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From Ben’s Pen to Our Lives Lesson Plan

From Ben’s Pen to Our Lives

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewWhat would Ben do? Jumping off from the pseudonymous letters Ben Franklin fooled his older brother into publishing when he was still a teenager, young literary lovers dive into acting, writing, and addressing a local issue with wit and...
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News For Kids.net Website

News For Kids.net

3rd - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
New ReviewMedia lovers read articles on a variety of current events with a website made especially for kids. The website is easy to navigate and includes sections about everything from science to sports.
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Step One: We've Got Issues Lesson Plan

Step One: We've Got Issues

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
What is the most pressing issue in your community? The resource helps you and your middle schoolers begin the process of doing something about it! Learners compare and contrast two pressing issues in their local counties by reading two...
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W.7.2 - Expository Writing: 7th Grade ELA Common Core
20 Item

W.7.2 - Expository Writing: 7th Grade ELA Common Core

7th
CCSS: Adaptable
Tell it like it is with a collection filled with resources that focus on expository writing skills. Seventh graders work on comparing and contrasting texts, analyzing current events, and structuring their essays in clear and understandable way.
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Student Reports Lesson Plan

Student Reports

3rd - 5th
CCSS: Adaptable
Extra! Extra! Read all about it in a classroom newspaper! Class members take on the role of a journalist to report on a topic based on an event at school, in the community, or an image found in a magazine or newspaper. 
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Group Debate: Acknowledging and Responding to Counter-Arguments Lesson Plan

Group Debate: Acknowledging and Responding to Counter-Arguments

9th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
A strong argument can anticipate the objections others may raise, and address the counterarguments in its claim. High schoolers work together to formulate counterarguments based on their positions. Given an issue of interest, groups...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Lesson Plan

Uncle Tom's Cabin

6th - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Through a careful reading and examination of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, scholars take part in grand conversations about the novel's contents, slavery, and the impact the book had on it. Furthermore, learners analyze an...
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Individuality vs. Conformity Lesson Plan

Individuality vs. Conformity

9th - 12th
Spark an animated debate in your class! Young adults consider some of the fads or trends that are prevalent at their school, as well as their own level of participation in them. Just how much of a role does popular culture play in their...
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What Is Extremism? Lesson Plan
1 In 1 Collection

What Is Extremism?

9th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
By participating in discussions using prompts and statements provided in the lesson plan, learners identify the concept of extremism and consider what causes violent acts of extremism in the modern world. 
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Climate Change - Who's In Control? Unit

Climate Change - Who's In Control?

8th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
How can both individuals and governments respond to climate change and take responsibility to reduce its effects on our environment? Here you will find three lessons filled with discussion, debate, and role-playing...
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Summer Fun... Activities & Project

Summer Fun...

K - 5th
Extend learning through summer with these activity ideas! Individuals can choose one or all nine of the activities, which range from a summer reading goal to an examination of local insects (with accompanying story prompt). See the...
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Current Events Organizer Graphic Organizer

Current Events Organizer

5th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
For your next current events assignment, make sure pupils go beyond summarizing and ask the right questions for a proper analysis. With this guide, learners consider the context for the current event, the author's potential bias, and how...
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EdTech Tuesdays: NewsBug Video

EdTech Tuesdays: NewsBug

4 mins 2nd - 8th
CCSS: Adaptable
Here is a great sneak peek into the NewsBug app, which curates news stories and images that are appropriate for classroom use, and is free from social media connections and in-app purchases.
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Current Events Rubric Printables & Template

Current Events Rubric

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Here is a rubric that can be used for your next current event assignment. It details what should be included in each paragraph of the event description and analysis, as well as other requirements for work habits and presentation.
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Timeline of Your Life Activities & Project

Timeline of Your Life

6th - 12th
Pupils can use PowerPoint as a tool to create clear timelines that show their lives in relationship to historical events. Take a trip to the computer lab and share this page with your class. Class members can watch each video and follow...
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Current Event Report Printables & Template

Current Event Report

5th - 10th
Make sure your class spends some time paying attention to the news by asking individuals to report on a current event. Using this sheet, pupils write down the title, source, and date before composing a brief summary and a personal...
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Reader Idea | Thinking Like a Historian About Current World Events Lesson Plan

Reader Idea | Thinking Like a Historian About Current World Events

7th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Check out this fantastic research project where learners work to see the modern world through the eyes of a historian and analyze a contemporary event of their choice. An in-depth reflection on the project is given by the project...
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Article Review Sheets Printables & Template

Article Review Sheets

5th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
This is a straightforward handout for your class members to use when reviewing an article. It includes spaces to identify basic article information, summarize the article's contents, and construct a final critique. 
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Beginning Google Drive Activities & Project
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Beginning Google Drive

4th - 12th
CCSS: Adaptable
Lead your class through creating and sharing documents with Google Drive with a step-by-step activity. The document illustrates each step with screenshots and includes clear and effective instructions that prompt active engagement....
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An Attack on Syria- What Would You Do? Lesson Plan
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An Attack on Syria- What Would You Do?

7th - 12th
CCSS: Designed
Has United States military intervention in the conflicts of other countries always been warranted? After reviewing a brief background on contemporary US conflicts and reading articles describing the civil war in Syria, your learners...
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Found News Poems Lesson Plan

Found News Poems

6th - 12th
Combine informational text and creative writing with one fun activity! Middle and high schoolers write found poems based on newspaper headlines that they find. The resource includes a thorough lesson plan and many links to articles that...
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A Good Man is Hard to Find Lesson Plan

A Good Man is Hard to Find

11th - 12th
Students, in groups, read and analyze the short story, A Good Man is Hard to Find, by Flannery O'Connor. They present their findings tot he rest of the class and then connect the various themes discussed to outside material, events...
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Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues Lesson Plan

Finding and Authenticating Online Information on Global Development Issues

7th - 12th
Students discover how to find authoritative resources. In this research skills lesson, students examine strategies for using the Internet effectively to research global development issues.
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The Tea Party Movement 2009 Presentation

The Tea Party Movement 2009

10th - 12th
What a fantastic resource! The foundational skills focused on are compare and contrast and understanding of the US Constitution in terms of political movements in history. Learners will work through a series of activities and...
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