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Explore February 12 through Darwin Day and February reading connections. Choose a passage and use the reading activity to discuss one detail from the text.
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Selected readings address the named subject directly, or use it as the central setting or activity; related collections provide an explicitly broader next step.
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Selected readings address the named subject directly, or use it as the central setting or activity; related collections provide an explicitly broader next step.
Open collectionSelected readings address the named subject directly, or use it as the central setting or activity; related collections provide an explicitly broader next step.
Read passageSelected readings address the named subject directly, or use it as the central setting or activity; related collections provide an explicitly broader next step.
Read passageSelected readings address the named subject directly, or use it as the central setting or activity; related collections provide an explicitly broader next step.
Read passageSelected readings address the named subject directly, or use it as the central setting or activity; related collections provide an explicitly broader next step.
Read passageSelected readings address the named subject directly, or use it as the central setting or activity; related collections provide an explicitly broader next step.
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Compare two traditional puddings. This reading explores a baked New England pudding made with cornmeal and molasses. Compare its ingredients with a British plum pudding recipe.
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Read a Victorian Christmas diary in which a family prepares and serves plum pudding.
Open collectionCompare two traditional puddings. This reading explores a baked New England pudding made with cornmeal and molasses. Compare its ingredients with a British plum pudding recipe.
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Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. Read how the child who grew up in a log cabin became president during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky on February 12, 1809. Read how the child who grew up in a log cabin became president during the Civil War.
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Start with Galapagos Wildlife: A Living Lab. Ask students to separate an observation from an explanation. What does the text actually show, and what might account for it?
