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Compton's by Britannica 2006

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Educators receive rubrics, assessments, activities, and content designed to spur students' information literacy skills, critical thinking, and reading and writing abilities, while increasing their own technology usage. Plus, our flexible model ensures that all instructional staff in a school or system will benefit from the lessons learned.

Our fresh support for our line of SIRS solutions will train your teachers to fuse four types of literacy using SIRS resources with state and national learning standards. Find out more about this new program today--just in time for your spring training dates!

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History Study Center

The United States and the world mourned the death of Rosa Parks on October 24. She was 92 years old. Sixty-five years earlier, in 1965, she refused to relinquish her seat to a white man on a city bus in Montgomery, AL. That event helped touch off the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. For her act of defiance, Mrs. Parks was arrested, convicted of violating the segregation laws, and fined $10, plus $4 in court fees. In response, blacks in Montgomery boycotted the buses for nearly 13 months while mounting a successful Supreme Court challenge to the Jim Crow law that enforced their second-class status on the public bus system.

Activity: Essential questions that engage students to solve problems and motivate original thought are the key to successful mini-research activities that build essential skills. Here are some examples for teachers to use: How did Rosa Parks’ action spur additional actions that led to the civil rights movement in the United States? What other actions followed and in what other states? Why was the South so segregated? Who are some of the leaders of the early civil rights movement and what did they do? What was the reaction of the federal government contrasted with the segregated states governments?

• Type "Rosa Parks" (include quotes) in the Quick Search box and click Go
• Note the variety and number of resources available
• 12 results from Reference Library
• 2 results from Document Library
• 1 results from Map Library
• 46 results from Journal Library
• 1 results from Picture Library
• 1 results from KnowledgeNotes History Guides

Assign students as many different essential questions on the topic as is practical. Different questions yield different reports and presentations and help to reduce plagiarism.

ProQuest Learning: Literature

The United States has the greatest population diversity in the world. We can see this "melting pot" in our schools, businesses, and shopping centers. This diversity can be both a blessing and a curse. The blessing comes from understanding and integrating the best that another culture has to offer into the American culture; the curse could be the spawning of prejudices and hatred for the people who practice these cultural differences, thereby destroying the promise of America for all.

Activity: Learning about other cultures can help create the understanding that leads to mutual respect and a better life for all Americans. Using ProQuest Learning: Literature is an effective way to understand cultures by reading about their lives and values through the works of literature of their authors.

• Click the Literature icon in eLibrary CE.
• Click Knowledge Notes on the menu bar on the left of your screen.
• You will get an alphabetical list of authors to use in your mini-research activity.

Your English teacher can identify authors who represent non-traditional cultures and assign a specific author to you. The following are examples of engaging questions that teachers can assign for student mini-research on each author listed: What are some of the works of this author? Did any of these works ever receive a literary award? What themes are generally expressed by this author? How do these themes reflect on the life and culture of the author?

Sharing the information through two- to three-minute oral reports is an excellent way to develop student essential skill in Language Arts, meet standards, and provide learning experiences for other students.

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• Capital City: Luanda
• Population: 10,978,552
• Area: 481,350 square miles (1,246,700 sq km)
• Real GDP per capita: $2,130
• Adult literacy rate: 56% (male), 28% (female)
• Infant mortality:
  193 per 1,000 births
• Life expectancy: 39 (male), 42 (female)

• Most urban Angolans but very few rural Angolans speak Portuguese.
• The economy relies heavily on the oil industry, which is responsible for about 90 percent of Angola’s exports.
• For a special celebratory meal called a contribuição, guests are asked in advance to bring food or drinks (or money to pay for them), in part to avoid gate-crashers.

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Inventions Change Our Lives
Organization: World Almanac Education Group Inc.

"Some of the world's most important inventions were developed before history was written. These include tools and the wheel, pottery, and the ability to make and control fire. More recent inventions help us to travel faster, communicate better, and live longer." (WORLD ALMANAC) Read about inventions and check out the directory of inventors.

Science Toymaker
Organization: Slater Harrison

"You have found the non-commercial site for people who like to roll up their sleeves and make fun, mysterious toys that entice scientific investigation. It is a resource for inspired parents, teachers, teenagers, home schoolers and science fair participants." (SLATER HARRISON) Find inexpensive and fun science projects for student of all ages.

WildFinder: Mapping the World's Species
Organization: World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

"WildFinder is a map-driven, searchable database of more than 26,000 species worldwide, with a powerful search tool that allows users to discover where species live or explore wild places to find out what species live there. Containing information on birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, WildFinder is a valuable resource for scientists, students, educators, travelers, birdwatchers and nature enthusiasts alike." (WWF)

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