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What is History and Why Do We Study It?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine why it is important to study American history. In this American history lesson, students discuss why it is necessary to study history, arrange an outline of American history events in chronological order, and write...
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One Word Substitution

For Students 4th - 6th
In this letter d words worksheet, students match letter d words with their definitions. Students complete 10 letter d word matches.
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MAXXI

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider building design. In this architecture instructional activity, students read an article titled, "MAXXI." The reading is not provided with the instructional activity. Students discuss the reading and design their own...
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Foreign Policy: Containment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine opinions regarding the American policy of containment. For this Cold War lesson, students read articles by George F. Kennan and Walter Lippmann. High schoolers compare the perspectives of the 2 men on U.S....
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Dictation: Male and Female Roles

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this dictation worksheet, students take dictation from a passage about male and female roles.
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Time Capsule - Show What You Know, Project

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this time capsule activity, students follow the directions to make index cards and write draft ideas on paper about tips to think about when studying a particular unit. Students complete 3 sets of directions for the students of next...
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Dialogue Tags/ Synonyms for Said

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders analyze dialogue tags. In this synonyms lesson plan students work in groups analyzing a personal narrative. They enter the words onto a classroom chart as well as their notes or journal. The students replace tags with more...
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Can You Follow Me? Writing Instructions

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write directions for completing everyday activities.  For this writing instructions lesson students exchange their set of written directions with a partner and follow their partners directions.  If the directions are...
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Media Awareness: Key Concepts in Advertising

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the basic concepts of advertising.  In this media awareness lesson, students discuss target audience, art, and purpose in advertising to determine what makes an advertisement effective or ineffective. ...
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Interdependency

For Students 6th - 8th
In this interdependency worksheet, middle schoolers respond to 6 short answer questions about water resource sharing after they read assigned textbook pages.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: What's Replacing Our Newspapers?

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the changing newspaper industry and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Understanding Irony

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars discuss irony. In this language arts lesson, students identify irony and give examples of irony from their lives, a book, and current events. Young scholars classify types of irony.
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Race and Political Representation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore different perspectives dealing with race and politics.
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Sharing

For Teachers K
Students solve problems based on sharing scenarios. In this sharing lesson plan, students listen to a book on sharing and answer questions. Then the teacher presents different scenarios to the class and they have to problem solve to come...
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In Summary

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read selections from library books and summarize what they read. They listen to a summary and guess which paragraph the student is summarizing.
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Skellig

For Teachers 8th - 9th
In this Skellig worksheet, pupils read to understand the works of David Almond and learn about his life. Students read eleven passages and then answer ten questions related to reading for meaning and understanding the author's craft.
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Ancestors Help the Living

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine the availability of mammoth ivory. In this environmental issues lesson plan, students read a selection (the selection is not included) regarding mammoth ivory and discuss the content of the reading selection.
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Whoo Knew There Were Owls

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students research information on owls using the Internet and Kidspiration. They work in groups to create a poster which includes habitat, diet and life cycle and present to the class.
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The World's Newest landmark

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders study the various landmarks of the world.  For this Geography lesson, 6th graders write about these landmarks. 
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Birkat Hamazon -1

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explain the concept of Birkat Hamazon and the ideas contained therein. They describe the themes that they feel belong to Birkat Hamazon.
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Computer Applications - 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define terms related to the World Wide Web and Netscape. They identify the key components of the Netscape browser and evaluate web sites after determining which characteristics make up a well-designed website.
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Presentations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students present their groups reports and use a visual to help with this.
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Words in the News: New Zambezi Bridge

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss what they know about the country of Africa. They examine the transportation infrastructure on the continent. They practice using new vocabulary words. They also read articles and answer questions.
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Estuaries Live Charlotte Harbor, Florida

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students reorganize sentence strips into paragraphs to learn about seagrasses. They learn vocabulary and facts about sea grasses using the paragraphs once they are reconstructed. They continue their study with a number of associated...