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Kindergarten Social Studies Lesson 4
Students examine the lives of children in other places. They listen to a read aloud of Eve Bunting's, Dandelions, and retell the story of the family living in the West. They talk about the sod houses and compare them to the types of...
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Creating a Website on Explorers
Students identify and research famous European explorers using a variety of sources. They compare and contrast the explorers drawing conlusions about the importance of each explorer. They design a web page on one explorer of their choice.
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The Unfinished Lincoln Memorial
Students develop a list of images of President Abraham Lincoln: for example, self-taught youth, great debater, advocate of abolition of slavery and assassinated hero. They must determine if these images of Lincoln stand up under scrutiny.
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Comparing Neighbors
Middle schoolers compare and contrast Minnesota to its Canadian neighbors. In this geography lesson plan, students work in groups to examine a map for their political division to Minnesota. Middle schoolers compare and contrast...
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Canadian Citizenship Game
Students develop a game based on their research of the roles, rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizenship.
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Strategies Used During Reading
Students try a variety of reading strategies. In this reading strategy lesson, students read a nonfiction passage and put Post -Its to mark the spots where they are using a reading strategy. They focus on inferring, predicting,...
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Preservation and the Power of Light
Students identify the effect of light on objects. In this scientific inquiry lesson, students use a chart to write a hypothesis about what will happen when colored construction paper is left in sunlight. Students observe and discuss the...
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Metis
Fourth graders examine the Metis culture. In this Metis living lesson, 4th graders read Things I did Last Summer by Martin Shulman and discuss the life of the main character, Bonnie. Students recreate their favorite scenes of...
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Jefferson on a Nickel
Learners study our third president, Thomas Jefferson through stories and poems. They investigate the attributes of a nickel.
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Invent a Holiday
Students compare their own special holidays and traditions and then use their imaginations to create their own holiday.
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Our Community Helpers
Students explore community helpers in order to explain how they fit into their community and the world.
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A Penny for Abe
Students explore Abraham Lincoln through stories and poems. They also explore him being on the penny.
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How far have we come in the "Freedom Struggle"?
Eleventh graders assess an appreciation for the sacrifices made to achieve fundamental rights in our society. They analyze how far we've come to explore what more needs to be done in the "Freedom Struggle." Each student completes a...
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Algebra Preparation
In this math worksheet, middle schoolers match the pictures to the number sentence that is pieced together. They use the order of operations to simplify.
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Communication - An Introduction
Learners define communication and identify its components. In this communication lesson, students read, discuss, and internalize the four pages of communication elements that include charts, vocabulary, and methods.
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Survival or Democracy?
Students take a closer look at Pakistan today. For this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to discover a history of the country, the cultural values of its citizens, and structure of the of the government there.
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Where In the World Are We?
Fifth graders read postcards and find their locations on maps. They use the pictures and text on the postcards to write about imaginary vacations. They compute the mileage and compare it to TripMaker data.
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Colonial America: The Original 13
Middle schoolers work in small groups to research the initial history of two colonies and answering a list of questions. They then prepare a PowerPoint presentation or poster that includes all the findings of the questions and share...
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Canada Crossword
In this Canada crossword puzzle worksheet, students read 13 clues pertaining to Canada. Students fit their answers in a crossword puzzle, which has no word bank.
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VARIABLES AND PATTERNS, USE AFTER INVESTIGATION THREE. DISCRETE OR CONTINUOUS LINEAR RELATIONS.
Students discover for which kind of linear function is appropriate to use the "scatter" or the "connected" term. In this lesson, students investigate functions using variables, patterns book, graph paper, rulers and the graphit program.
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I Belong, But Why Don't You?
Students explore discrimination. In this character development lesson plan, students identify groups and organizations to which they belong and the requirements that go with each group. Students discuss inclusion and exclusion and...
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History Close to Home
Learners examine primary sources as related to Nevada and the Civil War. For this United States history lesson, students gather and analyze various primary sources in small groups and interpret unknown vocabulary words by using context...
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Cultural Representation of Skeletons and Bones
Eighth graders study cultures and beliefs about the final life cycle. In this culture lesson students complete several activities on the origins of Halloween.
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Priceless Gifts
Third graders read about Italy and the complete activities that investigate the spice trade. In this spice trade lesson plan, 3rd graders analyze characters, write a thank you note, speak Italian, and complete language activities.