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Weapons Of War: The Monitor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the building of the first warships of the Civil War. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students compare and contrast two battleships of the era using a graphic organizer. They also compose a journal...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Addition Properties

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this addition properties activity, students use addition properties to answer the six word problems about the national parks of the United States.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Thunderstorms

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the attraction between two different charges to explain the concept of lightning in a thunderstorm.
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Curated OER

What About Films?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers watch and analyze a film of an Appalachian folktale. They define trickster and anti-hero, view and discuss the film, complete a handout, compose an original film review, and debate each character's behavior.
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Curated OER

Genetically Modified Foods

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain what genetically modified foods are and how they are created. Students use appropriate vocabulary to describe and effectively discuss the benefits of, and potential risks of, genetically modified foods.
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Curated OER

Alike and Different

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a book about how farms feed the world. They discuss elements of rural life. They listen to a story about the suburbs and discuss elements specific to a suburban community. They listen to a story about city...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

People of the Desert

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the importance of caring for desert water sources. In this desert lesson, students investigate water resources that are available in deserts. They listen to a read aloud about the Sonoran Desert before working in groups...
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Curated OER

Who Lives Here?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this environmental stewardship instructional activity, students examine water conservation efforts in desert regions as they act as members of a city council committee investigating the...
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Curated OER

Leaf Pack Study

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students conduct an experiment using leaf packs.  For this leaf lesson students complete an activity in groups and complete a handout. 
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Curated OER

Painting a Neighborhood

For Teachers K
Students explore the concept of neighborhoods and identify primary and secondary colors. In this colors and community activity, students read the book Harold and the Purple Crayon and then discuss the concept of a neighborhood. Students...
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The Cost of Saving

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders compare accounts provided by the two newspaper articles with the visual account provided by Sue Coe. They articulate how those accounts are alike and different. Students consider the economic choices that made the Hamlet...
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Curated OER

Mining Reclamation Research Project

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students work together in groups to research a different mining reclamation project. Using the internet, they answer specific questions to the one area they are to focus on. They use the information they gathered to create a PowerPoint...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

American Indians

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders review and study the major regions of Native Americans and how their cultures were influenced by geography, natural resources and religious beliefs. They utilize chronological thinking, historical analysis and historical...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Place the First Digit

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math graphs instructional activity, students use the table for the 'States with the Fewest Full-Time Firefighters' math table to find the first digit value places for the word problems.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Hands On: Use a Multiplication Table

For Students 4th - 5th
In this multiplication table worksheet, students solve the six word problems using a multiplication table. Students solve six word problems.
Handout
Other

Jamestown Rediscovery: Virginia Company of Jamestown

For Students 9th - 10th
The Virginia Company was given the responsibility for developing a settlement in the new world. This site introduces and details the work of the Virginia Company.
Article
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

History Is Fun: The Virginia Company of London [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A one-page description of the Virginia Company of London.
Handout
Library of Congress

Loc: America's Story: Virginia

For Students 3rd - 5th
This site is provided for by the Library of Congress. Do you know when "the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English colony at Jamestown?" Do you know what the capital of the Confederacy was? Explore the history of Virginia...
Professional Doc
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Primary Sources: The Virginia Company

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An hour-long professional development workshop on teaching the establishment of Jamestown with primary sources. Features experienced classroom teachers. Materials and a complete lesson plan are also provided.
Primary
University of Groningen

American History: Documents: An Ordinance & Constitution of the Virginia Company

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource gives the text to this Ordinance and Constitution of the Virginia Company which set up a council and assembly for the first colony of Virginia. Be sure to click on "Context" to see how this fit in with the House of Burgesses.
Article
Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

History Is Fun: Company Charters and Challenges [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
When the Virginia Company of London began planning for its new colony in Virginia in 1607, leaders developed a 'wish list.' Over a period of seventeen years, King James I granted several charters to the Company, establishing an English...
Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Virginia Records Timeline 1553 to 1743

For Students 9th - 10th
This Library of Congress site provides a timeline of historical events in Virginia. It includes the dates from 1553 to 1743.
Lesson Plan
Huntington Library

Early English Exploration and Settlement of the Colony of Virginia

For Teachers 5th
In this lesson, 5th graders learn about the individuals and groups who first founded the different colonies in America and what their motivations were. Students participate in a reader's theater activity, create a poster that would...
Lesson Plan
Library of Virginia

Virginia Memory: James I

For Teachers 9th - 10th
What connection did King James I have with Virginia? In 1606, James authorized the Virginia Company of London to found the Jamestown colony. The English successfully settled in Virginia, planting the foundation of Great Britain's...

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