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iCivics

Do I Have a Right? Bill of Rights Edition

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
In an online engaging and animated game, pupils role play as lawyers charged with protecting rights found in amendments to the United States Constitution. As they choose appropriate amendments to match the right that has been violated,...
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Carolina K-12

Exploring the Electoral College

For Students 8th - 12th
Does your vote really count? This activity helps young voters learn about the electoral college through a TED talk, a helpful handout, discussion prompts, and then a role-playing activity that has participants simulating an election on a...
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DiscoverE

Waterproofing the Roof

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Can your pupils build a roof that stands the test of time? Use an insightful engineering design project to highlight both materials science and architecture. Scholars either team up or work as individuals to design, create, and test a...
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US Institute of Peace

Identifying Conflict Styles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Are you a peace-keeper or a problem-solver? Explore conflict management styles through a instructional activity, fourth in a 15-part series, that combines individual assessment and collaborative work. Groups learn the basic tendencies of...
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Heritage Foundation

The Office of the Executive

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
An executive is not just a leader of a company; you can also use the term to describe the president of the United States. The ninth part of a 20-part unit teaches high schoolers about the importance of the executive branch and the...
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Curated OER

A Musical Trip Across New Hampshire

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students plan a driving route that includes directions, route number, and landmarks. They present their directions to a simple well-know tune such as; Jingle Bells, Baa-Baa Black sheep, etc.
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Curated OER

DESIGN AND BUILD A MAGNETOMETER

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers brainstorm and design an instrument to detect magnetic field direction. The design approximates the design included in this activity. They build a functioning magnetometer, a device for detecting the relative direction of...
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Curated OER

Making Real-Life Connections and Introducing Expository Text

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write directions. In this real-life connections lesson, 3rd graders write the steps for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.  After writing, students share their papers and actually make the sandwiches following the...
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Curated OER

Mapping the Local Community

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review the symbols and legends of a map. In groups, they follow a set of directions to create a map showing the route to a specific place. They present their map to the class and review the basic components of a community.
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Curated OER

Where in My World Am I?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students determine exactly where they are in the world by using a local map to write accurate directions to local eating establishments. They write precise directions from the school to their home which the teacher simulates driving to...
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Curated OER

Mud Maps

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discuss the location of stores, buildings, and homes in their community. Afterwards, they create a 'mud map' demonstrating the route from one point to another. In pairs, students read travel directions from a brochure, while...
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Curated OER

Meet Me at My House

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders improve their writing skills by writing directions from school to their houses to give to a friend. The directions must be sequential and include direction words (north, south, east, west), landmarks and specific street names.
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Curated OER

Human Fax Machines

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover how to communicate effectively by giving oral directions to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. They work with a partner and give oral directions for block building.
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Curated OER

Where Is It?

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students work together to draw or make a web for directional and locational words. They look through magazines or draw their own pictures to go with the word they wrote. They help each other and make sure each word is illustrated correctly.
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Curated OER

Minefield

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers develop vocabulary and step by step direction skills by completing an obstacle course. Working in pairs students practice giving and receiving directions through a course guided only by oral directions. High schoolers...
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Curated OER

Wind

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are read a story and answer the comprehension questions about sound and wind. In groups, they make their own wind vane and how to determine the direction of the wind. To end the lesson plan, they make their own Anemometer...
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Curated OER

Day-to-Day Life in a Small African Village

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners experience just a bit of what it's like living in a village in Tanzania-from language to geography to health and hygiene issues. They compare aspects of school and home life in the United States with those in Tanzania and...
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Curated OER

Getting in Shape Again

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create rocket shapes out of pattern blocks. They draw a picture of a rocket, build a pattern block rocket following simple directions, and complete a graph of the shapes used.
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Curated OER

The Verb Do Worksheet 1

For Students 8th - 10th
In this grammar instructional activity, students write direct questions, following the instructions given in twelve sentences. Students share their responses with their classmates.
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Curated OER

Senses of Taste and Smell

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students perform experiments to learn about their sense of taste and smell.  In this taste and smell lesson plan, students watch as a blindfolded student tries to identify sounds and the direction they originate from.  Students observe a...
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Curated OER

Help Mary Find Her Way Home

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars discover the first quadrant of the coordinate plane by using coordinate points to give directions. They show a lost girl the way home using coordinate points. They add definitions to their math journals.
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Curated OER

The Places We Will Go

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders demonstrate basic map skills. They each bury a bag of chocolate coins, create a map with directions to find their "treasure," and follow another student's directions to locate a bag of coins.
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Scholastic

Hold the Presses!: Revising for Connotation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discuss the meaning of the sentence, The student asked to go to the office." Ask the class if the sentence gives the reader any information about the student. Can they visualize the way the student asked the question?...
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Curated OER

Rolling Balls: Mass and Kinetic Energy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify the relationship between kinetic energy, mass, and velocity. Then they explain and graph the relationship between kinetic energy and mass. Students also predict the impact of objects of different mass and...

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