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- Grade Range
- 4th - 8th
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Students determine that all families create and pass on folklore. They research stories of their own names and draw parallels between their own and others' naming traditions. They infer characteristics of their communities' history and naming customs. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students hear a Native American Indian point of view of Europeans' arrival in Louisiana told in Koasati. They assess how cultural perspectives (especially an insiders) and native language can shape a story. Each student identity's the characteristics and traditions of the Koasati tribe. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students hold a Thousand and One Nights storytelling festival with each one memorizing a story to relate to classmates. While examining provided resource links, they select and practice a story they would like to retell. As a dress rehearsal, students present their stories to lower grade students prior to holding their main event. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students explore the use of freedom quilts in helping slaves escape to freedom using the Underground Railroad. They review the various quilt blocks that were used to give directions on the Underground Railroad. Students create their own directions and quilt blocks to a nearby location. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students access, generate, process, and transfer information using appropriate technologies. Then they identify and interpret world cultures and civilizations, including an analysis of important ideas, social and cultural values, beliefs, and traditions. Students also research through the Internet, various software programs and books the social, political, economic, cultural and geographical conditions of the pen pal's country. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students research the universe, including the Milky Way and other galaxies. They investigate black holes in space. They create a replica of a galaxy on posterboard using Crayola Neon Twistables for concentric rings found in the galaxy. They cut and paste neon stars on the galaxy. They present an oral report to the class on their galaxy. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students recognize the role of features to identify animals. They isolate features of selected animals and recreate animals with their distinctive features using simple modeling techniques. Afterwards, they sort and categorize animals according to their characteristics. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 12th
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Students create a mobile to show the multicultural diversity in their community. They complete a survey of the people in their neighborhood and the areas they come from. Students use their data to create a mobile that showcases the country of origin from their surveys. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 2nd
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Students apply basic number concepts and computation skills while discovering problem-solving strategies. The contribute to a group activity, while demonstrating a knowledge of math problem solving with individual dry-erase boards so their responses can be easily observed. Full Review »
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