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Electric Light Tower

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students examine the San Jose Light Tower as an example of the development of urban lighting circa 1900. They view a slideshow, conduct research and write newspapers to chronicle the lighting ceremony from a variety of perspectives.
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The Final Word

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars research biographies of Americans who advanced science. They create an obituary for the person to share what information they have gathered. They discuss the importance of the obituary as the "final word" of a person to...
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Symbolism and Aphorisms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe the characters and the importance of symbolism in "To Kill A Mockingbird". They develop symbols that represent themselves and their school as well. They present these symbols on a poster and show them to their classmates.
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Electric Circuits

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers model the flow of electrons in a circuit, draw diagrams of an electric circuit and build an electric circuit. Students explain how to tell when the path of an electric circuit is complete, and test the conductivity of a...
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Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze a copy of the Declaration of Independence to discover how it was adopted, approved, and signed. The tone and style of the document are analyzed for intention through an exploration its the language and vocabulary.
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King Midas Lesson Plan

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students perform Reader's Theater of the story of King Midas as they investigate how greed effects people. They look at a contemporary famous person who gave into greed what the effect was. They chose a creative activity from a list...
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Berenstain Bears: Grow It

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read several books and complete an activity that coincides with each book. i.e. They read 'Berenstain Bears: Grow It' by Stan and Jan Berenstain and then decorate a flower pot, plant flower seeds in it and record their...
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Stop the Bus: Confronting Our Assumptions About Muslims in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore Virginia Interfaith Center's A More Perfect Union "Misunderstanding" Ad Campaign, view two episodes of PBS America at a Crossroads series, examine historical context of colonialism and geo-political tensions in...
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Inventor's Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
In this science worksheet, students use reference materials to complete the information for each inventor, including invention created and their nationality. They also construct a time line to illustrate the development of technology...
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Questions Bulls Eye

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this questions worksheet, students learn to write questions by connecting the sentence starters to two middle and ending sections.
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Early American Education and Horace Mann

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze the contributions of Horace Mann. In this public education lesson, students research Internet and print sources regarding the history of American education, Mann.s life, the Morrill Act of 1862, and the Northwest Ordinance.
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Electricity for Kids! It's Shocking!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the world of electricity by completing a KWL sheet. In this energy lesson, students view PowerPoint presentations about electricity, who invented it, and how it is used today. Students define several electricity...
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The Conestoga Wagon

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners research the Conestoga wagon. In this early transportation lesson, pupils use primary documents to research how the invention of the Conestoga wagon improved transportation.
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History of Street Names

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners consider how streets in their community were named. In this research skills lesson, students brainstorm the names of streets in their city or town and find out why they were named after certain individuals.
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American Beginnings

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the role of historians.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders analyze document based questions.  Students write a summary of these documents. 
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Symbols of America

For Students 4th - 6th
In this symbols of America worksheet, students play a game, cutting out cards of descriptions of symbols and their names and matching, complete a word scramble and visit a link given to play a symbols game.
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Weather Lessons: Explore the Possibilities

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Looking to the sky isn't just for day dreamers.The weather is a fascinating way to explore science and history.
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Political Cartoons: Thinking Broadly, Communicating Succinctly

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers think broadly about the tsunami disaster and its aftermath through studying cartoons. Students critically think about the literary devices the authors/artists use, such as satire, metaphor and personification.
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Brain Pop - Static Electricity

For Students 5th - 8th
In this static electricity worksheet, students complete 6 fill in the blank questions about atom structure, electricity principles and conductors.
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Pencil and Notebook

For Students 9th - 12th
In this secondary mathematics worksheet, students solve a problem involving the combined cost of a notebook and a pencil, which can be solved by mental math. The one page worksheet contains one problem with the solution. 
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Compound Interest Problem

For Students 9th - 12th
In this compound interest worksheet, students solve 1 word problem about compound interest.  Students determine the amount of money two men have to retire given two different saving scenarios.
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Irregular Past Tense Verbs

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this irregular past tense verb worksheet, students follow a path through a maze by connecting words to form sentences that contain irregular past tense verbs.

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