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Every Living Thing

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students read the book "Every Living Thing." They read one story at a time, and participate in various activities. Some of these activities include the following ideas: Students write about a time when they were in a similar situation as...
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Explorers

For Students 4th - 5th
In this explorers worksheet, students read a detailed text about the Age of Exploration from 1450 to 1700. Students then answer 7 matching or multiple choice questions.
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Canadian Studies Exercise

For Students 6th - 9th
In this Canadian studies activity, students fill in the blanks in 10 sentences, describe the significance of 5 notable people or events, and respond to 10 true and false questions pertaining to Canada and its history.
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Disaster Relief - You Can Count On Me!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice stewardship. In this service learning lesson, students respond to those in need after a natural disaster as they investigate philanthropy.
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The Global Grid System-World Map Activity

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students demonstrate how to use the global grid system. In this map skills lesson, students use a world map to locate various locations. Students identify locations based on the global grid system. Students complete a worksheet as an...
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Tolerance and Non-Violence in Civil Society

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore the concept of philanthropy. In this Oklahoma City bombing instructional activity, students submit public responses to the event in order to consider how the tragedy prompted a positive reaction. Extension activities are...
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Become a Collector

For Teachers 1st - 4th
In this collection worksheet, students read a 1-page selection regarding collections and then respond to a question regarding collections and draw a picture of a collection.
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Is It Getting Hot In Here?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe several factors and ways climate change could effect communities.  In this climate change lesson plan students research climate change and complete a worksheet. 
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Gotcha Covered

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in investments. They purchase property for future financial return or benefit. They discover a stock strategy in which you own stock and write (sell) a call at the next strike price above the current stock value.
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Planetary Poster

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils engage in a study about the planets and create a poster as one of the projects during the study. They create individual charts for mapping the solar system so the locations can be found in mock space missions to other planets.
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Philadelphia's Important Contribution to the Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students analyze a primary source document (Jefferson's secret letter to Congress) and identify its objectives through the aid of focus questions. They complete a graphic organizer and write an article summarizing Philadelphia's...
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Treading Lightly on Flag-Waving

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the impact of world events on past Olympics as a springboard for understanding the cultural, political, and social climate surrounding the 2002 Winter Olympics after the events of September 11, 2001.
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Columbian Contexts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore geo-political and economic contexts for the European Renaissance journeys of exploration, including those of Columbus, create cartographic symbols, and add those symbols to a print-out of Ptolemy's map.
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Anne Frank: Timeline

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students brainstorm all they know about World War II and Anne Frank. They create a timeline of the events that occured. They research the events on the timeline in their own family history.
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Starting to Build: Framing and Roofing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how a building's foundation is its frame and support system. They compare the frame of a house to the skeleton of the body. They draw roofs and select flooring.
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Sonnet Project

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use the internet to examine how the Gutenberg press affected society as a whole. Using examples of illuminated type, they develop type in three different formats. They share their types with the class and answer...
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Ohlone Indians

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use various pictures to identify the economic activities, food supply or religious beliefs of the Ohlone Indians. Students create a cooperative learning travel brochure.
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Alaska

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study three Alaska Native leaders who led their people using different methods in different circumstances. They explore the attributes of a good leader and apply that exploration to their own lives.
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Why Explore?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a class discussion on why people explore. In groups, they create a list of the goods they can acquire and how they can survive if they find food while exploring. Using the Internet, they research famous explorers...
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Community Jobs

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore community jobs. They examine the responsibilities and contributions of teachers, police officers, firefighters and doctors. Students draw illustrations and tell about a profession of their choice.
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Making Good Decisions

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore the decision-making process. In this citizenship lesson, students read the book, A Hill Too High to Climb and discuss the decisions the characters had to make in the story. Students discuss how the characters' actions...
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Going Camping

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore the concept of budgeting. In this budgeting lesson, students pretend to have $120 to spend on camping gear for a camping trip. Young scholars decide which items are absolutely necessary. Students calculate the...
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The Common Tragedy of Consumerism

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students evaluate the effectiveness of current climate change solutions. In this global warming lesson, students look at the current measures implemented and analyze whether they are beneficial to the environment or not. Advance reading...
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Evolution of the Peppered Moth

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders complete a timeline about the evolution of the peppered moth. In this biology lesson, 7th graders write an essay about how human can affect evolution. They share their essay with the class.