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All About Me

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students create a collage from magazines, and the internet that is reflective of themselves and write a friendly letter via email to a pen pal. They take their letters through the writing process and write their final draft on Microsoft...
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Technology Rich Native American Unit

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Student groups retell stories from Iroquois storytellers. They role-play Iroquois women, men and children and explain their roles. They read "Knots on a Counting Rope" and make up their own stories. They create timelines. They visit a...
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THE CAPTAIN'S JOURNAL

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars imagine themselves as the captain of the CSS Alabama and they are to stop all Yankee traffic, taking prisoners and sinking merchant ships. They write a couple of paragraphs stating their view of the purpose of the CSS...
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Student Reading Log

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read on a daily basis to enhance their reading experiences, and record their reading activities in reading log database at least every two weeks to practice their keyboarding skills.
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Chinese New Year

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners explore the Chinese New Year celebration. Through the use of interactive video and the Internet, they will examine the sequence of events that occur during the preparation and festivities. Students compare the Chinese New Year...
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Parliamentary Newsroom : Developing Media Literacy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain and examine the selection, development, sources, transmission and impact of news on the public. They write a brief essay on the topic: "The Public Must Be Critical In Their Assessment of the News Before Drawing...
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An Anecdote is Worth a Thousand Pictures

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners identify anecdotes in speeches and the purposes that politicians use the anecdotes for. They create personal anecdotes for the class to hear, and students decide if the anecdote is real or fabricated.
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Music, Culture and War

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students see that music serves as a major conduit for the transport of knowledge. As they watch video, students tabulate the variety of music artists listed by different soldiers.
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Let Freedom Sing: A Patriotic Program for Grades 1 - 6

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore the history, meaningful background, and significance of Patriotic songs in the eight lessons of this unit. Each of the different grade levels experience a different amount of lessons all culminating in a Patriotic Program.
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I Hate English!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to quality literature, examine the Chinese culture, and participate in an oral activity.
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Word Bank Power Tool for Writing

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils use a word bank to help them do their writing and reading. The idea is that they would keep adding to this list as they move from grade to grade.
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Writing a Letter of Inquiry!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine and discuss brevity of business letters, create focused and catchy letters, and publish a typed letter that is suitable for mailing.
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Literature Connections Further Reading Related Reading The Diary of Anne Frank

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students read and discuss The Diary of Anne Frank, a diary of a Jewish girl who hid from the Nazi's in Holland. The research the Holocaust and express their feelings in artwork.
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Sheep

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students practice their reading comprehension by reading about sheep. They describe the characteristics of the animal and discover what type of clothing comes from them.
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Japan: A Pacific Rim Neighbor

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars descirbe everyday events typical in the lives of contemporary, young, Japanese school-age children and understand some of the underlying reasons for various practices. They see that Japan and the state of Washington have...
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Japanese Folktales

For Teachers K - 8th
Students identify that Japanese folktales reveal information about Japanese history, life, and customs. Students identify and interpret the work kamishibai, paper play and explain that in Japanese folktales are told through a series of...
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Individual Responsibility and Resistance During the Holocaust

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils examine the role of resistance during the Holocaut. Identifying misconceptions, they discuss them as a way to gather the truth about this time in history. They explore the roles of various groups of resistance and share this...
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The Proper Gentlemen: George Washington and "The Rules of Civility"

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students read and interpret a portion of the "Rules of Civility." They describe the significance of these rules in Washington's time. They discuss how the rules might be significant in today's world. They write rules of etiquette that...
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Myth Connections

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders present tales and myths in the oral tradition. They discuss the African method of telling a story where each member of the group tells a part of the story. They make up a composite hero and write a story that describes...
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"The Giver" by Lois Lowry

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners read the novel, "The Giver", and test their comprehension through the game Jeopardy. Then students research individual rights of different cultures and write a summary of their findings. Learners develop a personal timeline of...
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Concrete Poems

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to several poems containing shapes as well as selected concrete poems. They brainstorm a list of their favorite things and then come up with ten words that relate to the top five things chosen by the students. They...
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Spook Walk

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work together with a partner in which they blindfold. With their partner, they must communicate directions to them that allows them to make it across the spook walk. To end the lesson, they discuss the communication skills they...
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How Do You Say Hello?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students access an online resource to study how to say hello in Spanish, Japanese, and Arabic. They complete a worksheet telling how to say hello in these three languages before practicing the proper pronunciation of each.
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Mythology Research Project: Freshmen English

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders work in pairs and research a mythological figure, focusing on how the myth leads to an understanding of the "human condition." They compile information, summarize the myth, and develop a plan for written and oral reports.

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