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Haiku For You

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss prior knowledge of Haiku. They use computers with internet connection to find information about haiku. Students work in small groups to summarize their research and discuss Japanese culture. Students write and illustrate...
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Who Lives In The Water

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the environment of a stream or lake to collect and observe macroinvertebrates in their natural environment. They record data and summarize the information obtained. Students look to see if there has been any human...
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It's Raining Meatballs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars participate in activities to determine their macro process and elaborative process abilities. During macro processes readers organize and summarize ideas as they read. They look at the big picture of the entire text as...
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Flavorful Spreadsheets

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars create a spreadsheet which includes a bar graph. They sort and classify information and use the average function on a spreadsheet. They research Skittles candy and summarize their findings on a spreadsheet.
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A Voyage of Endurance

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students apply the three different types of journal writing by composing one of each type on the subject of Shackleton's expedition to Antarctica. They also write a dialectical journal summarizing the facts of the expedition and...
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Internet Exploration of San Francisco

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners use the Internet for gaining information on a specific topic. They identify a specific place or event in San Francisco history. They summarize topic findings into a report to present to a small group and also to be...
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Civil War Museum Exhibit

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders summarize the participation of Indiana citizens in the Civil War. They research an assigned topic and build a museum exhibit that displays at least five points of information relating to the topic. Students write a...
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Writing about the world's fisheries (Calibrated Peer Review)

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students summarize the findings of the Pew Ocean Commission report "America's Living Oceans," contrast it to an opposing viewpoint, and recommend a fisheries policy based on their understanding. It includes a scoresheet that was created...
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Ratios Through Social Studies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze and integrate mathematical concepts within the context of social studies. They gather, present and analyze information on a bar graph, pie chart, etc. Students compute ratios. They demonstrate that ratios have real-world...
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Japanese Empire and Culture in World War II

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners analyze examples of major empires, summarize effects of imperialism on selected societies, identify examples of art and architecture that demonstrate artistic ideal or visual principle from selected cultures and/or describe an...
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Spanish Politics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify Spanish and other leaders, political parties, and ideas on a political continuum as a class. They verbally answer questions demonstrating comprehension of the text. Students summarize in writing in Spanish the...
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1...2...3... You've got a Summary

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in a reading literacy lesson that focuses on the skill of summarization that aids in comprehension. The goal of reading is comprehension which makes this type of lesson important.
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Interior Design, Lesson 6

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars summarize information learned from previous lessons, and apply them to their own project: redesigning their own bedrooms. They discuss the uniqueness of the place where one lives and its importance and apply all they...
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U.S. Government & Indian Nations

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explain the Constitutional basis of the Federal Indian relationship. They summarize the Constitutional references to American Indians, and evaluate the importance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. They examine Utah's...
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Bridge to Terabithia

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read Katherine Paterson's book, A Bridge to Terabithia, and select small groups to complete a project based on a chapter of the book. They create a story web for the chapter, summarize it, design a brochure or advertisement,...
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PEOPLE OF THE FERTILE CRESCENT

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students evaluate how technology changed life in Mesopotamia. Students summarize the link between agriculture and religion in Sumer. Students classify the Sumerians according to social classes. Students classify the causes and effects...
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Save The Forest

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students summarize their role as a (particular) specialist. They select items needed for their research in the rainforest. Students explain the problems that their team is faced with and describe how the two assignments relate to botany.
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The Four Sacred Elements

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders observe the Four Sacred Elements image in PowerPoint as projected on a screen and discuss what they see and then summarize the details. They discuss what the image represents and how the Four Sacred Elements are an...
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Darwin's Theory

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students write an essay about evolution. They summarize Darwin's Theory and discuss its strength and weakness of evolutionary theory. Students discuss the struggle of existence and survival of the fittest. They discuss the evidence of...
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Speed Measurement

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are asked how do they calculate velocity? They take a trip to the school's track and have a series of timed races. Students return to class and calculate their velocity and see who is the fastest. They summarize what they did...
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Questioning Authority

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the perspectives of different groups involved in and affected by support for the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. They create slogans to summarize the viewpoints and goals of each affected group.
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Novel Study Night of the Twisters

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this reading worksheet, students use this graphic organizer to map the beginning, middle and end of The Night of the Twisters. Students use this "plot pie" to write a few sentences to summarize the story. The graphic organizer is...
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Place as a Mirror of Self and community

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders study difference and community by exploring a special place in their lives.  In this Geography lesson, 8th graders discover a geographic place of importance to them and their family.  Students summarize what many...
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The Arms Race - From the Beginning to the End

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders focus on the political and technological developments of the Cold War. They, in groups, read and summarize the speech they are given. They should provide a short presentation based on their interpretation.

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