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Curated OER

The Thrill of Big-Wave Surfing

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students view a PBS Nature program about big-wave surfing and participate in a class discussion about their experiences with surfing, body boarding, or body surfing. Students create a drawing based on a reading and post their art around...
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Curated OER

Home Census

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students count sets and sort and classify groups.
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Curated OER

VA Statute for Religious Freedom, II. Matching Activity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils read and analyze primary source documents. In this matching lesson, students read sections of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom. Pupils match the document sections with paraphrased sections and discuss the accuracy of the...
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Curated OER

Women In Islam

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars identify the basic beliefs and practices within Islam. Using a specific country's culture, they discover the experiences of Muslim women differ between countries. They compare and contrast the rights and protections...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Unlikely Diary Keepers

For Teachers 2nd - 7th Standards
The writer will assume the role of a living creature (like an arthropod) or an abstraction (like a fraction). Writers will do research on what they have chosen as their roles, and learn new facts about these roles. The writer will...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Power Point Life Span Diaries

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students research an animal or other living creature and create a life-span diary similar to the one they read about in the book Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin. PowerPoint presentations are made for students to use while sharing their...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Learning About Worms Using

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Contains plans for four lessons that use the book "Diary of a Worm" by Doreen Cronin to teach about worms. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Suggestions for Writing Memoirs: Memoirs Inspired by Whimpy Diary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After reading journal entries from The Diary of a Whimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney, students brainstorm and share their own ideas with a partner. Once they have a few ideas, they choose one idea to transform into a narrative writing. The...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Reading and Analyzing Multigenre Texts

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This lesson plan deals with the process of analyzing a variety of literary texts from poetry and letters to diary entries and works of fiction. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and...
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PBS

Pbs: Indian Country Diaries, Tribal Sovereignty Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This instructional activity will ask students to review sections of A Seat at the Drum and Spiral of Fire where the many issues of tribal sovereignty are evident. Students will be asked to research the sovereignty issues facing a tribe...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Creating a School Survival Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, young scholars will create a school survival guide that follows the model of Sleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David Lubar. This survival guide will serve as a "how to" instructional manual for other incoming freshman...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Say Hi to Haibun Fun

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider Say Hi to Haibun Fun which looks at a Japanese style of writing called haibun. Worksheets and other supporting materials can be found under the Resources tab.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: From the Trenches Wwi

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will experience what life was like for many soldiers during World War I by studying Trench Warfare. They will gain this understanding through pictures, first person audio accounts, and reading poetry from the war. Students will...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Beginning With the End in Mind

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, students will learn what goals are and why it is important to plan ahead. The students will interact with a story from The 7 Habits of Happy Kids by Sean Covey and use a blog to communicate their goals and plans with...

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