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Center for History Education

Brown v. the Board of Education: Success or Failure?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Desegregation does not mean equality. An eye-opening lesson focuses on the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education decision to end school segregation. Scholars review a series of political cartoons to understand how the public viewed...
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Anti-Defamation League

Is Olympic Coverage Sexist?

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Women Olympians have come a long way since 1900 when 22 women competed for the first time. News coverage of the Olympics has also changed dramatically. What has been slow to change, however, is the language used in the coverage of female...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Identifying Strengths

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A game of Jeopardy helps participants identify their strengths and those of their classmates. Players use five index cards to identify their strengths in five categories (Sports & Fitness, Arts & Music, Friends & Family,...
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K20 LEARN

Criminal Motivations: Irony and Characterization In "The Cask Of Amontillado"

For Teachers 9th Standards
Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Cask of Amontillado" is a bit of a puzzle. Critics have long debated Montresor's motives for killing Fortunato. Young scholars examine examples of the three types of irony (verbal, dramatic, and...
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K20 LEARN

Let's Get S.M.A.R.T. - Goal Setting And Time Management

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Advance U: Learning Strategies provides young scholars with a game that teaches them the importance of goal setting and time management. Players enroll in McLarin Academy and compete in three competitions requiring them to set Specific,...
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Using DNA to Explore Lizard Phylogeny

For Students 7th - 12th
On the Caribbean islands, lizards expanded into different niches instead of competing for resources. Scholars discuss and learn from experts in a video how scientists prove the theory. They build phylogenetic trees based on appearances...
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Curated OER

Building Your Business

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders make decisions in a group, lead a business group, and document progress in a journal. They compete against other peer business groups, relate business decisions to stock prices, and assess goals of software.
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Curated OER

Table Mazes Using Microsoft Word

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use the table feature of Microsoft Word to construct a solvable maze. They incorporate clip art and WordArt into their mazes. Students create a table and use word processing functions to design a maze. They create competency in...
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Curated OER

Researching and Word Processing Unit: Wagons West

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Help create confident and competent Internet users for research purposes. Middle schoolers conduct Internet research and compose a paper on the computer. They learn how to properly cite Internet references and explore net etiquette.
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Curated OER

Take the Prefix Challenge

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners form words using prefixes.  In this prefix lesson, students compete in a "prefix challenge" to see which team can combine a set of twelve prefixes with a set of twelve words fastest.  Learners enter their words in...
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Curated OER

Exploring Strategic Competency

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students practice using the English language to help them in instances where they have differing opinions. They practice paraphrasing language.
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Curated OER

ESOL Competencies

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine the want ads to determine their organization. They discuss a list of vocabulary generally associated with employment. They write a job announcement for a company of their own. They discuss resources other than the...
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Curated OER

Winter Olympic Games History

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this Winter Olympics worksheet, young scholars use the library or Internet resources to find the host city or country, number of competing men, number of competing women, and number of nations competing from 1924-2002.
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Curated OER

Gallery Walk Questions on Rivers

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
A Gallery Walk is a technique that allows small groups to visit different stations, where they examine and discuss materials about an overarching topic. Questions about rivers and fluvial processes are available in this resource;...
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Curated OER

Frisbee Horseshoes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
What a great way to practice the art of throwing a Frisbee! This Frisbee Horseshoes lesson could be used as a warm-up or it could be made into an entire lesson.  If the cones were placed different distances apart, the class could...
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Curated OER

Magnificent Microscopes Unit Including Mystery and Alternative Assessment Activity

For Teachers 7th - 8th
After drawing and labelling a microscope, forensic science explorers use one to solve a simulated murder mystery. They examine each piece of evidence and draw what they observe at each magnification. Working in groups of four, your...
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Curated OER

Forces, Controls And Aircraft Systems

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students are introduced to the physics of flight through video and PowerPoint presentations. They construct and fly model gliders and compete for height, distance, time, etc.
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Curated OER

Inserting Formulas in a Worksheet in Excel

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study the vocabulary necessary to create formulas in Microsoft Excel. They complete assigned problems from the textbook for each type of function demonstrated by the teacher until they have developed competency with each...
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Curated OER

Explore the Arctic: Tracking the Dog Teams in the Ididarod Race

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use the Internet to gather and analyze information about competing Iditarod teams during the actual race. They also have the opportunity to share and compare data collected by fellow students.
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Curated OER

Pairs Activities

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students work in pairs in order to strengthen hand and eye coordination to play soccer. They try to keep the ball in the air for as long as possible. They work for together for the time span of three minutes. Then players compete against...
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Curated OER

Rocketry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design and construct a paper rocket that can be launched with a drinking straw. They participate in a lecture and read an article about rocketry and how Newton's Third Law applies to rocket launches. Each student constructs...
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Curated OER

Problem Solving Strategy: Use a Pattern

For Students 1st - 2nd
Pattern recognition is a skills that can help learners problem solve and build number sense. This simple learning exercise requires kids to compete 5 number patterns. 
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Curated OER

Literary Response and Analysis

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students analyze the archetype of 'the fall' in Shakespeare's Macbeth. In this literary analysis activity, students work in tiered learning groups to analyze the characters of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Students use the book of Genesis as...
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Curated OER

Through India and Back

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners play a game based on "The Amazing Race" to practice using rates and fractions. In this fractions and rates lesson plan, students work in small groups competing to complete the tasks in the quickest time. At each stage of the...

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