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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   ABC Bookmaking Builds Vocabulary in the Content Areas
   V is for vocabulary. A content area unit provides the theme for a specialized ABC book, as students select, research, define, and illustrate a word for each alphabet letter.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   A World of Readers: Libraries Around the World
   Bookworms will enjoy the bytes they find in this lesson as they research and share information about online library services in places around the world.
   
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Becoming History Detectives Using Shakespeare's Secret
   Is the case closed on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays? Student history detectives explore the evidence for and against one of the possible alternatives, Edward deVere, using the novel Shakespeare's Secret plus a variety of online sources.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Lesson Plan
   Beyond History Books: Researching With Twin Texts and Technology
   Students in grades 4–8 activate prior knowledge and research information about a historic event through fiction and nonfiction literature and exploration of relevant websites.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit
   Biography Project: Research and Class Presentation
   Classroom biography study offers high-interest reading with a purpose, as students begin with inquiry and research, summarize and organize their information, and prepare oral presentations to share with the class.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 10  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Blending the Past with Today's Technology: Using Prezi to Prepare for Historical Fiction
   To prepare for literature circles featuring historical novels, students research the decades of the 1930s to the 1990s and share their information using Prezi, a web application for creating multimedia presentations.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 7  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Boars and Baseball: Making Connections
   In this lesson, students will make text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections after reading In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. After sharing and discussing connections, students choose and plan a project that makes a personal connection to the text.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Comparing Electronic and Print Texts About the Civil War Soldier
   Which side will win as students investigate both sides of the battle of using print versus online text for research as they learn about the lives of Civil War soldiers?
   
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
   Copyright Law: From Digital Reprints to Downloads
   Students investigate how and why copyright law has changed over time, and apply this information to recent copyright issues, creating persuasive arguments based on the perspective of a particular group.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson
    Developing Citizenship Through Rhetorical Analysis
    Students analyze rhetorical strategies in online editorials, building knowledge of strategies and awareness of local and national issues. This lesson teaches students connections between subject, writer, and audience and how rhetorical strategies are used in everyday writing.
    

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