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Crisis in Kosovo
Young scholars discuss the current crisis in Kosovo, Yugoslavia and express their views on whether the U.S. should get involved in this foreign conflict. They write a journal entry about whether
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Sun and Skin
Learners work in small groups researching different aspects of the sun and skin. The groups summarize and answer questions about the material in a presentation to the class.
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"Writing As Healing" Exercise
Students begin with a teacher-leld discussion of recent research, which has found measurable imporovements in patient symptoms even four monthe after their participation in a brief writing exercise about a stressful event in the...
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Big or Little
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Big or Little, . In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer...
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Big Snowball Fight
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Big Snowball Fight. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have discussions,...
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Searching for Ourselves in Novels
Students select a novel of their choice and complete assignments that are self-assigned. Students display responsibility in completing self-assigned projects and meet deadlines.
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United States-Japanese Relations in Post World War II Era
Ninth graders analyze political cartoons and posters relating to the United States and Japan in the period following World War II. They discuss the positive and negative consequences of the United States occupation of Japan.
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Simple machine Webqest
Third graders explore simple machines. Using specified Internet sites, 3rd graders gather information on types of machines. They define vocabulary words and locate examples of different types of simple machines. Students invent a new...
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Show 303: New Research into Dyslexia
Students explore the causes of dyslexia. They view CT sans and MRIs to view the brain and how it responds. Students read reports about dyslexia. They discuss the nature of dyslexia, its cause, how to diagnose it, and its permanency.
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Antislavery Sentiments
Young scholars review the basic facts of the Amistad slave ship case. They are challenged to test their powers of close reading by being asked to summarize the decision handed down by the Supreeme Court of the United States in 1841. ...
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Airborne & Special Operations Museum- Grade 5
In this gallery scavenger hunt worksheet students answer 11 questions about the displays in the Airborne & Special Operations Museum (location unknown).
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U.S. Involvement in Nation-Building Before Iraq
Students analyze U.S. involvement in Iraq. In this foreign policy activity, students listen to their instructor lecture on America's nation-building policies. Students respond to questions pertaining to nation-building practices.
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Guided Reading Lesson: Here Comes the Bus
Students discover basic concepts of print. In this early literacy lesson, students discover basic high frequency words. Students make predictions as they read. Cross-curricular activities provided.
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The Paper Airplane Challenge: A Market Economy Simulation
High schoolers have the opportunity to participate in a simulation that enables them explain the characteristics of a Market Economic System.
American Institutes for Research
Center on Response to Intervention: Academic Intervention Tools Chart
This tools chart presents information about studies that have been conducted about academic intervention programs. The first tab, Study Quality, includes ratings from our TRC members on the technical rigor of the study design. The second...
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Center on Response to Intervention: Reducing Behavior Problems in Elementary
This PDF Practice Guide, released by Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in September 2008, aims to help educators develop and implement prevention and intervention strategies that promote positive student behavior. The guide presents...
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: On American Intervention in Korea, 1950
The Modern History Sourcebook offers a very interesting primary source that presents the Soviet position of the beginning of the Korean War. A great resource for comparing US/USSR claims about the origins of the Korean War.
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Center on Response to Intervention: Academic Intervention Tools Chart
The Academic Intervention Tools Chart is designed to assist educators and families in becoming informed consumers who can select interventions that best meet their individual needs. The Center's Technical Review Committee (TRC) on...
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Center on Rti: Intervention for Adolescent Struggling Readers
This 2007 brief is a meta-analysis of thirty-one studies on interventions targeting adolescents struggling with reading. Specifically, it looks at effective interventions for struggling adolescent readers, what the specific impact of...
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Center on Response to Intervention: Tiered Interventions in High Schools
This collaborative report summarizes what the High School Tiered Interventions Initiative (HSTII) has learned about effective implementation of RTI in high schools. It provides a brief description of the RTI framework and the essential...
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Center on Response to Intervention: Parent Page: Responsiveness to Intervention
This 2007 brief provides an overview of Response to Intervention (RTI) and its primary components. It was created by the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities and could be of particular interest to families who are looking...
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Center on Response to Intervention: A Cultural, Linguistic, Ecological Approach
This 2008 brief discusses how RTI can be adapted for English Language Learners (ELL). It provides an initial framework in the use of RTI that considers students' life experiences, including their language proficiencies in their first and...
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Center on Response to Intervention: Culturally Responsive Rti
This series of professional learning modules, released by the National Center for Culturally Responsive Educational Systems (NCCRESt), presents Response to Intervention (RTI) as a culturally responsive framework for ensuring...
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Center on Response to Intervention: Using Rti to Improve Student Learning
This downloadable PDF guide explains how leaders can use a research-based framework for response to intervention (RTI) to improve learning for all students. The majority of states have some form of RTI initiative in place already. This...