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Paragraph Development In News Journalism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify the qualities of a new paragraph. They develop news paragraphs. They gain an introduction to appropriate paragraph development in news journalism using professional models as a guide.
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Understanding the Depression Through Projects

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the Depression Era, and create a project based on their research.
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Reading the newspaper

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read articles related to local, state, national, and world events using word maps.
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"Shapes" Dance Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create dances by manipulating shapes with their bodies.
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Everyone Knows It's Windy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create an anemometer, an instrument that measures wind speed.
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Weather Conditions During the Fall Monarch Migration

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students keep detailed weather records during the fall migration of the monarch butterfly. They compare weather conditions to the days they do and do not see monarchs. As a class, they graph and analyze data and send it to a university...
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Inquiring About the Titanic

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe pictures of the Titanic sailing and at the bottom of the ocean. They hypothesize the cause of the Titanic tragedy and engage in deeper questioning while one student writes responses on the board. They then work in groups...
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Korea in Your Community

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners identify Korean products sold in the US and become aware of Korea's importance in international trade.
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Alphabet Books

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Pupils work with a partner from a different grade level to brainstorm, draft, edit, illustrate and publish alphabet-themed books. They take turns reading the books to each other and conference with a teacher to review their work.
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Eyes on the Prize: School Desegregation, 1957 1962

For Students 9th - 10th
As part of a much larger site from PBS' American Experience's series, Eyes on the Prize, look through this multifaceted site that traces the resistance to implementing school desegregation ordered by the Supreme Court and shows the...
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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Bernard Shaw

For Students 9th - 10th
This entry from Encyclopedia Britannica features Bernard Shaw, an American television journalist and the first chief anchor for the Cable News Network (CNN). Shaw's childhood heroes included newsman Edward R. Murrow, whose television...