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Balinese Music As An Aspect Of Art In Southeast Asia

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars listen to music from Southeast Asia, study the place on a map, and are exposed to the culture.
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Thinking About Learning

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students discuss and read about approaches to classroom learning. They write a paper comparing the educational philosophy of CALS with that of their own schools. Specific examples are crucial to a successful piece.
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ESOL 18 Obtaining Employment

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine the terms social securtiy tax, social security, retirement and benefits. They respond to different commands about forms needed for employment. They practice filling out Social Security and W-4 forms.
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Level 3--Obtaining Employment

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine and view a variety of employment facts/legalities that comes with employment in the United States including social security, income tax deductions and W-4 forms, just to mention a few.
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History at Work

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study the history of farm machinery with a focus on farming in Ireland. In this farming history lesson, students study a picture of a farm object from the early twentieth century and complete a worksheet about the picture....
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Breaking News English: Tempers Over Super Bowl Abortion Ad

For Students 6th - 8th
In this ESL comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to a passage, complete warm-up activities, then a wide variety of before, during, after and homework activities. Answers are included.
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Negative Toss

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover that they have control over their lives and over which aspects of their lives they choose to concentrate on. They throw away their negative feeling in this activity
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Transportation

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students read through an advertisement to explain meaning, and then present an advertisement they made to the class. They develop the uses of direct and indirect objects in Spanish
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Still Life Predictions

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read part of the story "Balto, the Dog Who Saved Nome". They make predictions about the story ending and identify the picture clues and textual information they used to form their predictions. They discuss the story's ending.
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The Basics:Life Science

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore concepts in life science using segments drawn from Discovery Channel. In this life science lesson, students participate in discussions about the food chain. Students create a poster to illustrate a predator and...
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Where Does the Water Go?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify how the geography of the island of Maui influences the sources of water, identify/categorize the users of water on Maui after reading a series of news articles and construct a map of Maui displaying their findings.
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I'm Not Home Alone

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students view species of plants and animals in their native habitats. They design a classroom habitat and create a plan for raising the necessary funds to accomplish their project.
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Africa: Journey To a Wildlife Park

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify similarities and differences between Rehema's life and culture, and their own.
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Outdoor Explorations: Mystery Plot Vacant Lot

For Teachers K - 4th
Students utilize observations skills as they work together in groups to solve a mystery. They discuss and perform strategies to solve mysteries that occurred on a vacant lot. Students use a field guide to identify plants and animals...
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Reading Food Labels

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students investigate the concept of phonemic awareness in order to help increase reading comprehension. The reading of food labels creates the context for the practice session. They pay particular attention to certain sounds that must be...
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Outdoor Activities: Taking Science Outside

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students participate in various outdoor science activities to enhance their observation, classification, and analysis skills. In this outdoor lesson, students begin by observing a tree from a straightforward angle, then from the...
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The Gun Debate

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students read a passage about the right to bear arms and complete a worksheet.
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Headlines - Types of Titles

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students evaluate headlines. They discover the characteristics of headlines. They compose and examine headlines for a given story. Students write news reports for headlines.
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Forests

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine the impact forests have on our lives. They listen to the book "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein, and brainstorm about how forests are important to us. In small groups they create a poster illustrating how the...
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Ecology: Trees

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, while working in the classroom and the computer lab, utilizing supporting facts from previous lessons, write a creative story that imagines a world without forests. They write, type and print their stories and turn them...
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World without Trees Composition

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write a composition on what they think the world would be like without trees. They brainstorm ideas of what they think the world would be like treeless, and creative a story. A rubric is distributed to the students which...
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"Aaaaaaa...a Fast Crab! "

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in an emergent literacy lesson that focuses on the skill of phonemic awareness. The phoneme chosen is the letter "a". They need to correlate the sound to the letter.
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Spectacular Speeches

For Students 4th - 5th
In this language arts worksheet, learners answer the 6 questions with the help of the Internet websites with the focus upon famous speeches.
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Human Traits

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study vocabulary and complete a survey.  In this human traits lesson students collect and analyze data then discuss what they learned.