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Adv.LA Novel Studies

Little Women

Little Women Lesson Ideas
Excellent Resource

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/alcott.html
Coming of Age in Little Women
The theme of maturation is discussed (compare theme of maturation in Tom Sawyer)

http://people.virginia.edu/~sfr/enlt214m/ltpaper2.html
One of the Best
Essays D and E are perfect for follow-up to Tom Sawyer!

http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2333/
SPARK Notes
Chapter by chapter summaries

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/littlewomen/context.html

The House of Scorpion

Themes, Online Resources
This site will provide you with some universal themes addressed in the book as well as other movies, books, and television shows

http://www.edb.utexas.edu/resources/booksR4teens/book_reviews/book_reviews.php?book_id=51
Variety
Many directions to go on this website!

http://english.byu.edu/novelinks/Novel%20Pages/House%20of%20the%20Scorpion.htm

Something Wicked This Way Comes

A Few Lessons
Provides for first part of book

http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/wicked/
Vocabulary Lessons
180 vocabulary words from the book

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/bradbury.html
The Movie
Synopsis of teh 1983 Movie Version

http://www.horror-wood.com/something_wicked.htm

Shakespeare

Shakespearean Recipes and Foods
Great site for fun and recipes!

http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/shak-feast.htm
Elizabethan Times
Everything you ever wanted to know about the times of Shakespeare!

http://www.bardweb.net/england.html
Another Food and Fun Website

http://www.soupsong.com/ibard.html
The Folger Library
Great website to explore! A Must See!

http://www.folger.edu/template.cfm?cid=1774
Lesson Plan

http://webenglishteacher.com/ce.html
Cummings Guides for Teaching

http://www.cummingsstudyguides.net/xComedy.html#Comedy
Recommended Resources
This page lists a plethora of resources for the clasroom teacher and students

http://www.pbs.org/teachers/thismonth/shakespeare/index3.html

Authors

Chris Van Allsburg

http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/edis771/98webquests/student/speggycarlson/Van_Allsburg.htm

Character Traits

Interactive List and Definitions
Find the definitions to character traits

http://cte.jhu.edu/techacademy/web/2000/kochan/charactertraits.html
Interactive Chart
Fill in your supporting evidence and trait. Print it out to turn in to your teacher!

http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=30&title=

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Managing Technology
Unlimited resources on this page including Excel tutorials and downloadable reports and forms.

http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/classroom/management.htm
Big List of Classroom Management Resources
Wow! Unbelievable amount of sites!

http://drwilliampmartin.tripod.com/classm.html

RULES AND PROCEDURES

Class Routines
Suggestions from a classroom teacher for ensuring that students know and understand procedures

http://www.iloveteaching.com/
Routines and Rules Checklist
A handy checklist to help develop clear routines and rules in the classroom.

http://www.wm.edu/ttac/articles/challenging/routine.html
Everyday Rules That Work!
A six-point plan for establishing rules and routines for classroom.

http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/articlelibrary/everyday_rules.html
Classroom Management Tips

http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/tip/27/3

Additional Topics

Teacher-Led Instruction

http://epaa.asu.edu/barak/barak1.html

Involving Students in Design of Rules and Procedures

10 Activities That Work

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/lesson/lesson274.shtml

Transitions and Interruptions

Sandra Reif's Suggestions

http://www.sandrarief.com/tips/tips_pbp.htm
5 Easy Transition Acitivities

http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/downloads/pdf/transition_activities1.pdf

What Type Teacher Are You?

Take the Quiz
Take this short quiz to determine your personality as a teacher

http://712educators.about.com/library/quizzes/blteacher_personality.htm
Teacher Styles
Read a description of various types of teacher personalities

http://712educators.about.com/od/teacherpersonalityquiz/Whats_your_Teacher_Personality.htm

Mary Baldwin EDU623 Class

Bonnie's Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/bhobson
Ginny's Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/ginc
Laura's Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/lauraszupinka
Isabell's Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/ifg
Anna's Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/astaton
Andrea's Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/andreakaye
LaTonya's Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/latonya31a
Kelly's Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/ktilton5
Jonathan's Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/jonatkins6
Carla's Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/sundae5
Amanda's Portaportal

http://guest.portaportal.com/aaexyz

Ms.Hagmaier's Class

Research (November)

Abolitionists

PA Historical Society
Links to primary documents on slavery and the abolitionists

http://www.hsp.org/default.aspx?id=584

Medical care and Nursing

Hospital Sketches
In her own words, Alcott describes the hospitals and her nursing experiences

http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/alcott/sketches/sketches.html
Hospitals During the Civil War
An easy to read article about the hospitals during this time period

http://www.kidport.com/RefLIb/UsaHistory/CivilWar/Hospitals.htm
Civil War Medicine
Many links to details about medicine and the instruments that were used

http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war-medicine.htm
Another Inside Look!
Go to page page 188

http://books.google.com/books?id=rg7-dOq4ZXQC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=gender+issues+pre-civil+war&source=web&ots=Ylxu12y3qb&sig=we4CPcGa94xO0R0BNYC77pqMIeE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA188,M1

Overview of Louisa May Alcott's Life

Her Life
Read to learn more about Louisa May Alcott

http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/louisamayalcott.html
Alcott's Life

http://www.aboutfamouspeople.com/article1004.html
Orchard House
The official website of the Alcott's home

http://www.louisamayalcott.org/
1891 Magazine Article
A short article written about Alcott in 1891

http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/pageviewer?coll=moa&root=/moa/cent/cent0042/&tif=00069.TIF&view=50&frames=1

