen som har missat, men att det smugit sig in bland kunskapskraven är det många som missat, försöker låtsas om att de inte sett eller helt enkelt tycker är riktigt jobbigt. Men det finns ju där, vad vi än tycker om det. Det ska undervisas och bedömas, säga vad man vill om det. Att gå in på hur relevant och effektivt eleverna återanvänder sina sökresultat i sin egna produktion är en diskussion i sig, men nu tänkte jag fokusera på själva undervisningen. Can you google that? Som en del av övningen gör eleverna en självskattning, hämtad från bedömningsstödet. Efter genomgång och självskattning får eleverna öva på att söka information. Filen med övningen kan ni hämta här. Den som följt min blogg känner säkert igen frågorna, de är hämtade från det här inlägget. När vi avslutat denna övning kommer eleverna att få genomföra något av de olika prov som finns i Skolverkets bedömningsstöd.

Anne Frank Who Was Anne Frank? During the two years and one month Anne Frank spent hiding in a Secret Annex in Amsterdam during World War II, she kept a diary. Anne Frank's diary, which was published by her father after the war and has been read by millions of people around the world, chronicles both the tensions and difficulties of living in such a confined space for that long a duration as well as Anne's struggles with becoming a teenager. Since the publication of her diary, Anne Frank has become a symbol of the children that were murdered in the Holocaust. Dates: June 12, 1929 -- March 1945 Also Known As: Annelies Marie Frank The Move to Amsterdam Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany as the second child of Otto and Edith Frank. The Franks were a middle-class, liberal Jewish family whose ancestors had lived in Germany for centuries. The Franks quickly settled into life in Amsterdam. The Nazis Arrive in Amsterdam On May 10, 1940, Germany attacked the Netherlands. Going Into Hiding

Starfall The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian Från jullovet till nu har jag arbetat med The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-time Indian av Sherman Alexie med mina nior. Vi har arbetat en lektion i veckan och eleverna har läst största delen hemma. Det är en hyfsat enkel bok med en hel del illustrationer som underlättar förståelsen. Om ni inte har tillgång till klassuppsättning av boken kan ni hitta den digitalt här: Digital version Här kommer en sammanställning av hela temat. Lektion 1: Say Geronimo Lektion 2: I am Zero Lektion 3: Discussion Lektion 4: Skype in the classroom - Indians Lektion 5: Writing (Vi har gjort annat än detta också lektionstid, därav att det är 5 lektioner.) Pearltrees.com - skapa ett konto på Pearltrees och ta del av de länkar som jag samlat till detta tema. Eva Martinsson köpt in boken till Av Media Skåne.

Biographies for kids: Inventors, Athletes, World Leaders, Women Pick the person or subject below to view biography or list of biographies: Biographies Historical Biographies OtherFamous PianistsFamous GuitaristsFamous ViolinistsMuhammad AliLouis ArmstrongMichael JacksonHarry HoudiniElvis PresleyBabe RuthMark TwainFor more Biographies Sports Biographies Entertainment Biographies Back to Ducksters Home Page

Australian comedian perfectly sums up why other countries think US gun laws a... At least 14 people were killed and 18 others injured when two shooters opened fire on at the Inland Regional Center, a social services provider for people with disabilities, in San Bernardino Wednesday, December 2. The shooters have been identified as Syed Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27, who were in a relationship with each other. Motives are still unclear. Every shooting is its own private tragedy for the victims and their families. Australian comedian Jim Jefferies was the victim of a home invasion once. In Australia, we had the biggest massacre on Earth, and the Australian government went: "That's it! He continues with a blistering smackdown of the idea that Americans seek guns to keep their families safe: You have guns because you like guns! He doesn't see at all how a gun would have helped him when his home was broken into. By the way. Watch: America's gun problem explained in 90 seconds

24 Best Poems to Teach in Middle and High School It can be hard to know which poems will spur your middle and high schoolers into deep, meaningful discussion and which will leave them, ahem, yawning. So we asked experienced teachers to share their favorites—the punch-in-the-gut poems that always get a reaction, even from teens. Here's what they had to say. 1. Snow by David Berman Captures a narrative in miniature with a creative structure. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. What are your favorite poems to teach? Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Articles & Videos Skip to main content <div id="nojs-warning">WARNING: Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display</div> Sign InRegister ReadWorks.org The Solution to Reading Comprehension Search form ReadWorks Dr. Share now! Print This video is used with the generous permission of HISTORY® Articles & Question Sets Note: For read-aloud, it is appropriate to use passages at higher levels than your students' independent reading levels. Kindergarten - 1st Grade "Martin Luther King Jr." 2nd - 4th Grade "An American Leader" Lexile: 810 "A Great Leader" Lexile: 900 5th - 8th Grade "Excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.' "The King Holiday" Lexile: 1300Primary Source 9th - 12th Grade "Oct. 14, 1964: King Wins Nobel Peace Prize" Lexile: 1320 This article is used with the generous permission of HISTORY® "Martin Luther King Jr. "10 Things You May Not Know About Martin Luther King Jr." "Selma to Montgomery March"Lexile: 1530This article is used with the generous permission of HISTORY® About ReadWorks

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