Category Archives: Independent Practice

This is material either specifically designed for or appropriate to use for what is more commonly known as “homework.”

A Short Exercise on the Greek Word Roots Leuk/o and Leuc/o

Posted on April 11, 2018 | 2 comments

Here is a word root worksheet on the Greek word roots leuk/o and leuc/o. They mean white and colorless. As you can see, the first of these roots can be found in the noun leukemia. This is another one of those Greek roots that produces a lot of words related to medicine and the health professions.

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The Weekly Text, March 30, 2018, Women’s History Month 2018 Week V: A Reading and Comprehension Worksheet on Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Posted on March 30, 2018 | Leave a comment

Today is the final Friday of Women’s History Month 2018. I’m actually posting this week’s Text from my phone, as spring break has begun, and I left my computer at work; I’m on a train headed for lovely Cold Spring, New York for the day.

Depending on what and how you teach, you may find useful this reading on Jackie Joyner-Kersee. If you do, then here is a comprehension worksheet to accompany it. Finally, here is an Everyday Edit worksheet on Bessie Coleman, the aviatrix. (And, incidentally, if you like the Everyday Edit worksheet, the magnanimous people at Education World have a year’s worth of them on offer–for free!).

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Cultural Literacy: Lady Godiva

Posted on March 29, 2018 | Leave a comment

It’s Wednesday morning, and we here in New York City are on the downhill slope to the spring break. As the weather slowly warms, this seems like a good day to post a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Lady Godiva for general consumption. She was a “freedom rider” according to the theme song from the 1970s show Maude–which was sung, to my surprise, by the late, great Donny Hathaway, which explains why I liked it so much at the time, and like it still.

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Cultural Literacy: Sally Heming

Posted on March 28, 2018 | Leave a comment

If we are going to face the truth about our national past, then perhaps perhaps this Cultural Literacy worksheet on Sally Hemings will be of some use in your classroom. I think most students would be very interested in the life of Sally Hemings–indeed, in her entire family.

Reading her story while revising this post brings to mind a great novel I read last autumn, In the Fall by Jeffrey Lent, which I cannot recommend highly enough.

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Cultural Literacy: Josephine Baker

Posted on March 27, 2018 | Leave a comment

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Josephine Baker who was, by any standard to which I can comfortably stipulate, a great American who lived most of her life, like many American entertainers, writers and intellectuals of African descent, in Paris

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Cultural Literacy: Marie Antoinette

Posted on March 26, 2018 | Leave a comment

As the final week of Women’s History Month 2018 begins, here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Marie Antoinette, certainly one of the more infamous women in history.

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The Weekly Text, March 23, 2018, Women’s History Month 2018 Week IV: a Reading and Comprehension Worksheet on Queen Isabella of Spain

Posted on March 23, 2018 | Leave a comment

Well, it’s Friday again, so it’s time for another Weekly Text, which continues to to observe Women’s History Month. So, here is a reading on Queen Isabella of Spain with a comprehension worksheet to accompany it. As long as we’re on the subject of royalty in modern history, here is an Everyday Edit on the women in King Henry VIII’s life to complement the longer exercises on Queen Isabella. Incidentally, if you want more of these Everyday Edit exercises, the good people at Education World have posted a year’s supply of them free for the taking.

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Cultural Literacy: Cassandra

Posted on March 22, 2018 | Leave a comment

Here is a Cultural Literacy worksheet on Cassandra, she of Greek myth. She is often a metaphor, in polite but educated conversation, as a metaphor for a person whose valid warnings or concerns about the future are disbelieved by others.

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Cultural Literacy: Queen Victoria

Posted on March 21, 2018 | Leave a comment

If you teach global studies, or world history, or whatever your school district calls a survey course on global history, you will probably find this Cultural Literacy worksheet on Queen Victoria useful.

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Cultural Literacy: Sacagawea

Posted on March 20, 2018 | Leave a comment

You might be able to use this Cultural Literacy worksheet on Sacagawea in your classroom, particularly if you teach younger children. Sacagawea passed by my radar the other day when a female student in my third period class sought to exchange a Sacagawea one-dollar coin for a bill, because she didn’t believe it was real money.

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