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Designing Connections: Bringing Communities Together
High schoolers design a community and write a persuasive essay selling their design. In this community relations lesson, students learn about design concepts and use problem solving skills to design structures and events that will bring...
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Travel- Distances (Advanced)
In this ESL transportation vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 10 pictures that depict modes of transportation. Students read the names of places (store, heli-skiing, the moon, etc.) and match them to the most appropriate way to get...
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Mocking Modern Life
Twelfth graders read "The Nun's Priest's Tale" and "The Rape of the Lock" then brainstorm possible topics for a contemporary mock epic and possible
"grandiose" words and phrases for common objects and activities. They write a mock epic...
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Other Voices - Latino and Chicano Literature and Identity in America
Twelfth graders analyze "Dedication" and "Child of the Americas" using a double-journal format. They compare responses and infer meaning from the connotations of select images in the poems write a paragraph describing the importance of...
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Fugitive Slaves and the Underground Railroad
Eleventh graders consider the impact of the Underground Railroad. In this slavery lesson, 11th graders examine primary documents as they conduct independent research to explore the role of the Underground Railroad during the fight for...
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Managing the Teaching-Learning Process
Twelfth graders begin to recognize how 2,400 year-old dramas are applicable to their lives after reading OEDIPUS THE KING, AGAMEMNON, ANTIGONE, MEDEA, HIPPOLYTUS, and FROGS.
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Computer Multimedia and Animation Technology: Video Capture
High schoolers explore multimedia and animation technology. They create an autobiographical film of themselves and an album cover for their CD case. They watch a video and take notes to discover the five camera placements in their...
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That's Your Side of the Story!
Twelfth graders discuss the elements of effective debating. they debate governmental issues after reseraching selected topics. With student permission, the debate may be videotaped for viewing to other classes or during open house.
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Complete the Expression
In this ESL idioms worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures and read the first few words of common expressions or idioms. Students complete each expression by writing it on the line.
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Verbs
In this ESL verbs worksheet, students examine 7 pictures that depict people in action. Students match these pictures to the verbs that describe them.
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Creating a Psychology News Wiki
If you're searching for a way to keep your class informed of current psychology news, this ongoing assignment is both educational and engaging. Class members locate and read a psychology article of interest, write a psychological...
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Change Over Time Essay: Women's Rights in Korea
Students examine the state of women'srights in Korea. For this women's issues lesson, students analyze the content of 3 provided articles and compose essays regarding the Korean Women's Movement.
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The Present Subjunctive: When?
Some Spanish learners believe the subjunctive is frightening. Help eradicate that fear by going into depth on when to use the present subjunctive. There are many different situations in which the subjunctive is used described here. You...
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Time Signifiers - Past or Present Perfect?
Pupils refine their usage of past simple or present perfect. After a lecture/demo, students work in pairs and utilize a worksheet imbedded in this plan to help them gain practice with time signifiers.
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Spanish Lesson
Learners study the culture and current events of one of the Spanish speaking countries throughout the year.
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Money Simulation (mini economy)
Students participate in a local, classroom economy in both the resource and products market. They track all transactions and learn economic principles and concepts.
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Types of Chemical Reactions
Students conduct labs to gain an overview of chemical reactions. They observe examples of synthesis, decomposition, single displacement and double displacement reactions. They identify certain products by the use of litmus and splint tests.
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Individual vs. Social Responsibility: From Camus to the Cure
Students explore the individual's role in society. For this social responsibility lesson, students analyze Camus's The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus as well as Borges's "Rosendo's Tale." Students compare the themes of the pieces to...
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WALK A MILE IN MY SHOES
Students explore educational opportunities available to people living in a variety of developing and more economically developed countries. They work in groups and research an assigned country and explore how society values education,...
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Mastering the Document-Based Essay Question
Students use a primary source document from the Civil War period of history in order to derive meaning for an essay question. The essay is based completely on the document with no other research to support the content.
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Making Formal Requests
Students investigate the concept of making formal requests and examples are included in the lesson plan for teacher presentation. They practice using the phrases in a variety of situations and then make presentations for others to hear.