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Storyboard for Persuasive Text

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate their knowledge of the main elements of a story by creating a storyboard.  In this persuasive writing lesson students create storyboards that are intended to persuade a director to make a movie out of the short story...
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Bat Quest: In Search of Stellaluna

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students participate in Bat Quest: In Search of Stellaluna. In this children's literature lesson students listen to the reading of Stellaluna. Computers are utilized to enter the Bat Quest site to research various topics on bats....
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Writing Skills: LETTERS HOME

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students compose a descriptive letter to their families. In this descriptive writing instructional activity students write a letter as if they have left their family for a new country and will try to convince their families to join...
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Wagons West: Native Americans

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine interactions between Native Americans and settlers. In this Westward Expansion lesson, students analyze select passages from Plains Indians by Dana Newmann and The World of Native Americans by Marion Wood. Students...
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Discovering the Oregon Trail

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore U.S. history by researching the Oregon Trail. In this American exploration instructional activity, students read the story On the Shore of the River and define the exact path early settlers took to find the state of...
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Development of Democracy

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the road to the American Revolution. In this Boston Massacre lesson, 8th graders investigate the testimony of Captain Thomas Preston. Students write their own verdicts based on his testimony.
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Cosmic Collision

For Students 6th - 9th
In this cosmic collision worksheet, students explore interactive online website to study about the dynamics of different galaxies. They write short answers to 8 questions that follow.
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Tracking Hurricane Katrina

For Students 6th - 9th
In this hurricane worksheet, students complete 5 fill in the blank questions about hurricane Katrina. They also analyze and answer 3 short answer questions related to the topic.
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Phytoplankton

For Students 6th - 9th
In this phytoplankton instructional activity, students read and study online information on plankton blooms to answer 8 short answer questions about the topic.
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Media Awareness: Key Concepts in Advertising

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the basic concepts of advertising.  In this media awareness instructional activity, students discuss target audience, art, and purpose in advertising to determine what makes an advertisement effective or ineffective. ...
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Media Awareness: Helping a Product Cross the Finish Line

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners develop critical thinking skills to understand and create advertisements.  In this journalism lesson, students analyze the elements necessary for effective advertisements and work in cooperative groups to create and present...
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A Healthy Old Age?

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students explore the role of the National Health Service (NHS) in Britain. In this current events instructional activity, students visit websites and listen to lectures to learn about Britain's free health care. Students investigate...
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Wasting Times

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students examine Britain's waste management proposals. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students visit linked websites to gain an understanding of proposals to reduce waste in the nation.
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Techniques Used to Convey Messages in Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine different types of media. In this media awareness lesson, students discover techniques used in print, language, symbolic, and technical media as they rotate through classroom station activities.
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Lesson Six: Nonfiction Text Elements (Part One)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine nonfiction text elements in preparation for writing a nonfiction book about Lewis and Clark. In this social studies/language arts lesson, students discuss the term research and complete a cluster map. Additionally,...
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Components of Nonfiction Text

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students locate information in a nonfiction text. In this locating information lesson plan, students locate illustrations, titles, headings, and more using an activity sheet.
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Establish the Theme

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore the topic of nature. In this detective instructional activity, 2nd graders review non-fiction materials on nature and identify text, headings, diagrams, graphs, to establish the theme of the book.
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Worksheet for Analysis of a Political Cartoon

For Students 9th - 12th
In this primary source analysis worksheet, high schoolers respond to 25 short answer questions that require them to analyze the political cartoon titled "America When Feminized."
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Unemployment

For Students 9th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about unemployment and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Between the Lines, Debt Crisis

For Students 8th - 12th
In this European debt crisis worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon about Greek debt and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Digital Values: Internet Safety

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore digital communication by participating in a critical thinking activity. For this Internet safety lesson, students discuss ways to protect their identity on the Internet as well as preserving friendships. Students...
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Mystery of the Loch Ness Monster

For Students 5th - 8th
In this Loch Ness Monster worksheet, students read the description and look at the picture of the Loch Ness Monster and find things that are wrong with it. Students find 7 mistakes.
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Kansas Land

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover the geographic regions of Kansas. For this geography lesson, 4th graders explore the different regions of Kansas and determine how the different geography affects daily life in Kansas.
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It's Happening, Where? Find the Absolute and Relative Location of News Articles

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils read newspaper articles. In this social studies lesson, students locate the latitude and longitude of the location where the news article takes place. Pupils write a summary of the news article.

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