Broward County Schools
Women's Contributions to the United States
Betsy Ross, Toni Morrison, Sacajawea, Amelia Earhart, Maya Lin, Sally Ride, Judy Baca. No matter the subject area or the grade level you teach you will find much to value in a manual that focuses on the contributions U.S. women have...
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Discrimination
Seventh graders discuss the origin of discrimination and the Holocaust. In this Bible lesson, 7th graders define discrimination and discuss if they have discriminated or not. They thank God for forgiveness and realize it is no ones role...
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Everyone has a Culture-Everyone is Different
Students explore cultural features. In this multicultural acceptance lesson, students define and discuss "culture," and distinguish the difference between individual characteristics and cultural characteristics. Students...
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If the World Were a Village...
Your class members explore concept that the world is a large place, examine how statistics can be used to help in understanding the world and its people, and create illustrations or graphs of statistics found in the award-winning...
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Come to Your Senses
Students explore their senses. In this biology lesson plan, students will learn about their senses, what affects them, and how the brain works to control our senses in a series of lab activities.
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An Immigration Graph
Students practice reading and understanding information in a table and converting the information to graph form. They create a graph showing the number of immigrants per country of origin between 1899 and 1924.
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Fickled Fractions
Middle schoolers explore which fractions are made real in our world. They also show the relationship of cross multiplication and equivalent fractions To reinforce fraction skills.
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Participants are challenged to create several different sorting groups for the set of images.
Students examine the influence of interaction with other cultures and the environment in relation to calendars. They also look at the origins of the calendar we use every day.
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Create a World
Students combine imaginative powers with known map-making techniques to create a whole new world.
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Unite The School
Learners engage in a school project help unite the feelings and make each student feel a very special part of their school. This project would be a great beginning of the school "opener" for students and their teachers.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Multicultural Math Fair: Navajo Burntwater Designs
Simple lesson designed to help students learn the geometric concepts of translation, reflection, and symmetry by creating Navajo weaving patterns. Includes templates and instructions and is available in English and Spanish....
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Multicultural Math Fair: Sonya's Symmetry
Straightforward lesson designed to introduce students to symmetry and reflection using MIRA mirrors. Includes two worksheets--instructions and activities are available in English and Spanish.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Multicultural Math Fair: Srinivasa's Spheres
Straightforward lesson that introduces students to pi by letting them measure real objects and solve a challenge problem. Includes instructions and a "Data Sheet" for keeping track of measurements. Available in English and Spanish.