Scope Links January 11, 2010

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Here are some recommended links to help you form pre-reading and extension activities for each article in this issue.

Your World, p. 3

• "Amazing Mazes"
• Black Island Farms' official site, with teacher resources
  www.blackislandfarms.com

• "Little House on the Stage"
  
  • Official site of Little House on the Prairie, The Musical
    http://littlehousethemusical.com

Readers Theater Play: Invictus, p. 6

• "One Time, One Nation." Eight-minute documentary narrated by Morgan Freeman about Nelson Mandela, apartheid, and the 1995 Rugby World Cup
  www.metacafe.com/watch/3360389/one_team_one_nation_nelson_mandela

• "1995: Party Time for SA" article from the BBC
  http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/rugby_world_cup/history/2960348.stm

• "1995 Rugby World Cup Championship." Short video with highlights from the actual game, including Mandela presenting the trophy to Pienaar
  www.myvideo.co.za/video/1995-rugby-world-cup-final

Poetry: "A Poet Honors Dr. King," p. 13

• Collection of archival video clips and photographs of Martin Luther King Jr. from The King Center
  www.thekingcenter.org/PhotoVideo/Default.aspx

• Biography and bibliography on Gwendolyn Brooks
  www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/165

Nonfiction: "Shooting Star," p. 14

• 60 Minutes special on LeBron James
  www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4901311n

Grammar Challenge: "Women Rule the Rink," p. 18

• USA Hockey
  www.usahockey.com

• 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada
  www.vancouver2010.com