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The Strength of the Sun
Students explore the sun and take a "trip" to outer space.
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Goods and Services
First graders demonstrate the difference between goods and services.
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Making Ice Cream
Student examine the physical changes of matter and are able to describe them. They make ice cream in plastic bags to observe the changes in matter. They describe and record the changes in the ice cream mixture as it freezes.
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Kindergarten Social Studies Lesson 4
Students examine the lives of children in other places. They listen to a read aloud of Eve Bunting's, Dandelions, and retell the story of the family living in the West. They talk about the sod houses and compare them to the types of...
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Creating a Website on Explorers
Students identify and research famous European explorers using a variety of sources. They compare and contrast the explorers drawing conlusions about the importance of each explorer. They design a web page on one explorer of their choice.
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The World's Newest Landmark
In this reading comprehension activity, students read a 6-paragraph article about the tallest building the world, the Burj Khalifa. Students respond to 6 short answer questions. Vocabulary words and definitions are included.
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The American Mosaic
Learners discuss what it would be like to be new to a town. They are then asked questions related to the immigrants coming to America. Extensions of this lesson plan are available.
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Molly's Pilgrim
Third graders recognize and discuss multi-ethnic nature of America's citizens through a variety of activities.
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Running the Road to ABC
Second graders, while reading and discussing the book, "The Best Older Sister," by Sook Nyul Choi, practices predicting the meaning of a passage based on its title and illustrations. They experience determining the main idea from text...
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Song Mapping
Young scholars explore locations on the United States map. In this map skills instructional activity, students recite the song This Land Is Your Land and locate various places listed in the song on the map.
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This Land is Your Land: Volunteering in the Community
Students discover what a Relief Office does. In this volunteer lesson, students investigate what a Relief Office does, and who helps run it. Students discuss ways he/she could become a volunteer.
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The Delaware Flag
High schoolers write a description and create a flag to represent their school based on the example of the Delaware Flag.
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Sweethearts and Data Analysis
Middle schoolers explore the concept collecting and representing data. For this collecting and representing data lesson, students record the different colors of sweetheart candies in their sweethearts box. Middle schoolers create a table...
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Retirement: Show Me the Money!
Students explore the concept of retirement finances. In this retirement finances lesson, students discuss what it means to save, invest, risk, or the time value of money. Students play the stock market game. Students interview a parent...
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Around the World Calendar
Students explore a country and its culture through its national landmarks. They use technology tools to research and communicate information. To demonstrate research skills, they use the Internet as well as print materials.
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Jefferson on a Nickel
Students study our third president, Thomas Jefferson through stories and poems. They investigate the attributes of a nickel.
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A Penny for Abe
Students explore Abraham Lincoln through stories and poems. They also explore him being on the penny.