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Prize-Winning Profiles

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read a profile of Luiz Inácio da Silva, the currently favored presidential candidate in Brazil. They use this article as a model for writing their own profiles of noteworthy people recently featured in the news.
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Ask Personal Questions: Worksheet 1

For Students 5th - 9th
In this conversational English worksheet, students practice interviewing skills as they role play using the 20 personal questions provided.
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Fit to Be Tied (In)

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How do the films we watch affect our purchasing behavior? Considering the profiles of given consumer demographics, the class analyzes real advertisements and the effectiveness of their power on consumerism. THey create posters that...
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Consumer Privacy

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
The availability of personal financial information is of greater importance now than ever before. Your pupils will discuss how public and private records are accessed by various organizations, particularly considering direct mail, credit...
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EU Simulation: The European Council

For Teachers 12th
Discover how government and the European Union works with this interactive activity. Small groups form to represent a country and create a profile. The instructor presents an issue to discuss and potential politicians then develop...
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Telling Our Own Stories

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Explore online profiles and social media with your middle and high school classes. Use blogs to inspire your class to craft a well-written, thoughtful response to a prompt you give.  A few example prompts are given. 
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Ice Breaker Activity - Name Reflections

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Get to you know your new class members with an ice breaker activity that uses their name and creativity. Scholars write their first name in cursive on a folded sheet of paper, cut around the curved lines, open the paper to view its new...
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Understanding Variation

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Does where we live influence how our bodies express genetic traits? Explore variation in human skin color with an activity that incorporate video and hands-on learning. Individuals model the relationship between phenotypes and genotypes,...
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State of Oregon v. Dominguez-Martinez

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers are introduced to the concept of racial profiling. In groups, they analzye the case between Oregon and Dominguez-Martinez and evaluate the use of racial profiling as a tool of policemen. They also discuss the laws in place...
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Machine Technology

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Learners work in pairs to manufacture a product for a potential customer. They interview potential customers and collect data. Students develop a customer interview profile. They manufacture drill drift part to customer's specifications...
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Facebook Worksheets

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this friends worksheet, students read a text, fill out a profile, fill in the blanks to short sentences, and more. Students complete 5 activities.
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Details, Details

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils explore statistics by participating in a personal details activity. In this data collection lesson plan, students identify the importance of personal information collection and how it can be used against them if collected...
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You're History

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students write personal histories. In this historical analysis lesson, students explore their own places in history as they read the diaries of others and write their own.
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Cinderella Stories

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students listen to the Scottish tale, The Princess and the Golden Shoes, creating a character chart. They develop a newspaper containing news stories, personality profiles, and editorials regarding The Princess and the Golden Shoes.
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Total English: ESL Activity

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL activity, students practice using "a" and "an." Students write the correct word before a noun, then students write a "short personal profile" about 5 fictitious people; they are given basic facts about them. Students then...
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Stand and Deliver

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students take a closer look at the presidential election of 2004. In this American politics lesson, students visit selected websites to learn about the 2004 campaign and active citizenship. Students then create personality...
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Personal Learning Profile Project

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students take notes on a prepared advanced organizer. They analyze dreams and goals across many parts of life and create different types (paths) of goals to accomplish dreams. They classify dreams and goals generated across these ...
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Grade 11 and 12 - Personal Development (Mental Well-Being)

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students relate emotional health and well-being to personal productivity and to the workplace design, implement, assess, and evaluate a plan to promote personal, school, and community well-being
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Profiles of Maine Civil War Soliders

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read letters of soldiers in the Civil War from the state of Maine. They create a soldier profile from the letters and draw what they believe the soldier looked like.
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Character Profile

For Students 4th - 5th
In this character analysis worksheet, learners complete a profile for a character they've read about in a story. Students write words that describe character's personality, actions, and physical self. Learners then write what they like...
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Famous Person Admired

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research a famous person they admire. Students conduct Internet research to gather and store facts about the historic person in order to write essay, they also collect pictures for a collage.
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What are My Math Goals?

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
For this introductory worksheet, students evaluate their personal views on their study of mathematics and work to set goals to achieve greater success in mathematics. There are 7 questions to this questionnaire with bonus tips on study...
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Spotlight on Change Agents

For Teachers 6th - 12th
A thought-provoking resource guides learners as they interview agents of social change and share their findings. Scholars select an individual, create questions, conduct the interview, and create a profile of the person they selected....
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Modern-Day Heroes: People Who Are Making a Difference

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Not all superheroes wear capes. An engaging lesson delves into the world of modern-day heroes and activists for change. Academics learn there are many different ways to be a hero as well as explore what makes a person a hero. The...