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"Asking for Tourist Information" (Italian)

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students listen to a dialogue in order to comprehend verbal directions in Italian. They work in pairs practicing giving directions to each other.
Worksheet
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Reading Quiz-Grade 5

For Students 5th
In this grade 5 reading quiz worksheet, 5th graders complete a 15 question multiple choice quiz covering a variety of grade 5 concepts. 
Lesson Plan
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Final Steps - From Cinderella Project

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students culminate a service project associated with a Cinderella study. In this service project activity, students write letters to thank donors and sponsoring organizations for their donations of shoes. They practice their presentation...
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Lesson Planet

New Books for Black History Month

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Suggested books to help students better understand African American history.
Lesson Plan
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Compass Kids

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice map skills.
Worksheet
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Let's Be Friends -- North Korea

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this English instructional activity, students discuss North Korea. Students brainstorm, debate, and practice their listening skills with this instructional activity.
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Gold Mine

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils view and discuss a demonstration of how gold is mined and panned. They design and create a tunnel that has reinforcements to withstand collapse.
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Last Flight of Bomber 31

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers act as forensic scientists to help solve a long-standing missing persons case. They study nuclear DNA and mtDNA.
Interactive
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ESL-Reading Comprehension Activity

For Students 7th - 8th
In this reading comprehension activity, students read excerpts from articles and determine whether statements made are true or false. 
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Fulcrums in Our Body

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss fulcrums and levers and identify at least two fulcrums and levers on their bodies. They also identify fulcrums and levers on animal bodies.
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Putting It All Together: Creating an artifact

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze a variety of images and documents, then create artifacts to archive, such as a newspaper, an album, or scrapbook from their writings, drawings, and projects. They present learned information to their peers
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Ben Franklin

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study Ben Franklin and why he was an important person in our country's development. They draw a picture of him by following step by step oral instructions.
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Fractions--How Low Can You Go?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students reduce fractons.  In this fractions lesson plan, students visit a given website and perform directed activities.  They reduce fractions to their lowest terms.  Students complete worksheets containing fractions.
Interactive
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Archaeology For Kids Quiz 101

For Students 4th - 6th
In this archaeology for kids quiz 101 worksheet, students interactively answer 12 multiple choice questions as part of an online magazine, then click to check their answers.
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"Tell About the South" Margaret Walker

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses a film, "Tell about the South", which features an interview with Margaret Walker and other contemporary Southern writers.
Primary
PBS

Pbs: New Perspectives on the West: Journey of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the incredible story of Cabeza de Vaca in his own words. He tells of his many years-long journey across the South, and writes as an ethnologist about the Native Americans he encounters. A fascinating account!
Handout
A-Z Animals

A Z Animals: Animal Facts: Piranha (Pygocentrus Nattereri)

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides photographs and a fact card about the piranha. Discusses where they are found, physical characteristics, diet, predators, behavior, mating and reproduction, and tells a story about a piranha found in a river in England.
Handout
Black Past

Black Past: Carver, George Washington

For Students 9th - 10th
This brief encyclopedia biography about George Washington Carver tells about his interest and research in agriculture, especially in the South.
Unit Plan
E-learning for Kids

E Learning for Kids: Math: Carnival Parade in Rio: Time & Mass

For Students K - 1st Standards
Time to go to the carnival parade in Rio! But first, can you help Christina find out more about reading time and comparing mass?