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Media Babies
What is a media baby? Discuss at what age children should be exposed to electronic media. After reading an article, they identify the types of media products for infants and toddlers. Learners will predict the effects of media on the...
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Reading Comprehension: History of the Periodic Table
Although the article that launches this lesson is about the history of the Periodic Table, the objective is reading comprehension. Using the eight-page informational text, learners answer five comprehension questions and craft one essay....
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Researching African Americans Who Made a Difference
Celebrate Black History Month with this lesson, in which middle schoolers create an essay about a famous African-American. Writers conduct research online, take notes to write an essay in proper format, and use ideas, text, and graphics...
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Hunger in the World
Consider various aspects of world hunger in this writing lesson. After taking a pre-test, middle and high schoolers play a map game, analyze and discuss world statistics, and write a report on an assigned country. The lesson can apply to...
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Children's Health on the Decline
Demonstrate the importance of children's health with this cross-curricular lesson, which includes elements from health and science as well as expository writing. Middle schoolers develop realistic and obtainable one week health and...
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Writing About Art: Subjective vs. Objective
Explore objective and subjective writing in this interdisciplinary lesson, which brings language arts and visual art together. Middle and high school students examine the sculpture Head with Horns by Paul Gauguin. They then analyze the...
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Totally Awesome Answers to Wacky Wonders
Middle schoolers work with a partner to gather information on a question from two sources using a computer program and the Internet. They also write a report with visuals to air on closed-circuit TV for the school. Use this lesson to...
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Bridging Communication
Middle schoolers investigate how to create drawings using a word processing program. They examine the use of draw tools in Microsoft Word. They combine drawing with the patterns they made for a truss bridge projects. They follow the...
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The Power of Poetry
Sixth graders read several poems and choose one to create a Powerpoint presentation. They create original illustration for the poems and use graphics from software resources. Students are then are given jobs in order to create a...
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U.S. History: Antebellum Heroes and Villains
Eighth graders research and write reports on key figures of the Antebellum Period. The projects also include pictures, bibliographies, and timelines about their assigned figure. In addition, 8th graders present oral reports to classmates.
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Narratives
Add to the narrative writing experience. Elementary or middle school writers listen to the teacher read a descriptive passage, then reread the same passage silently. They highlight sensory details and figurative language, then orally...
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The Solar System
Looking for a cross-curricular project for language arts and science? Use this lesson to reinforce knowledge of the Solar System, as well as expository writing skills. Elementary and middle schoolers choose one aspect of the Solar System...
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Graphics Integrates Fun
Young scholars take digital pictures of themselves before using a stylus pen on to trace their facial features on a graphic pad. Using an Internet gallery of body drawings they complete a caricature of themselves. In two other...
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Celebrating Black History Month
Students create a PowerPoint presentation using graphics, text, and animation. They are shown how to do slide transition, and create slides. Students create a PowerPoint presentation celebrating Black History Month. They are shown how to...
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Inference Lesson Plan
Students practice assessing graphics to infer and identify an author's implicit and explicit meaning in a piece of text. They evaluate the effectiveness of information found in maps, charts, tables, graphs, diagrams, cutaways and through...
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Create a Table
Young scholars set up a simple table in Microsoft Word. They assess the terms columns and rows and compare the bingo card to a table, that will be created in Microsoft Word. They insert text files, graphics, or other objects into an...
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Celebrating Explorers
Students create a PowerPoint presentation using graphics, text and animations. They access the Internet to research a topic and find historical photographs and documents to enhance learning. They demonstrate how to use an overhead LCD...
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Graphic Editing
Students use various hardware and software tools to create and edit files which can be used in a presentation. They use a search engine to find and download an image. Students use computer tools to save the image. Once saved, the image...
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Use Microsoft Word to Create a Flyer
Students use a word processing program to create a flyer for an upcoming event at the school. They design the flyer using different fonts, font sizes, and graphics.
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Design a Business Card
Young scholars examine business cards, noting the essential components. They design cards for a fictitious restaurant. They include names, addresses, and graphics on the cards.
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Mathematics and the Art of M.C. Escher
Students discover the connection between Escher's art and mathematics. They give various presentations based on their study.
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Planning a Gap Year
Students explore and utilize European information to plan a safe gap year. They locate relevant information on being a young citizen in a a European country and assess their rights as a UK citizen within the European country. Each...
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HTML Graphic Images
Students continue to enchange their webpage using HTML. Individually, they use the internet to search for photographs and practice putting them into their webpage. They must find the appropriate size for the image and show their page...
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Grouchy Ladybug
Second graders listen to a read aloud of Eric Carle's, The Grouchy Ladybug and do a rewrite using a software program. They create an original graphic, insert text boxes, keyboard sentences and set time on a clock face while writing a...