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Checks and Balances: Japanese-American Incarceration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the three branches of the Federal Government and their decision to place Japanese-Americans in camps during World War II. They analyze debates made by leaders during this time period.
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Deconstructing, Decomposition and Compost

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars create and tend to an outdoor compost pile. They research about decomposition and composting. They create two activities for their peers to complete.
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George Mason and the Constitution

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read various articles about the political beliefs of George Mason. In groups, they describe the major events of his life that formed his beliefs and values. They also analyze his contributions to the Constitution and the Bill...
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Dealing with Growth and Change

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss the right and wrong actions of a young Navajo boy. Using that information, they compare and contrast his culture to their own. In groups, they create a newspaper or poster showing the cultural contributions of the...
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Disease and Epidemics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore how disease and epidemics have the potential to shape communities. They examine their impact on culture and specifically the literature of the time. Students investigate how trade routes accelerated the movement of...
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Consumer Culture in the 1950s: New Shopping Centers and Advertising trends

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze the cultural and social aspects of the 1950s. Using primary source documents, they work together to determine what society was like. They use that information to write an essay about how their information...
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Effect/Affect

For Students 4th - 8th
For this effect and affect worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete sentences. Students choose either effect or affect for 9 sentences on 3 different pages.
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Flowering Phenology: How Do Plants Know When to Flower?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students study the process of plant reproduction and the biotic and abiotic factors that affect flowering phenology. In this plant reproduction lesson, students describe the interaction of environmental factors as it relates to...
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The Energy Game: Finding Energy Resources

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in a game in which they investigate energy resources, environmental consequences, and prices of resources.
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Cause/Effect

For Students 7th - 10th
In this cause and effect worksheet, students learn about 6 different ways to express cause and effect: adverb clause, preposition + noun phrase, conjunction, conjunctive adverb, special expression and reduced adverb clause.
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Making Good Decisions

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Pupils read a local town meeting sheet about a problem they are having, and come up with solutions. In this decisions lesson plan, students analyze the problem and come up with solutions to the problem. Pupils discuss how to make a good...
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Because of Winn Dixie: Water Management Practices

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read the book Because of Winn Dixie and define the characters, setting, and plot. In this Winn Dixie lesson plan, 4th graders also identify quality water management techniques addressed in the story.
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Surviving the Teenage Years

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how to survive the teenage years and beyond. They research and collect data pertaining to career choices, health issues and legal concerns. Students develop a brochure about how to survive the teenage years.
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Idiom Quizzes

For Students 5th
In this idioms quiz worksheet, 5th graders read 40 sentences and choose from four idioms that match the sentence meaning. Students must choose the correct idiom that describes each situation.
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The Growth of a City: Since 1920

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read a story about how cities have grown since the 1920s. Using the text, they follow the story of a couple whose town changes after more and more people move to the area. They identify the causes and consequences of...
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Blackout!

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this blackout situational worksheet, students recall an experience when there was no power, share their feelings and reactions, and explain their answers. Students write three answers.
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Science: Adding Solutes to Solvents

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars design experiments examining the effects of various solutes on water. They record results on graphs explaining any unexpected consequences of their experiments and determine if their hypotheses were correct.
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Where Does It Come From?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore free trade. In this free trade lesson, 5th graders discover which commonly found products are made in the United States and which originate from other countries. Students explore which countries are better at...
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Real Life, Your Life?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils explore difficult decisions that students have to make. In this vocational instructional activity, pupils examine various case studies and discuss how they would handle the situation and what decisions they would make.
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Responsible Decision-Making

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders accurately identify, illustrate, and evaluate a decision based on the six steps of the decision making model.
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Children at War

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine human rights by taking a closer look at children in combat. For this human rights lesson, students discuss the reasons that children have been used to fight wars throughout history and today. Students analyze the...
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History of Chocolate

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research the history of chocolate.  In this timeline lesson, students learn about timelines and the difference between B.C. and A.D.  Students research the history of chocolate and record their findings on a...
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Than/Then

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this than and then worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Students choose than or then for 10 sentences.
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Designing a Civilization for an Art Room

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discover the ideas of civilizations by researching Gandhi's philosophies.  In this art decoration lesson, students investigate Gandhi's opinions on civilizations, community and ethics.  Students collaborate by...

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