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How to Practice Sensitivity When Teaching About the Lottery
To some, a simple game of chance might be considered a sin, or even something downright evil.
Nikola Tesla documentary student worksheet
PBS documentary: Tesla - Master of Lightning; this worksheet will keep the students engaged while watching this excellent documentary about Tesla. The documentary can be found on Netflix or YouTube. It will take two class periods to...
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Study History through Journal Keeping
Journal writing can be a fun way to bring history to life. Upper graders read a series of journals from the time of the westward expansion, specifically the pioneer journey along the Oregon Trail. They compose an ongoing journal from the...
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Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)
In this world history instructional activity, students read a fact page about Adolf Hitler's early years, 1889 - 1945. They note the little known facts about Hitler before writing a newspaper article which highlights these facts. They...
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Pronoun Reference - Exercise 3
Do members of your class need extra work on pronoun reference? The 20 sentences included on this instructional activity ask pupils to fix the underlined pronoun reference errors. The address for an interactive version of the exercise is...
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Who Where They?
Students associate explorers with specific discoveries. They apply research skills to inquire about the explorers. Students switch roles with the instructor for the class to demonstrate what they have learned.
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Parallelism
In this parallelism worksheet, students complete a total of 10 multiple choice questions. Worksheet is interactive or can be printed.
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Christopher Columbus Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read the several passages about Christopher Columbus. Students answer 4 questions about the text.
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Measure for Measure by William Shakespeare
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 12 multiple choice questions about Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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World War II
In this World War II study guide worksheet, students respond to 19 short answer questions. The questions correlate to assigned readings in a textbook.
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I Am Poem
In this poem worksheet, students fill in the blanks to the poem about themselves. Students complete 19 lines to the poem on this worksheet.
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Pronoun Case - Exercise 6
In this interactive online personal pronouns practice learning exercise, students respond to 20 multiple choice questions using the appropriate pronoun case.
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Critical Consumerism
Students investigate the ways companies target the teenage demographic. In this advertising lesson, students discuss in focus groups what they like to buy. Students also complete a related worksheet.
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Peacemakers ABC Banner
Students research the life of a man killed by gangs. They discuss ways to solve problems in a peaceful manner. They create banners that show words of peace.
BBC
Bbc: World Service: Millennium Dreams
Incredible site containing personal statements from children around the world about their hopes and dreams for what is to come in the 21st century. Read these stories to gain perspective on the status of children around the world. Archived.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Lessons: Wall of Dreams
Read personal dreams for America's future, and share one of your own. Hundreds of dreams from across the country and around the world, all in hope for a better tomorrow.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Independent Lens: What's Your Calling?: Educator Guide
This educator guide is designed for young adults on the verge of making important life decisions, defining who they are, and determining how to achieve their hopes and dreams. Short film modules and highly customizable lesson plans allow...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "I Have a Dream" by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to over 250,000 people from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. In this speech, King discusses racial...
Children's Museum
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis: Anne Frank: Facing Hatred, Daring to Dream
The inspiring words of a young girl in Nazi Germany continue to impact us today. Students will learn about Anne Frank's intense struggles, but also the hope she shared through her diary. Then they'll consider how they can impact their...
Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem: Children's Diaries During the Holocaust
Students will learn about the life of children and teenagers before and during the Holocaust by reading excerpts from their diaries. In the end, these children perished in the concentration camps. Read entries about their everyday life...
CommonLit
Common Lit: Baseball Is a Field of Dreams and Dashed Hopes for Dominicans
A learning module that begins with "Baseball is a Field of Dreams - and Dashed Hopes - for Dominicans" by David Lagesse, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "A Bush League Hero" by Edna Ferber
This is the full text of the short story "A Bush League Hero" by Edna Ferber, a story about a small town in America and the hopes and dreams of those people we meet every day, even now. Full of hope and dreams.
PBS
Pbs: Red Flag
Read two eyewitness accounts of life under Stalin. They explain how Communism became "an all-consuming, all-explaining ideology that appealed to their deepest hopes and dreams."
Museum of the City of San Francisco
Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: The Miner's Song
Published in "Hutching's California Magazine" in 1857 was a song expressing the hopes and dreams of those suffering from gold fever.