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Looking at Teachers Among Us: A Workshop in Conceptions of Teaching

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students characterize various traditional conceptions of teaching and apply these to authentic teaching situations. Teaching art, math and grading systems are analyzed in this lesson.
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Mythology

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read Edith Hamilton's, Mythology as a summer reading assignment. They characterize one of the gods or goddesses they read about and create a presentation.
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The Big Wet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research areas of Australia and other parts of the world characterized by a tropical wet and dry climate.
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The Name Jar

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a instructional activity that focuses on the literature of Korea. "The Name Jar" is read by students to practice some essential reading skills. This would include the recognition of sequence in a story,...
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Lesson Plan on Korea

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a lesson about ancient pottery making in Korea. The time of the research goes back to the 12th century. They read a story and study the attributes of characterization that the author uses.
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Cannabis and Young People

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify, analyze and characterize smoking and young people. They try to consider why young people take drugs to begin with. In addition, they point out the effects and risks of cannabis smoking with young people. They also...
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Book: Latinos Today: Facts and Figures

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students, after reading Chapter 1 in the book, "Latinos Today: Facts and Figures," identify and characterize the four main ethnic/racial groups in America. They calculate and design a bar graph showing their populations by their...
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Daniel's Story Study Guide

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the plight of Jews during the Holocaust. In this World War II lesson, students read Daniel's Story by Carol Matas and complete the provided comprehension, characterization, and vocabulary activities.
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Problem and Solution Lesson

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore problems and solutions in literature. In this literature lesson, students identify problems and solutions in short guided and independent reading samples. Students also discuss characterization techniques used to develop...
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Diversity Ecosystems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in teams to characterize their biomes and compare them to the biomes of the rest of the class. In this biomes lesson plan, students complete a bean activity, relate it to the diversity in biomes, and then research and...
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Writing Process

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students read Macbeth and work in groups to organize and create an outline for a persuasive essay. In this persuasive essay lesson, students work in tiered learning groups to organize their thoughts for a persuasive thesis about the...
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The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners explore The Sun Also Rises by Earnest Hemingway. In this characterization lesson, students make notations about the characters as they read the book. Learners write an essay on the characters Robert Cohn, Jake Barnes, and Brett...
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Catherine, Called Birdy: February and March

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discuss characterization and relate to the main character in Catherine, Called Birdy.  For this Catherine, Called Birdy lesson, students discuss passages that are comedic and sad and the effect they have on their...
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Novel Lesson 3

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners examine the horrors of war through literature. In this Vietnam lesson, students read Fallen Angels and participate in discussion groups that focus on characterization and the realism of war included in the novel.
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Novel Lesson 6 (Closing Lesson)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the horrors of war through literature. In this Vietnam lesson, students read Fallen Angels and participate in discussion groups that focus on characterization and the realism of war included in the novel. This...
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Lesson 3: Gods and Goddesses

For Teachers 1st Standards
Exploring and characterizing myths can be fun. The class reads a version of "Pandora's Box," add to their myth chart, and discuss how gods and goddesses are commonly used in mythology. They work in groups to identify the gods and...
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A Couple of Kooks and Other Stories About Love

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students read an article about teenage pregnancy and the story, "A Couple of Kooks and Other Stories About Love," making notes about how the pregnant teens are characterized. They then compare and contrast the views of pregnant teens in...
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What's Down There?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze data on coral reefs and use this to help characterize reefs.  In this mapping coral reefs lesson students identify and explain the major threats to coral reefs.
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Twelfth Night Act 5

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students complete play analysis activities for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. In this play analysis lesson plan, students read Act 5 and a summary of the play. Students complete close reading analysis activities including...
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Character Motivation-Duke

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students explore a character's motivation in a text.  In this characterization lesson, students view a video about Duke Ellington. Students discuss motivations for Duke Ellington and write sentences explaining Ellington's changes.
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Twelfth Night Act 3 Scene 2

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students complete play analysis activities for Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Act 3 Scene 2. In this play analysis lesson, students read the scene and a summary of it. Students complete close reading activities of discussion points, and...
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Charolotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper" - the "New Woman"

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze the life of American middle to upper-class women in the mid- to late-nineteenth century and early twentieth century. In this women's suffrage instructional activity, students visit the given links in the instructional...
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The Appliance of Science

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners delve into science fiction. In this Doctor Who activity, students discuss the success of the British television show and then create pieces of writing and art that characterize Doctor Who. Learners also visit selected websites...
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Surfs up!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about longitudinal and transverse waves. In this waves lesson plan, students learn the characteristics of longitudinal and transverse waves by observing demonstrations. They then categories each wave as longitudinal or...

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