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Shining Star Purple Book A

Semester 2

Part 1

Vocabulary U4 Part 1 PPT

Conflict Introduction PPT

Poetry PPT

Letter Home Vocabulary PPT

War Poems Vocabulary  PPT

World War I Vocabulary PPT

WWWI Eyewitness Timeline URL

• "World War One" the BBC 
• The BBC Schools page on World War I 
• EyeWitness to History 

Part 2

Vocabulary PPT Part 2

From Zlata's Diary Vocabulary PPT

The Balkans Introduction PPT

The Physical World Balkans Vocabulary PPT

History Report

•  NATO's 1999 war against Serbia over Kosovo 
• "The World's Most Wanted Man" 
• Srebenica, the worst case of genocide in Europe since World War II. (PBS site.)
• The National Features site offers an archive of interviews, articles, and eyewitness accounts of the war in the Balkans. 

Part 1

Vocabulary  part 1 PPT

Heroes Yesterday and Today Vocabulary PPT

Leaves of Grass Vocabulary PPT

Sebastaio Selgado Vocabulary PPT

Vocabulary and Hero Battleship!

Challenge Board for all the stories

Active/Passive Voice Quiz Quia

Passive Voice Challenge Board

• Concise biographies of modern-day heroes.
• Freedom Heroes,  a short biography of each person.
• Nobel e-Museum meet heroes who have won the Nobel Peace Prize.
• Meet amazing Americans 

Part 2

Vocabulary Part 2 PPT

Heroic Art Vocabulary PPT

The Diary of Anne Frank the Play Vocabulary PPT

Drama

Comparative/Superlative Quiz Quia

Comparative and Superlative quiz 2

• "World War Two" the BBC 
• "Children of World War 2" 
• View the online exhibitions at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
• National World War II Memorial 

Part 1

Vocabulary Part 1 PPT

An Interview with an Astronaut Vocabulary PPT

Life in the Future Vocabulary PPT

The Time Warp Vocabulary PPT

Vocabulary Antonyms/Synonyms PPT

• Smart House 
• Read about the "smart house" of the future. (CNN website.)
•  "Coolest Inventions 2003"; click on the links to learn about a robotic cat, high-tech sunglasses, and other future inventions. 

Part 2

Vocabulary PPT

DNA, Genes, and Traits Vocabulary PPT

• Get tomorrow's news today
• "Visions of the 21st Century"
• "Harvest of Fear" explores the controversy about genetically modified food
•  2000 plus site "What Lies Beyond the Year 2000."