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Fair is Fair

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students participate in two unfair activities to explain the concept of fairness. Then they role-play different scenarios demonstrating the idea of fairness. They discuss reasons to make rules and complete a web chart on fairness.
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Advising the President: A Simulated Cabinet Meeting

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, as Cabinet members, "advise" the President on one current pressing problem or concern facing their department or post. They prepare an Action Plan with possible alternative courses of action that meets budget constraints.
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Faces of Courage: Teenagers Who Resisted

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students read true stories of teenagers who defied Hitler and avoided participation in the Hitler Youth. They discuss the stories paying attention to the dangers and incredible peer pressure that these children faced. They consider how...
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Who's Responsible - You Or Your Parents?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students watch a news clip about people who think bad parents are to blame for bad kids. They then take a quiz about legal age and responsibility. Finally they design a series of parenting lessons.
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Quality of life for kids

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the meaning of quality of life. Also, the need to prioritize means that government spending decisions are political, with winners and losers. Discussion platforms are on the six dimensions to a child's well-being:...
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First Aid and Safety Activity Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this first aid and safety worksheet, students define the steps needed in emergency situations. They provide short answers to 15 questions. The worksheet also includes a list of online resources.
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Suffix City

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these spelling worksheets students will focus on words with the -oat spelling pattern. Using these five words students will add suffixes to each word and complete 12 sentences with the correct missing word.
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Our Changing Community

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate how communities grow and change. In this communities activity, students discuss how their community has changed and construct a model of a community.
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Small Steps; Great Journeys

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine contributions to communities. In this philanthropy lesson, 12th graders discuss the quote, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Students identify issues that exist in their community and...
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Courage to Be You: King Day

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students define discrimination and what its like to be a stranger.In this discrimination lesson, students research the lives of Vivien Thomas and Hamilton Naki. Students produce a wall display showing how they've overcome discrimination.
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Happy Faces

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students demonstrate empathy. In this character education lesson, students read the book Alexander and the Horrible No Good Very Bad Day and discuss examples of bad days they have experienced. Students are given happy face cut-outs to...
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Cooperative Comics

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners create comics identifying conflicts and their resolutions. In this conflict resolution lesson, small groups of students follow specific mapping instructions to illustrate a conflict and its resolution. Learners present orally...
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Simon Says "Who Are You?"

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore their similarities and differences. In this getting to know you lesson, students play a variation of "Simon Says," according to various personality and physical traits.
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The Power of Images

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore emotions represented in artwork.  In this cross curriculum social studies and art lesson, students explain examples of political and social issues expressed in artwork by Dorthea Lang, Diego Rivera, Dan Eldon, as well as...
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Facebook For Good!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use Facebook to create a positive campaign. In this campaign lesson plan, students choose a topic and create a group account on Facebook for their cause. They post a question and write an action plan to meet a goal. 
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Pizza with the Principal & Kindness Cash

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners understand how their words and acts affect others. In this acts of kindness lesson, students were rewarded for kind acts by getting to have pizza with the Principal. Learners also participated in a Principal's kindness day so...
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What We Learn From Women and Girls

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Role models are all around us! Young learners celebrate Women's History Month by selecting two female role models in their lives, and writing or drawing a short description about why they admire that girl or woman.
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PSAs: The Way We See It - Uncommercials

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Learners work in groups to identify a topic or issue that they feel passionate about and produce a short PSA for the topic. In this PSA instructional activity, students select an issue or social problem to research. Learners create a...
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Growing Gold

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners read and explore a folktale from India. In this folktale lesson, students read the book Growing Gold and discuss the events from the tale. Learners complete a phonics worksheet which incorporates the rhyming words from the text.
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Peace Doves

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore ways to obtain world peace. In this character education lesson, students read the book Peace Begins With Me and brainstorm a list of ways students can create a more peaceful world. Students use included dove patterns to...
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Walk Softly and Carry a Big Stick

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students view a PowerPoint presentation and take notes on the Roosevelt administration and then create a political cartoon that illustrates an aspect of that.
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Breaking News English: British Food

For Students 5th - 10th
In this British food worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Breaking News English: World Trade Organization

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Trade Organization activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Active or Passive

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this interactive grammar worksheet, students read the 22 sentences and identify the passive or active voice from the drop down menu.

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