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Curated OER

Studying Pillow The Book

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the content of The Pillow Book. They conduct research and complete journals about the readings. There are target questions to guide the writing and reflection process.
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Curated OER

The Important Things About Nouns

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create pages to be published into a eBook. Students read a story and identify nouns and attributes that describe the noun. Using a creative writing process, students write paragraphs and combine them for their eBook. Students...
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Curated OER

Getting to Know You

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe the teacher's basket which contains items that represent his/her childhood. They listen to a read aloud of Library Lil and complete a graphic organizer based on the story. They decorate a paper cut out with facts about a...
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Curated OER

Young Author Books: I Am a Leaf on My Family Tree

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders create family tree books. They discuss culture and brainstorm interview questions for family members. They write stories, poems, and captions for family photos. They interview family members and assemble the interviews...
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Curated OER

Kissing Coyotes

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are read the book "Kissing Coyotes". During the story, they make predictions about what they believe might happen next. After the story, they create their own story using their imagination and draw illustrations.
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Curated OER

A PRICELESS Collection

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read a story about the life of Russian plant breeder Nikolai I and Vavilov and the national seed bank he established. They research the Irish Potato Famine of the late 1840s and identify the cause for this famine and make...
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Curated OER

Summer Scientists

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this lesson plan, students discuss and reocrd what makes an object living or nonliving. The students then chart the lists of living and nonliving objects. Teacher allows students oportunity to go outside and look for living and...
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Curated OER

Friendship Poster

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners use WordArt to create a friendship poster. In this friendship lesson, students use Microsoft Word to create a friendship poster. Learners create phrases using the WordArt program and arrange the phrases on construction paper to...
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Curated OER

Mary Eliza Church Terrell -- Civil Rights Leader

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine writings of Mary Eliza Church Terrell. They role play themselves as an African American woman in the 19th century. They describe her actions and how they benefited minorities.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this crossword puzzle learning exercise, learners use the clues about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the words from the word box to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Big Five Personality Traits and Health Behaviors

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer the following questions on the relationship between personality traits and health behaviors by using the given table.
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Other

Trait Theory of Personality

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a short introduction to the personality trait theory, with links to information on specific scientist's theories.
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Other

Personality research.org; Five Factor Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the five factor model in studying personality traits. Gives competing models and descriptives of the psychologists who are proponents of the Big Five.
Website
Other

Type Logic: Personality Traits for the Myers Briggs Test

For Students 9th - 10th
Want more information about your personality traits? Using your personality type you can explore: type descriptions, trademark characteristics, functional analysis, famous individuals with that personality, and fictional individuals with...
Website
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Human Genetics Project: Is the Dominant Trait Most Prevalent?

For Students 9th - 10th
Human-Genetics: A Worldwide Search for the Dominant Trait allows you to collect data and share your results with students around the world. Register your class, complete the student survey, participate in discussion boards, and interact...
Article
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Psychology Today: Personality

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of several articles addressing questions about personality such as character, traits, and temperament. Investigate ways to identify the different types of personalities and ways to work with them.
Article
American Psychological Association

Apa: Personality Styles May Predict Depression

For Students 9th - 10th
An article describing how certain personality traits correspond with a susceptibility to depression.
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Personal Site / Mendels Discoveries

For Students 9th - 10th
This personal site gives the seven characteristics that Mendel observed and a fairly large background to what Mendel saw and interpreted.
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PBS

Pbs News Hour Extra: Genomes Offer Murkey Clues to Personality

For Students 9th - 10th
This article covers the new ways science has discovered to read genomes and decipher particular traits in humans. Classroom worksheet with discussion questions available. January 29, 2009
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Other

Personality research.org: The Five Factor Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Paper examines the five factor model in depth. Includes applications of the model and an evaluation of it's significance.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Me in a Box

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson plan, students identify personality traits and collect items that represents these traits. Students guess the items that belong to each student and then give oral presentations to reveal their items to the class.
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New Zealand Ministry of Education

Nz Ministry of Education: What a Character

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Students will explore characters created by authors and identify personality traits, and then apply these ideas to their own characters using language skills identified to convey these traits. Students will write a character sketch,...
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Randall Davis

Building Your Listening Vocabulary: Personality Types

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This exercise designed for English language learners helps build their vocabularies. Students learn words associated with personality traits, such as selfishness, truthfulness, and cleverness, by completing this multiple-choice quiz.
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John F. Kennedy Center

The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge: What a Character!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
In this lesson, students analyze how a character's personality traits, actions, and motives influence the plot of a story. Students also learn how storytellers use their face, body, and voice, as well as the five senses, to enhance the...

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