Pilgrim's Progress and other literature of the period

Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Explore excerpts from this "famous" allegory

http://www.iath.virginia.edu/utc/christn/jbpphp.htm

The role of women in society

Margaret Fuller
A woman of importance during this time period

http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/margaretfuller.html
Corsets and More - Gender Issues
Read an excerpt (page 115)

http://books.google.com/books?id=rg7-dOq4ZXQC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=gender+issues+pre-civil+war&source=web&ots=Ylxu12y3qb&sig=we4CPcGa94xO0R0BNYC77pqMIeE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA115,M1
Role of Women
Read an excerpt (page 188)

http://books.google.com/books?id=rg7-dOq4ZXQC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=gender+issues+pre-civil+war&source=web&ots=Ylxu12y3qb&sig=we4CPcGa94xO0R0BNYC77pqMIeE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result#PPA188,M1
Gateway to American Women Home Page
This is the first place to enter American Memories

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/index.html
Women's Letters and Diaries
Wow! Search this site for primary and secondary sources

http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women/wld.html

The Suffragist Movement

A Timeline of Suffrage
Alcott attended the Women's Congress of 1875

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/naw/nawstime.html
American Women
Gateway to primary sources on women

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/index.html

Schooling during the time

Mr. Alcott's School
This primary source gives you an insider's view of a school day. Begins on page 38

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moa&cc=moa&idno=age1125.0001.001&frm=frameset&view=image&seq=40

Persuasive Writing

Interactive Mini-lessons

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/writing/index.asp?topic=Persuasive
Fact versus Opinion

http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/pages/495.shtml
Kinesthetic Approach

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LAKinestheticApproachPersuasiveWriting510.htm
Ten Prompts

http://www.tengrrl.com/tens/018.shtml
Persuasive Speech Writing

http://www.lessonplanspage.com/LADeliveringPersuasiveSpeech712.htm
Lessons

http://www.lewisandclarkexhibit.org/4_0_0/index.html

ScienceFictionWriting

How To Write

www.sciencenewsforkids.org

www.sciencenewsforkids.org
http://www.eurekalert.org/kidsnews

http://www.eurekalert.org/kidsnews
http://www.sciencenews.org

http://www.sciencenews.org

Wilson 6th Grade

Historical Fiction

General Biographical Sources

ushistory.org
Strong source

http://www.ushistory.org/index.html
Liberty's Kids
Based on the shows

http://www.libertyskids.com/arch_who.html
Biography Resource Center
Scholarly source

http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC?locID=va_s_113_0080
World Book Encyclopedia

http://www.worldbookonline.com/student/home
Voices of the American Revolution
Short biographical information

http://library.thinkquest.org/TQ0312848/people.htm
The American Revolution
Covers the more important people

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople.asp

Matthew Kilroy

Sparks of Liberty
Journals from participants in Boston Massacre

http://king.portlandschools.org/files/onexpedition/expeditionproducts/sparks/files/sparks/massacre/massacre.htm
Answers.com
Basic info on the Boston Massacre

http://www.answers.com/topic/boston-massacre
The Summary of the Boston Massacre Trial
Info on the Boston Massacre Trial

http://www.bostonmassacre.net/trial/trial-summary1.htm
Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Basic info on the Boston Massacre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Massacre

Patrick Henry

Biography
Listen to music of the time as you read Henry's bio

http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/HENRY.HTM
Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
Primary Source - actual speech 1775

http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/henry-liberty.html

Oney, Washington's Slave

Two 1840's Articles
Primary Source

http://www.ushistory.org/presidentshouse/slaves/oneyinterview.htm
Wiki-pedia
Good links at end of article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oney_Judge
Silent no longer | The Story of Oney Judge
Video report on Oney Judge

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/multimedia/8734052.html
Oney Judge
Good biographical info

http://www.independenceparkinstitute.com/inp/presidents_house/oney.htm

John Andre and Benedict Arnold

Andre and Arnold
Short bio on both men

http://mr_sedivy.tripod.com/america10.html
Bendict Arnold
Info from historic Valley Forge

http://www.ushistory.org/ValleyForge/served/arnold.html
John Andre
Biography

http://www.ushistory.org/march/bio/andre.htm
John André
Biography, plus links at end of article

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1276.html

John Adams and the Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre
This is a wikipedia article

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_massacre
John Adams
Comprehensive biography

http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/ADAMS.HTM
The American Revolution
Short biography

http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/ipeople/jadams.asp

Survey

Take Our Survey

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/102001/litcircles
Block 2 Survey

http://www.surveygizmo.com/s/102127/litcircles2

POETRY

IDITAROD

Glogster
collaborative digital presentation

http://edu.glogster.com
Wikipedia
Overall info on Serum Run - START HERE

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_serum_run_to_Nome
Diptheria

http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/diphtheria.html
Serum Run
info on wireless telegraph and overview of Serum Run

http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF15/1531.html
Balto
The true story of Balto

http://www.baltostruestory.com/
Serum Run - More

http://everything2.com/title/The+1925+Serum+Run+to+Nome
List of Serum Mushers
Scroll to the bottom to see list of 1925 mushers

http://www.brownielocks.com/iditarod.html
Serum Run - more info
another article about the Serum Run

http://mattstodayinhistory.blogspot.com/2007/02/nome-serum-run-february-2-1925.html

Soc.Studies/Differentiation

Teaching With Historic Places

http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/index.htm

LEGO TEAMS

What is Transportation Security

http://fll.mackblackwell.org/What_is_Transportation_Security.html
Why is it important?

http://fll.mackblackwell.org/Why_is_Transportation_Security_Important.html
Disasters Involving Transportation Systems

http://fll.mackblackwell.org/Disasters_Involving_Transportation_Systems.html
Research

http://fll.mackblackwell.org/Transportation_Security_Research.html