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Using Puppets

For Teachers K
Students use puppets to express themselves creatively.
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Pinwheels for Peace

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars create their own pinwheels to celebrate World Peace Day. They follow directions carefully and discuss what peace means to them. They share their pinwheel with the class.
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Small Group Counseling

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners participate in small group counseling sessions to solve a common issue. As a class, they define anger and note the characteristics of the warning signs. They discuss different ways of dealing with their anger and how to use...
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Insects

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars study the characteristics and basic needs of insects. They compare and describe similarities among insects. They examine the body structure, covering, and movement of insects and also, examine insect life cycles in this...
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Giant Fast Food - McTwisted

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover the basics of Trademark Law understanding that companies are very protective of their trademarks and trade dress. Companies should be contacted for permission to derive their products. After obtaining permission,...
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What is moral courage?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers look at "Anne Frank Trust" winners' profiles and discuss what it means to have moral courage. They choose someone they would nominate for the Anne Frank Awards for Moral Courage.
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"The Selfish Crocodile"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in various shared reading and writing activities related to the book "The Selfish Crocodile" by Faustin Charles. They identify descriptive words from the story, and write sentences describing how the crocodile...
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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
Students 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...
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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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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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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....
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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 plan, students 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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Field Hockey

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For 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
Students research discrimination and how people fought against for the common good. In this discrimination lesson, students watch a movie about Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas. Students generate a list of words about discrimination....
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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, 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
Pupils 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...
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Plurals ~ Words Ending in y

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this plural practice learning exercise, students examine nouns ending in "y" that were made plural. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to make nouns ending in "y' plural.
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Satyagraha in Daily Life

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the concept of satyagraha. In this Mohandas Gandhi lesson, 8th graders read a story titled, "Satyagraha," and discuss the application of the Gandhi's method in the world today.
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Various Words: 95

For Students 4th - 6th
In this various words worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete the sentences. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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A Weekend With Wendell

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete activities with the story A Weekend With Wendell by Kevin Henkes. In this literature lesson plan, students listen to the story and answer comprehension questions. They compare this story and its characters to other...
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Word Problems: money

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this money worksheet, students complete word problems having to do with money. Students complete 20 problems total on this worksheet.

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