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- 5th
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Students discover how figurative language is used in poetry. They read selected poems and identify the figurative language with handouts and worksheets included in the lesson. They write poems of their own using figurative language. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in a jigsaw reading activity to identify and isolate the main ideas and supporting details of historical short stories. They complete a Spider Map graphic organizer and then create a PowerPoint Presentation based upon their readi Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the historical and cultural context in Sandburg's poem. The poetic devices of personification and apostrophe are utilized in the poem and identified by Students. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine primary documents and latter-day photographs to recapture the experience of traveling on the Oregon Trail. In groups they script a scene depicting an incident that could have occurred on the Oregon Trail. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students examine the effects the Transcontinental Railroad had on the regions through which it passed. They analyze and discuss maps, view and describe online images, and use photos and documents to develop a cause-and-effect ladder. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students experience a variety of activities that relate to human physiology and their functions. They create graphs and charts after testing their heart rates and blood pressure They conduct a survey of the student body and create questions that relate to asthma and medications consumed by students. Full Review »
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- 6th - 9th
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Students view a video and then discuss how the lives of Native Americans, namely the Nez Perce, Coeur d'Alene, and Cayuse peoples, changed after christian missionaries settled in the Pacific Northwest of America. The lesson includes a vocabulary list. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students use the internet to introduce themselves to the anatomy of a fetal pig. In pairs or individually, they work their way through a virtual dissection of a fetal pig while completing questions on a study guide. They also develop vocabulary lists and maps of the different systems of the pig. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students discuss the observations presented by Edith Wharton in The House of Mirth and analyze how the philosophical arguments being made shape the plot. They choose three events from the plot that contribute to Lilly+++s downfall and analyze how they illustrate the main argument. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students explore the various trails that settlers took West from Missouri. They examine the reasons that people took these trails as well as the kind of people who made the journeys. They examine the Oregon, the Mormon, the Santa Fe and the California Trails Full Review »
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