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Madrigal Dinners

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars investigate Medieval times. In this world history lesson plan, students discuss what a madrigal dinner was and what madrigals were. Young scholars role play being a part of a madrigal dinner with pretend food and real life...
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Celebrate La Posada in Mexico!

For Teachers K
Students locate and identify Mexico on a world map. They develop an understanding of celebrating La Posada in Mexico as they listen to a story about the tradition of La Posada. They create a representation of a pointsettia. They act out...
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Baby Jesus Word Search

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word search worksheet, students locate 25 words related to baby Jesus. The word list includes angel, baby, and Bethlehem.
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Sentence Completion 20: High-Intermediate Level

For Students 11th - 12th
Here's an exercise that will help learners develop their vocabulary. The eight sentence completion problems are followed by an answer key that explains why one answer is correct and why the other possibilities are not. Richly detailed,...
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Winter Holiday Activities Extravaganza

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students define culture and explore elements that are part of the custom or culture of a place.  In this holiday lesson, students identify the cultures they participate in.  Students identify the differences in people's cultures....
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Stories! Imagination! Joy!

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Rekindle the art of storytelling through imagination and oral tradition.
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Let's Get Connected!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A great lesson introduces your youngsters to electricity. They use internet links, streaming video, and engage in hands-on activities to understand what electricity is and how it works. They build a circuit board, and construct a variety...
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Blame It On El Nino

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study the weather phenomenon El Nino is and what causes it, and recognize how remote sensing technology can detect and predict El Nino. Students discover how El Nino affects weather conditions throughout the globe through research.
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Deck the Halls with Literature Trees

For Teachers K - 12th
Reinforce and assess reading comprehension by having your class make a literature tree! After reading a book, pupils make decorations to represent the book's themes, characters, and setting. Materials for decorating can be as diverse and...
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Collage and Photomontage

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders discuss collage and photomontage techniques and artists, and how the art form can convey cultural or current issues. They research a collage artist, then design a topical or personally symbolic collage. Present their...
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Discussion Web for The Catcher in the Rye

For Students 11th - 12th
Is Holden Caulfield a reliable narrator? Readers use the provided graphic organizer to record specific textual evidence from The Catcher in the Rye to support their response. A teacher copy of the template is provided.
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My Antonia: Prereading Guided Imagery

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What makes a place safe? What makes a setting effective? Explore the safe spaces and descriptive language with a prereading activity for Willa Cather's My Antonia. The teacher describes his or her own safe space and then prompts pupils...
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Language Arts: Let's Take a Trip!

For Teachers K
Students examine various books and discover how to locate places on maps and globes. While reading the story, "Toot and Puddle," they trace the locations visited on maps. At home with parents, students prepare for an imaginary trip by...
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Hope Child Theme

For Students 6th - 7th
For this Language Arts worksheet, learners answer 4 questions about the theme of the novel Home Child. For example, "What hope do you think Mrs. Fellowes has for Arthur?"
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A Day of Hanukkah

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
You can teach your students about Hanukkah using these fun activities.
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Electric Light Tower

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Young scholars examine the San Jose Light Tower as an example of the development of urban lighting circa 1900. They view a slideshow, conduct research and write newspapers to chronicle the lighting ceremony from a variety of perspectives.
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Kitano Takeshi

For Students 4th - 8th
For this Kitano Takeshi worksheet, students read a passage about Kitano Takeshi and then complete worksheets such as spelling, a listening gap fill, synonym matching, scrambled sentences, and more.
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Kwanzaa

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice reading while examining aspects of Kwazaa.
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How Much Longer is the Day?

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this daylight hours worksheet, students use pictures given to write a number sentence and calculate the answers. This worksheet has 3 word problems.
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Holidays in Kansas

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify holidays celebrated by different cultures in Kansas and create a timeline of when they started to be celebrated. In this Kansas holidays lesson plan, students create a timeline wall in their class for each holiday.
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Blame It On El Nino

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students understand what the weather phenomenon El Nino is and what causes it. Students recognize how remote sensing technology can detect and predict El Nino. Students discover how El Nino effects weather conditions throughout the globe...
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Line Graphs

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a line graph and identify when to use line graphs. In this line graphs lesson, 7th graders analyze the average temperatures of various cities. Students graph the data they collected.
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Where Is It?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice their writing skills for describing place and location using prepositions. They find hidden objects and report to a recorder the exact directions for finding that object. Recorders write the directions.
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Who is Dr. Seuss?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learn more about Dr. Seuss in an author study activity. After young readers create a KWL chart on information they know about Dr. Seuss, they take on group roles, such as the researcher or recorder, to find out more about Dr. Seuss. They...