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The aim is the derivation of constitutive equations for thermoelastic second grade materials by the method of virtual power and the entropy principle. Second grade media are introduced as homogeneous materials which substitute for their heterogeneous counterparts, ``second grade'' means that the first and second gradients of the displacement field enter the theory. Since strong overall deformation can also be induced by strongly non-homogeneous temperature fields, thermo-elasticity becomes relevant. Exploiting the principle of virtual power, the authors distinguish between virtual powers of generalized internal forces, external forces and contact forces to derive balance equations and the corresponding boundary conditions. As far as the entropy principle is exploited, the Coleman-Noll approach is pursued in which entropy flux and heat flux take prescribed forms and are collinear to another. A brief discussion of alternatives to the approach proposed closes this short paper. A drawback concerning the readability of this article is that the notations used are (in parts) only defined in elsewhere published works of the authors. Incomplete references to figures and sporadically appearing French words seem to have delayed an earlier reviewing process.