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Sandra Day O'Connor
No unit on important women in history would be complete without a instructional activity on Sandra Day O'Connor. After reading background information about the first female Supreme Court justice, middle schoolers engage in several...
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The Colonization of Liberia
Students analyze how slavery shaped social and economic life in the South. They study methods of passive and active resistance to slavery, and the similarities and differences between African-American and white abolitionists.
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Ring Around the Rosie
Students examine the concept of angular momentum and its correlation to mass, velocity, and radius. They listen to a teacher-led lecture, conduct an experiment with rotational inertia, angular momentum, and rotation speed by making...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Invasion of the Super Delegates
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the electoral college and superdelegates. Students then respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Nothing is More Patriotic Than Social Criticism
In this historical events learning exercise, students analyze political cartoons that feature social criticism. Students respond to 2 talking point questions.
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The Great Depression: What Would it be like today?
Students calculate the percentage decline in factors affecting the quality of life such as wages and unemployment, from before the Depression to the beginning of the New Deal. Students then calculate what the same percentage decline for...
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Reduce, Re-use, Recycle
Learners determine the importance of recycling to reduce waste, to employ trash in useful ways, and to save the environment. They estimate the percentages of landfill waste that items constitute, based on what they found in their own...
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Memorial Day Challenge
For this Memorial Day activity worksheet, learners use the 36 clues to identify the words missing in order to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Energy Alternatives Explorations
In this energy alternatives explorations worksheet, students explore alternative energy sources by using the linked web resources to answer 8 questions about different resources and identify the ones that would work in their community.
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Four Wall Handball
Young scholars explore the sport of handball. After reviewing the rules of handball, they explore how to hit the ball without hurting their hands. Students discuss arm strokes and proper foot alignment and sidearm positions. Using...
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Comparing Microscopic Organisms in Fresh and Polluted Water: An Invitation To Inquiry
Students have the opportunity to develop and formulate ideas and explanations through the scientific standard of inquiry. They identify organisms by using an identification key for specific aquatic geographical area.
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Rounding to the Nearest Million
Rounding numbers to the millions can be tricky for many young mathematicians. Students work with numbers that are rounded to the nearest thousand and round them to the nearest million. There are six sets of problems altogether.
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Holidays: Presidents Day
In this ESL/language arts worksheet, students read sentences about Presidents Day and choose the best word to fill in the blank. Students are given 2 choices for each.
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Post-Cold War Europe
In this online interactive world history activity, students answer 20 matching questions regarding post-Cold War Europe. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Decimal Stories
In this decimal learning exercise, students fill in decimal numbers in a story, choosing from a "decimal box" at the top of the page, filling in blanks so that the story makes sense.
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Holidays: Thanksgiving (Part 1)
In this grammar worksheet, pupils read sentences about Thanksgiving and choose the best word to fill in the 11 blanks. Students are given two choices.
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Personal Economics
Middle schoolers explain the role of government in protecting consumer rights and the role of private organizations in protecting consumer rights.
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American History Lesson Plans
It's always a good time for students to go over lesson plans that talk about America's birth.
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Can We Live Without Government?
Third graders explore the role that the government plays in the lives of its citizens.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: What's Replacing Our Newspapers?
In this current events learning exercise, students analyze a political cartoon about the changing newspaper industry and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Google Earth on the Range
Eighth graders use Google Earth to study the landscape of Utah. In this Utah landscape lesson, 8th graders view landscape photos and work in partners to analyze the pictures. Students write a paragraph that describes the landscape and...
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Strong as the Weakest Link
Pupils discover the types of stress that materials undergo. They examine how bridges and skyscrapers are built to withhold the tension. They create their own structure out of marshmallows and spaghetti.
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Getting to Democracy
Students define democracy and analyze the conditions needed for democracy to flourish. Students research governments in the Middle East to determine how and if they have any form of democracy within their government.