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Colony Brochure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, after studying the 13 colonies, create a brochure advertising one of the colonies. The purpose of the brochure, they were told, would be to urge people in Europe to come to America and settle in their particular colony.
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Bring Your Character in a Bag - Animal Farm (Middle, Literature)

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders interpret a chosen character from the novel Animal Farm and represent that character in original symbolic form and present orally to the class.
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Combining Words with Art

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make an accordion-fold book, review the vocabulary of visual art and are introduced to calligraphy. They plan a story using a sequence of words and sentences.
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Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart: Oral and Literary Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Readers are first introduced to Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart by making a map of Africa. They will better understand the novel's historical and literary contexts, European and African literary traditions, and how historical events...
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The Geographic Doctor Seuss

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students define the term region using semantic mapping, listen to the Dr. Seuss story Yertle the Turtle, and discuss the conflict over borders in the story. They draw a map divided into regions.
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Hominoid Cranium Comparison

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers describe, measure and compare cranial casts from contemporary apes (chimpanzees and gorillas, typically), modern humans and fossil "hominids" (erect and bipedal forms evolutionarily separated from apes).
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The Five Senses - Observation, Experimentation, Prediction, and Categorization.

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in this creative and well-designed activity. They rotate through five learning stations, each devoted to one of the senses. They practice observation, experimentation, prediction, and categorization.
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Mardi Gras Madness

For Teachers 8th
CStudents create a sensory chart in on the topic of Mardi Gras. They design a brainstorm web using Inspiration and complete creative writing assignment. Students write a poem about Mardi Gras that is presented to the class at the final...
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Pronouns

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders define the term 'pronoun', differentiate between personal, possessive, interrogative, indefinite and demonstrative pronouns, and identify the eight parts of speech.
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Native American Indian Musical Instruments

For Teachers K - 5th
Students listen and react to recordings of Native American Instruments with each student completing a corresponding Reaction Worksheet after listening to the recordings.
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Decorate-a-Cookie

For Teachers K - 5th
Students use cookies and candy to practice finding the sum of three single-digit numbers.
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Recognizing Similies: Fast as a Whip

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review what they have already learned about similies and begin to engage with similies on a deeper and more abstract level as they create their own.
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Symbolism and Aphorisms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe the characters and the importance of symbolism in "To Kill A Mockingbird". They develop symbols that represent themselves and their school as well. They present these symbols on a poster and show them to their classmates.
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Candy or Medicine

For Teachers K - 1st
Students compare and contrast the appearance of medicine and candy to demonstrate the need for safety precautions with medicines, and adult supervision.
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Population - Technical Reading

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze a technical article about population growth and present possible solutions.
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Movement and Vocabulary Development

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students participate in various activities to use movement and body awareness to expand vocabulary and word meaning.
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Ch'in (Qin) Dynasty Debate on Censorship

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders learn team building, fair play, keeping an open mind towards others' opinions, U.S. government policies, and a better understanding of the meaning of censorship as they debate the merits of censorship.
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Electricity

For Teachers 1st
First graders become aware of the presence of static electricity. They create static electricity using friction.
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November - Poetry

For Teachers 1st
First graders respond to poetry through a group activity. They interact with rhythm and tempo in poetry through an oral presentation. They experiment with choral speaking. They discuss Thanksgiving family traditions.
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More Folk Songs

For Teachers 1st
First graders explain that texts of folk music are handed down by tradition. They sing two folk songs.
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Music

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders learn the song "Blow the Man Down" and know that it is a work song. They differentiate between loud and soft singing. They use body movements to reinforce the recognition of music in 3/4 time.
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Lines and Shapes

For Teachers 1st
First graders identify different kinds of lines found in common shapes. They discover ways in which an artist utilizes lines in a painting.
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American Civilization/Geography

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to comprehend and to obtain new information regarding Virginia Dare, Sir Walter Raleigh and the Lost Colony. They construct a booklet of facts to recall the lesson.
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Geography

For Teachers 1st
First graders recall names and placement of 7 continents. They recall cardinal directions. They identify and locate 3 oceans.

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