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Asha's Village
Students compare and contrast their own culture with an Indian girl named Asha. For this culture lesson plan, students read, look at pictures, and make inferences.
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A Turkey for Thanksgiving - Lesson #2
Second graders investigate realistic fiction, holiday celebrations, making tally charts. In this multi-disciplinary lesson, 2nd graders listen to a story about Thanksgiving and one about the Chinese New Year to develop an understanding...
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And To Think I Saw It On Mulberry Street Writing Activity
Students are read a Dr. Suess book. They use the same format found in the book to create a class book about what they see on the way home from school. They practice writing sentences and illustrate them for the book.
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Testing DNA and the Death Penalty
Learners explore issues surrounding death penalty debate and participate in a values-clarification activity to help them form their opinions on this topic. They create a talk show to discuss issues involved with DNA testing and the death...
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Puppet Frogs
Students identify the elements of line, shape, and color and expressive qualities of pictorial representation. Students create their own puppet frog using emotion and perform in a reader's theater. Students listen to various pieces of...
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Now You're Speaking My Language; Deciphering the Symbols of Early Civilizations
Students explore early attempts at written language. In this early civilizations lesson, students investigate first attempts at written communication. Among the civilizations covered are Mayan, Greek, and Egyptian.
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The Model of Fitness
Students measure their physical abilities. In this lesson plan on staying active, students record their physical abilities and try to improve upon their own results.
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Negro Leagues Scrapbook
Students compile a scrapbook of photographs, quotations and notes, representing the perspective of a Negro Leagues baseball player. The scrapbook should include photographs with captions, letters, news headlines, and any other materials...
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SCI-FI TALES
Fifth graders brainstorm known features of science fiction books and titles read. They pair up and discuss the possible physical characteristics fo a creature that could appear fron an excerpt of SCI-FI TALES.
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Clay Tiles: Family Mosaics
Second graders design and create a clay tile to represent their families. They research and discuss similarities and differences among families of different cultures, create a tile to represent their own and then compile the tiles in a...
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Food Pyramid Nutrition Puzzles
Students put together food group puzzles on the computer and identify the healthy message in the end. In this food lesson plan, students identify the food group that the puzzle is representing as well.
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What Was It Like To Live in Tudor Times?
Students compare and contrast the lives of the rich and poor people in Tudor times. Students observe photographs of Tudor life. They investigate word clues describing the lives of the people. Students create a presentation on their...
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Understanding Chinese Culture Through Reading
Students examine the Chinese culture. They discuss the Chinese zodiac, identify their animal on the zodiac, listen to a Chinese folktale, and write an essay reflection on the Chinese zodiac or Chinese culture.
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The Biography of Robert Boyle
Students research and chronologically sort written information about Boyle's life. They create a time line of importand events in Boyle's life and write a biography on Robert Boyle.
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Read Write Think: Breaking Barriers: Critical Discussion of Social Issues
Through a series of picture book read-alouds and journal entries, students engage in critical discussion of complex issues of race, class, and gender.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "You Tell Me"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. Helps with students' comprehension skills, higher-order thinking skills, knowledge and inference skills, grammar and usage. Good resource.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education: My Name Is Me
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. The purpose of this activity is to build students' awareness and appreciation of who they are through enhancement of their skills. Good resource.
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University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "What Size?"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This activity encourages students to use their knowledge and experiences, mathematical skills, and higher-order thinking skills.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "What Size?"
Excellent classroom activities for building learners' character. This activity encourages students to use their knowledge and experiences, mathematical skills, and higher-order thinking skills.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "If I Had Power"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. Enhances students metacognitive skills, higher-order thinking skills, and makes students more aware of their environment. Good resource.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Picture Stories"
Excellent classroom activities for building learners' character. This activity focuses on students' critical thinking, creative, and comprehension skills. Good resource.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Take a 2nd Look"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This strategy's focus is to promote higher-order thinking skills and cooperative learning.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Character Education "Take a 2nd Look"
Excellent classroom activities for building students' character. This strategy's focus is to promote higher-order thinking skills and cooperative learning. Good resource.