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Putting Anthrax in History

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the cause and symptoms for anthrax. They research information and summarize it into organized ideas. They evaluate the credability of websites as well.
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Primary Sources in the Classroom: A Gold Rush Perspective

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students develop and hone their historical inquiry and analytical abilities. They draw up a list of 20 essential items they would have to bring to survive one year as a Gold Rush stampeder.
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Economic Choices for Exploring the Fronteir

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explain the hardship of economic limitations in Westward Expansion . They describe the effects of fluctuations in supply and demand. They put themselves in the place of pioneers hoping to build a homestead.
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Quilt-y Pleasures

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write about how they preserve memories to share with others. After reading an article, they discuss the role of quilts in society today. They design their own section of quilt that shows an important part of their lives and...
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Akhenaton

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students look into the development of religious beliefs. In this ancient civilization lesson plan, students research the founders of several world religions including Akhenaton. Students use their findings to create world religion charts...
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How To Write In Biographical Format

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the proper way to write a biography. As a class, they view examples of the format and what information to include. To end the lesson, they begin to write their biography and develop their voice when writing.
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First Graders, Fluency and FUN!

For Teachers 1st
First graders develop their reading fluency during the school year. In this language arts activity, 1st graders discover what skilled readers do when they are reading, such as chunking text or thinking about the meaning of the...
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Elders As Resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson that uses discussion groups for communication. The focus of the lesson is upon the respect for authority that should be given to older adults. Students engage in class discussion about the information that can...
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Teachers on the Horizon

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders are given the opportunity to serve as cadet teachers for fourth and fifth-grade gifted students. In this career choices lesson plan, 12th graders discover how meaningful being a teacher can be.
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Awesome Audio Book

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners choose a written piece and present it aloud in a student-made recording. They analyze how sounds are used to elicit emotion.
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Dinosaurs-Eoraptor

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners explore the Eoraptor. In this dinosaurs lesson, students read facts about the habitat and eating habits of the Eoraptor and illustrate a picture of the dinosaur.
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Microsoft Office Excel

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers use Microsoft Office Excel. In this technology lesson plan, students enter data on a spreadsheet using Excel. This programs tallies data and presents it using graphs. 
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Leyendas and Children's Literature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners in high school read books to elementary students. They also examine cultural writings and legends from Latin America. They complete projects over the information they have found and give one of them to the elementary student.
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The Spanish Belief in Justice and Values

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study "justice" and "values" as illustrated through fables. The determine that some of the fables in the U.S. are relatively similar to those fables in other parts of the world. They write and illustrate their own fables.
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Using Pictures to Read the Past

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students use primary and secondary sources, using the Internet and other media.
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The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read and analyze a poem about a speaker's posthumous view of war, assess the purpose of an author's note and evaluate the effect of the point of view on the reader's response. They work in groups to discuss and analyze the poem.
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Battle of New Orleans

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students use the Internet, encyclopedias, and other library resources to discover basic facts about the Battle of New Orleans and the 1768 revolt by French colonists in Spanish Louisiana. They examine two websites that give information...
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Atomic structure - Historical background

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils use the Internet to research the development of the discovery of the atom. They create an essay, PowerPoint presentation and a story line on the subject.
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Make Lemonade

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students participate in pre-reading activities such as looking at the graphics on the cover, reading the synopsis on the back cover, reading the dedication, and discussing the title. Students read the text aloud, stopping at strategic...
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The Saturday Morning Superhero:

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore the concept of engineering design. In this engineering design process lesson, students read The Saturday Morning Superhero and discuss the problem solving steps that the main character encounters as he creates...
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Life in Ancient India

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils study Ancient India and the vocabulary, language, and everyday life associated with India. They build a time capsule representing their own world for future civilizations to discover. They create labels for each item, giving a...
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Who, What, When, Where And Why is He There?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students examine the process of asking the 5 W questions in order to increase their reading comprehension while reading non-fiction passages. They review silent reading techniques before listening to a teacher read aloud, and discussing...
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If the World Were a Village

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the conditions of the global economy. As a class, they discuss the political, economic and cultural differences around the world. They review the concepts of distribution and scarcity and identify the costs and...
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Black Hawk Island Hike

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students explore Wisconsin's natural and cultural history through hands-on exploration of Upham Woods. They are shown the basic paddling skills and they work in teams to paddle across the river on barge. Students describe cultural...

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