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Curated OER

Sunspot Classification

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study classification schemes for identifying sunspots. They distinguish between sunspot unbrae and penunbrae, measure sunspots, and compare them to the size of the Earth. They complete a worksheet showing classification of...
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Curated OER

The Symbolic Importance of Animals

For Teachers K - 5th
Students create individual examples of the Chinese Zodiac using pizza boards, pictures of zodiac animals, and art supplies. Evaluation of student progress is done through full-class and small group discussions.
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Curated OER

The Big O

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate the characteristics of a community. They investigate the characteristics of the Omaha community through internet research and discussion. Students create books about their community.
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Curated OER

Territorial Behavior in Dragonflies and Damselflies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore dragonfiles/damselfiles and their behaviors. They examine their differences and their life cycles. Students observe the dragonflies in a field and determine the number of different species.
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Curated OER

When is Ed Fed?

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel "E" in written and spoken language. Through listening and writing activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other vowel sounds. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation...
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Curated OER

Spirituals

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the significance in the Negro spirituals concerning the Underground Railroad. They explore the cultural, geographical, historical, physical, and Psychological aspects involved in the Underground Railroad
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Curated OER

The Jessie Jackson Campaign

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore an African American's presidential campaign. In teams, students create a campaign for their presidential candidate. They create political ads and plan campaign strategies. Students are simulate jobs such as a campaign...
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Curated OER

Underground Travelers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars are introduced to new vocabulary associated with the Underground Railroad. Using primary sources, they evaluate the railroad's impact on society in the past and today. They also make a judgment about the morality of the...
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Curated OER

WorldWatcher Activity: Investigating Population and Carbon Emissions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers develop a population density visualization chart to begin the lesson. In groups, they use this information to compare to rates of carbon emissions for their country. They identify solutions to the problem and present...
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Curated OER

Disease Prevention

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the various causes of the common cold. Using the internet, they identify the proper way to take care and treat a cold. They also describe the procedure to complete a throat culture. To end the lesson, they...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Prepositions of Time--"on", "at" and "in" 1

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, students investigate prepositions of time "on", "at" and "in" by reading 15 sentences with prepositions used incorrectly. Students rewrite the sentences, using the correct prepositions of time.
Organizer
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Schwarzenegger Allows Execution

For Students 6th - 8th
In this ESL reading comprehension worksheet, learners read or listen to a journalistic passage, complete warm-up activities and a wide variety of before, during, after, homework and discussion activities. 
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Decoding Dystopian Characteristics of Mac?s ?1984? Commercial

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for one lessons that asks students to analyze the dystopian characteristics in the ?1984? Macintosh commercial. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used...
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Museum of the Moving Image

Museum of the Moving Image: 1984 Reagan vs. Mondale

For Students 9th - 10th
View presidential campaign advertisement from the 1984 election that included the slogans "America Is Back" and "Fighting for Your Future". Features video clips, information about the candidates, and election results.
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Book Pairings: "1984" by George Orwell

For Students 9th - 10th
In this dystopian novel, the protagonist of the story, Winston Smith, attempts to rebel against a totalitarian government that exercises complete control over all aspects of its citizens' lives. It includes selected (8) reading passages...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: How Much Fact in Fiction? 1984 by George Orwell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How can a reader determine how much fact is in a fictional book? This site features the book "1984" by George Orwell to illustrate this concept.
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: How Much Fact in Fiction? 1984 by George Orwell

For Teachers 9th - 10th
How can a reader determine how much fact is in a fictional book? This site features the book "1984" by George Orwell to illustrate this concept.
eBook
Planet eBooks

Planet E Book: 1984 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of "1984" by George Orwell is available here in PDF format. 1984, which was first released in 1949, is 393 pages pages long.
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American Presidency Project

American Presidency Project: Election of 1984

For Students 9th - 10th
Online resource that provides statistical electoral data on the presidential election of 1984 won by Republican candidate, Ronald Reagan.
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TES Global

Blendspace: George Orwell's 1984

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that includes fifteen links to videos, images, websites, and activities to use while reading 1984 by George Orwell.
Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Novel 1984 (George Orwell)

For Students 9th - 10th
An eighteen-part learning module with links to images, texts, websites, and videos to use while reading George Orwell's 1984.
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TES Global

Blendspace: 1984

For Students 9th - 10th
A fourteen-part learning module with links to websites, videos, slides, and texts to use while reading George Orwell's 1984.
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: A Guide to George Orwell's "1984" [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Before, during and after reading activities and suggestions are features of this .pdf guide. Includes a number of class discussion questions.
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American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric: Mario Matthew Cuomo: 1984 Dnc Keynote Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [4:23] of Mario Matthew Cuomo's 1984 Democratic National Convention keynote address on July 16, 1984, in San Francisco, California.

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