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Adjunct Materials

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students describe and evaluate adjunct educational materials for their usefulness in social studies classrooms. They identify means of randomly pairing students using social studies content and develop social studies-themed unit plans...
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Chill Out

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate Newton’s Law of Cooling.  In this Algebra II/ Pre-Calculus lesson, students explore exponential regression as they conduct an experiment to simulate the temperature variations that occur as a liquid cools. ...
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pH

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners use a Colorimetric test to measure pH and gain the importance to life in an aquatic ecosystem pH is. They explore the dramatic effect pH level can have on a water body. Students test the pH level of many water samples.
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Salinity

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners define and discuss salinity, conduct classroom experiment to determine salinity of water sample by using hydrometer, record predictions, and demonstrate understanding of how salinity influences object's ability to float in water.
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Religion and Fundamentalism

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the differences and similarities between Islam, Christianity, and Judaism using a handout containing a diagram. They determine what fundamentalism is and how it is different from the original intentions of different...
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Colors of My Skin

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars cooperate in small groups to prepare paint colors that match their own skin colors. They share a variety of paint colors which they mix individually to create a shade that matches their own skin tone. They discuss the...
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Heroes of 9/11

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners listen to Mary Pope Osbourne and Steve Johnson's tall tale, "New York's Bravest" which was written in remembrance of people who served on 9/11. Next, they brainstorm words that are associated with heroes and heroic actions. They...
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Have Respect

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn the value of respect. In this Clifford the Big Red Dog lesson plan, students read the story, discuss respect, and experience a mini-international festival.
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Heroes and Celebrities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students compare heroes and celebrities. In this role-model lesson, students identify the characteristics of a hero and those of a celebrity. Students think of their heroes and place the make a chart of their heroes versus celebrities....
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Respect and Democracy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of respect. In this respect and democracy instructional activity, students define respect and brainstorm examples of showing respect and disrespect. Middle schoolers read Core Values of American...
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Selecting Trees for Urban Environments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers consider the best place to plant a tree. In this environment activity, students identify urban locations that are compatible with particular tree types. High schoolers decide what trees would go where and why they would...
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Get it Straight Mr. Decimal!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work with decimals. In this decimal lesson, students participate in a hands-on group activity that enable them to review to how to appropriately add and subtract decimals.
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Pope John Paul II: Triumph Over Communism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover the background of Pope John Paul II. In this modern history lesson plan, students research the life of Karol Joseph Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) in order to understand how his past paralleled his papacy.
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Valuing the World Around You

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of environmental stewardship. In this character education lesson, students examine a quote from John Muir regarding the value of nature.
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Character Ambassadors

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students act as ambassadors. In this character education lesson, students take on the roles of ambassadors of the character traits listed. Students write essays regarding the character traits they select.
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How Do They Do That?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore different careers by discussing which community helpers might be considered local heroes. In this career exploration lesson plan, 3rd graders work in small groups to discuss why certain people are considered...
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Creating Hope: Making Butterfly Stamps

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners create foam ink stamps.  In this Holocaust lesson, students discover the history of the Holocaust and why butterflies represented a symbol of hope during those times.  Learners use BalsaFoam to carve out a butterfly...
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Students Speak Out: A Discussion Activity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners read a collection of student essays addressing racism and racial disparities and discuss them. In this racism lesson plan, students discuss the essays and talk about their impact.
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Is Climate Change Good for Frogs?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students fill out a chart on how climate change would affect them and things around them. In this climate change lesson plan, students discuss how global warming affects them and amphibians and then fill out the chart that goes with it.
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Coming to America: A Look at Colonization in the 1600s

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils analyze the European colonization of America. In this colonial America lesson, students use provided Internet resources to research colonization and representative government. Pupils use their finding to...
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Flawed Democracies

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the struggle for equal opportunity. In this American Government lesson, 9th graders create a timeline outlining various groups' struggles for equal opportunity. Students research and construct a timeline to...
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Powerful Poetry Presenting the Writer's Soul

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students research Langston Hughes poetry for his use of figurative language. In this poetry analysis lesson, students research the life and poetry of Langston Hughes and his use of vivid words. Students complete 23 different...
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Ways We Use Trees

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students use the Internet to find the ways we use trees. For this tree lesson, students make a list of the uses of trees and find magazine pictures that show these uses to make a collage. They read The Giving Tree  by Shel...
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Heroes, Kindness, and "To Kill a Mockingbird"

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars explore the concept of heroism. For this character education lesson, students reflect on the actions of the characters in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as they create mission statements for Atticus Finch and prepare...

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