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Witchcraft

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders develop response to witchcraft from a historical and cultural perspective. They evaluate the use of ceremonies and rituals in witchcraft. They develop a character and develop use of genres and styles of drama. They role...
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Chemistry: Chemical Reactions

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate chemical reactions. In this chemistry lesson plan, students burn magnesium and record the mass. Students list five chemical reactions they see everyday.
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What Qualities Does a Hero Have?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Study the characteristics of real-life heroes in your history or language arts lesson. After reading about the soldiers of World War I, kids write autobiographies from their future elderly selves, and reflect on their acts of heroism yet...
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Behind the Cover

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students develop questions they would have liked to ask an author about their written works. They read an article about their forefathers and research a back story to a written work of their choice. They create posters to illustrate the...
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Iron in Foods

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars determine the amount of iron in a sample of cereal. In this iron lesson plan, students use a computer colorimeter to measure the amount of light absorbed by the solutions. They create a calibration curve using standard...
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States of Matter

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the properties of solids, liquids, and gasses. In this states of matter lesson, the teacher guides students through a series of experiments to illustrate each state of matter and how matter changes from one state to...
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What The Peanuts Say: Catabolism and Calories

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the energy released by a peanut and a piece of a walnut. In this catabolism and calories lesson plan, students burn a peanut and a piece of a walnut and measure the temperature of the water before burning and after...
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Introduction to Gases

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students are introduced to gases. In this science lesson plan, students demonstrate that gases are a state of matter, generate a number of gases, discover some properties of gases, compare some of the properties of different gases, and...
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States of Matter

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Student explore states of matter. In this science lesson plan, students define matter, identify the states of matter, tell about the properties of each state of matter, and demonstrate an understanding of the difference between a...
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Evolving Views about Minority Rights in the United States

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders compare and contrast majority and minority outlooks on issues. In this social justice lesson, 10th graders research majority and minority values regarding the Salem Witch Trials, Plessy v. Ferguson, the McCarthy hearings,...
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Spanish-American War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars view a video called Battling Beyond the Borders about the Spanish-American War. They discuss the role of newspapers in the war and then analyze political cartoons of the time, writing explanatory sentences about them.
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Writing a Play about Immigrant Life in America

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students research why immigrants came to America and the processes involved in the settlement. They write a script for a short play explaining the causes for immigration and situations that immigrants found themselves in.
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Hangman Puzzles

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this hangman puzzle worksheet, students are given clues about six different famous hangings. They are to solve each puzzle and write the name of the person who was hanged.
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Puritans Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners determine if the Puritans were selfish or selfless.  For this American history lesson, students read two Puritans documents, answer guiding questions on a worksheet, and use evidence from the documents to write whether the...
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Discovering and Converting the Battle of Homestead

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study and explore the Homestead strike and locate where the events took place.  In this investigative lesson students use several perspectives to write an objective newspaper article on the event. 
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Periodic Pigment

For Teachers K - 12th
Students make paint using the ingredients from recipes from the 17th century. In this paint making lesson plan, students follow a recipe with vegetable oil, eggs, pigment, paintbrushes, and more to make their paint.
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Coal Moisture Analysis

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students investigate coal samples and analyze its drying loss under controlled conditions. They establish the loss in mass of a sample when heated under controlled conditions of temperature.
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Coal Ash Analysis

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students use ash contnet, one of the important environmental concerns, that can be determined by massing the residue remaining after buring a sample of coal under controlled conditions. They complete a lab making ash content. Students...
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Whether or Not to Come to the Aid of One's Countryman

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine a scenario and make decisions about how people would be likely to act in that situation, how people should act in that situation, and how difficult it would be to take certain actions in that situation.
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History, Literature, Art: Connections

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders consider how works of art can help them make connections between history and literature. They compare a literary work to an artwork and discuss using specific questions as a guideline.
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Romanticism, Realism and Transcendentalism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Correct two sentences on overhead and complete one analogy,Define word meanings, synonyms, antonyms, variant forms and word parts for five words,interpret ?The Devil and Tom Walker? -respond to teacher-directed questions -discuss...
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Jewish Assimiliation in Contemporary American Literature

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students read a collection of stories and watch videos to learn about the Jewish assimilation in American literature. In this American literature lesson, students watch videos about Judaism, read stories from a contemporary Jewish...
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Don’t be a Stoic about Stoichiometry

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students review balancing chemical equations. In this chemistry lesson, students calculate moles of an unknown substance based on stoichiometric relationships in the balanced equation. They cite applications of stoichiometry in the real...
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Science with Mud!

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders give some examples of chemical reactions they see everyday. In this chemistry lesson, 8th graders investigate how much water soil can hold. They collect data and compare results with others.