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Outpost Communications Exercise

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars engage in a unique study of the solar system with the integration of technology in the form of e-mail. They communicate to each other on e-mail and give clues to an imaginary location without revealing the source the...
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Heritage: What if the Mormons had not come to Utah?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use critical thinking, evaluation, and geography skills to find alternative locations that Brigham Young could have taken the Mormons to settle. They present their findings to Brigham Young and the class with a short...
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Language Arts: Women in History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read excerpts from Amelia Earhart's autobiography, "The Fun if It," and identify her character traits. To aid visualization of her transatlantic flight, they search books and the Internet for photos related to Earhart's flights....
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Tomatoes for Toyotas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate and become aware of our country's trade relations with East Asia with emphasis placed on Japan. They explore the global affect of technology, production, distribution and consumption as well as exchange and economic...
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Mean, Median, and Mode

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders practice using the LIST key on graphing calculators using the proper syntax. They work with the functions of mean, median, and mode in a teacher led lesson and then with a partner on a second data set. They follow...
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VS.5a

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore, examine and identify the reasons why the colonies went to war with England as expressed in the Declaration of Independence. They discover the conflicts that developed between the colonies and England over how the...
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Math: Am I Prime?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders determine the difference between prime and composite numbers. On a Website, they discover a method to identify all the prime numbers up to 100 and also complete several online activities. Once they have discussed the...
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Mail Bonding

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore different forms of communication via the Internet and the effects these electronic mediums have on social relationships. They compose e-mail messages and predict the gender of authors of anonymous e-mail messages of...
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Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are introduced to "Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son, they are told that the boy in the picture is named Tom. They are asked what Tom is doing. Students are asked if the pig Tom took belonged to him. They are then asked to speculate...
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Comprehension Game for Guided Reading

For Teachers K - 1st
Students play reading comprehension games. For this guided reading lesson plan, students play a comprehension game made by the teacher. Students may play the game before or after reading the story. 
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A Boring/Fascinating Worksheet About Adjectives

For Students 4th - 5th
For this adjectives worksheet, students read the sentences and choose the best adjectives out of the two to complete the 15 exercises.
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Growing in Christ: Obstacles to Growth

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students play Obstacle Jeopardy and create an Obstacle Depression Quilt.  In this growing in Christ lesson, students complete a double entry journal and discuss as a class the three barriers that are mentioned.  Students...
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Preventing Picky Eaters

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners list the normal eating habits of children. In this health instructional activity, students identify common problems experienced during mealtimes. They discuss ways to better manage a child's mealtime experience.
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Possible Causes

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students review any materials from two previous lessons on emissions. As a class, they use a graphic organizer to review their stakeholder's hypothesis. They identify possible causes of global warming and discover how to solve this problem.
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Fbi: Usama Bin Laden Wanted Poster

For Students 9th - 10th
This official wanted page from the FBI includes a detailed description of Usama Bin Laden. Describes his crimes and the reward for his capture.
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National Museum of American History: Price of Freedom: "I Want You" Poster

For Students 9th - 10th
View the iconic "I Want You" poster, versions of which were used to recruit forces for the U.S. armed services during both world wars. Also view the poster in context, with other posters and broadsides used to send Americans to war.
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National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: I Want You Fdr

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about how this poster made and why it was issued by the Independent Voters Committee of the Arts and Sciences for Roosevelt.
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Alex: I Want My Half

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, the children will identify parts of a whole using modeling clay, participate in an interactive web activity, participate in an interactive web game, and construct a fraction poster. The activities are used as...
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National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: Reward for Booth

For Students 9th - 10th
View the broadside publicizing a $100,000 reward for the capture of John Wilkes Booth and his two accomplices. The text explains the use of broadsides in publicizing announcements.
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National Portrait Gallery: Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture: You Are Wanted

For Students 9th - 10th
Captioned exhibit of a World War I-era recruiting poster for the U.S. armed forces features a portrait of General John J. Pershing. Accompanying text explains the principles of design that make the work particularly effective.
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Famous Trials: Lindbergh Kidnapping Trial

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann, the accused kidnapper of aviator Charles Lindbergh's baby son. Content includes trial pictures, wanted posters, trial transcript excerpts, the ransom notes, other incriminating evidence,...
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Aaron's Storybook: Folktales

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Many folktale resources are offered here. Texts of stories, "extras" including music and audio files, posters and background information can be found for some stories.
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Wanted Poster

For Students 9th - 10th
The BBC have pieced together a composite of al-Zarqawi, a heavy-weight in the terrorist network of al-Qaeda.
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Wanted Poster for the Assassin of the Hon. Thomas D'arcy Mc Gee

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas D'Arcy McGee was an eloquent speaker and writer with strong views on Confederation as well as on Ireland's independence. As a politician, he vigorously promoted Canadian unity. His support for Irish independence changed to...

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