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Geography Journey

For Students 5th - 6th
In this geography worksheet, students use a map of Amtrak train routes (not included) to answer 10 short answer questions. Students describe physical features and landmark cities they would see if traveling by train across the country.
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The Window

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars read a story entitled, "The Window," and discover how some cultures are rejected by others. Students write a letter expressing feelings of rejection and keep a journal of significant events in the story. Using a graphic...
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Texas State Energy Conservation Office

Investigation: Tour de Texas

For Students 6th - 9th
Teams of Texas tourists gather into groups to analyze what they can do with $50 worth of an alternative fuel. They write checks, keep a balance sheet, and map out their sight-seeing route taking into consideration the location of...
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A Walk in the Tundra

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Discuss the environment of the Arctic tundra using this resource. The focus of this instructional activity is the story A Walk in the Tundra by Rebecca L. Johnson. The appealing illustrations are bound to captivate your class! After...
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Go West: Imagining the Oregon Trail

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners access the Oregon Trial website to find information on what it was like to experience traveling the Oregon Trial. Then, in groups, they create dioramas depicting events that could have happened along the Oregon Trail.
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Roadside Attractions (6)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Follow the highways of the 1920s and 1930s, exploring the whimsical, extravagant architecture that came with American auto culture.
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Teacher's Corner

Hey Batter, Wake Up!

For Students 3rd - 4th Standards
Does jet lag affect a baseball team's performance in games? Read about how a baseball team's chance of winning a game can be affected by traveling over one, two, and three time zones. Readers then respond to five short answer questions...
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Worksheet
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Fun, and Risks, at the Beach in Tel Aviv

For Students 7th - 9th
After reading the article "Fun, and Risks, at the Beach in Tel Aviv," learners consider eight related questions. They'll answer who, what, when, where, why, and how about the risks several Palestinian women took as they snuck over the...
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Rafe's Classroom Secrets

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students consider Rafe's classroom secrets and teaching methods.
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Worksheet
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Mean, Median and Mode

For Students 4th - 5th
In this mean, median and mode worksheet, students solve 6 problems involving mean, median and mode. Students are given a "hint" for problems 1 and 2.
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Nevada Trilogy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, after watching Gone West, discuss and make some of the decisions people faced in travelling westward.
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Articles

For Students 5th - 6th
In this article review worksheet, learners add, edit, or change articles to correct usage in sentences. In this short answer/article recognition worksheet, students answer thirty corrections.
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Worksheet
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Past Versus Present Perfect

For Students 4th - Higher Ed
Using this 15 question activity learners practice using the past and present perfect forms of verbs. This would be a great worksheet for use with students in both upper elementary and older grades.
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Article Review

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this article review worksheet, learners are given a passage they must correct for errors. Students correct mistakes in the articles usage in the passage provided.
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Past versus Present Perfect

For Students 6th - 9th
In this past and present perfect review worksheet, students fill in the 20 blanks in 15 questions with the appropriate forms of the verbs listed in parentheses.
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Activity
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Cultures of Our World

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students eat food, make crafts, read books, and wear costumes all to learn about another culture. In this culture lesson plan, students can also go to a museum.
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Participating In The School Community

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders discuss the importance of participating in the school community of their children. Working in pairs, partners describe the educational goals of children and how parents can support those goals. This lesson is intended...
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Extraordinary Explorers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars, using the Internet, B41460research facts about explorers and travelers. They also state what places they have explored and share with the class.
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New York State English Language Arts Sample Test

For Students 8th - 10th
For this English, Language Arts Sample Test worksheet, students answer sample questions on reading comprehension.  Students read several passages and answer reading comprehension questions.
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Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of American History: Crossing the Country: Somewhere in Wyoming 1903

For Students 9th - 10th
Come along on the first successful cross-country automobile trip with H. Nelson Jackson, Sewall Crocker, and their dog Bud as they traveled in 1903 from California to New York in 63 days.
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Road Trip Usa: Cross Country Adventures on America's Two Lane Highways

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn all about America without ever leaving home. Select a driving tour, then find colorful information about what all the small towns have to offer. Many fun facts about famous historical destinations are given. Based on Jamie Jensen's...
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Recipes on the Oregon Trail

For Students 9th - 10th
With information gathered from a wide variety of primary resources, this site offers not only recipes that pioneers and homesteaders used, but also tips on packing a wagon for a cross-country trip, and other words of advice for wagon...