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American Psychological Association

Teaching Is Fundamental

For Teachers K - 12th
It's important for teachers to have a strong support system—especially in the first few years of their career. Help teachers' partners, spouses, and friends understand the most compassionate ways to provide emotional support with a...
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Transforming Education

SEL for Educators Toolkit

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Four resources make up the SEL toolkit for educators. Intended for those that teach kindergarten to twelfth grade, helpful files include a companion guide, presentation, reference list, and a one-page snapshot that neatly showcases the...
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University of Texas at Austin

Shakespeare Kids: Winedale Outreach: Teacher Introduction and Orientation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site provides the means for upper elementary students to learn and perform Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. It provides downloadable scripts for Acts 2 and 3 based on the character roles. This section is an introduction and...
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University of Chicago

Oriental Institute: Clues From the Past: How to Read an Artifact [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
A great lesson plan to help students read artifacts and relate them to people, places, and societies.
Activity
University of Chicago

Oriental Institute: The Striding Lion Puzzle (Artwork From Ancient Babylon)

For Students 3rd - 8th
Try and put together a scrambled picture of a striding lion which is artwork from Ancient Babylon.
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Rice University

Rice University: Web Adventures: Med Myst: Orientation at o.r.b

For Students 6th - 8th
In this online learning adventure game, students get an introduction to infectious diseases, pathogens and the immune system. They will conduct field and laboratory investigations to solve the problem they are given, while playing the...
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University of Chicago

The Oriental Institute Museum: Life in Ancient Mesopotamia [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th
The students will spend 4-5 days reading and discussing how archaeologists study artifacts, where the artifacts are found and how to investigate and interpret artifacts from their own lives. Videos and slides will be used to enhance...
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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Thornton Burgess

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource presents the texts of two of Thornton Burgess's nature-oriented children's books, "The Adventures of Jerry Muskrat," and "Whitefoot the Woodmouse." The texts can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or...
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Diets Affect Earthworms and the Soil They Enrich

For Students 6th - 8th
In this environment-oriented experiment, you will mix it up with earthworms, soil, and various types of organic kitchen scraps. The basic idea is to set up small earthworm colonies to compost different types of food waste. You test the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Sound for Sight

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Echolocation is the ability to orient by transmitting sound and receiving echoes from objects in the environment. As a result of a Marco-Polo type activity and subsequent lesson, students learn basic concepts of echolocation. They use...
Lesson Plan
University of Chicago

The Oriental Institute Museum: Life in Ancient Mesopotamia [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th
Because archaeologists cannot take home all the objects they unearth, they must make detailed, accurate drawings of their finds, so that these artifacts can be studied in the future.
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Cfpb: Contrasting Long Term and Short Term Savings Goals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students learn the difference between short-term and long-term savings goals and apply their knowledge in an exercise-oriented game.
Activity
Curated OER

Cbc.ca: The Search for the Northwest Passage : Frobisher's First Voyage

For Students 3rd - 8th
Martin Froblisher of England dreamt of finding the passage that would lead to China's riches! His early life as a pirate and rogue is profiled as is his first voyage to the New Lands. His first view of the Inuit led him to believe he had...
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Curated OER

Cbc.ca: The Search for the Northwest Passage :Frobisher's Second Voyage

For Students 3rd - 8th
Forbisher's second expedition set out to find gold rather than a route to China. Why the change in goals? He claimed the Arctic territory for England and returned with ships loaded with ore. Had he given up the dream of the Passage?
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Scholastic

Scholastic History Mystery: Women's Rights: Bloomers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students try to guess the mystery subject Carlotta Facts, the History Mystery Museum's professor, is studying. They read the clues, do some online and offline research, and then attempt to identify the game's mystery item, bloomers.
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Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Flappers

For Students 5th - 8th
The liberation of women as expressed by the flappers of the 1920s was in stark contrast to the actions of women in the Victorian Age. Read about how flappers expressed their freedom in fashion, employment, and leisure activities.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Topo Map Mania!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Maps are designed to allow people to travel to a new location without a guide to show the way. They tell us information about areas to which we may or may not have ever been. There are many types of maps available for both recreational...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Getting to the Point

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson, students learn how to determine location by triangulation. We describe the process of triangulation and practice finding your location on a worksheet, in the classroom, and outdoors.
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Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: Archaeology

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This site provides links to lesson plans ranging chronologically from prehistory through the medieval period. Lessons are oriented toward a younger audience with an emphasis on exploration and discovery.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Where Is Your Teacher?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this activity, students will learn how to take bearing with a compass. They will also learn how to describe a bearing and find an object in their classroom using a bearing.
Handout
US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Recreational Therapist

For Students 6th - 8th
Learn about what it takes to earn a job as a recreational therapist. This website explains what recreational therapists do and overviews what education you need to enter this career. There are links to the American Therapeutic Recreation...
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Ki Dware: Kid's Typing Skills

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Learn how to keyboard with this free typing program that can be downloaded to your computer. This is an introductory program that covers key locations and finger placement with activities including: keyboard drills, character drills, and...

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