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Civil War and Beyond
Sixth graders play a game. In this Civil War lesson, 6th graders discuss the beginnings of the Civil War and define vocabulary words associated with the war such as abolitionist and Emancipation Proclamation. Students play a...
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Where, Oh Where
Students use maps to explore several traditional regions of Native Americans. They research information on the regions' climate, resources, landforms, flora and fauna.
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Find a Cave
Students locate their own communites and the nearest caves on a United States map. They calculate the distance to the nearest cave using rough scale.
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GEOGRAPHY GOES TO THE DOGS
Students use countries and dogs from around the world to answer the questions.
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Plotting Phenology
Finally, a worksheet that involves more than filling in some blanks. Your budding ecologists must graph and analyze three sets of data, then synthesize the information as they think about the impacts of plant reproduction on insects and...
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Temperature Line Graphs
In this temperature learning exercise, students create 3 line graphs from data tables showing dates and recorded temperatures. This learning exercise includes an answer key.
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A-maizing Facts
Students research the lives of Native Americans living in the Northeast Woodlands region, focusing on how the climate, location, and physical surroundings affected their way of life.
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Connecticut Reading Comprehension Activity
In this reading comprehension activity worksheet, students read 5 paragraphs pertaining to the history of Connecticut and then respond to 30 true or false, multiple choice, and short answer questions.
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Cultural America
Seventh graders investigate the cultural differences that can be found in America. They discuss what it means to be called an American. The patterns of migration to America are discussed with the use of maps and geographical terms....
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Diversity
Students work in groups to research and prepare an oral report about a region. In this regions lesson, students find out about the geography, population, state capitals, and landmarks. Students assign attributes to the people...
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Geography of Ancient Greece
In this geography skills worksheet, students read a selection about the geography of ancient Greece and then respond to 6 essay, short answer, and graphic organizer questions based on the selection.
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Getting Around Clean And Green
Students investigate various aspects of transportation while working with different resources to conduct research. The research is used to find information in order to create a presentation that includes writing and graphing.
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Touch-Drawings
Learners explore an object without seeing it then draw what s/he felt. In this touch-drawings lesson plan, students partner and place objects in a paper bag so the other person cannot see it. Then learners use their hands and...
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Virginia: Reading Comprehension
In this Virginia reading comprehension worksheet, students read a multiple-page selection regarding the state and then respond to 10 true or false questions.
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Joseph Mallord William Turner
Students identify the art and style of artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. For this art analysis lesson, students read about the life and art of Turner. Students study his paintings of keel men, his art style, and impasto technique....
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United States of America
In this writing worksheet, students read short paragraphs about United States facts. Students then generate questions about the paragraphs using given facts.
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Vermont History True / False
In this Vermont history instructional activity, students read two and a half pages of information about Vermont history. After reading, students complete 10 true or false questions about what they read.
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U.S. Geography for Children: State Capitals
In this United States map skills worksheet, students locate and label specified states and their capitals, and create icons and a map key to show something for each state that is famous. Students answer 5 questions.
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Nest Construction and Area Management Activities
Students construct a nest for a fictitious ground-nesting bird.They create models of the bird (along with its eggs) that might theoretically live in this habitat. They write in a daily journal about what happens to their nests in a...
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Plover Survival: A Simulation Game
Seventh graders engage in a simulation that explains the feeding behavior of the piping plover and the things that disturb the feeding and nesting of this species.
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Geography and Its Five Themes
Geography is not limited to just learning about the Earth and its physical features.
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High and Low Tides
Students collect real world data from the Web regarding high and low tides at various locations in the United States. They find a function which models this data and make predictions on tide levels based on the information found.
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Fourth Grade Social Studies
In this social studies worksheet, 4th graders answer multiple choice questions on state maps, city maps, road maps, political maps, and more. Students complete 25 multiple choice questions.
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State Commercials
Third graders create a travel commercial for an eastern state. They form small groups to do internet research on the state using guide questions. They use this information to write a script for the commercial. Then all group members...