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Patterns of Change: Transforming Lives

3rd Edition Online Resources


Patterns of Change encourages students to explore how things shift and evolve in nature, history, knowledge, and human experience through a selection of rich literary works. Along the way, students are introduced to important ideas and approaches in literary criticism. Students express their understanding through journals, literature webs, essays, and visual projects, giving them creative ways to organize and share their thinking. To purchase this curriculum unit, please go to Kendall Hunt's website.


The list below provides links to online resources as a companion to the curriculum unit.

resources for unit

Lesson 2

Epic

USGS Interactive Water Cycle

Lesson 3

Poetry Foundation Maya Angelou

National Women's History Museum

Poetry Organization Maya Angelou

Encyclopedia Britannica

Lesson 4

Encyclopedia Britannica

Lesson 5

Enyclopedia Britannica

Lesson 7

Poetry Games and Poetry Generator

Compare and Contrast Folktale, Myths and Fables

Lesson 8

Anthropological Definition of Culture

Kansas Historical Society: Earthlodges

How to Plant a Three Sisters Garden

Tribes Revive Indigenous Crops, And The Food Traditions That Go With Them

Corn Tastes Better on the Honor System

Heart of the Hopi, Preserving Tradition

Indian Corn

The Amazing Journey of Maize

Understand, Draw and Paint Flint Corn

Día de los Muertos National Geographic Kids

Día de los Muertos History Channel

Día de los Muertos University of Arizona News

California State University Florigraphy

Planterra Conservatory

Definition of Culture and Anthropological Regions of Culture

Symbolism of Colors

Lesson 10

High Tide: The Bathers by Winslow Homer

Lesson 12

Plot Maps on Template Lab 

Lesson 13

Oregon State University: What is Symbolism

Lesson 15

Laura Ingals Wilder Museum

Canva: Make Your Own Greeting Card

Lesson 16

University of Pittsburgh Persuasive Speaking

Lesson 17

Mojave by Brittanica Kids

Mojave Tribe History and Stories by the National Park Service

Carl Sandburg Home by National Park Service

Carl Sandburg Poetry Contest

Lesson 19

Library of America Story of the Week "Save the Redwoods"

John Muir National Historic Site by National Park Service

Difference Between Giant Sequoia and Redwoods

Coastal Redwoods vs. Giant Sequoias by National Geographic Kids

Explore Shakespearean Sonnets 1

Explore Shakespearean Sonnets 2

Lesson 20

Wonderopolis: What is a Rube Goldberg Machine?

Conneticut Science Center: Science at Play, Rube Goldberg Machines

OK Go "This Too Shall Pass" Rube Goldberg Machine Music Video