Key Literacy Strategies

Making Connections

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American Stories: Teens and Immigration

American Stories: Teens and Immigration

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students explore the experience of four teen immigrants to the United States.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Bullying

Bullying

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students think about the impact of bullying on individuals' rights in a democratic society.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

The Columbian Exchange

The Columbian Exchange

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore the movement of plants, animals, and diseases that characterized the Columbian Exchange and learn how it changed the world.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

The Facts About Concussions

The Facts About Concussions

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students explore brain injuries called concussions: what they are, how they occur, the challenges in diagnosing them, and ways to protect yourself from them.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Nutrition: What Your Body Needs

Nutrition: What Your Body Needs

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students examine the nutritional content of different foods and learn about the health benefits and risks associated with the food choices they make.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Powering Your Body with Exercise

Powering Your Body with Exercise

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn about the positive effects that exercise has on the body and some activities they can do to improve their health.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Symbolism: Keely's Mountain

Symbolism: Keely's Mountain

In this lesson designed to enhance literary skills, students learn about the use of symbolism in literature and examine how places can have symbolic meaning for people.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Using the 3Rs to Help the Environment

Using the 3Rs to Help the Environment

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students examine our growing waste problem and learn about strategies we can use to lessen the strain on our landfills and Earth's natural resources: reduce, reuse, recycle.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

Who Owns a Sound?

Who Owns a Sound?

In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students examine the debate over electronic sampling in music and gather information to form their own opinion about the issue.

5-12

Self-paced Lesson

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