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- Access hundreds of thousands of topic overviews, primary sources, biographies, and critical essays on core subjects such as Economics, Science, Literature, Government, and History.
- Access over 20,000 pro/con viewpoints, approximately 19,000 reference articles, interactive maps, and more and be able to argue both sides of an issue.
- Use this database for argumentative essays, persuasive essays, or debates.
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Username: alvordschools
Password: teachingbooksK12
TeachingBooks.net is a multimedia website that generates enthusiasm for books and reading with engaging author programs and K-12 book resources for children and teens. With TeachingBooks, you can see and hear favorite authors, listen to books being read, find discussion questions for books and enjoy author websites.
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Offers thousands of up-to-date, curated, and curriculum-relevant articles, images, videos, audio clips, primary sources, maps, research tools, recommended Web sites, and three separate databases.
The Spanish-Language resource for native speakers, bilingual students, and students learning Spanish. Offers the same information as Britannica School but in Spanish language.
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ProQuest Central Student (Grades 9+, IB, AP, College Prep)
ProQuest Central Student is designed to bring instant results to users across thousands of journals, magazines, newspapers, videos, reports, and other types of content. This multidisciplinary resource brings together some of ProQuest’s most used databases in education, humanities, psychology, science, social sciences, and news.
SIRS® Issues Researcher (Grades 6+ )
SIRS Issues Researcher delivers the pros and cons on today’s complex social issues with relevant, credible information that tells the whole story on the major questions of the day. Go in depth into any one of 345+ critical, current, and enduring social issues. Analysis and opinions hand selected from thousands of national and international sources such as newspaper & magazine articles, websites, videos, multimedia graphics, charts, maps, statistics, primary sources and government documents.
CultureGrams™ (Grades 3-12)
Culturegrams™ is an online resource of reports on 209 countries, each U.S. state, and all 13 Canadian provinces and territories. Reports contain information on daily life and culture, including the history, customs, and lifestyles of the world's people, as well as audio, video, images, maps, infographics, and classroom exercises. The content is written at a range of reading levels to support a variety of users.
Schools and Educators Complete (Grades 9+, possibly some content for Middle School, also includes professional development content for faculty)
Schools and Educators Complete™ includes ebooks from publishers such as ALA Editions, ASCD, Classroom Complete, and the National Science Teacher Association. The collection now includes a growing selection of over 12,000 titles with unlimited, multi-user access and a wealth of information in professional development and training resources. Almost 4,500 titles in the database have relevance to state, national or provincial curriculum standards, with coverage of all Common Core subjects.
