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Busted!

For Teachers K - 12th
Students play a math game using teacher-created cards that target a specific math skill. They solve the presented equations and check their answers with one another. If they are correct they keep a card, if not the card is discarded.
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RIGHT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

For Teachers K - 4th
Students learn the importance of fairness and come up with strategies to create this type of environment in their classroom.
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Silly Sentence Game

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in a game while naming the parts of a sentence. In this silly sentence lesson plan, students are divided into teams they must identify specific cards related to the parts of the sentence the teacher is asking them...
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'Native Americans in Arkansas" Game

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, after an initial study of Native Americans in Arkansas, 8th graders play a game using three different colored cards with the terms "CADDO", "QUAPAW", and " OSAGE", on them
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Four Corner Fun: A Review Game

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders practice academic skills by answering multiple choice questions. They role-play as fibbers or players and respond to questions accordingly, going to the A,B,C, or D corners of the classsroom. Fibbers can go to any corner.
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Someone in the Class - Children of Alcoholics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners analyze addiction in families.  For this children of alcoholics lesson students answer questions, complete an activity and play a game. 
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Ancient Africa's Connection to Today

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a lesson in which ancient Africa's historical contributions are told though the eyes of a spider, Anansi, and his search calabash game. The game is accessed through a website which is embedded in this lesson plan.
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Medieval Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in a theme-based field day base on Medieval games. They integrate the field day activities into an academic study of medieval times.
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Schoolroom Squares Game Show

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars participate in a "Hollywood Squares" type review game. They answer questions developed by their teacher based on the material. They also answer a secret square question.
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Huddle up with a Character based Economic Plan to help Community Friends

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete Perseverance, Courage, and Caring lessons from Get into the Game: Beyond Winning to properly prepare students for cooperative group learning and create a class climate conducive for a successful unit. They create a...
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Rhyme Game

For Teachers K
Students match rhyming picture cards. They use a musical timer and each student has the opportunity to show his or her card to the class. They must match them and show them to the teacher.
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Guessing Game

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students participate in a set of activities designed to help ESL students become familiar with the English language through description, group work, oral reading, and question/answer sessions.
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Let the Games Begin!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use K-W-L charts to brainstorm a list of questions they would like to answer about sports. While visiting a Web site, 3rd graders research a chosen sport and complete their K-W-L chart.
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Challenge to Communicate

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Pupils examine the journals from Lewis and Clark and identify how they spoke without using words. They participate in a game in which they use non-verbal communication with each other. They write their own journal entries to complete...
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"Hello" Game

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students listen as the teacher sings the first phrase of the "Hello" song (included with the instructional activity). They respond by singing the second phrase. They learn to pronounce the hello equivalent in other languages. The teacher...
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Hanukkah Game

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in a game involving their motor skills. With a partner, they are given a menorah and bean bags and they decide who carries the candles. After discussing the history of Hanukkah, they practice their locomotive skills.
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To Tell the Truth

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in a discussion designed to help them discern the truth from lies. They discuss picture cards and make true and false statements regarding the information on the cards. Students also listen to various fables about...
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Comparing Fractions War Card Game

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in an exercise in which they practice using fractions. After reading a book, they review the rules of the game as a class. To end the lesson, they determine the lowest common denominator for different fractions.
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A Politically Correct Version of Hangman

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Instead of playing Hangman, students can try a different version of the game called Snowman.
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Flight of the Imagination

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the success of video games by reading an online article. They work in groups to design settings, storylines, characters and technical features for their own fantasy video games. Finally, they write scripts for previews of...
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The Radian Walk

For Students 10th - 12th
Students play a game to learn angle measures in radians. For this precalculus/trigonometry activity, students play a game similar to a cake walk. When the music stops, which ever student is selected, names his/her coordinates and place...
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Tic-Tac-Toe

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Learners investigate finite mathematics using a flow chart. In this algebra lesson, students investigate logic and strategies using flowcharts. Learners compete against each other using different approaches to playing the game.
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Nursery Rhyme Olympics

For Teachers K
Students play games based on nursery rhymes and the Olympics.
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Order It Up!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners use the game "Order It Up" an activity about the solar system statistics. The teacher is in the front of a classroom with an Internet-capable computer and a computer projector projecting the game onto the screen. Students have...