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Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Why Did Some Colonial Virginians Seek Independence?

For Students 5th - 12th Standards
To understand the reasonings of those colonials who sought independence from England, young historians are divided into content groups that examine documents related to either the Boston Tea Party, the Yorktown Tea Party, Tea Overboard,...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Comprehension: Text Analysis, Fiction and Nonfiction Find

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Scholars analyze fiction and nonfiction text and fill in a worksheet detailing the text's title, genre, and reason for its classification.
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Missouri Department of Elementary

Lean Mean Coping Machine!

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders are asked to choose and rank five scenarios from a list of ten that are most important to them. After explaining the reasons for the choices, they then identify the coping skills they used to make their decisions.
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C-SPAN

Political Polarization

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Dive into the political breach with pupils and explore the reasons for political polarization. Using clips from C-SPAN that include discussions from reporters and scholars, class members consider what is causing the political fault lines...
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Curated OER

Bead It!

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use colored beads in two problems and explore the use of proportional reasoning as a problem solving method. Working Students, in groups, explain their reasoning strategies orally, and through drawings.
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Curated OER

Improving Deductive Reasoning Skills

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students recognize problems that may be solved using deductive reasoning, and develop aids to help them in solving these problems. They produce their own deductive reasoning puzzles for other students to solve.
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Curated OER

Everything You Know Is Wrong 1: Us and Them

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore rational, irrational, analytical and non-analytical methods of reasoning. They participate in numerous exercises and hands-on activities to understand assumptions and how most people think. Students establish the...
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Curated OER

Adaptations in bird's beaks

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this bird's beaks learning exercise, students explore the reasons for adaptations in the beaks of the birds pictured. Students complete 4 problems.
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Curated OER

Arithmetic Chains

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students complete a chain of numbers given the outcome. In this geometry lesson, student use deductive and inductive reasoning to solve problems. They create a formula and ways to predict numbers in the chain without starting over.
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Curated OER

Critical Thinking - Week 11

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
For this critical thinking worksheet, students complete problems which require abstract reasoning and logic. They complete logic puzzles involving sums of an array, finding the maximum number of integers under given conditions, and card...
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Curated OER

Shopping Spree- How Many Outfits Can You Make?

For Students 3rd
In this shopping spree, reasoning worksheet, 3rd graders list the outfits that can be made from 4 pairs of jeans and 4 t-shirts. They examine their list for patterns, and extend the reasoning to different numbers of pants and shirts.
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Curated OER

Box Mystery

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this math reasoning worksheet, students read 4 clues that describe the capacity of 4 boxes. Students use reasoning to number the boxes from 1 to 4 as the clues are analyzed.
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Curated OER

Let's Line Up!

For Students 2nd
In this reasoning instructional activity, 2nd graders use logical reasoning to determine what each person's place in line is. Students are given 4 questions to practice the skill.
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Curated OER

Problem Solving: Find an Average

For Students 4th - 5th
In this finding the average word problem instructional activity, students problem solve and explain why the average is reasonable or not reasonable. Students solve six problems.
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Curated OER

Abstinence

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify positive reasons why people choose to practice abstinence and complete communication that is successful in this practice. In this abstinence lesson plan, students view videos and fill out worksheets provided.
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Curated OER

I Didn't Do It! (Is Anyone guilty Anymore?)

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the concept of "reasonable doubt" in our criminal court system and compare it to "preponderance of the evidence" in the civil court system. They discuss the trials of OJ Simpson and other historical criminal defendants.
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Curated OER

Lines and Spaces

For Students 1st
In this reasoning worksheet, 1st graders complete the directions provided using reasoning skills for each. Students focus on 4 problems following the given criteria to complete each.
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Curated OER

Sorting Flags

For Students 3rd
In this reasoning worksheet, 3rd graders complete four sentences pertaining to flags. Students are given a picture in which they identify similarities in various flag pictures.
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Curated OER

Shoomoos

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this reasoning worksheet, students are shown 2 pictures that are shoomoos, and 2 that are not. Students circle the shoomoo in each of 4 groups. Note: A shoomoo has 3 eyes and 3 legs.
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Curated OER

Multicultural Math Project

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine where mathematics came from. In this Math History lesson, 6th graders complete various activities to understand mathematical reasoning. Students complete critical thinking questions.
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Curated OER

How Sharp Is Your Memory?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students play a memory game as they explore reasoning. For this algebra lesson, students identify concepts using pictures and words. They model real life scenarios using hands on manipulatives.
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Curated OER

The Reasons for the Seasons

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders conduct a controlled investigation to determine the length of the sun's shadow on a fixed object (i.e., flagpole, telephone pole, etc.) over a three-day period (one day in the fall, one in the winter, and one in the...
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Curated OER

Real-World Reasonableness

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders apply math to real-world situations. In this mathematics instructional activity, 5th graders are read the book, "Math Curse," which discusses ways in which math is used each day. Students then write a sequel to the book in...
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Curated OER

Examining the Reasons for the Creation of the State of Israel

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the connection between World War II and Jewish immigration to Israel after the War.  In this World History lesson, students discuss the details of what it might have been like to live through the Holocaust. ...

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