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         <title>Background Video</title>
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         <title>Outlines, Key Details and Summary</title>
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         <title>The Iroquois Confederacy</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The reading from the text</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Page 2 </title>
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         <title>Activate Background Knowledge</title>
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         <title>Figurative Language - The Iroquois Confederacy</title>
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         <title>Examining an Exemplar</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Read this document to see an example of a good journal entry. </div>]]></description>
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         <title>Writing a Journal Entry</title>
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         <title>Annotate</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Use this forced choice template to help with annotating. </div>]]></description>
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         <title>Subject Verb </title>
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         <title>The Iroquois Confedracy</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Thishandout is for Lesson 13 and is an outline for how codetermine the author's point of view. </div>]]></description>
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         <title>Author&#39;s Point of View</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>A video that demonstrates how words and phrases used show the author's point of view.</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Elizabeth I</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This video gives you information about Queen Elizabeth I, and has some interesting facts not share din the reading. </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-10-15 04:51:29 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Elizabeth I</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This video is a biography and has some interesting potraits of Elizabeth I. </div>]]></description>
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         <title>Queen Elizabeth II - The Current Monarch</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>If you are interested, here is the biography of the current Queen of England.  What are some commonalities you observe between the two Elizabeth's? </div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-10-15 05:00:17 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Key Details and Summary Chart</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This handout will help you identify key details and summarize the reading. </div>]]></description>
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         <title>Video - Finding Evidence</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This video shows you how to find and cite evidence in text and draw inferences. </div>]]></description>
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         <title>Making Inferences</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This is another short video about making inferences. </div>]]></description>
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         <title>Cite Evidence and Make Inferences</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This handout will help you find contextual evidence and make inferences about Elizabeth I. </div>]]></description>
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         <title>Video - History Channel</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This video talks about some of the main highlights of Gandhi's life and struggle. It talks about " Satyagraha" and the Salt March.&nbsp;</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2018-10-22 03:06:36 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>The Salt March </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>A peaceful rebellion against the British Law that prohibited Indians from harvesting salt from the oceans and seas. </div>]]></description>
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         <title>Gandhi&#39;s Life</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This is an article that talks about his life and work. There is also a video with many of misquotes. </div>]]></description>
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         <title>Movie Clip from Gandhi (the movie starring Ben Kingsley)</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>This clip shows how Gandhi spoke to the British about his principles - peaceful, non violent non cooperation. </div>]]></description>
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         <title>Key Details and Summary Chart</title>
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         <title>Writing the Summary</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Choices for writing the summary. </div>]]></description>
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Queen Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
Elizabeth I
This video gives you information about Queen Elizabeth I, and has some interesting facts not share din the reading. 
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Key Details and Summary Chart
This handout will help you identify key details and summarize the reading. 
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Elizabeth I
This video is a biography and has some interesting potraits of Elizabeth I. 

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Queen Elizabeth II - The Current Monarch
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