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How Are Boundaries Made, Kept, Broken?
Pupils examine the works of Noam Chomsky. They collaborate in small groups to read and identify vocabulary words and historical questions. They answer their questions and role-play as emissaries to locate remaining answers. They...
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"The Life of Crazy Horse" Board Game
Fifth graders read books and conduct Internet research on the life of Crazy Horse. They then use their findings to design a Crazy Horse-themed board game. Students swap and play each other's games.
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The Perfect Man: Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography
Eleventh graders study the characteristics of an autobiography. They read from the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and discuss and write an essay regarding some of his quotes.
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What's Up with Waste?
Fifth graders design a brochure that identifies types of solid waste that are often improperly disposed, explains the effects of this disposal and proposes a solution to the problem. The read humorous books, define vocabulary words and...
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Great Explorers
Pupils research an explorer and present a multimedia presentation on the explorer. In this United States explorers lesson, students watch a video about Lewis and Clark. Pupils use Google Earth to study their journey and keep a KWL chart...
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Defining Voice of the Punk Years
Students analyze the music of The Clash and have extensive and intensive practice in reading and listening skills.
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Writing About Race
Fourth graders explore racial discrimination focusing on Jim Crow laws. They read an excerpt from Richard Wright's autobiography and discuss how viewing the subject from the his point of view affects their opinions.
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Encounter with an Interviewer
Students read the Mark Twain short story, Encounter with an Interviewer. They study "the interview" and discuss the role of the interviewer and the person being interviewed. They conduct mock interviews, constructing questions and...
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Following a Monster
Students follow tracks of a monster who has walked through their classroom to see what he has done. They discuss sequencing vocabulary before using computer software students sequence the monster's visit using a concept map. In a word...
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Great Gullah Story Telling Packet
Sixth graders examine the Creole language known as Gullah which is a form of speech comprised of a number of unrelated languages. They determine how slaves used this to communicate so that slave masters would not be able to understand...
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Editing Emily's Way: An Exercise in Diction and Its Implications
Students examine the poetry of Emily Dickinson and the diction in her poetry. In this poetry analysis lesson, students read Dickinson poetry and analyze the diction in the poems. Students journal about the poetry and rewrite their own...
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Rev. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr. meets the Philosophy of Gandhi's Ahimsa
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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Guidelines for Writing Lesson Plans
Students develop procedures in planning and organizing a lesson plan. The plans are used to demonstrate a lesson plan.
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Mixing Colors
Students listen to a story about mixing colors. They explore color using cups of water, color and coffee filters. They use sight word vocabulary to describe the colors.
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Is Cancer on the Rise or Decline in America Today?
Students read an article about cancer in the United States. They research a cancer of their choice along with possible treatments. They identify types of cancer that are on the rise and decline for both men and women. They examine the...
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What's on the Outside/Inside?
Students read about the idea of gender perspective in the writing of German history. They generate definitions from a list of given vocabulary words. They write definintions using their own words.
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TE Activity: Tears in Rain
Students examine photographs before writing captions for them. They develop visual literacy as they see how photographs are manipulated to show the effects of acid rain. They rewrite the photo captions after a class discussion.
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Alaskan Eskimo Collection
Students analyze mystery photographs to determine key characteristics about the Alaskan environment and Eskimo culture. In this Eskimo lesson, students read an Eskimo folktale and write their own in response. Lastly students complete a...
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Glossaries and Indexes
Fourth graders identify parts of a book including the glossary, index, and dedication. In this glossary and index lesson, 4th graders complete a worksheet after studying the glossary and index from a Houghton Mifflin Social Studies...
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Energy Forms
Students explore energy by participating in a science lab in class. In this energy form activity, students define the different types of energy such as light, mechanical and sound while examining energy measuring tools in class. Students...
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Life of Thomas Edison
Students research the life of Thomas Edison. In this Thomas Edison lesson plan, students explore major life events of Thomas Edison. Students investigate the inventions of Thomas Edison. Students discover how various fields of study...
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Homelessness:Key Terms
Young scholars explore the concept of homelessness. In this social issues lesson, students research homelessness through key terms, in order explore the concept in more depth.
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Rainforests
Students watch a video about the rainforest and create a large wall mural of rainforest features. Students write a first person point of view article by an endangered rainforest animal and discuss logging.
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Mystery of the Real Robinson Crusoe Solved
Students explore the location of the campsite of fictional character Robinson Crusoe. In this ESL lesson plan, students read an article that discusses the whereabouts of Robinson Crusoe's campsite, then have a class discussion on the...