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DINNER ON THE HOMEFRONT
Students, after analyzing how World War II affected life at home, plan a balanced meal on rationed food. They assess the experiences of Mainers on the home front during the war and how rationing food helped the war effort. In addition,...
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Reader's Paradise
Learners visit the school or local library (or bookstore) to create short film or radio documentary that records a specific habit or ritual associated with reading, book buying, or book borrowing.
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Football Review
Learners review a subject and get points such as the points in football for correct and incorrect answers. In this football review lesson plan, students fill out a score board as they review.
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Meet Molly, An American Girl
Young scholars examine saving and spending decisions in 1944 through the eyes of Molly, a nine-year-old growing up during World War II. The lesson uses Meet Molly, An American Girl, by Valerie Tripp.
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Green Spaces
Students map the green spaces around their school and predict the impact of population growth on green spaces in their region.
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Create a Non-native/Invasion Species
Students view a video about non-native/invasion species. They create a non-native/invasion species that they think would have an impact on farming, industry, recreation, or water in the local environment.
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Create Your Own Florida Murals
Students study a mural that represents life in Florida. They choose one portion of the mural and redraw it showing what the character in that portion would be doing next. (Is the person headed to the beach? Where the bird fly next? etc.)
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Design a Problem-Solving Invention
Students identify a problem that can be solved with a simple invention. They design an invention.
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College Search Made Easy
Twelfth graders research colleges to assist them in determining what college to attend. They conduct Internet research, e-mail questions to university professors and students, and develop a portfolio of their information.
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Hairy Monster Stories
Students work together to create a hairy monster. They discuss the elements of a character sketch. They use a rubric to guide them as they write a sketch of their hairy monster.
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Could trade replace aid?
Students read and discuss the story "Thirst for Tea Takes Away Childrens' Choices." They work in small groups to role play the roles of shopper, tea picker, and manager of a company that imports and sells teabags. Students write a...
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Sold!
Students investigate what James Zemaitis does for a living based on his picture and discuss the history and function of Sotheby's auction house. Students then study the changing face of modern art auctions by reading and discussing the...
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Nitrogen Fixation, OR What a Gas!
Students illustrate the adaptation and co-evolution of organisms. They examine set up an experiment to determine the effect of adding the Rhizobium bacteria to a group of legume seeds.
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Night by Elie Wiesel Chapter One
Students participate in a layered curriculum unit with varied difficulty activities like this one: Write a brief narrative (300 words) Discuss your answers to the following questions: What do you know about the Holocaust? Where did you...
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Pollination Partners
In this science worksheet, students look for the causes and effects of pollination through doing some arts and crafts projects that includes a collage.
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Have You Got...?: Practice With Have Got/Has Got
In this possession worksheet, learners work with the possession verbs have and has. They fill in blanks in a paragraph, write questions about possessions and correct mistakes in sentences to work on using the correct forms of has and have.
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Total English: ELL Activity 2
In this ELL activity, students unscramble phrases to make sentences, and complete conversations with words from a word box. Students then practice the conversations with a partner.
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Total English Advanced: Relative Clauses and Explaining Procedures
In this relative pronoun and explaining procedures review instructional activity, students respond to 8 questions regarding relative pronouns and then write procedures to a completing a task.
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Hands On: Model Percent
In this model percents practice activity, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Language – Past Tense of Verbs – Regular and Irregular Verbs
In this past tense practice worksheet, respond to 139 fill in the blank and short answer questions regarding the appropriate use of regular and irregular verbs.
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Writing: Parallel Structure
In this writing with parallel structure worksheet, students examine 20 sentences and note whether they are correctly or incorrectly written in terms of parallel structure.
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Investigating Impressionism
Students explore Impressionism and artists like Monet and Renoir. In this Impressionism lesson, students visit an Impressionism website and discuss the themes used in the art. Students select an Impressionist artist and research them....
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Students Solutions - Saving Our Surroundings
Students explore the environmental impact of humans on the plants and animals in their state. In this environmental impact lesson, students use digital cameras to photograph plants and animals in their state. Students investigate the...
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Garbage Pizza
Fourth graders explore the concept of waste management. In this recycling lesson plan, 4th graders identify materials that must be landfilled as well as items that may be recycled or reused.