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Money Talks Canadian Money
Learners use newspapers, games and journal writing activities to examine the importance of money and the role it plays in daily life. They complete several math problems, fill out worksheets and practice changing varying amounts.
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Family Folklore
Students complete activities to explore family folklore. In this folklore lesson, students define in writing family folklore, identify aspects of family folklife through discussions of their own traditions. Students identify examples of...
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My Secret War: Lesson 12
Fifth graders explore how the war affected American children. In this social studies lesson, 5th graders discuss how quotes made people feel about the war effort. Students write reflections on their reading.
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Go Down Moses
Fifth graders investigate the workings of the Underground Railroad. In this slavery lesson, 5th graders read personal accounts from slaves, examine secret codes of the Underground Railroad, and play a board game based on the trip many...
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My Secret War: Lesson 13
Fifth graders explore the effect of World War II on the lives of children in America. In this social studies lesson, 5th graders read My Secret War and discuss the events that occurred.
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Fish, Fish: Teaching K Students About Things That Live in the Sea
Students participate in activities designed to help them connect the words to the animals they are studying. Octopus is reinforced through playing a game, "Octopus Tag." Students play a cooperation game of passing bean bags from student...
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Types of Government
Students explore different types of government. In this government instructional activity, students discuss the role of government in modern society, identify different types of modern governments, and play a game based on the...
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Exploring Citizenship: Me, My Family and Friends
Students explore citizenship and identify their interests, families, and friends. They work in groups to discuss each others' interests, friendship, and ways to reach out to others. After discussing their neighborhoods and communities,...
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The Hidden History of Egypt
Middle schoolers explore daily life in ancient Egypt. In this ancient civilizations lesson, students research Internet and print sources regarding aspects of daily life in ancient Egypt. Middle schoolers compose fictitious journals based...
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Computer Olympics
Young scholars compete to achieve excellence in math facts, writing terms, problem solving, and writing skills on the computer. In this Computer Olympics lesson plan, students practice the skill of drill and practice in order to succeed...
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Greetings!
Pupils investigate the ways in which people greet each other. They read a book about greetings, participate in a role-playing game about greetings, interview family members about greeting styles and report their observations to the class.
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Computer (Keyboarding)
Young scholars practice typing the letters on the left side of the home row of keys. They complete time tests and examine their results. They discover words from those letters as well.
National First Ladies' Library
Let's Make a World Series Almanac
Middle schoolers discuss the meaning of the word, almanac and then decide which statistics about the World Series they think should be included in the almanac, browsing some websites to get some idea of what statistics are available....
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Simple Route Map
Students identify the best route between various locations on a map. In this map skills lesson plan, students use a landscape picture map to find routes to and from certain places. Students use map markers to highlight the routes.
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iCivics: State Government
Students explore the role of state government. In this civics lesson, students play an online game that requires them to consider the needs of state residents and the structure of state government.
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Balancing Number Sentences to Introduce Missing Values
Learners balance number sentences to learn about missing values. In this balanced equations lesson, students use the word problem to study missing values. Learners watch a video about the topic and play two games about balancing...
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Export-Import Game
Students recognize how international trade affects them as consumers and become familiar with basic agricultural crops grown in Kentucky. They identify items used in their daily lives and .heir place of origin and examine export/import...
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Welcome to the First Day of School!
Classmates participate in a variety of getting-to-know-you activities for the first day of school. They make resolutions, become detectives about their fellow classmates, learn about each other by playing switch, and make...
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Nervous System
Get to know the body's central nervous system through an engaging game of nervous system telephone. But this isn't your average game of telephone. Here, pupils must find a way to communicate a message to the brain without speaking....
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Publication
This lesson was designed in response to a class struggling with Le Petit Prince. The author starts the day by having the class describe (in French) the little prince and his planet. Then, they discuss the use of a dictionary and a list...
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Bears of Banff
Students pretend they have just entered a national park. They imagine that the park borders are all impassable mountains, and students will play the role of grizzly bears. Students list three things every animal needs to survive, in this...
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History and culture through food
Young scholars select a favorite family recipe and research the recipe and its ingredients using a variety of sources on the Internet. Each student then creates a recipe flyer for a class cookbook that includes their recipe and the...
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Trivia Tag
Learners, as chasers, on teachers signal, move throughout a space trying to tag others with their free hand. When a tag is made, both players stop; chaser reads question from card to student who was tagged. If answer is correct, person...
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Henry Kissinger and Detente
How did relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China evolve between 1950 and 1970? Your young historians will complete a timeline of events with evidence that the relationship between these two great...