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International Crime Threat Assessment

Released in late December 2000, this global assessment was prepared by a US government interagency working group that included representatives from the Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Drug Enforcement Administration, US Customs Service, US Secret Service, and other relevant agencies. In response to a rise in international crime since the close of the Cold War, this...

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ReadWriteThink: Student Interactives

Computers have been in classrooms for decades and continue to implement new and compelling resources expanding their multimedia capabilities. This set of classroom resources from ReadWriteThink brings together several hundred interactive activities for students in grades K-12. First-time visitors should explore the Featured area for helpful activities that address doing research (Inquiry &...

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ReadWriteThink

With 886 Lesson Plans, 58 Student Interactives, 106 Activities & Projects, 23 Games & Tools, and 25 Tips & How-To's (among many other resources), ReadWriteThink, a site assembled by the International Literacy Association, is a welcome boon to educators, parents, and communities alike. One category particularly worth exploring is Classroom Resources, which includes activities such as story maps,...

https://www.readwritethink.org/
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NCTE: Poetry Lesson Plans

The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has assembled a virtual bounty of poetry-related lesson plans on its well-organized website. Here readers will find 20 different lessons plans for students between the ages of six and 18. For example, A Bear of a Poem: Composing and Performing Found Poetry, was developed for students in kindergarten through 2nd grade, and provides teachers with an...

https://ncte.org/resources/poetry/
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ReadWriteThink: Beyond the Story: A Dickens of a Party

This lesson plan from ReadWriteThink, an organization that offers free reading and language arts instruction materials, is designed to be carried out over 10 periods in a 6th through 8th grade classroom. During the lesson, students are invited to attend a 19th century party as a character from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Along the way, they will come to understand not only Dickens' classic...

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ReadWriteThink: Videos

K-12 English teachers and parents alike may be interested in this collection of ReadWriteThink videos designed to enhance instruction. For example, the Art of Rhetoric is a an eight-minute long video that explains pathos, logos, and ethos by providing examples of these persuasive techniques in advertising. Other videos in this collection are designed to model instructional techniques and...

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Language and Power in The Handmaid's Tale and the World

Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale recently topped Amazon's bestseller list, over thirty years after its original publication in 1985. The book has also been included on the American Library Association's lists of frequently banned and challenged books numerous times over the past two decades. For literature instructors interested in teaching with this influential book, Suzanne...

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The ALAN Review

The ALAN Review is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the National Council of Teachers of English (ALAN). As explained on ALAN's official webpage, this journal is "devoted solely to the field of literature for young adults." Launched in 1994, this tri-annual journal is targeted toward writers and readers of young adult literature,...

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/
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Developing Evidence-Based Arguments from Texts

Educators in many disciplines may be interested in Developing Evidence-Based Arguments from Texts, a strategy guide from ReadWriteThink. Constructing a logical and well-supported argument is one of the fundamental skills needed to write a successful paper and it is something that many students struggle with when learning how to write. This strategy guide is intended for use with students in grades...

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The Children's Picture Book Project

Children's books can offer a great deal to slightly older learners as well; in this multi-session lesson from ReadWriteThink (see the 7-17-2015 Scout Report), high school students "plan, write, illustrate, and publish their own children's picture books" over eight 50-minute sessions. Students begin by reviewing their favorite books from childhood in small groups using a provided guide "to gain an...

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