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Notes on the Seasons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students complete guided notes while learning about the earth's seasons.
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Flowering Plants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers take notes and write an essay on a video they watch about flowering plants. In this flowering plants lesson plan, students take their notes and organize them in order to write an appropriate essay about the topic.
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Wales

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students investigate Wales. In this Wales lesson, students do Internet research for facts about Wales. Students are given a list sentences about Wales and decide if they are true or false. Students listen to an audio file and take...
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Double Entry Journal

For Students 3rd - 10th
In this double entry journal worksheet, students take notes in selected classes using this blank graphic organizer that includes a space for passages from text and connections to they make.
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Writing A Book Review

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write book reviews. In this book review instructional activity, students take notes while reading a book and write a review on the book. Students include positive and negative aspects of the book.
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Using Pictures in the Classroom

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students review vocabulary by answering questions about an image, drawing the picture and taking notes. They compare their pictures and describe the differences.
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Defining Relative Clauses

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students examine 9 boxes which contain subjects which students respond to. Example: a person who you get on well with; something which you often lose. Students choose 4 subjects, write brief notes in the...
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Great Depression and New Deal

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Great Depression worksheet, learners view a PowerPoint presentation on the time period and then respond to 106 short answer questions about the content of the presentation. 
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Cornell Notes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the introduction of The Cornell Notetaking System and the emphasis is upon the active learning that is involved. They discuss and demonstrate the six steps of taking Cornell Notes.
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Notetaking Worksheet

For Students 7th - 8th
In this notetaking worksheet, students practice the skill of notetaking by listening to the speaker, writing down key words and ideas. Then students reflect on their notes.
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What are the components of war?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify components of war. They connect relationships by developing webs. Students illustrate their comprehension of war in multimedia and produce a dialectical analysis of this illustration.
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Notetaking Skills

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders review notetaking skills and brainstorm a list of times when notetaking is important. They review a given text then take notes on writing paper, using the modeled style.
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Taking Notes from Written Documents

For Students 7th - 9th
In this notetaking skills instructional activity, students discuss the main events and opinions of a document, as well as listing three things the document tells about life at the time it was written. 
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The Witch of Goingsnake

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students listen to The Ballad of Ira Hayes and write paragraphs about his character. In this The Witch of Goingsnake lesson, students read the verses and chorus of the ballad aloud and make notes about Ira Hayes. Students write a...
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Reading Quest

For Students 4th - 6th
In this reading quest worksheet, students complete this graphic organizer by generating questions, providing text explanations, and categorizing their responses after reading a chapter in social studies.
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Immigration: Another Perspective

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students research the geography and history of immigration and then take a look at current immigration issues. They prepare biographies, conduct interviews, view films, sample foods, prepare an oral presentation, complete worksheets and...
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How To Teach Without Handouts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Cut down copier time and expand the learner's locus of control with simple and effective diagrams.
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Bring Read-to-Learn Activities into Your Classroom

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Shift your instruction from teacher-centered to student-centered, which requires learners to do the heavy lifting.
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Where Were Your Ancestors in 1871?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Here is a nicely designed lesson plan on ancestry and family history. In it, learners read an article entitled, "Where Were Your Ancestors in 1871?" Then, they make up a series of questions to profile their family and their community 100...
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There's Omegas in Those Hemp Seeds

For Teachers 7th - 10th
A very well-designed lesson plan focuses on the many benefits of Omega Fatty Acids. Learners read some articles on omega fatty acids, then access a glossary that is included in the plan. They fill in terms along with their definitions....
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Celebrating 100 Years of Flight

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Participate in the 100th anniversary of the first flight. In groups, learners use the internet to research the roles the Wright Brothers and Amelia Earhart played in promoting the use of flight. They use the information to write and...
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Riding on a Pendulum

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A comprehensive resource gets fourth grade physical scientists making observations about the period of a pendulum and then applying knowledge to a playground swing. Through seven different stations, they will record observations and...
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Career Quest

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Help potential job seekers create a personal job options list that "fits" their personality type. They will discover specific occupational information about two chosen careers. Then they will identify the most important factors to keep...
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Catch-22

For Teachers 9th - 12th
During or after reading Catch-22, have your high school scholars complete this research project. First they'll brainstorm a list of people they might like to research, then they'll dive into your library's resources! There are...

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