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- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students examine their role in the community. They identify their responsibility to promote the common good. They create a list to help younger students move to the middle school. They also examine the core democratic values. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students write a letter to fifth graders who are transitioning to the middle school. They give them information that could be helpful and an older student to ask for advice. They peer edit each others paper before sending them to the fifth graders. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students create a video explaining what younger students can expect when they come to the middle school. They create a script to go along with the video. They show the video to the fifth graders. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students draw a poster of a lateral view of the brain in order to label the different lobes of the brain. They examine what causes some people to be more musically intelligent than others. They dissect a cow's brain and label the different lobes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the characteristics of an autobiography. For each author, they research their life and works and discuss why it reflects different time periods of African-Americans. In groups, they brainstorm characteristics of a character and setting they are going to use in writing thier fictional autobiography. To end the lesson, they share their writings with the class. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students study the geography, people, history, governments, and economies of the Middle East. They develop a basic vocabulary of Arabic terms and work with various materials in creating an aesthetically pleasing, easy-to-understand board game for their own use (and for use by their peers). Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students acquire about expectations and opportunities in 6th grade. They tour the middle school, participate in a question/answer session and meet the staff at a Middle School Bingo. Students keep up with a journal entry/letter to the 5th grade homeroom teacher. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students discuss concerns and expectations about their transition to middle school. They write a letter to fourth grade students explaining fifth grade responsibilities. They watch the video "Movin' On Up" and take notes about organization, studying and social skills. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students study one aspect of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States--the battle over desegregating the public schools. They study the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas by producing a newspaper. PowerPoint presentation, research paper, etc Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students are introduced to the concept of three Abrahamic religions and complete the Comparative Religion Exercise. They view slides after taking their best guesses and read the article, "The Path to Peace Runs Through a History of Tumult". They then discuss what they have read and ask questions. Full Review »
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