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Overcoming Obstacles Middle School Curriculum: Problem Solving
The four lessons in the “Problem Solving” Module of the Overcoming Obstacles Curriculum teach middle schoolers strategies they can use to approach any problem. Participants practice these skills and strategies through a series of games...
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Overcoming Obstacles High School Curriculum: Goal Setting
The five lessons in the Goal Setting Module of the Overcoming Obstacles High School Curriculum teach high schoolers how to set realistic yet challenging goals for themselves. Participants learn how to identify and access the help they...
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Beyond Rosa Parks: Powerful Voices for Civil Rights and Social Justice
The lessons in the "Beyond Rosa Parks: Powerful Voices for Civil Rights and Social Justice" unit module introduce young historians to four African-American women who made significant contributions to the modern civil rights movement....
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Civics Curriculum Guide
The 10 lessons in the Civics Curriculum Guide series, designed for high schoolers, contain 28 activities focused on important civic topics. Young scholars consider what it means to be an American and a good citizen, examine the Four...
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Core Competencies of SEL
Six short videos detail six competencies of Social-Emotional Learning—social awareness, self-awareness, self-management, relationship skills, responsible decision making, and future self. Videos stress the importance of social and...
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Matilda Lesson Plans
A collection all about Roald Dahl's novel, Matilda, contains eleven lessons. Each lesson contains a theme and covers a different subject: literacy, social-emotional learning, science, and geography. Scholars work collaboratively and...
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When I Grow Up: Career Lessons and Activities for Grades 9-12
The "When I Grow Up" series of career lessons and activities are designed to get high schoolers thinking about post-secondary pathways. Learners begin by working on defining their vision and identifying their dream job. They rate their...
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6th Grade Emergency Sub Plans
A collection of emergency sub plans make those unplanned absences just a little bit easier. Designed for sixth-grade classes, the language arts and math activities follow Common Core Standards. Print up these materials and stash them in...
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KidsHealth in the Classroom: Personal Health Series Grades 9-12
The KidsHealth in the Classroom: Personal Health Series for grades 9-12 includes 21 lessons divided into 5 topics: fitness, hygiene, puberty and growing up, and safety. Each lesson has two hands-on activities designed to engage teens and...
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Global Problem Solvers: Season 1 - Working Well
Global Problem Solvers: Season 1 - Working Well series introduces viewers to a group of master problem-solvers, each with their unique strengths. Using their individual strengths, team members work together to overcome the obstacles of...
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In Sync Personal Development: Year 8
It’s not easy being a teen. The 10 resources in the In Sync Personal Development unit module help eighth-graders navigate the complex nature of teenage relationships, to help them make mature choices, manage peer pressure and other...
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Mathematics Assessment Project: Tests for Middle School
Good assessments are hard to find—assessments that address content standards and fit into standard class periods. The six assessments in the middle school collection are 80-minute forms, divided into two 40-minute sections, and are...
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Environmental Justice Curriculum
What to do with environmental hazards and where to put toxic waste is a global concern. The eight resources in the Environmental Justice collection ask young ecologists to consider how to incorporate environmental justice in future waste...
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Peacebuilding Toolkit for Educators - Middle School Edition
Rather than just talking about giving peace a chance, with the 15 resources in this collection middle schoolers learn the skills they need to become peace builders. The lessons were developed by the United States Institute of Peace...
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WE Are Innovators: Elementary Resources
A collection of five resources encourages young scientists to be innovative thinkers and design a sustainable product or service. Lessons target pollution, food waste, energy-inefficient housing, and transportation issues.
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WE Are Innovators: High School Resources
The five lessons in a collection from WE are Innovators encourages high schoolers to go where scientists have not gone before. They read articles and watch videos to gather information and then use an innovative mindset and their problem...
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Grade 7, Claim 1: Concepts and Procedures Item Slide Shows
Prepare seventh graders for end-of-year assessments with a collection of nine resources packed with teacher and student-friendly slides featuring problems that address the A-I competencies. Questions are modeled after Smarter Balanced...
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Grade 6, Claim 2 & 4: Problem Solving & Communication Reasoning Supports
A three-resource collection of teacher and student-friendly slides provides sixth graders with models of items on the Smarter Balanced assessments. Claim 2 offers 13 questions that assess problem solving. Claim 3 problems illicit...
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Grade 9-12, Claim 2 & 4: Problem Solving & Communication Reasoning Supports
Small but mighty, a collection of three resources features presentation slides that prepare high schoolers for the Smarter Balanced assessment. Claim 2 features problem solving questions drawn from all content areas. Claim 3 focuses on...
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Health/Social Emotional Skills
Designed for instructors, a seven-page packet provides an overview of the Health Smart unit for eighth-graders. The resource includes the objectives and goals of the unit, details suggested procedures and provides links to additional...
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Step Seven: Brainstorm A-Brewin'
Brainstorming—the art of coming up with endless ideas. Pupils brainstorm how to solve local problems in their counties and eventually narrow their ideas down to one solution as a team.
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Identifying Conflict Styles
Are you a peace-keeper or a problem-solver? Explore conflict management styles through a lesson plan, fourth in a 15-part series, that combines individual assessment and collaborative work. Groups learn the basic tendencies of each...
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Forensics: Get a Clue
Although the methods are all scientific, forensic science was started by police officers rather than scientists, who relied on observation and common sense. Young detectives use many tools to solve crimes around the school in a...
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Problem-Solving Strategies
Read carefully, look for key words, eliminate, estimate, check your answers. Give your youngsters the strategies for approaching multiple-choice problem solving, focusing on multiplication and division of whole numbers, with this...