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Cartoons for the Classroom: Learning to Interpret a Convention
In this current events instructional activity, students analyze political cartoons about political conventions. Students respond to 4 talking point questions.
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Seeing in 3D: Interpreting Two-Dimensional Diagrams of Three-Dimensional Objects
Students hone in on their skills at reading diagrams. In this dimensional lesson students collect information on the functions of organs then figure out how all the parts work together.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Conserve More or Drill More?
In this current events learning exercise, students analyze a political cartoon about oil drilling and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Drawing on Everyday Themes
In this current events worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon about social issues and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Strangled by Special Interests
In this current events learning exercise, students analyze a political cartoon about special interests groups and respond to 4 short answer questions.
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Arithmetic Maker
With endless possibilities, you can create custom flashcards to take to class as easy as 1, 2, 3! Let this flashcard creator do the work for you, just chose the level of difficulty, add or subtract, and the number of place values. Each...
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Understanding Causes of Global Conflict: Peer Interviews
Students examine sources of conflict. For this global conflict lesson, students discuss how peer pressure, bias, oppression, ethnocentrism, miscommunication, and fear contribute to personal conflict as well as global conflict. Students...
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Election Voting Systems
Students discuss the Afghan elections and times when they have voted, i.e. student council, American Idol. Cooperatively, they create definitions for election, local council election, national government election, candidate, polling...
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Vegetarianism
Students classify ways to stick on a vegetarian diet. Students survey the reasons why others make it or fail on these types of diets. Students aim to improve their understanding of vegetarianism.
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Wall to Peace: Deconstructing Divisions Among People and Cultures
Students analyze quotes and poetry related to relationships in society. In this civics instructional activity, students participate in small group debate game and focus on communication skills that reinforce civil discussion. Students...
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WHAT IS ART? THE TURNER PRIZE
Students discuss and analyze the range of beliefs over what is good art, how art benefits a society, and the different ways artistic activity can be encouraged.
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Bullied Girls and Boys
Students study and verbalize positive qualities about themselves and others. They work on interpersonal skills by encouraging others and finally they reflect and evaluate on how their behavior affects others.
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The Food Safety Team at Restaurants
High schoolers study who is involved in processing and keeping the food safe in dining out situations. They examine the procedures restaurants take for cleanliness and safety while identifying the role of the Food Code in restaurant...
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Protests at the G8 Summit
Students identify winners and losers in economic globalization. They read a story, complete a list and exchange their lists with students to explore if the items are British or Imported. They investigate global markets and what...
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Junk Food
Students discover the fat content of takeaway food a variety of other establishments. They consider the risks of a high fat diet and their replications. In addition, they discuss ways in which one can eat less fat daily as well as...
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Anti-drug Shock Tactics
Students evaluate the effectiveness of 'shock tactics' to discourage drug abuse. They view a video about the death of a 21-year-old heroin addict. In small groups they discuss the video and complete comment sheet.
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Silent Letters
Students know and apply methods to help learn and remember correct spellings. Students relate certain spelling of words to the Harry Potter knight bus story. Students express what exactly silent letters are and how to identify them.
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Informal Writing 1
Students examine characteristics of informal writing. Students read through a class story. They rewrite the story so that it sounds if they were explaining the story to a friend. Students discover the use of apostrophes and...
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Save the Planet!
Third graders explore the Recycle City Web site. They examine ways to save the environment. They write a short interview between a news reporter and an environmental expert. They practice acting out their news report.
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Making Headlines
Young scholars consider their personal opinions about the news and politics, read about the public relations drive behind the 2004 presidential election, and gather information for a press release promoting either Mr. Bush or Mr. Kerry.
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Stop the Presses
Learners bring in newspapers, focusing on sports, living, or general news sections. They discuss newspapers and their daily usage, and study the layout of the newspaper, incorporating the story with pictures.
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Battle Flags: Michigan and the Civil War Optional Research Assignment
Students research an aspect of Michigan's involvement in the Civil War and prepare a two page research paper. They present their research findings in a news style presentation while role playing parts of a news team.
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Lasting Impressions
Students brainstorm a list of images, people, and emotions that they associate with news stories that are particularly moving. They explore how the play "The Laramie Project" presents the events surrounding Matthew Shepard's death....
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Sonnet Project
Twelfth graders use the internet to examine how the Gutenberg press affected society as a whole. Using examples of illuminated type, they develop type in three different formats. They share their types with the class and answer...