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Mail Call!
Students explore the National Postal Museum through an interactive program. They explore how a stamp design gets proposed and who designs them. They also examine the history of the postal service.
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Women in History: Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
In this women in history worksheet, students read a biography of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis. Students then answer 6 multiple choice questions and 1 essay question about the passage.
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The Watergate Crisis
Students examine Watergate and explore how this crisis affected American politics.
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Don't Be a Duffer! Understanding the Sport of Golf
Students are divided into six groups to access the "History of Golf Since 1497" website, and familiarize themselves with the data on one of the six pages of the website. They then work together as a large group to construct a timeline of...
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Constitution Day
In this U.S Constitution instructional activity, students complete a crossword puzzle where they answer 20 questions about the U.S. Constitution then use their answers to complete a crossword puzzle. A word bank is provided.
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Twelve Facts About e
In this e worksheet, students are presented with several facts about e and Euler. Students are also given a technique to help them remember the numerical approximation for e.
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Matching Events and People
In this social studies events learning exercise, students match important events in history with people that were involved at the time. Students complete 13 matches.
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Complete Subject Review
In this subject worksheet, 5th graders review and master the subject of sentences. Students respond to 28 questions, underlining or writing the subject of each given statement.
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Dmitry Medvedev
In this famous person learning exercise, students read a passage about Dmitry Medvedev and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze,...
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Selecting a Chief Justice For The United States Supreme Court: The Senate Confirmation Hearings of Judge John Roberts, Jr.
Students review the procedures for selecting a new Supreme Court Justice. In groups, they determine which questions the nominee should be asked and practice asking the questions with a classmate. They watch the confirmation hearings...
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"Rolling Out the Red Carpet," and Other Idioms
Students study the idiom as a form of speech. They practice using idioms by developing a Jeopardy game using a provided template.
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Monty Python and the Quest for the Perfect Fallacy
Students study ten fallacies that represent the most common mistakes in reasoning. In groups, students evaluate given arguments and identify the fallacy and/or bobby-trap in each one. Students study larger arguments and discover...
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World War II: Germany
In this world history activity, students learn about Nazi Germany during World War II. They then use the information they learned to solve the 10 questions on the activity. The answers are on the last page of the packet.
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Civil War: A Terrible Swift Sword
Students explore the Civil War. In this American History lesson, students use guiding questions and primary resources to better comprehend the events of the Civil War. This lesson actually includes 3 complete lessons that cover, North v....
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Fractured Facts for Civics
In this fractured facts for civics worksheet, 9th graders correct 24 sentences by replacing certain phrases if they are incorrect, but not all need to be corrected, answers are included.
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The Treaty of Versailles: The League of Nations Student Worksheet
In this world history instructional activity, students read a 1-page selection as well as Internet articles about the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations and then respond to 8 short answer questions.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
In this famous leaders instructional activity, students read a passage about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling,...
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Thanksgiving
In this Thanksgiving activity, students compete the Thanksgiving crossword puzzle. There are 13 clues provided at the bottom of the page for students to use to solve the puzzle.
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Troop Surge vs. Redeployment
Students explore American foreign policy regarding the war in Iraq. In this Iraq debate lesson, students examine videos and documents about the pros and cons of keeping American troops in Iraq.
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The Four Freedoms
Students discuss the four freedoms. In this freedom lesson, students discuss freedom of speech, freedom to worship any God, freedom from want, and freedom from fear. They create a picture to match each freedom and make a book shaped like...
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Idiom Quizzes - Numbers
In this online interactive grammar skills activity, students answer 15 multiple choice questions regarding the meaning of idioms. Students may check their answers immediately.
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ESL Holiday Lessons: Aviation Day
In this language skills worksheet, students read an article regarding Aviation Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble ...
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Chapter 18 – The New Deal
In this U.S. history worksheet, students read assigned textbook pages regarding New Deal policies and respond to 47 short answer questions.
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Graphing With Paper and Computers
Fourth graders construct bar graphs. In this graphing lesson, 4th graders create bar graphs in connection with the story, The Copycat Fish. After creating the initial graphs on paper, students use MS Excel to create graphs.