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Celebrating Thanksgiving in the Classroom
A Thanksgiving themed project can be a fun and educational way to celebrate the holiday season.
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Making Poetry Writing Fun!
High schoolers find a group of words from an unlikely source and turn them into a poem. They discuss the central image in two well-known poems by Langston Hughes and Emily Dickinson. They write their own short poem expressing one...
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Charles Dickens Activity Worksheets Chapters 1-12
In these Charles Dickens worksheets, students complete several different activities that cover chapters one through twelve of the text.
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Australian Aborigine Lizard Painting
Students become familiar with Australian "dot paintings." In this Australian Aboriginal Lizard painting lesson, students make illustration of three types of lizards and complete pictures using "dot painting." Students recognize the...
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Buying Your First New Car!
Learners explore exponential growth and decay using M&M’s in this Algebra II/Pre-calculus instructional activity. They investigate the cost of a new car by calculating depreciation and payments.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: The Constitutional Battleground
In this primary source analysis worksheet, learners analyze political cartoons about the Supreme Court and Constitutional issues and respond to 5 talking point questions.
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A Leader of Salem: Nathaniel Bowditch
Eleventh graders examine the qualities of a leader. In this American History lesson, 11th graders read the story of Nathaniel Bowditch and use it as a catalyst for discussions on leadership and the definition of a hero.
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Student Internship Program
Learners research and identify their own internship opportunities. They keep a daily journal describing their experiences during their 30 hour volunteer internship programs
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Say Cheese
Students examine the differences in the working and eating conditions between the late 1800s and today. They engage in an Internet Quest for information on cheese which culminate in a hands-on cheese-making experience and tasting activity.
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My Country, My Country: To Vote or Not to Vote
Learners view a film about elections in Iraq. They examine the story of a doctor and his decisions to vote. They work together to complete a worksheet about voter turnout.
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Working with Shakespeare, the Poet and Dramatist
Students study the work of William Shakespeare. They survey the elements of comedy and tragedy and read plays and poems. They discuss the texts they read and recite poetry. They dramatize poems with movement and sounds and write poetry...
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The Civil War
Students are able to describe all of the Civil War terms. They are able to wonder why things happened. Students are able to tell that the United States used to be two countries.
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What's Up?
Students examine the vocabulary and objects associated with objects in the sky and weather. They observe the sky outside of their classroom and create a list of things in the sky. Students then analyze a poster, read and discuss key...
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Science: It's a Nutty World!
Fourth graders conduct Internet research to explore various peanut-related topics. Among topics they investigate are: agriculture, scientific uses, and the research of George Washington Carver. As a technology component, 4th graders...
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America's Civil Rights Movement
Eleventh graders explore, analyze and study the background to America's Civil Rights Movement through the court system, mass protest, public opinion, political cartoons and legislation. They research Rosa Parks, Brown vs. Board of...
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Comma Worksheet 7
For this grammar worksheet, students use commas to set off nonrestrictive elements, parenthetical expressions, transitional connectives and contrasted elements in eighteen sentences.
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Who am I
In this Road Dahl character worksheet, learners use clues to guess the names of four characters from the books of Roald Dahl.
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Intermediate Paragraph Correction
In this intermediate paragraph correction worksheet, students answer questions about errors in sentences. In this multiple choice worksheet, students answer eight questions.
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Reading: Climbing Mount Everest
In this reading: Climbing Mount Everest worksheet, students read an interview and assess comprehension. Students choose one or more answers to complete eight sentences.
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Jelly Beans for Sale
Students connect literature (story Jelly Beans for Sale by Bruce McMillan) to math concepts. In these estimating and money lessons, students work with jelly beans, unifix cubes, pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters, to estimate and make...
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Developing Friendships
Students listen to the book Friends and discuss how to make friends and the characteristics of good friends. In this friends lesson, students listen to the story and practice role playing on how to make friendships.
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Students explore the challenges of the Lewis and Clark Expedition through a physical education simulation. In this cross-curriculum physical education lesson, students work in groups of three to log 8000 steps, stopping to participate in...
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Quotations of Martin Luther King, Jr.
In this quotations worksheet, students read and analyze 7 quotations by Martin Luther King, Jr. Students match each quote to the correct interpretation.
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All About Triangles
In this triangles learning exercise, students recognize triangles in a picture. Students find all the triangles in the picture, trace them and color them black.