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National Security Agency

Are You Ready to Call the Guinness Book of Records?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Learners design questions that can be answered by collecting data. In this line-plot lesson, pupils collect data and graph on a line plot on world records. An abundant supply of teacher support is provided in this resource.
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Rockin' Chair, Louis Armstrong and Jack Teagarden

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars examine the life and music of Louis Armstrong, the first great jazz musician. The musical techniques of call and response is listened to and then copied in musical conversations in this lesson.
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Parents And Alcohol: Who's To Blame

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the topic of underage drinking. They find a focus and write a news feature/analysis that reports on what the community is doing to prevent underage drinking and some assessment of the extent of the problem.
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Got Character?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create an advertisement promoting good behavior. This character-development lesson plan from Boys Town High School involves students studying the history of the Got Milk?advertising campaign. After a discussion of marketing...
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Gulf Oil Spill:What Happened, and Who is Responsible?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the Gulf Oil Spill. In this environmental issues activity, students watch video clips about the oil spill and discuss the devastation caused by the spill as well as who is responsible. Students also consider how many...
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A Call for Change

For Teachers 5th - 12th
"Come gather round people, wherever you roam..." Bring the voice of Bob Dylan to your class with this lesson plan, which takes Dylan's song "The Times They Are A-Changing" and analyzes both the message and voice in the lyrics. Your class...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History

Military Conscription in World War I: Alabamians Express Their Opinions

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
If called, would you go? Should the US government have the power to impose a draft during any war? The Selective Service Act of 1917 (aka the Conscription Act of 1917) authorized the drafting of men into the military for only the second...
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EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 6

For Teachers 9th Standards
The balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet takes center stage as class members consider the structural choices Shakespeare makes, i.e., having Romeo appear first in the scene and having Juliet appear unaware that Romeo is listening to her...
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Global Oneness Project

Deconstructing Consumerism

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
To increase awareness and launch a discussion of consumerism, class members view What Would It Look Like, a 25 minute film of images that capture the global effects of the consumption of goods. Viewers make a list of the images that they...
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EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 2, Unit 3, Lesson 1

For Teachers 9th Standards
"True-crime stories, murder mysteries, up-to-the-minute online news reports, and (as always) rumor and innuendo grab our attention faster than any call for justice, human rights, or ceasefires." Or so says Walter Mosley in his Newsweek...
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National WWII Museum

Pearl Harbor: Analyzing FDR's Pearl Harbor Address

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
FDR's words calling the attack on Pearl Harbor a "day in infamy" have been immortalized. Learners use analysis and discussion questions to consider the origins and drafting of the famed speech that brought the United States into World...
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Facing History and Ourselves

The Legacies of Reconstruction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The final lesson in the seven-resource Reconstruction Era collection examines the legacies of Reconstruction. Class members investigate why the period has been called an "unfinished revolution," "a splendid failure," and "the second...
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Orange County Department of Education

The True Story of Abbie Burgess

For Teachers 1st
First graders read a story about Abbie Burgess. They identify at least three specific actions exhibiting traits of courage and responsibility. Students explore ways children and adults become heroes by helping others out in a time of...
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Taking Things Personally

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a work of art calling attention to significant societal problems or social issues.
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Response to Literature: Anecdotal and Saga Memoir Poems

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students differentiate between anecdotal and saga memoir poems. In this response to literature lesson students analyze poems written by others then analyze incidents from their own lives to determine whether they meet the criteria for...
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Revolution: The Call to Battle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore revolutions throughout history. In this world history lesson, students compare revolutions and wars as they watch "Revolution: The Call to Battle" and discuss their impressions. Middle schoolers then research the...
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INSTANT REPLAY

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students, through role-playing fictional scenarios, brainstorm, discuss and practice safe and realistic responses to name-calling and bullying. They experience the "instant replay" and "SAFE" techniques, in which they rehearse and retry...
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The Importance of Tropisms

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate plant tropisms using the scientific method. In this life science lesson, students learn about tropisms and test the response of corn seedlings to gravity. Response questions, extensions, and an adaptation for older...
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The Call of the Wild

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students work with educational software based on literature selections that introduce them to exemplary works of fiction. They read the novel and use the software to respond to different levels of questions. They design creative...
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Science Matters

Island Fox Outreach

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Off the coast of California lives a wild animal called the Island Fox. Experts discuss the importance of the Island Fox to the Channel Islands and the balance the fox creates within its ecosystem. The lesson concludes with a reading of...
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Aruba Cloud Cover Measured by Satellite

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students analyze cloud cover and compose written conclusions to a given related scenario. Students submit a letter of response and a report detailing their calculations and conclusions.
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Reading and Writing About the Solar System

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Utilizing the classic Magic School Bus series, young scientists explore the solar system. Some excellent worksheets are included in this plan, such as Planet Roll Call and Solar System in Motion. This is an ambitious 5-day unit that...
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Baylor College

Modeling Earth's Atmosphere

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Life on Earth is made possible by the unique composition of its atmosphere. Working collaboratively, a scale model is created as young scientists learn about the different layers of gas that surround the planet. Cards are included that...
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Introduction to Photovoltaic Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The Green Education Foundation found that this lesson plan, written by the Texas State Energy Conservation Office, is right up their alley when it comes to teaching sustainability. It is ideal as a first lesson plan on photovoltaic...

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