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A Novel Ending/ Closure Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars summarize a story, identify the plot structure, and create a symbol that represents the essence of the story.
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Making an Illustrated Dictionary with Geographic Terms

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners construct a geography dictionary. In this geography lesson, students work in small groups to construct a dictionary of geographic terms. Learners use illustrations and descriptions to develop their geographic dictionaries.
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My Community-My World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the meaning of philanthropy and ways in which it occurs in the home, at school, and in the community. Each student chooses one need in their own community, list opportunities to fulfill the need, then predict what might...
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A Digital Quilt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create a patchwork quilt using digital photography.
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In the Olden Days: Senior Reading Buddies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students, in pre-selected groups, read and visit with senior citizen "buddies." They write letters to their buddies and discuss "the olden days."
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The Lifesaver Descriptive Writing Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe all of their senses and practice descriptive writing while eating Lifesavers. They write silently about what they are tasting, smelling, and hearing until the candy is dissolved.
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It's All About Me

For Teachers K - 12th
Students become familiar with digital cameras and multimedia tools such as PowerPoint or MediaBlender. They take photographs of themselves and other classmates using a digital camera. Each student creates a slide for a class PowerPoint...
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Creative Writing/Historical Journals

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students write series of journal entries, from the perspective of an immigrant traveling to America via Ellis Island.
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History - Great Americans Lesson Plan

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students select and read biographies of great Americans, and develop four-paragraph reports on how these Americans contributed to our country.
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My Own Private Idaho; Using Social Studies to Explore Idaho

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars engage in several activities to explore Idaho and Social Studies themes. Using an variety of media, students become familiar with Idaho's geography and geology.
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Picture It-Robot Writing!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use their listening skills to sketch draft pictures of robots described in paragraphs read by their teacher. They transfer their robot sketches to word processing documents using software drawing tools.
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Create A Park Map

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design ultimate park experience for Florida families as they demonstrate their knowledge of map legend skills.
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Dreaming to Come to America

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine reasons for immigration to America, including economic, political, and religious considerations, and conduct research to determine immigration history of students' families and compare reasons other groups have come to...
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Explorers of the New World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research explorers and explore how exploration affected the Western Hemisphere; students demonstrate competency in using multimedia encyclopedia and information software, and present PowerPoint presentation to class with two...
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Show You Care

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars construct a four-line poem to be used on the inside of a Valentine's Day card. They use a digital camera to show themselves to their "buddies" (local nursing home patients) who receive the cards on Valentine's Day.
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Reader Response Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write Cinquain poems about a novel.
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Bag It

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students create a book report in a bag. They include items that explain the elements of the story and share them with the class.
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United States Legends

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn about legends in different states by communicating with students from different states. They exchange pictures and description through the Internet.
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Shakespeare Wall

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a visual notebook of a Shakespearean play by taking the actual written work, hanging it up on the wall, and highlighting various literary aspects of the play as they unfold.
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Teaching the Chinese Immigrant's Story - Angel Island (1910-1940)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students pretend to be Chinese and European immigrants, and U.S. citizens, as they explore immigration in California in the first half of the 20th Century.
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Freedom Trail News

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars take a virtual "Freedom Trail" tour to gather information and materials for a "newspaper" on the political situation in Boston in 1775. They describe historical places, people, and events connected to the beginning of the...
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Migration from the Dust

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students trace their own family's migrations and history. They listen to the story, 'Blue ow.' They design a plate which is shared at an open house.
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Making an Effective Presentation

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students discover how to effectively deliver a presentation. They use a PowerPoint presentation as the vehicle for looking at guidelines for making an effective presentation. The guidelines apply to any type of presentation students...
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African Power Figure Sculptures

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students develop character, write short narrative about how it got its powers, and create a clay figure using modeling and assembling techniques to explore the concepts relating their figure to the African power figures.

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