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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: People (La Gente)

For Students 9th - 10th
Great tool for teaching Spanish-speaking English Language Learners (ELL). This vocabulary lesson focuses on: opposites, colors, words for describing people. A variety of interactive, self-correcting exercises are provided to reinforce...
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Better Lesson

Better Lesson: L.3.5b: Identify Real Life Connections Between Words and Their Use

For Students 3rd Standards
Links to 6 lessons and activities that build student skills in standard L.3.5b: Identify real-life connections between words and their use (e.g., describe people who are friendly or helpful).
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PBS

Pbs: American Roots Music: Historical Background

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What is American roots music? The term "American roots music" may not be a familiar one, and requires some explanation. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the term "folk music" was used by scholars to describe music made by whites of...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Adjectives, People, Places & Things

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this Flipchart, students are introduced to adjectives as a part of speech. Teachers can use this flipchart to help students make connections between pictures of familiar objects and words which...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: What Makes Things Move?

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, young scholars will learn about push and pull forces that make things move. They will also practice using position words to describe location. To learn about forces, they will move objects, observe the movement of...
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University of Cambridge

University of Cambridge: English: A2 Level Activities for Children

For Students Pre-K - 1st
There are multiple activities for students who are at an introductory level to English as a second language. Students can Look and find the correct number to answer the question, Choose from pictures of clothes to answer questions, Look...
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Ingles Mundial

Ingles Mundial: People (La Gente)

For Students 9th - 10th
Students listen to a conversation that uses simple words to describe two different people. They then complete an exercise to test their comprehension. Designed for Spanish-speaking English language learners, this exercise reinforces...
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A&E Television

History.com: Latino, Hispanic, Latinx, Chicano: The History Behind the Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
The effort to coin a term to describe a wildly diverse group of Americans has long stirred controversy. The terms Latino, Hispanic and Latinx are often used interchangeably to describe a group that makes up about 19 percent of the U.S....
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Tropical Forest Foragers

For Students 9th - 10th
The term "tropical-forest foragers," or "pygmies," refers to ethno-linguistically diverse peoples distributed across the forested regions of Central Africa who are particularly short in stature and who traditionally have lived by...
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PBS

Pbs: The Story of Jazz

For Students 9th - 10th
A supplement to a ten-part film series on jazz, this resource describes the growth and development of jazz music from the gritty streets of New Orleans to the Lincoln Gardens on Chicago's south side, where Louis Armstrong first won fame,...
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Akron Children's Hospital

Akron Children's Hospital: Kidshealth: Hey! A Bee Stung Me!

For Students 3rd - 8th
Bee, or honeybee, is the word many people use to describe any flying insect that has wings and a stinger. Take a look at this article to learn more about bees.
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Education Place

Houghton Mifflin: Eduplace: Fantastic Pictures

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Check out this interdisciplinary lesson plan. Young scholars have an opportunity to draw a card with an adjective word and another card with a noun word and then make a drawing of the object.
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PBS

Pbs: The Story of India: Jainism

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS explores the world of India through an in-depth look into the religion of Jainism. Identifies the meaning behind the Sanskrit word, the foundations of the religion, religious symbols, and how many people actively practice the...
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The History Cat

The History Cat: Us History: Plymouth Colony

For Students 9th - 10th
The story of how Plymouth Colony came to be. Looks at the Puritan movement with its roots in England, the sailing of the Mayflower, and the progress of the settlers in their first years in New England. Describes their first encounters...
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Curated OER

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sir Thomas More

For Students 9th - 10th
Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 - 6 July 1535) was an English lawyer, author, and statesman who in his lifetime gained a reputation as a leading humanist scholar, and occupied many public offices, including Lord Chancellor (1529-1532),...