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Literacy Map Activity

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students write directions using maps and ad, they define driving directions and convert cardinal numbers to there ordinals. They write directions which are given orally in these multi-level literacy activities.
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The New Canada Project

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students focus on one province/territory in Canada. They study the natural resources, location and geographical significance, physical geography, people, culture, climate, and the brief history.
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Fitness Concepts, Principles, and Benefitws

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design an informative tri-fold fitness pamphlet for a fictitious fitness center that contains a persuasive paragraph encouraging fitness, that is attractive and has the five fitness components.
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Celebrate the U.S.A

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students, working in teams of four, take on the role of marketers hired to promote one state in the U.S.A. Each team researches their state in order to create a brochure highlighting its most intriguing features. Groups give a 25 minute...
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Where Is Away?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore ways to dispose of trash. In this lesson plan, students discuss where trash goes when it leaves their house and other inappropriate ways to dispose of trash. Students brainstorm ways to produce less waste.
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Participatory Citizenship

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explore U.S. politics by completing a class project. In this National policy lesson, students review and compare the National Service Act of 1990 and the Kennedy Service Act and the importance of service in the U.S.A. Pupils...
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Push/Pull factors in Immigration

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars explore the push/pull factors experienced by immigrant families. They interview a parent and an American about their family's immigration history. Students write a summary of the interview and compare the push/pull factors...
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God's Weaving in Taylor's "Huswifery"

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders trace Taylor's use of conceit or extended metaphor in his poem "Huswifery" where he compares the process of cloth making to God's salvation of man, and write a poem in which they compare a personal transformation with an...
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Our School's News

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students work collaboratively in small groups to create and edit various publications to promote their school's activities and accomplishments. Groups work to complete these publications and publish or update them bi-monthly.
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What About Us? Women in the Civil War

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students research the role of women in the Civil War. In this Civil War unit, students research the role women played during the war. This unit includes eight different activities including vocabulary, writing prompts and a literature...
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Basic Letter Response to a Writing Prompt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students respond to a writing prompt using appropriate letter format. In this letter writing lesson, students discuss the format for letter writing and use the worksheet format to write the heading, inside address, and salutation....
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Résumé Writing

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students research examples of resumes on the World Wide Web. They use the good examples to write their own resumes focusing on their strengths.
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The Cause & Effect Model

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the plot of the story, "The Little Engine That Could" to provide a model for writing creatively, developing critical essays, producing themes, and making predictions.
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I Am . . .

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read Eloise Greenfield's novella, 'Sister'. They write their personal responses quickly, foregoing concern about usage, spelling, and punctuation at this point. They write about their day, or may write about any...
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Advocacy Through Letter Writing

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students develop an advocacy plan to address a health-related need for a local, national or global health problem. Students write a detailed letter as part of their advocacy plan.
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The Extra Place Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students take up the challenge of deciding what to do when confronted by a difficult and awkward situation. They read the story and highlight sentences or phrases that have particular meaning to them and think about and discuss a...
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The Cycle of Life

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders search for rites of passage in their own lives and study rites of other cultural groups in Louisiana and around the world. They assess how to recognize moments of importance in people's lives and find meaning in the stages...
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Dewey Decimal System -- Cataloging Collections

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students put their cataloging skills into practice. In this research lesson students examine the listed websites that feature Dewey Decimal classification. Students then collaborate to use the Dewey Decimal classification system to...
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Looking at French Decorative Arts: Makers of Nothing, Sellers of Everything

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students imagine they are a 'marchand-mercier' (or salesman) and write a persuasive letter to sell French items. In this art analysis lesson, students identify the role of a 'marchand-mercier' and write a three-paragraph letter to sell...
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How do we write a report?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students write a report on a word processing program. In this report lesson, students write about what qualities a hero possesses. They type it on a word processing program and proofread for spelling, grammar, punctuation and more.
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Point of View and Mentor Relationships

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders  analyze the role of mentors, point of view, and prejudice using the texts of To Kill a Mockingbird and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. For this literature analysis lesson, 10th graders review Scout's...
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Preparing a Personal Letter

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars examine the parts of a personal letter. In this language arts lesson, students view examples of personal letters and write a personal letter.
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To Walt Whitman

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine the poem To Walt Whitman by Angela de Hoyos. They divide into groups. Each group creates a poem written from one of two perspectives: to Walt Whitman or to de Hoyos from Whitman.
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KWANZAA

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners study about Kwanzaa, an African-American celebration established in 1966 by Dr. Maulana, and also participate in some traditional activities.

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