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Do Some Research: Light Spectrum

For Students 5th - 7th
Students explore both the scientifc world of the light spectrum and the research world of the library and/or internet in this activity, which asks a question about the light spectrum to be answered with student research. There is a space...
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Do Some Research: Atoms

For Students 6th - 8th
Coupled with a lesson on atoms or a unit on research, this activity is a simple and helpful way for students to learn the research process, whether it's on the internet or in the library. After answering a question on atoms, students...
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Speed - Do Some Research

For Students 4th - 7th
In this Internet research worksheet, students conduct library or Internet research on speed then answer 5 short answer questions about the topic.
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Sound - Do Some Research

For Students 4th - 7th
In this Internet research worksheet, students conduct library or Internet research on sound then answer 5 short answer questions on the topic.
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Do Some Research

For Students 4th - 7th
In this Internet research worksheet, students conduct library or Internet research on weather fronts then draw a picture and write a report about the topic.
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Do Some Research

For Students 4th - 7th
In this Internet research worksheet, students conduct library or Internet research on clouds then draw a picture and write a report about the topic.
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Do Some Research

For Students 4th - 7th
In this Internet research worksheet, students conduct library or Internet research on humidity then draw a picture and write a report about the topic.
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Writing Process

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete activities with the book Help! I'm a Prisoner in the Library by Eth Clifford. In this literature instructional activity, 4th graders read through chapter 4 of the book and respond to the policeman's phone calls....
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Where Do I Belong?

For Teachers K - 6th
Students complete a worksheet where they organize books on the book shelves. In this library lesson, students learn where each book belongs by using the order of numbers and letters. Students learn how to organize which is a life skill....
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Searching in "Neat Stuff": Library Corner

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students explore collections of materials and pointers to other related materials to help them to quickly and easily find and retrieve information needed. This lesson plan was originally written for librarians with little or no net...
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Primary and Secondary Sources - 7th

For Teachers 7th - 9th
A link to a beautiful Animoto presentation is included, giving examples of primary sources that a student might want to contact when doing research. Using the Topaz Internment Camp in Utah as a sample topic, middle schoolers view a slide...
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Ban That Book!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Take advantage of Banned Book Week to pique students' interest and get them reading! Create a classroom display of previously banned books and allow each member of your class to choose one to read. After they have read their book, get...
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Sarah, Plain and Tall Study Guide

For Students 7th - 9th
Patricia MacLachlan’s award-winning novel, Sarah, Plain and Tall, is the focus of a comprehensive study guide. For each chapter, readers answer fact-based and interpretative questions, define and use vocabulary words in a sentence, and...
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The Great Depression and New Deal

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Elementary pupils are introduced to the Great Depression as a critical period of hardship in United States history. They engage in collaborative assignments researching the Dust Bowl, the New Deal, US presidents, and presidential libraries.
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The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Realism

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Is it possible to tell a true war story? Tim O’Brien says that fiction is for “getting at the truth when the truth isn’t sufficient for the truth.” To get at the truth about war, class members examine primary source materials from the...
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Environmental Awareness and Children's Literature

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Use an alternative setting for pregnant teens and young mothers, as well as special education children to examine environmental topics through literature. Included in this unit is a visit to neighborhood libraries to select children's...
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Introducing Jane Eyre

For Teachers 8th - 12th
"How can a magazine reflect a particular time and culture?" Using this prompt, your class explores the Victorian Era as it relates to Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. They can also play the "Victorian Women's Rights" game for the year 1840...
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Napoléon Bonaparte: un héros ou un tyran?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Was Napoléon Bonaparte a hero or a tyrant? Discuss examples of each, and list their common attributes. Then, to form a solid argument and take a stance, intermediate and advanced Francophones conduct Internet research. After a few days...
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Things Fall Apart: Research, Writing & Presentation Project

For Teachers 9th - 11th
A great resource for your unit on Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart. Small groups conduct research about related topics (list included), write papers, present PowerPoint slide shows, and take a student-created test. Fill in a few...
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Big-as-Life Book Report

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners read fiction or nonfiction books that stretch their reading levels. They reflect on the books they read with classmates and select a dynamic scene, colorful setting, or appealing characters to illustrate in a visual book report....
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Black History: Famous People, Movements, Events (Crossword Puzzle)

For Students 8th - 11th
If you want a light exercise to review 12 famous people, events, and movements in American history, with a focus on African-American history, this crossword puzzle may be useful. It requires familiarity with Rosa Parks, Martin Luther...
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Verbs: Past

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
The focus of this 38-page packet is on past tense verbs. Packed with games, activities, exercises, and drills that can be adapted to any level, the resource deserves a place in your ESL/ELD curriculum library.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Area - Homework 18.3

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Presenting perfect practice for finding perimeter and area of a rectangle. Three rectangles are depicted, three sets of sides are listed, and one real-life application described for which youngsters compute both values. The...
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Empathy Award

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this personal health worksheet, young scholars research biographies of famous people using the Internet or library in order to nominate someone for an empathy award. They fill out the nomination form for this fictitious award by...

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