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Truthfulness

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars investigate the concept of truthfulness. They practice the skill through seeing how truth is seen from other perspectives. Students are given a quotation to consider and spend time brainstorming with others about its meaning.
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Tolerance

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students are encouraged to have a sense of tolerance, including racial differnces, in order to enjoy the richness and diversity of life. They are shown readiness to look beyond surface impressions. Students appreciate that other's...
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Reshaping Body Image

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine how beliefs about body size and shape are shaped. They develop ideas about the acceptance of self and others with regard to body size and appearance by working in small groups. They view and discuss a PowerPoint...
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The Texas Revolution: Exactly Who Were The Texans?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the Texas Revolution. In groups, they use the internet to research who the Texans really were and the reasons behind the revolution. They discuss the need to discover the world outside of school and work with people...
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Short Story

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify the various elements of a short story. After reading Rudyard Kipling's short story, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," students identify the author's purpose in writing the story as well as the elements that make it a short...
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Red Hunts, Black Lists, and Communists

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Pupils research and examine the unsavory history of the hunt for communists in the United States during the 1950s. They divide up into groups to review the Red Scare of the 1920s as a backdrop to the McCarthy era and write a short essay...
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Vocabulary: Going To School

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students read and analyze 10 sentences with missing words. From the 3 choices of similar words, students insert the best words for the sentence. All pertain to school days.
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Christianity-Lent: Dilemmas Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
In this dilemmas worksheet, students consider what they would do compared to Christian believers by completing a graphic organizer with 5 dilemmas for their review.
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Adverbs

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this grammar worksheet, students read about what an adverb is and answer 2 multiple choice, 2 fill-in the blanks questions and underline the adverb in 8 sentences.
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The Diary of a Part-Time Indian Pages 48-66

For Students 10th - 11th
In The Diary of a Part-Time Indian worksheet, students complete several short answer questions to advance their understanding of the text.
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Family Advice

For Students 5th - 8th
For this ESL activity worksheet, students role play a family life situation with another classmate as they use the provided words and phrases.
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Health Grade 1

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore tattling. In this lesson about when to tell and when to not tell, 1st graders determine the difference between tattling and reporting. Students read the book The Tattle Tail Tale or Tattlin' Madeline, by Carol...
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In-Group Favoritism

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover how to cross social boundaries. In this character education lesson, students discuss the positive and negative impacts of  favortism they witness in their local community as well as the international community. Students...
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Reshaping Body Image

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view images and write responses based on their impressions. In this body image lesson, students brainstorm how body image is influenced culturally and participate in a small group discussion on these influences. Students view...
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United We Stand

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Student examine the life and work of Cesar Chavez. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, young scholars read about Cesar Chavez and recognize his work as a labor leader. Students discuss the concept of standing together as a group to fight...
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How many contractions can you see?

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this contractions worksheet, students find, write, and combine words to identify contractions. Students solve 28 contraction problems.
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Ants Have Feelings, Too!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students consider how they show respect for others. For this service learning lesson, students listen and respond to literature from different perspectives.
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Respect and Democracy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of respect. In this respect and democracy lesson, students define respect and brainstorm examples of showing respect and disrespect. Middle schoolers read Core Values of American Constitutional...
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The Power of Nonviolent Resistance

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss the power of nonviolent resistance in terms of Dr. Martin Luther King and the boycotts that he led. In this nonviolent resistance lesson plan, students discuss their thoughts of nonviolent resistance and how they can use...
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Field Hockey

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this field hockey worksheet, students read 14 words in a list that pertain to field hockey. Students alphabetize the words. Some will begin with the same letter.
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Courage of the Heart

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research discrimination and how people fought against for the common good. In this discrimination lesson plan, students watch a movie about Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas. Middle schoolers generate a list of words...
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Six Lessons from Jena

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students have discussions on how to create a good school climate based on Jena Every School. Students discuss signs of trouble, school climate, bias incidences, forums for discussion, teachable moments, and bridging divisions in the school.
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Power and Authority

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study authority and power as its used in government. In this government lesson plan, 4th graders define power and authority. Students then read different scenarios of authority and power examples in people as well as...
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Ladder of Prejudice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the "rungs" in the escalation up the "ladder of prejudice" leading from the first rung of speech to the final rung of extermination.  In this Holocaust and prejudice instructional activity, students use the visual...

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