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Workers and the Work They Do

For Teachers K - 4th
Students view various work-related magazine pictures, choose picture randomly from stack, pantomime worker shown in picture, and answer yes or no to questions asked by classmates as they try to identify type of worker student is...
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Lake Pontchartrain Basin Pollution Solution

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students design a project for solutions for pollution problems at the Lake Pontchartrain Basin. In this pollution lesson, students research the pollution problems and solutions for Lake Pontchartrain. Students answer the questions and...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLANS--Obtaining Employment

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine the appropriate avenues to entry level jobs and workplaces. They practice on their English skills to obtain employment as well. In addition, an intense vocabulary of various jobs and phrases are gone over repeatedly to...
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Interview Etiquette

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss the qualities that make an interview successful. Students role play appropriate and inappropriate behavior during an interview. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.
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Resume Writing - Workshop

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review basics of resume writing, and create their own resumes.
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Good Citizen Posters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create a poster documenting the responsibilities of a good citizen. During group discussion, they develop a list of ways in which they can participate as responsible citizens in their society. Students use their list to...
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Understanding Justice, Kindness and Tolerance

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders consider the implications of racism and prejudice. In this character education lesson, 9th graders participate in a classroom activity that requires them to consider how self-deception and self-betrayal contribute to racism.
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Communicating At Work: Facilitating Good Communication

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify characteristics of good communication. They role-play different scenarios from a work setting that require good communication and evaluate their efforts.
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Safety First

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a lesson plan which provides a better understanding of safety rules outlined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. They submit a written report from the Safety Briefing Handout which summarizes...
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Resume Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss the basics of resume writing. They review resumes and discuss what is effective and what is ineffective. They select a resume and change it from one format to the other. They review the changes and discuss advantages.
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Coming On Home Soon

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore the role of women during World War II. Through a reading of the book "Coming On Home Soon" students gain insight into the ways women helped the war effort. Research and writing activities help support their point of...
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Farmers, the Populist Party, and Mississippi (1870-1900)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students determine the cause and effect of a historical event. They draw conclusions about statistical data and maps and compose a campaign speech for a Populist candidate. They design a political poster and badge for the Populist Party.
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"School Shape Scavenger Hunt"

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Young scholars, in groups, venture onto the schoolground on a scavenger hunt for shapes. They are given tasks: recorder, team leader, presenter, reporter, and behavior guidelines and a time limit. They search the school for shapes found...
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Paleontologist: Can You Dig It?

For Teachers K
Students investigate what a paleontologist does. They participate in a dinosaur dig, write a story, and explore the Dinosaur Dig website to view and discuss photos of a real dinosaur dig.
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Introducing...Me

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers practice rephrasing techniques to ask and answer questions in order to maintain conversational exchanges. Students create scripts about themselves to use as conversation starters. This lesson plan is intended for high...
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Working in Small Groups

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students learn the advantages of working in small groups and how it is a lifetime skill. They learn that each member has responsibility to contribute to the plan of the group. They then learn group cooperation rules.
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Intro to Parts of Speech

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students define eight parts of speech, classify words as specific parts of speech, describe their function, and explain how parts of speech help us to communicate more clearly.
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The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty Lesson Plan 1

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners read the story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty". As a class, they discuss what they daydream about and discuss why the character in the story does it. To end the lesson, they identify the characters, indirect and direct...
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Technology

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners create podcasts. In this technology lesson, students familiarize themselves with podcasts and develop their own podcast about a current event.
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Food Webs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students research an animal to define its food web and life cycle. In this animal life cycle lesson, students research an animal and define its food web. Students then present their animal food webs to the class and note other animals in...
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Tasty Mapping

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create an edible map. In this civics and geography lesson, students research their town's features and local government. Students work in groups to design and create a physical map of their town based on research.
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Solving an Original Character's Problem With Voice and Emotion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read the story A Bad Case of the Stripes and then write their own story conveying a lot of emotion. In this writing lesson plan, students select a title, an emotion, brainstorm, and then start writing.
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Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan:Launching the New U.S. Navy

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students demonstrate understanding of the issues related to the creation and ratification of the United States Constitution and the new Government it established.
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Alphabody's ABC of Giving

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars brainstorm words about giving/kindness that begin with each letter of the alphabet. In this alphabet giving lesson, students bend into the shape of the letters and act out their giving words. Suggested words are included...