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Can You Believe Your Eyes?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate hidden messages by analyzing images.  In this art analysis lesson, students assess specific photographs by their use of light, framing, distortion and size.  Students create their own juxtapositions in images and...
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Tables, Charts and Graphs

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Learners examine a science journal to develop an understanding of graphs in science.  In this data analysis lesson, students read an article from the Natural Inquirer and discuss the meaning of the included graph.  Learners create a...
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Whose Brain is THAT?!

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore various animal brains. In this animal anatomy lesson, students compare and contrast animal brains with the brain of a human. They record several characteristics in a data table for each brain they observe.
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Radiation Reassessed

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate the dangers of radiation by exploring recent nuclear tragedies.  In this scientific debate lesson plan, students define the idea of radiation "half life" and determine if low doses of radiation are truly damaging to...
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Cultivating Oklahoma's Future

For Teachers 8th
In this Oklahoma agriculture lesson, 8th graders read and discuss information and vocabulary about new developments in agriculture. Students write essays on the future of agriculture in Oklahoma.
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Three Part Dialogue

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders write a three part dialogue as part of an effective memoir.  In this three part dialogue lesson, 8th graders are given two parts of a dialogue and emotions that accompany the words.  Students then create the third part of...
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Exploratory: News Casting

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars report on an assigned topic in a simulated news story.  In this 1960s lesson plan, students pretend to be a reporter in the 1960s  and work in groups to create a news story on an assigned topic having to do with the Civil...
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Writing Myths II

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students complete a final draft of a myth.  In this writing myths instructional activity, students complete their rough drafts, have a one-on-one meeting with the teacher to enhance ideas, and peer edit.  Students use the comments and...
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The Underground Railroad and The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover racism and slavery by completing a role playing activity. In this U.S. history lesson, students analyze documents from the Civil War era and describe the Fugitive Slave Law. Students view a video on YouTube about the...
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Media Awareness: Key Concepts in Advertising

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners examine the basic concepts of advertising.  In this media awareness lesson, students discuss target audience, art, and purpose in advertising to determine what makes an advertisement effective or ineffective.  Learners evaluate...
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Asking the Right Questions

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars explore interviewing skills. In this journalism lesson plan, students examine "good" and "bad" interview questions and discuss both. Young scholars then practice interviewing partners in the classroom.
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Fighting Prejudice and Discrimination against People with Learning Disabilities

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students work to understand learning disabilities and discrimination. In this teaching tolerance lesson plan, students examine what learning disabilities are and how people are discriminated against.  There are different activities for...
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Twain: Icon and Iconoclast

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students examine work by Mark Twain in the context of pre- and post-Civil War America. In this cross curricular lesson, students gather biographical information about Twain, use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast him with Lincoln and...
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The K-W-H-L Strategy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a KWHL chart as a pre-reading strategy. In this graphic organizer lesson, students communicate their background knowledge before reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Students continue to construct their KWHL chart as they...
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The Social Effects of the Great Depression

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners explore U.S. history by listening to an economics lecture. In this Great Depression instructional activity, students read a letter written to the President during the worst economical disaster in U.S. history. Learners answer...
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Jet Engine Magazine

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore physics by creating a magazine cover in class. In this flight lesson, students identify the motion and force that must be generated in order for a jet engine to lift off the ground. Students create a cover for a...
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Mythology Newspaper....The Trojan Times

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students are assigned to a writing group: news stories, obituaries and births, classifieds, comics, gossip, sports and editorials. The newspaper covers mythological figures in history. This is a very clever, meaningful lesson in mythology!
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Interviewing for Information

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students conduct interviews of Utah drivers representing different age groups. They transcribe this information for other members of their group to use it as a reference.
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Rev. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. meets the Philosophy of Gandhi's Ahimsa

For Teachers K - 8th
Students study Gandhi's and Dr. King's philosophies. In this world history lesson, students compare and contrast the methods by Gandi and Dr. King writing an essay on nonviolence.
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Freedom of Press or Bulletproof Vests?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the extent to which a person go for his ideals, focusing on one man's pursuit of free speech in Thailand. They, in groups, respond to five questions related to the article and based on the theme of free speech.
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Anthrax Attacks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students develop an understanding about the disease Anthrax, how it is transmitted, and its effects on the body. By the end of the instructional activity, students have gained the knowledge that bacterial diseases may invade and damage...
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Internet Pen Pals

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Students write letters to e-mail pals and respond to letters received. Students describe the geography of their community to their pals.
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Travel Brochure/ Itinerary

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students create a travel brochure and a 7-day itinerary by selecting a country of their choice. They utilize educational software and use word processing to finish their product.
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Figurative Language

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners put poetic interpretations back together to explain the poem. Starting with cliches, students learn what various phrases mean. They analyze words, phrases and levels of meaning.

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