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Stepping on the Cracks (Unabridged)

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Margaret and her best friend Elizabeth both have brothers fighting the war against Hitler and, like everyone else they know, they are filled with feelings of patriotism. But the girls are also involved in their own personal war at home. Gordy Smith, the worst bully in the sixth grade, teases and torments them, and Margaret is scared to death of him.

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780L
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05:50
Stepping on the Cracks (Unabridged)

Shrouded in Myth

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Article about Greek cities and their link to Greek Mythology

Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome

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Ebook delivery page from Project Gutenberg. Books are available in the following formats:

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  • A Book of Myths

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    Ebook delivery page from Project Gutenberg. Books are available in the following formats:

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  • Half a Hundred Hero Tales

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    Ebook delivery page from Project Gutenberg. Books are available in the following formats:

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  • The Story of Medusa and Athena

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    Two page story based on Greek Mythology.

    Mythology Teacher

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    A web site dedicated to the teaching of mythology. The Hero's Journey is specifically mentioned in Grade 6 ELA Module 1.

    Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

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    Grade 6 ELA Module 1 Unit 1 recommends that teachers take their students to a local art gallery or art museum to see the influence of Greek Mythology and culture on artwork across the ages. Here you can browse the collection virtually.

    Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY

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    Grade 6 ELA Module 1 Unit 1 recommends that teachers take their students to a local art gallery or art museum to see the influence of Greek Mythology and culture on artwork across the ages. Here you can browse the collection virtually.

    The Book Thief

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    Based on the beloved best-selling book comes an "extremely moving" (Leonard Maltin, Indiewire) story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II Germany. When her mother can no longer care for her, Liesel (Sophie Nelisse) is adopted by a German couple (OSCAR® Winner Geoffrey Rush and OSCAR® Nominee Emily Watson). Although she arrives illiterate, Liesel is encouraged to learn to read by her adoptive father. When the couple then takes in Max (Ben Schnetzer), a Jew hiding from Hitler's army, Liesel befriends him.

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    02:11
    The Book Thief

    In Organic We Trust

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    We can no longer stomach our food system. 78% of Americans eat some organic food, mostly because they think it's healthier. But is it everything it's cracked up to be?

    This film examines the shortcomings of the certified organic industry. What does "certified organic" mean? Is organic food really better for us?

    Our broken food system is harming human health, the environment, and our communities. "In Organic We Trust" looks beyond organic for real solutions.

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    In Organic We Trust

    Footprints: Discovering the Holocaust through Historical Artefacts (2014)

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    This educational video was created for the Footprints of Hope project, a new initiative from the Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme designed to involve students aged 13 years and older in the study of the Holocaust. This film is accompanied by a lesson plan and PowerPoint presentation titled “Ordinary Things? Discovering the Holocaust through Historical Artefacts”.

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    Footprints: Discovering the Holocaust through Historical Artefacts

    Lyddie

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    "The first step to freedom is schooling," a runaway slave tells Lyddie Worthen. It's the mid-1800s and the working conditions in the Storemont cotton factory are horrific. Lyddie is willing to endure those conditions to earn enough money to bring her family back together. When another worker, Diana teaches Lyddie to read, it opens up a new world of possibilities for her. After Diana dies of cotton lung, Lyddie must decide if she's willing to risk her job to fight for the rights of other workers or stay in the factory as a "wage slave." Based on the book by Katherine Paterson.

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    1906 San Francisco Earthquake Film Collection (2006)

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    This collection consists of twenty-six films of San Francisco from before and after the Great Earthquake and Fire, 1897-1916. Seventeen of the films depict San Francisco and its environs before the 1906 disaster. Seven films describe the great earthquake and fire.

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    1906 San Francisco Earthquake Film Collection

    John Henry

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    Nothing can stop John Henry — no boulder, no mountain, and definitely no steam drill. Newbery Honor winner Julius Lester writes with such power that this African-American folk hero becomes as awesome as a natural phenomenon. Jerry Pinkney received a Caldecott Honor for his exuberant, glowing watercolor paintings of the hero. The book, celebrating its tenth year in print, was also a Boston Globe — Horn Book Award winner, a Parents Magazine Best Book, and an ALA Notable Book, among other honors.

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