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Multiplying and Dividing Polynomials

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students practice multiplying and dividing polynomial expressions with monomials. After a lecture on how to calculate the expression, students practice solving their own polynomial expression while being guided by their classmates.
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Latin America: 1500-Present

For Students 6th - 11th
For this Latin American history study guide worksheet, students read a brief overview pertaining to the history of Latin America from 1500 to the present and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words. Students also respond to 23...
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The French Revolution caused a... T.E.R.R.O.R.

For Teachers 8th - 12th
In this French Revolution study guide worksheet, learners read a brief overview pertaining to the time period in French history and then respond to 10 reflection questions.
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The Spread of Revolutions

For Students 7th - 11th
In this spread of revolutions study guide worksheet, students read the notes provided regarding the Enlightenment and the revolutions that took place in England, Latin America, Haiti, France, and the United States.
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History of France: Big Picture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this French history study guide worksheet, students read a brief overview pertaining to the history of France from the Reformation to the present and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words. Students also respond to 25 short...
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The End of the Cold War

For Teachers 6th - 10th
For this end of the Cold War study guide worksheet, students read a brief overview pertaining to the time period in world history and then respond to 4 reflection questions.
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Paths to Absolute Power

For Teachers 6th - 9th
For this absolute power study guide worksheet, students read the notes provided regarding Cardinal Richelieu, Frederick the Great, and Peter the Great.
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History of France: Big Picture

For Teachers 7th - 11th
For this French history study guide worksheet, learners read a brief overview pertaining to major events in history of France from circa 1500 to the present.
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An Early Threat of Secession: The Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Nullification Crisis

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students analyze an interactive map of the Missouri Compromise to identify the regions and their relation to slavery. In this pre-civil war era lesson, students read primary source documents and research online to answer questions...
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Gandhi’s Salt March: Nonviolence in Action

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the effectiveness of nonviolent protest. In this social justice lesson, students analyze the effectiveness of Gandhi's Salt March as a nonviolent protest. Students jigsaw read the provided story and discuss it.
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Learn the Steps to Clear Essay Writing!

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Introduce your young writers to the five-paragraph expository essay format with a four-page instructional activity that uses color codes to model for writers how to craft the essay. Although designed to prepare writers for the GED, the...
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Remembering New Words

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Four strategies learners can use to remember new words are detailed on a one-page worksheet. They are shown how to find synonyms, make a personal connection, think of antonyms, and how to make up a sentence that puts the words together....
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In Your Own Words...

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the importance of comprehension and the use of summarization. Through guided practice, they summarize given paragraphs. Independently, they read an article and highlight information that they believe is very important....
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My Region Through Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the region of state in which they live on a regional map. They read information about the time period assigned and identify significant historical events that occurred in the region.
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Sum It All Up

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe and demonstrate the process of summarizing text. They discuss the importance of summarizing, then listen to the teacher read a chapter from the book "Sarah Plain and Tall." Students observe the teacher write a summary...
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The Giver

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students read and analyze the novel, 'The Giver.' They classify activities in an activity regarding freedom of choice, create a list of rules, conduct a debate, write a skit, and write an essay on genetic engineering or utopian societies.
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Smart Board Literacy Center

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students practice spelling their names.  In this technology and early emergent literacy lesson, students locate the letters in their name among a cluster of letters on the Smart board, then click and drag each letter to the other...
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First and Last Sentences

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover how to read sentences in a paragraph and know the main idea. In this main idea lesson, 3rd graders read paragraphs, underline the first and last sentences and determine the main idea. Students do guided and...
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Treaties

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore Canadian maps. For this map skills and Canadian history lesson, students locate reserves that originated from treaties made while establishing the Saskatchewan First Nation reserve communities. Students research these...
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Tell Me All About It!!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars discuss the importance of comprehension and the use of summarization. Through guided practice, they follow five steps in finding and highlighting important information, while deleting information that is not needed. Using...
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Fairytale Cake

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners recreate characters from the story, "The Fairytale Cake." For this fairy tale characterization lesson, students first listen to fairy tales read aloud. They then use play dough and plastic bowls as pretend "cakes and icing", and...
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What's Important?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students, through teacher modeling and guided practice, explore four steps/rules of summarizing. In groups, they read a short passage and then, by applying the summarization rules and skills, write an effective summary of it.
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Wanted: Only the Facts!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students apply three steps to summarizing successfully (delete trivial and redundant material, replace superordinate terms with a list or action term, and invent a topic sentence.) Through guided practice, they follow these rules in...
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Turn, Turn, Turn

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover how to select a book and determine if it is too difficult to read. They break into groups of two; with one partner spinning the other around several times with their eyes closed and then the other person guides them...