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Curated OER

The Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss their prior knowledge of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Using the internet, they research the personal, political and economic influences that made an impact on the expedition. They also discover how the expedition...
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Curated OER

Sketch to Stretch

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a book closely and think about how they feel during the book. They then brainstorm and draw a picture of how they feel. Once complete, the pictures are shared and drawings are explained and discussed with the class.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Ancient Mesopotamia

For Teachers 1st
Students locate ancient Mesopotamia on a map. They examine the religion, government and the development of writing. They write and draw pictographs and cuneiform writing. They create a class book based on their investigations.
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Curated OER

Egyptian Museum

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore ancient Egypt. Using a specified Internet site, students locate and describe the physical setting that supported early civilizations in Egypt. They explain the relationship between polytheism and the social and...
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Curated OER

Discovering New Species

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars identify animals observed by Lewis and Clark while evaluating the animal's habitat and describing the animal's behavior. Students construct a food web mobile to illustrate the animal's position in the food web in the 19th...
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Curated OER

Colonial Research Fun

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review the characteristics of the thirteen colonies. In groups, they use the internet to research one of the colonies more in depth and answer questions about it. They develop a newspaper or travel brochure to share the...
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Curated OER

Ford's Revolution (Differentiated by Ability)

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners explore the effects of Ford's use of the assembly line, auto financing, and increased wages to make his fortune. They complete a worksheet using the internet.
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Curated OER

Rainforests

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the rainforests. They research and identify the four levels of the rainforests. Students locate and research animals that are found in each level of the rainforest. They write a descriptive story about the rainforest.
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Curated OER

Research as a Historian, as an Artist

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers work together to research one area of history that is of an interest to them. Using primary sources, they examine photographs and disuss what they already know about the topic. They present their images and information...
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Curated OER

American Indian Art

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover and gain an understanding of American Indian art creating three beads out of clay, showing texture on at least one bead to make a balanced bracelet. They then explain either orally or in writing what kinds of...
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Curated OER

Creating a Children's Book

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students create a studenT book following an introduction to the publication process. Through exposure to several sources, students learn the steps involved in publishing a book.
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Website
University of Virginia

Webbing Into Literacy: A Rhyme a Week: Nursery Rhymes for Early Literacy

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site offers a ready-to-use rhyme a week program for early literacy; the program offers dated units for weekly download to use throughout the entire year. It provides four different types of downloadable items each week for use with...
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Professional Doc
Other

Kindergarten lessons.com: Graphing Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Graphing activities for preschool and kindergarten include collecting data and organizing it in a variety of ways. There are lots of fun things to do in this area of math and the activities integrate well with science and literacy...
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Lesson Plan
University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh: Leaders: Word Building

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This activity walks teachers through a strategy for teaching word building skills to early elementary students. The site includes links to a page on preparing the materials needed for word building lessons, and to a page which explains...
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Professional Doc
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Teach Your Way: September

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Stay organized this school year using this editable teacher planner from PBS KIDS including:A monthly calendar with timely resources aligned to early learning themes and skills for PreK-2 students. A weekly planning page to schedule...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Baseball and Social Change: The Story of Roberto Clemente

For Students 9th - 10th
In this blended lesson supporting literacy skills, students learn about baseball legend Roberto Clemente, his early years in the United States during segregation, and changes in the 1960s that made the U.S. culture more open to...
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Other

Hubbard's Cupboard: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Math and literacy meet in this extensive lesson plan based on the familiar children's story, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." Learners will be engaged in math activities such as, "Cookie Count," "Who Took the Cookies," and "Cookie Jar...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Teachers: Personal Stories and Primary Sources

For Teachers 2nd - 8th Standards
Students will explore the value of personal stories and first-hand accounts when exploring history, in this case, the events of the early twentieth century, which included World War I and the Great Depression. Through this five-unit...
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Huntington Library

Huntington Library: The Widening World of Books and Readers [Pdf]

For Teachers 7th Standards
In this lesson, 7th graders examine the widespread impact of the printing press on promoting literacy and spreading ideas across societies and between countries.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Math + Arts: Geometry in Dance

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson, young scholars observe symmetry, geometric shapes, and angles in two Early American dances, and then choreograph their own dance with symmetrical figures. Media and teaching materials are included.
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Finish My Sentence: Oral Blending Accuracy Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this classroom activity, the instructor creates a list of simple sentences that include a three or four letter word that the students are asked to blend. The instructor says the sentence and asks the student to help blend the letters...
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: The Take Away Game: Onset Rime Segmenting

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A classroom activity led by the instructor. The student is given a spoken onset and rime, and learns to remove the onset and state the remaining rime.
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Rhyme Around Baseball Activity

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
An exciting version of baseball to build fluency in creating rhyming words. The classroom is divided into two teams; when one team is up to bat the first student is given a word family such as -at. They must create a rhyming word and...
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Unit Plan
Free Reading

Free Reading: Find the Rhyme: Identifying and Generating Rhyming Words

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
A game in which students are given a word and must hunt around the classroom for a word that rhymes with it.