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Homeschooling Made Easy
2020-08-04 | LA Public Library Online, CA, United States
ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA ONLINE Free With Your Library Card
Welcome to Britannica School, a safe, up-to-date, and age-appropriate information resource for Elementary, Middle, and High School. Discover encyclopedia articles, multimedia, primary sources, games, and other learning resources that support student research and reinforce curriculum standards.

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Age-appropriate for K-12

Britannica School offers age-appropriate resources at 4 levels, the Learning Zone for early learners and elementary, middle and high school levels.

Elementary
Select Elementary learning and begin your adventure looking for people, places, and things. Watch and learn with videos and animations. Have fun with games and activities.

Middle & School Versions Grow as they do
Many online products offer multiple levels for different ages, but often struggling readers are reluctant to move to a lower level because the interface and experience are designed for younger students. With Britannica School, content is available at all three reading levels and students can move quickly from one level to another without changing the look and feel of the site. Content and Interface work together to give the user an experience tailored to their needs. For example, if elementary students move to a level with more advanced content, their interface becomes more advanced as well; but middle and high school students stay in their more advanced interfaces, even if they choose level 1.

For Educators and Home School Teachers

Our biggest users tell us that students, teachers and librarians all want to go beyond looking up content. You want to filter, tag favorites, adjust reading levels, share content, and serendipitously discover new and related ideas.
With Britannica School, educators can map text and multimedia to classroom activities on the fly and even toggle within an article to see the State and Common Core standards associated with it. Teachers can create, save and share lesson plans using the new lesson plan builder. They can map Britannica content, define steps and activities, select materials and share their ideas with other teachers. They can also access and review plans created by other teachers.

Britannica School’s ESL/ELL Support

English language learners may choose to have articles read aloud with each word highlighted as it is read to increase comprehension.
Other tools are built in for support as well including the Quick Click dictionary that provides definitions and audio pronunciations right when the reader needs them without leaving the article.
Britannica School also offers multiple translation tools with an emphasis on Spanish-English translation but with more than 50 world languages available.

Use Anywhere
Britannica School is accessible at school, home or anywhere you have an internet connection. Britannica School is designed to fit to any device—you can access content on a computer, tablet, or even a phone, and Britannica School’s design will fit your screen.

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Learn How To Be A Ventriloquist
2020-08-04 | CA, United States
FREE ONLINE with Jeff Dunham
You can learn how to be a ventriloquist, with Jeff Dunham. A few years ago Jeff Dunham released an instructional DVD of ventriloquism lessons called “How To Talk To Yourself.” It was included with the Little Jeff ventriloquist’s dummy, but that was the only way to get it! The lessons feature Walter, Peanut, Achmed, Little Jeff and Jeff showing you the ventriloquial basics in 10 easy parts! But who uses a DVD player anymore!? So because of popular demand, Jeff decided to upload all the chapters of this DVD for FREE! so you too can follow along and learn the art of ventriloquism right here on YouTube! Watch them all!
To start at the beginning, click the video below.

Lesson include:
Lesson 1- The Easy Alphabet
Lesson 2- The Letter B
Lesson 3- The Letter F
Lesson 4- The Letter M
Lesson 5- The Letter P
Lesson 6- The Letter V
Lesson 7- The Letters W & Y
Lesson 8- The Other Voice & Timing
Lesson 9- Figure Manipulation
Lesson 10- The FINAL Lesson

Jeff Dunham
A Texas native, after graduating from Baylor University, Dunham moved to Los Angeles and soon became a sensation on the national comedy club circuit. He later conquered the comedy world by becoming a multi-platinum selling DVD artist and achieving record-breaking ratings on both cable and network TV. His 2015 stand-up special, “Unhinged in Hollywood,” debuted on NBC Primetime and ranked as the time period’s top non-sports program on the Big 4 in every key measure. The special was re-broadcast on Comedy Central and was the top rated special of the year for the entire network. Dunham’s previous stand-up specials, “Arguing with Myself,” “Spark of Insanity,” “A Very Special Christmas,” “Controlled Chaos,” “Minding the Monsters,” and “All Over the Map,” have garnered record-breaking numbers by either claiming “most watched” or “highest rated” on Comedy Central.
Dunham has made many cameo appearances across television and film, from the Emmy Award-winning comedy series “30 Rock,” “Angie Tribeca,” and “Dinner for Schmucks,” starring Steve Carrell and Paul Rudd.
His autobiography, “All By My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed and Me,” was on the New York Times’ Best Seller list three weeks in a row. Dunham has also been awarded “Billboard’s Top Comedy Tour” for three years based on box office sales. Dunham is currently on the road through the end of the year and well beyond, with his cast of characters.
Adding to an amazing list of recent accomplishments, Dunham’s contribution to the world of show business and comedy was recognized in 2017 when he received a star on the “Hollywood Walk of Fame,” commemorating over two decades of superstardom. Now it’s your turn to learn How to Be A Ventriloquist
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