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Theme 1 Labor Day cooking contest Gadgets, garnishes, gizmos, and delectable goodies! Kitchen gadgets - http://www.kitchenniche.ca/kitchen-gadgets-c-21.html Professional Kitchen Tools - http://www.bridgekitchenware.com/category.cfm?Category=11 Chef's Resource http://www.chefsresource.com/allclad1.html?gclid=CNyDxcKUmI4CFSCTWAodxmNjZA Cooking Dictionary - http://www.cooksrecipes.com/cooking-dictionary/cooking-dictionary.html - Pick 10 terms that you do not know the meaning of and include these terms in your report and in your presentation.
Theme 2
Eleanor Roosevelt (7th grade) p. 87 Eleanor Roosevelt: American Visionary http://www.nps.gov/history/museum/exhibits/elro/index.html Women's Suffrage http://www.ipu.org/wmn-e/suffrage.htm Dear Mrs. Roosevelt http://newdeal.feri.org/eleanor/index.htm The American Experience: Eleanor Roosevelt http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eleanor/index.html Remember the Ladies - The First Ladies http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=337
Knots in My Yo-Yo String (7th grade) p. 573
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (7th grade) p.632 The Official website of Malcolm X How to make a collage with microsoft word
from Lincoln: A Photobiography (8th grade) p. 769 Abraham Lincoln Research Site http://members.aol.com/RVSNorton/Lincoln2.html Encyclopedia American: Abraham Lincoln http://ap.grolier.com/browse?type=profiles#pres American Experience: The Time of the Lincolns http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/lincolns/index.html Smithsonian Institution Virtual Museum - http://2k.si.edu/ White House Web Site - http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/whtour IVDL with Abraham Lincol Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad Underground Railroad - http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad/ National Underground Railroad Freedom Center - http://www.freedomcenter.org/ 17 Slave Narratives http://newdeal.feri.org/asn/asn00.htm Pathways to Freedom - Maryland and the Underground Railroad - http://pathways.thinkport.org/following/ Letter to Harriet Tubman O Captain! My Captain! Civil War Journal
Extras 1. Kidzone: Dare to Compare http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/eyk/index.asp?flash=true Sample Tests 2. Reading and Written Composition TAKS test 9th grade http://www.tea.state.tx.us/student.assessment/resources/online/2003/grade9/read.htm
3. Book: To Kill A Mockingbird
Theme 3 A Christmas Carol, Unit 2, Part 2 (7th grade) p. 250 A Christmas Carol Resource Page http://languagearts.pppst.com/dickens-christmascarol.html Charles Dickens www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bleakhouse/animation.shtml Charles Dickens www.webenglishteacher.com/dickens.html Books and short stories on the web www.infomotion.com/alex/ Charles Dickens http://www.helsinki.fi/kasv/nokol/dickens.html Charles Dickens Page http://charlesdickenspage.com/index.html
Prefixes - www.virtualsalt.com/roots.htm
IVDL with Charles Dickens
Theme 4 Folk Tales from other Countries and Cultures How Odin Lost His Eye Pumpkin Seed and the Snake Unit 5, (7th grade) p. 861 Kelfala's Secret Something Unit 5, (7th grade) p. 866 Strawberries Unit 6 (8th grade) p. 912 Aunty Misery Unit 6 (8th grade) p. 912 Racing the Great Bear Unit 6 (8th grade) p. 918 Otoonah Unit 6 (8th grade) p. 925 Word Games
Theme 5 Greek Mythology & Other Tales From Around the World A Crown of Wild Olive Unit 5 (7th grade) p. 709 Prometheus Unit 6 (7th grade) p. 800 Greek Mythology http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/mythology.html Greek Mythology - http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/greek_people/ Women in Greek Myths http://www.paleothea.com/ Greek Myths - audio stories http://storynory.com/category/greek-myths/
Theseus and the Minotaur Unit 6 (7th grade) p. 804 Narcissus Unit 6 (7th grade) p. 828 Young Arthur Unit 6 (7th grade) p. 832 Lazy Peter and His Three-Cornered Hat Unit 6 (7th grade) p. 836 Phaethon Unit 6 (7th grade) p. 842 The Force of Luck Unit 6 (7th grade) p. 845 Brother Coyote and Brother Cricket Unit 6 (7th grade) p. 853 Greek Cooking
Theme 6 Mental Health Still Me Unit 3 (8th grade) p. 374 Book: Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul II IVDL from Healthspace in Cleveland, Ohio Theme 7
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