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Question: Please send me titles of books for middle school with a strong biology, nature, genetics, or evolution theme.?
If you would, please include a 2-3 sentence description of the book. The books can include fiction. Medical themes and biographies of scientists are OK, too.
Answer: Here’s a list for your consideration:
http://www.nsta.org/ostbs06
Democritus
In case [...]
Question: Does anyone know a free download ebook or free printable on Martin Luther King?
I have Martin Luther King stuff – but none of it “really cool” – we can watch the speech videos, read biographies off the internet, looked at maps, talked about Rosa Parks and Ruby Bridges – but I was wondering if [...]
Question: A lesson before dying???
Hmm.. ok.. well here’s the thing..
How can i explain how the biography of the author (Ernest J. Gaines) has or could have influenced the theme, plot, or characters of the book : A lesson Before dying? I need to use specific events, beliefs, or quotes from the author’s life to connect [...]
Knox College scholars noted in The Wall Street Journal
Books about Abraham Lincoln by Knox College scholars occupy two of the top five spots in a “Presidents Day Reading List” in The Wall Street Journal. The two books are “Honor’s Voice,” by Douglas L. Wilson, about Lincoln’s rise to prominence in Illinois; and the new edition [...]
Question: Julius Caesar?
What are some activities people did for fun during Caesar’s time?
Please include source information.
Answer: Lots of surprisingly modern activities.
Theater. A Roman play usually lasted about two hours, with the lower classes preferring comedies, while the more refined Romans preferring tragedies (remind you of any modern activity?)
Baths. The Thermae were as much a swimming [...]
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