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Home Sweet Home

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete activities with the books Color Me Dark, The Diary of Nellie Lee Love, and The Great Migration North.  In this literature/History lesson plan, student read the story and discuss the plot. They analyze photographs...
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Quiz 113

For Students 6th - 7th
In this color quiz worksheet, students answer 12 online questions about color. The color questions are related to history, art, culture and mineral dyes.
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Mollusks and Annelids

For Students 6th - 10th
In this mollusks and annelids learning exercise, students complete a crossword puzzle with 34 questions on the types and classification of mollusks.
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English Exercises: Cloze Exercise

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 29 fill in the blank questions where they complete a cloze activity. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 15

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this confused words worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences by choosing the correct confusing word. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 18

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this confused words worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences by choosing the correct confusing word. Students complete 20 sentences.
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In Between

For Teachers K - 3rd
In this in between 26 and 61 worksheet, students color all of the numbers that come between 26 and 61 yellow and all other numbers pink. Students have 12 numbers to color.
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Feathered Friends

For Students 1st - 3rd
For this language arts worksheet, students practice reading through the flip-book with the focus upon the acquisition of new vocabulary.
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Telling the Stories the Past Tells Us

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students create historical stories based on factual evidence. For this Telling the Stories the Past Tells Us lesson, students write historical stories using strategies such as characters, plot, setting, and voice. Students analyze...
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Scenes of Reverence: The Virgin of Guadalupe

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn the history of Christianity in New Spain. They learn the story and significance of the Virgin of Guadalupe. They compare and contrast images of the Virgin and religious art to European counterparts.
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Weather Wonderland

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the types of tools that scientists use t o study weater,
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A Magic Flower of Wishes

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students discuss which values are most important to them and their families. They read poetry and fairy tales to find a story that has the same value they find most important. They create a presentation and share it with the class.
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You Either Know It or You Don't

For Students 6th - 7th
For this research activity worksheet, students use a research library or the Internet to find the answer to the quiz. Students answer 15 questions.
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The Ebb-Tide

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study "The Ebb-Tide", an original drama based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson."The Ebb-Tide", like many of Stevenson's works, is a nautical adventure combining mystery, murder and memorable char
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What Is Industrial Design?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the processes used by industrial designers to design useful, safe, and appealing mass-produced objects. They select an object from their home or classroom and redesign it to improve its function, feel, and/or appearance.
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Following in Their Footsteps

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss earlier lessons on tikkun olam. They plan their own tikkun olam project and set deadlines for its completion. They reflect on the project after it is finished.
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People, Props, and Places - Who Do you Want to Be?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create a digital self-portrait using the current technology in the schools. They discuss how the portrait is rendered, how the portrait allows us to see into a time period that we are not a part of, and how what she is...
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Spongebob Squarepants Tag

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students role-play Spongebob Squarepants characters while participating in a P.E. tag game.
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Shakespeare's Dentist

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students investigate dentistry that existed during Shakespeare's lifetime. They answer questions and write a paragraph about a trip to the dentist taking the role of a patient of an Elizabethan dentist.
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Dragons In Chinese Folktales And Art

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate and discuss the use of the dragon in Chinese folktales and art in this middle school lesson introducing Chinese art and culture. Lesson extensions are included for additional activities.
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Life and Times, Developing a Chronology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the career and life of Ernie Pyle as an example of a biography in context. They consider how a chronology maps out the events in the life of an individual in the context of other events that were occurring at the same time.
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Where in the World is..?: An ecological study

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze different ecosystems from the perspective of someone from another planet. They compare different ecosystems to determine which would be suitable to inhabit. This is an interdisciplinary activity.
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Amazing Bird Adaptions--Why Am I A Bird?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify and classify birds found in Illinois. Using the internet, they discover how birds have adapted over time and how the adaptations have increased their life span. They compare and contrast the various adaptations...
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Which Sand Contains The Most Salt?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars investigate the salinity levels of sand samples taken from several different sources. They conduct tests and observations to measure the current salt levels. They develop a hypothesis from the experiment to determine the...

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