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- Forest landscape with tiger (Thai Ramayana mural)
- A landscape mural at the Emerald Buddha Temple shows a lone tiger standing in a lush forest. The tiger stands quietly on a hill with trees, mountains, and blue-tinted clouds in the background. In the Ramayana, when the gods protect Sita from the jealous death...
- Format: image/photograph
- A tiger yawning at the Carnivore Preservation Trust in Chatham County
- A tiger yawns at the Carnivore Preservation Trust in Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina. The Trust protects and houses 16 different species of endangered carnivores.
- Format: image/photograph
- Among the Tuscarora: The strange and mysterious death of John Lawson, gentleman, explorer, and writer
- They've taken his clothes, picked the straight razor out of his pocket: one brave fingers it, touches the blade — bright blood springs from his thumb and he laughs. The pitch pine split by the women is ready, a clay pot full...
- Format: article
- By Marjorie Hudson.
- Spain and America: From Reconquest to Conquest
- In Prehistory, contact, and the Lost Colony, page 3.1
- In 1491, no European knew that North and South America existed. By 1550, Spain -- a small kingdom that had not even existed a century earlier -- controlled the better part of two continents and had become the most powerful nation in Europe. In half a century of brave exploration and brutal conquest, both Europe and America were changed forever.
- Format: article
- By David Walbert.
- Carnivore Preservation Trust
- Features videos, photos, and general information about the endangered carnivores living on this preserve.
- Format: article/field trip opportunity
- Reading guide: Spain and America
- In Two worlds: Educator's guide, page 3.2
- These terms and questions will guide students as they read "Spain and America: From Reconquest to Conquest." Filling in the chronological list of dates will enable students to understand the order in which events unfolded in Spain and in America, and answering the questions will encourage students to think critically about the readings in the chapter.
- Format: /lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- By Pauline S. Johnson.
- “Der Handschuh” by Friedrich Schiller
- Students will have the opportunity to explore the poem, “Der Handschuh,” through shared reading, shared writing, and phonemic strategies that lead to fluency and comprehension.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Second Languages)
- By Thomas Skinner.
- Learning language strategies through repeated readings of storybooks
- This lesson will guide and teach students how to process and produce language at higher levels through meaningful, redundant, contextually appropriate, and intrinsically rewarding center-based activities related to a storybook theme.
- Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Information Skills)
- By Elizabeth Winborne.
- Animal research: A multimedia approach
- Students will be working with a partner to research a favorite animal. They will be required to use a wide variety of resources which include multimedia software packages, the Internet, and various books. The students will be looking up general information about their animal, such as its habitat, place on the food chain, size, etc. Ultimately the students will be responsible for presenting the information they have gathered in some form of multimedia presentation. This activity is primarily student-oriented rather than teacher-oriented in that the students will be selecting what animals they want to research and what materials they want to use in creating their report. The teacher will give some basic requirements and guidelines to ensure that students are on task.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 4 Information Skills and Science)
- By Amy Edwards.
Resources on the web
- 5 Tigers: The Tiger Information Center
- Covers the five remaining subspecies of endangered tigers. Incorporates pictures, sounds, maps, and games to teach students why tigers are in danger and how to help. (Learn more)
- Format: website/activity
- Provided by: Tiger Information Center
- National Zoo
- Sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute, this site contains a rich collection of information and resources including amazing images and webcams featuring flamingos and all kinds of amazing creatures. Visit Conservation Central to learn about preserving temperate-forest... (Learn more)
- Format: website/general
- Provided by: Smithsonian Institution
