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Harmony Day – Interactive Whiteboard Activities

For Teachers 1st - 5th
If you have an interactive whiteboard and need a great activity to use during Harmony Day, look no further. Children can make a Harmony Day e-card, watch three different videos, explore a pinboard full of statistics and facts, or play...
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US National Archives

WWII: Asia 1939-45 – Singapore

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
The fall of Singapore in World War II was shocking news for the Allied forces—but why? High schoolers explore primary source documents and videos to determine why February 15, 1942 was a wake-up call to the British Empire and its allies...
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Ancient Wonders of the World

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World. In this ancient civilizations activity, students use interactive whiteboards to complete activities based on the 7 wonders.
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Bring on the World: Football Around the World

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils explore the existence of football in the world. In this current events lesson, students examine how football is played using an interactive whiteboard. Pupils compare its existence in the United Kingdom and in African nations.
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Kate Stickley

Reading the World: Latitude and Longitude Lesson latitude and longitude, maps, coordinates on a map, prime meridian, reading maps, equator, globes

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Find five activities all about longitude and latitude! Use oranges to show the equator and prime meridian, plot birthdays on a map using coordinates, and plan a dream vacation.
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Smithsonian Institution

Visiting a Museum

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Imperial storm troopers make a special guest appearance in this resource designed as a behavior primer for young visitors to a museum. 
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Let's Celebrate Kwanzaa!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learn more about Kwanzaa with a celebratory lesson. As learners analyze My First Kwanzaa Book by Debbi Chocolate, they compare and contrast the celebration to other holiday traditions they know about. Next, they prepare and...
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US National Library of Medicine

Drug Use and Abuse: Past and Present

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Pick your poison: tobacco, alcohol, opiates, cocaine, or marijuana. An online exhibition launches a research project that asks groups to select one of the five drugs and gather information on how the use of the drug and the regulations...
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Discovery Education

Is Our Community Influenced by the Opioid Epidemic?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Opioid abuse is becoming a national crisis, but combating the influence of opioids requires examining the ways it affects individual communities. A thorough teacher guide provides step-by-step instructions about implementing an...
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Curated OER

Three Regions of North Carolina

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the three regions of North Carolina using works of art.
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ARKive

Galapagos Conservation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The Galapagos Islands inspired Darwin to develop his theory of evolution. These wonderful islands will also be the topic of a lesson on habitat and conservation. In small groups, learners will collect and synthesize information regarding...
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Geography 360°

Introducing Europe

For Students 5th - 10th Standards
Provide your learners with a comprehensive introduction to Europe with this great set of worksheets. Map activities include matching European countries to their capitals and places on a political map, as well as...
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Bias and Crime in Media

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Critical thinking and social justice are central themes for this resource on bias and crime in media. The class views and discusses an incisive PSA that highlights assumptions based on race. Small groups read newspaper opinion pieces...
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Inspired Innovation

For Teachers K - 5th
Throughout time, innovators have taken basic ideas and changed them into creative and cutting-edge designs. Kids tackle the topic of innovations in relation to traditional or creative objects. They discuss traditional Navajo pottery then...
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What Kind of Vessel Are You?

For Teachers K - 5th
This is a strange question; but what kind of vessel would you be and why? After examining images of a large Inca jug, the class sets to writing a creative narrative that answers that very interesting question. They start by researching...
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Curated OER

Strategic Games Y1: Nim

For Teachers 1st
First graders play Nim online to practice problem solving skills and strategies.
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Creating Mind maps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss their impressions of Africa. They work in groups to create a mind map. Students are explained what a mind map is. They discuss what they think are the defining features of the continent of Africa. Students create a giant...
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Volunteering From Camp

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the imprisonment of Americans during WWII. In this American History lesson, 11th graders participate in webquest. Students analyze various resources on the internet and discuss self sacrifice and...
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Community Helpers

For Teachers K
Kindergartners learn who community helpers are and what contributions they make for the community. They will hear a story outlining various community helpers, their jobs, and tools, create a graphic organizer connecting community...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Progressive Era: Muckrakers

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Using Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, guide your class in the process of identifying unknown terms using context clues and formulating text-based answers. The lesson plan includes a useful worksheet incorporating scaffolding questions on an...
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The Progressive Era: Muckrakers Grade 8

For Teachers 7th - 11th Standards
As you explore an excerpt from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle with your class, discuss how his descriptions of the meat-packing industry caught the public's attention and helped to promote change in the Progressive Era.
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Curated OER

Let's Celebrate Ramadan!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore and study about Ramadan. They list what already know about celebrations, listen to a variety of books, compare/contrast various celebrations and create a project for each lesson. Each student assesses Kidspiration on the...
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Underground Railroad

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students navigate the Scholastic Underground Railroad site and listen to journey of the Underground railroad.  For this Underground Railroad lesson, students use maps and compare and contrast the differences between the North and...
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Rising Sea Levels: UK and Bangladesh

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the possible effects of global warming. In this geography/global warming lesson, students identify regions using an atlas and complete a global warming worksheet. Students perform an experiment in which they simulate...

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