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Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary

Benjamin Franklin’s Community Contributions

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research Benjamin Franklin's community contributions. In this social studies lesson plan, students create a collage showing things they can do to improve their communities.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Arthur’s New Puppy

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are read Arthur's New Puppy, by Marc Brown. In this vocabulary focused instructional activity, students discover the definitions of at least three Tier Two words. They discuss the meaning of the new words, as a group, both...
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Bake, Boil, or Fry

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars write a journal entry about where there food comes from. In this Civil War lesson, students discuss journals, the crops grown within the U.S., the import/export process and what food preparation must have been like on a...
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Civil War: Generals at the Battle of Stones River

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore U.S. history by creating a computer presentation in class. In this Civil War battle lesson, students read assigned text about the Battle of Stones River and research individual generals from the battles. Young...
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A Haring Event

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students research visual arts by creating a presentation in their classroom. For this art history lesson, students identify the work of Keith Haring by researching the web and library. Students analyze images of Haring and create hallway...
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Build an Ice Cap

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research Earth science by conducting an experiment in class. In this ice-cap lesson, students identify what an ice cap is and create a biome using a box which measures 1 ft. x 1 ft. Students participate in an animal role-playing...
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Hands On Biome-Building

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Students create a model biome to understand the abiotic and biotic factors that go into creating a biome. In this biomes lesson plan, students should display plants, animals, temperature, precipitation, and more.
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Hands on Biome--Building

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students create a model biome. In this ecology instructional activity, students use materials to create a model biome. There is an extension activity that allows students to write about plants and animals and their specific biome.
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Hands On Biome-Building

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students create a desert biome to understand the abiotic and biotic factors of that biome. In this desert biome lesson plan, students include elevation, precipitation, temperature, plants, and more.
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Technonumbers: Computers in Preschools

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore recognizing, counting and sequencing numbers 1-10. For this primary math introduction lesson, students participate in 6 computer sessions that integrate short films, music and drawing in order to bring beginning math...
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Finding Your Spot in the World

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners practice locating places on a Thomas Brothers map. In this map skills lesson, students locate places on the map of where their ancestors are from and then practice finding various community places on a map. Learners graph the...
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Day you were born newspaper

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students construct a newspaper about historical events that happened on the day they were born. In this newspaper lesson plan, students write an editorial, create a visual, find a political cartoon, and insert an interview.
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Poetry

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to poetry and many authors who create it. In this language arts lesson, 5th graders create a class poetry book. Each student submits an original poem, along with an illustration.
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Language Arts: Laws of Life

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in the iEARN Project by completing a questionnaire about values and lessons they have learned. They read sample essays by other students in the project about their views on the laws of life. They then write and post...
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Book Illustrations and Their Illustrators as Artists-4-6

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students construct relationships between written narratives and book illustrations, and between the narratives in formal visual art and the subject of the visual art. The use of picture book literature provide a context for the lesson.
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What is An Insect?

For Teachers K
Students investigate the concept of an insect. They conduct research about six different insects and identify the different body parts. Students look at the life cycle of the developing monarch butterfly. They also use the library to...
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Ll is for Lips

For Students K - 2nd
Lift up your little learners with this lesson on the letter L, which includes pictures of lips, a log, a lock, a lollipop, and space for guided printing practice (both upper and lower case). Teachers can provide additional L-word...
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The Aerial Age

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students infer America's attitude towards aviation in the early 1900s. In this The Aerial Age lesson, students analyze early 1900s literature, music, advertisements, and popular culture in reference to aviation. Students represent their...
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If I Were President?

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners are ushered into the Oval Office with our patriotic Presidents Day activities. In this civics lesson plan, students explore the presidency as they research an American president and participate in up to 11 activities.
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Red, White, and Blue Holidays Timeline

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a time line listing six national holidays in chronological order of occurrence. In this historical events lesson, 5th graders research holidays and write a paragraph summarizing each one. They then place each holiday...
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What Begins With Bb?

For Teachers K
Students demonstrate beginning reading strategies. In this letter recognition lesson plan, students match letter sounds to a variety of pictures using the program "Kidspiration".
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Winter Lights: A Season In Poems & Quilts

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners read the book Winter Lights: A Season in Poems & Quilts and do language arts and math activities that go with the book. In this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include...
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Host a Fin-tastic Friendship Festival!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students read the book Fin-tastic Friendship Book and do activities related to friendship. In this friendship lesson, students read the book given, and do activities like character building, fortune telling, and making friendship bracelets.
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Halloween Rhymes and Songs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students learn, memorize, and replay a rhyme. In this Halloween-themed lesson plan, students discover Halloween rhymes and songs while they pretend to be the characters that chase ghosts away.

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