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Identifying an Author's Purpose

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students read, "Research Shows TV PSAs Effective In Reducing Teen Marijuana Use", discuss the article with questions imbedded in the lesson and write their own PSA.
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O how I faint when I of you do write:" Analyzing Shakespearean Sonnets Using "SOAPSTone" and Performance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students encounter how to use SOAPSTone--a strategy that helps students break down a text to comprehend its intended point of view and audience--in order to analyze Shakespeare's sonnets. They then physicalize their knowledge through a...
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Astrology: Fact Or Fiction?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the concept of astrology and how it evolved from history. They use the Zodiac in order to find the location of constellations in the night sky. The differences between astrology and astronomy are compared and...
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Rational or Irrational

For Students 7th
In this rational and irrational numbers worksheet, 7th graders solve 24 different problems that include defining various rational and irrational numbers and/or expressions. First, they identify whether each given number and/or expression...
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Proofs

For Students 10th
For this proofs worksheet, 10th graders solve and graph 8 different equations. First, they prove that each triangle is either congruent or similar. Then, students use the concept of corresponding parts of congruent triangles to solve...
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Triangle Congruence

For Students 10th
In this triangle congruence worksheet, 10th graders solve 12 different problems that include determining triangle congruence. First, they prove that triangles are either congruent or similar. Then, students determine whether they can...
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Look at those Leaves!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students observe and measure tree leaves.  For this leaf lesson students do on a "leaf walk" then use the leaves they find to complete a few activities. 
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Ship of Gold

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore American values. In this American history lesson, students read passages from Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea. Students collaborate to conduct research in order to build a timeline of the events surrounding the sinking...
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Telegram from Senator Joseph McCarthy to President Harry S. Truman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the McCarthy hearings to determine the following: time frame of hearings, how they were broadcast, how the press reacted, and how the American people reacted in light of the Korean Conflict and the Cold War.
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Solving One-Step Equations

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the concept of a simple equation. They use addition and subtraction in one step in order to find balance to both sides of the equation. Students are encouraged to succeed using positive praise at the beginning of...
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Solutions Worksheet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students complete a worksheet on solutes in chemistry. They are given an equation in order to find the total mass solution, molarity, and molality.
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Walk into the Desert, A Line and Wash Landscape

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students discuss a landscape art print and its composition. They create a landscape underdrawing with foreground, middleground and background as well as repeated elements for rhythm. They add a watercolor wash and lights/darks for...
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Foreign Language Initial Reading

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars match sentences and phrases to pictures in a target language. They identify the proper written form of familiar spoken phrases. Students practice labeling objects and pictures with the proper greeting, color, number or...
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The Art of Marie Goth

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the history and art of the Indiana artist Marie Goth. They create a timeline of events in Marie Goth's life and discuss historical events that happened during her lifetime. Students then view portraits and...
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Using Short Stories to Teach Vocabulary and Literary Terms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners apply vocabulary activities to two short stories in order to increase their comprehension skills. They complete three lessons in which they examine irony, examine how it is used in text, and design an ironic skit. Also, the look...
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Multisensory Sight-word Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that uses sight word strategies in order to increase reading comprehension. The skills are applicable to rote skill, math facts, formulas, etc... The lesson includes sample exercises for the teacher to use for...
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Worksheet 30

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math worksheet, students imagine a situation where a weight is attached to a string and it is swung in a circle. Then they use vectors and derivatives to describe the motion.
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Math Patterns

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math sequences worksheet, students solve 17 problems in which they write the next 3 numbers that will complete a math sequence. Students analyze the 3 two digit numbers in a series, decide on the pattern, and provide the next 3...
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Healthful Eating

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read a story about how cartoon characters are partially to blame for American's obesity problem, and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this healthful eating lesson plan, students respond to literature by...
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Lesson 3: Vary Your Veggies and Focus on Fruits

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore fruits and vegetables.  In this nutrition lesson plan, students generate a list of all known fruits and vegetables.  Students cut out and compile pages for a weekly fruits and vegetable journal.  Students...
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Digital Storytelling PowerPoint Lesson

For Teachers K
Students investigate traditions by creating a PowerPoint Presentation.  In this holiday tradition lesson, students research their favorite holiday tradition using a computer.  Students utilize their data to create a multimedia...
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Inverse Linear Functions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve for the inverse functions. For this algebra lesson, students graph the inverse function and analyze it. They solve and manipulate equations using the calculator.
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Perimeter of Triangles and Rectangles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study perimeter. In this math lesson, 5th graders use Cheerios to find the perimeter of various polygons. Students discuss how to figure the perimeter of triangles, squares and rectangles.
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Free Form Stencil Drawing

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Young scholars investigate the use of patterns and how they are used with stencils in order to create personal works of art. They write the story that is created with the repeating of a pattern. The final composition must be made from 3...