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Student resources are interactive activities collected from around the Web. They can be used to support related lesson plans or as standalone activities in the classroom. Browse our library of student resources by grade level or subject area below.
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Literature & Language Arts
'You Kiss by the Book': Sonnet Unscrambler
Learn how Shakespeare used the sonnet tradition to enhance his stagecraft by performing a scene from this timeless tragedy.
History & Social Studies
300 Spartans: The Bridge Over the Hellespont
One of the greatest engineering feats of ancient times, Xerxes' bridge over the Hellespont was actually two bridges. See The Persian Wars and this Launchpad for more background. Here is an image of the Hellespont today, and a satellite image as well. This is a view of how the Hellespont might have looked in 480 BCE.
You will now rebuild that famous set of bridges.
History & Social Studies
300 Spartans: Xerxes' March to Greece
You are Xerxes, King of the mighty Persian Empire, and you are about to embark on one of the greatest military campaigns in history.
Art & Culture
A Trip to Wonderland: Sizing Up Alice
Follow Alice on her adventure with the White Rabbit, and learn how to solve problems.
Literature & Language Arts
Allegory and the Art of Persuasion
This student interactive, from an EDSITEment lesson, has students record and analyze the parallels between the characters in George Orwell's "Animal Farm" and historical figures of the time.
History & Social Studies
America on the Sidelines: The United States and World Affairs, 1931–1941
This student interactive timeline, from the curriculum unit, “The United States and Europe: From Neutrality to War, 1921–1941,” is designed to illustrate the U.S. response to crises in Europe and East Asia during the years 1931–1941.
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