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Curated OER

Jack-O-Happy

For Students K - 3rd
In this showing feelings instructional activity, students read a poem about emotions and draw happy, sad, scared, mad, silly, and glad faces on the pumpkins. Students draw 6 pictures.
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How Media Shapes Perception

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars analyze how media shapes their perception of events. In this media lesson, students research the home pages of assigned web sites to determine how media influences how they feel about tragic event. They look at head lines...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Empathy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A instructional activity boosts relationship skills with a focus on empathy. Scholars define it, offer examples, and practice showing empathy with scenario cards. Five steps assist class members in empathizing in the classroom, home, and...
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University of California

Breathing Boards

For Students K - 12th
Instill the importance of mindfulness with six breathing exercises. Scholars trace shapes using their fingers, following arrows that tell them when to breathe in and when to breathe out. Exercises increase by counts of breath in and out.
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Curated OER

Maus: Making a Visual Representation

For Teachers 10th - 12th
How do you represent a tragic event? Are stories of tragic events better left untold? After reading chapter two of Maus and studying other representations of the Holocaust (suggestions are included), class members create a representation...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Puberty: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
With puberty comes lots of changes to one's body. Scholars explore those changes with two lessons that examine the role of the pituitary gland and hormones. In the first lesson, pupils take on the role of the pituitary gland, write a...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Getting Along: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Two lessons boost social awareness and spread gratitude. In the first lesson, scholars write a newspaper article that describes a conflict and ways to solve it. In the second lesson, pupils offer kindness coupons to family and friends to...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Handling Peer Pressure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Class members participate in a discussion to identify all types of positive and negative peer pressure and brainstorm strategies to not give in to negative peer pressure. Scholars create a T-chart to record their observations....
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Overcoming Obstacles

Becoming a Good Friend

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A lesson puts a spotlight on becoming a good friend. After pointing out TV friendships, scholars listen to several scenarios and discuss whether the characters exhibit good or bad friendly behaviors. Learners reflect on the...
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Facing History and Ourselves

Envisioning Our Classroom Space

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Wouldn't it be lovely if we all had a space where we were seen, heard, and valued? As part of creating a safe, respectful classroom community, participants envision such a space and then generate a classroom contract that will establish...
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US Department of Homeland Security

Psychological First Aide (PFA) for Students and Teachers

For Teachers K - 12th
Listen, protect, connect! Using the resource, teachers learn how psychological first aid helps scholars adjust after a crisis or school emergency. They discover how to observe changes in pupils' school performance, listen and offer...
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Thoughtful Learning

Setting and Reaching Goals

For Students 4th - 8th
An activity boosts self-management through goal setting and reflection. Scholars choose one goal they wish to obtain by the end of the week. Participants brainstorm ways to make their goal a reality then reflect on whether or not their...
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Facing History and Ourselves

Blending In and Standing Out

For Teachers 6th - 12th
An excerpt from Sarfraz Manzoor's memoir about how his experiences as a Pakistani growing up in England shaped the way he though about his identify provides a stimulus for a discussion of how experiences can shape our concept of identity...
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National Education Association

Racial Justice in Education Resource Guide

For Teachers K - 12th
Strive for racial justice within your classroom community with help from an 80-page resource guide. Five modules move scholars through thoughtful, and reflective grand conversations to making a plan, then taking action. Learners write...
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Museum of the American Revolution

Leadership and Alexander Hamilton

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Alexander Hamilton serves as a model in a lesson that asks young political scientists to consider the strengths and weaknesses of six different leadership styles. They read a brief overview of Hamilton's activities before, during, and...
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Tean Truth

Leaders Are, Can, and Think

For Students 8th - 12th
A great way to begin a discussion of leadership is to have learners reflect on their own experiences with leadership. A one-page activity asks individuals to list what they believe are the top characteristics, qualities, and beliefs of...
Lesson Plan
Facing History and Ourselves

Hardship and Hope: Teaching Amanda Gorman's "New Day's Lyric"

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Class members come together to study Amanda Gorman's poem "New Day's Lyric." After a close reading of the poem, learners watch a video of Gorman reading her poem, and then craft additional lines for the poem where they offer suggestions...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Listening

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The big idea in this resource is that listening and hearing are not the same things. A lesson on active listening has class members generate a list of listening techniques that focus on the speaker, confirm what they say, and respond...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Conflict Resolution: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students analyze concepts related to health promotion and conflict resolution. In this character education lesson plan, students answer discussion questions about resolving conflicts. Students complete a conflict resolution activity...
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Depression

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review what they know about clinical depression. In this personal health lesson, students research depression and treatments for it. Students then create information posters that feature factual information about depression.
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Extreme Measures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students take a closer look at their personal diets. For this personal health lesson, students watch "Extreme Measures," keep personal health journals, and discuss the obsession with perfect bodies. The instructor may also invite...
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Curated OER

Using Words to Work Things Out

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore classroom community building. In this character development and community building instructional activity, students listen to Hands Are Not for Hitting and generate a class list of positive ways to handle classroom...
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Curated OER

Activity Plan 5-6: All About You And Me

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore their unique qualities as they create "me" puppets. In this early childhood lesson, students play a category game, discuss uniqueness, and create their very own "me" puppets.
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Monkey Puzzle

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders analyze the life and work of Keith Haring. In this art criticism instructional activity, 3rd graders view images of his artwork, produce an anthology of his life's work and discuss his achievements. Students will recreate...

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