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First Amendment Guarantee of Free Speech (Senior, Social Studies)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars receive a list of banned books from which they choose one to read. They read their chosen book and write a paper that includes a discussion of the First Amendment and its guarantees and the reason(s) why they believe their...
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The Free Silver Movement and Inflation

For Teachers 7th - 10th Standards
Why are US dollars no longer backed by gold and silver? What is our medium of exchange, and what would it be like to live in a barter economy? Learners consider these questions, as well as learn about the major historical events in the...
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You Are What You Eat

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Youngsters listen to the story of Gregory the Terrible Eater and write a similar story using the same pattern. In the new book, Herman is requested to eat things that are nouns. They must supply the correct part of speech for the class...
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"How To" Speeches Using iMovie

For Teachers 5th
Challenge your pupils with this innovative how-to activity. Instead of simply having learners write an essay describing how to do a particular activity, this lesson has them create an iMovie describing a process.
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Swift Response

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine how matters of national security affect the press' ability to practice free speech. They read and discuss an article regarding the Swift program, discuss opinions about patriotism and the press, and write a letter to the...
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Exploring Descriptive Language With Different Parts of Speech

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students practice experiencing writing with appropriate language and incorporating the eight parts of speech. They assess that many words have multiple functions when used in different contexts. Each student free writes in response to a...
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Alliteration and Tongue Twisters

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Did she sell seashells by the seashore, or did Bill buy berries by the ballpark? Practice literary skills with an activity based on famous tongue twisters. Kids replace the nouns, verb, and adjectives in two phrases to create a new...
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Elonis v. U.S.

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
With the explosion of social media sites, with online threats and cyber bullying, issues of freedom of speech have taken on a whole new aspect. Elonis v. U.S. represents the first time the Supreme Court has considered whether or not...
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To Express or Be Oppressed

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine the debate between free-speech and patriotism. They analyze the conflict between expression and patriotism to the throne in the Northern Renaissance, recording their responses on an Ordeal of the Artist handout.
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Cyberbullying: Effects on Teens Across the Nation (Segment 3)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Free speech, privacy, and cyberbullying are the focus of a series of activities that prompt class members to engage in discussions about these interrelated topics. They view a segment from PBS’s series on bullying, read...
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Impromptu Speech

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students present a speech. In this public speaking instructional activity, students learn what an impromptu speech is and the important facets of the introduction and conclusion. Students present an impromptu speech.
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Identifying Parts of Speech

For Students 4th - 5th
In this grammar worksheet, students master all parts of speech. Students complete 8 sentences, identifying every word and its purpose in each statement.
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ESL- What Can You Do in Your Free Time?

For Students 5th - 7th
In this ESL free time activities worksheet, student see clip art pictures of leisure activities along with the question, "Can you..?" They ask other students if they can ski, ice skate, ride a bike, or play volleyball. They write the...
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Clear and Present Danger

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students assume identities of lawmakers, judges, writers, and protestors during times in American history when freedoms of speech and press were limited because country was on the brink of war or fighting one. Students use primary source...
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What is a Democracy?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify what makes a country democratic and compare United States and Indian political party symbols. They create their own political party and party symbol. They create a campaign speech, participate in the voting process...
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Student Mad Libs

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Young scholars investigate the different parts of speech by participating in a fill in the blank activity. In this Mad Libs lesson, students define the different parts of speech and discuss how they are used appropriately in sentences....
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I Really Love This More

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young language arts learners choose between two activities and then attempt to convince their classmates of their choice as a way of practicing persuasive speech. This particular lesson uses Valentine's Day as a theme; learners chose...
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Interjections

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Teach your kids the foundational building blocks of grammar: the eight parts of speech. Young scholars review these and also discuss how to correctly use interjections. They identify the interjections on a worksheet, for which answers...
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Reported Speech 1

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this reported speech worksheet, young scholars review and discuss five key directives to choosing the grammatically correct verb in ten sentences.
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Valentine’s Day Adjectives and Adverbs

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Connect parts of speech with Valentine's Day in an engaging grammar worksheet with a Valentine theme. Learners fill in the blanks with the appropriate adjective or adverb to complete each sentence.
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Order of Adjectives: Write a Sentence

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Knowing the parts of speech can make you a better writer! Young grammarians use sets of two and three adjectives to write engaging sentences, taking care to use the adjectives in the correct order.
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Find What the Adjective Describes

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Adjectives can appear anywhere in a sentence, so spotting the nouns they describe can be tricky. Practice identifying parts of speech with a quick review worksheet in which learners circle the nouns in eight sentences that each adjective...
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Prepositional Phrases

For Students 6th - 8th
What is a preposition? You can't possibly understand prepositional phrases without first learning prepositions. Start by reading the informative paragraph at the top of the page. An example is also included. This is a great introduction...
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Jabberwocky

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Readers demonstrate their ability to use word endings and word relationships to identify the parts of speech of the nonsense words in Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky."

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