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Deconstructing, Decomposition and Compost

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create and tend to an outdoor compost pile. They research about decomposition and composting. They create two activities for their peers to complete.
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Building a Better Argument

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the major components of arguments. They deconstruct several arguments in order to relate the differences between premises and conclusions. Students review several documents and identify the way arguments can be...
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Recipe for a Global Issue: India and South Asia

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students describe a political or social issue in India or South Asia metaphorically in the form of a recipe. In this lesson, students deconstruct a chosen issue, identify it's components and how it developed. They present their recipe...
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Analyzing Unknown Words

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners analyze affixes and how they affect word meaning. In this language arts lesson, students use charts to construct and deconstruct words to find meaning.
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Austin Independent School District

Episodic Summary – Cause Effect

For Teachers 7th - 12th
This cause/effect, color-coded template will require a great deal of explanation. Because no model is included, you might complete one as an example. However, once class members understand how to use the template, learners will be able...
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Gender and Media #2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to media literacy and deconstruction. They analyze the media's use of gender roles and body image. They voice their opinions about media messages and how to change them.
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Hearts and Partners

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders explore, examine and study poetry within a variety of different strategies within this lesson. They review and discuss a diagram of the big picture of why it's importance to study, analyze and deconstruct poetry, so that...
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Speaking of the Speaker

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students deconstruct an obituary and examine the elements and incidents of a person's life that were chosen to memorialize in an obituary. They research a notable American and write and obituary about their life.
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Deconstrucing the Familiar

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Collaboration and complicity. Class members examine a series of photographs and consider how active participation and passive complicity represented in the photos contributed to the Holocaust. 
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Art Reflecting Life

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Have your young television viewers discuss popular shows among their peers. After choosing one show to analyze, middle and high schoolers read about the 2007-2008 network television lineup with the New York Times article "Gauging Viewer...
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Journeying to Create

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Show a video clip that descripes how taking a journey can change a person's outlook on life. Learners write a paragraph about a place that uses imagery and tone to create a specfic effect. They evaluate their journal entries as well.
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Lesson: Mathias Poledna: Crystal Palace

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Film analysis takes critical thinking, connections, and context. Upper graders look at the film installation, Crystal Palace in terms of the film makers choices, presentation, and perspective of truth. After an analytical discussion of...
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Magazine Production

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Analyze magazines as a class, looking carefully for the target audience, advertisements, and topics presented. Small groups then work as a publication team and receive a magazine that they have to "sell." Each individual has a different...
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A Persuasive Writing Project That Aligns to Common Core Standards

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Create a writing project that focuses on the Common Core ELA Standard for writing an argumentative essay.
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Bekshire Museum

Cloudy Skies: The Art of Classification

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Such a great resource and perfect for learners in Kindergarten through third grade. The class will discuss cloud types and formation, and then they'll get outside and draw as they observe the clouds they see. They'll need to take note of...
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Motivating and Mentoring Introverted Thinkers

For Teachers K - 9th
A variety of strategies designed to intrigue and motivate introverted classes and students.
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Santa Ana Unified School District

Lord of the Flies Unit

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
How does a society influence and shape individuals? Class members ponder this essential question as they read Lord of the Flies, as well as primary source materials about the historical background of the novel. As a final assessment,...
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Partners In Winning The War Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How propaganda was used to change the concept of women's roles during World War II is the focus of an online exhibit provided by the National Women's History Museum. Packed with propaganda posters and pictures, the packet points out how...
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Women's Lives in American Paintings

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze paintings to determine characteristics of women and attitudes toward them in different time periods. They create a portrait of a woman and discuss their views of women through their own artwork.
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Ball Bounce Experiment

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate different balls' abilities to bounce. They conduct a Ball Bounce Height Comparison and Ball Bounce Time Comparison, complete a worksheet, graph the results of their experiment, and answer investigating questions.
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Now That's Beautiful!

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Your class experiences dozens of messages about beauty every day by reading magazines, watching movies, and listening to the radio. Have them analyze society's view of beauty in groups after discussing several resources, including Dove's...
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Western Civilizations, Chapter 16: Scientific Revolution

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
Engage your historians in the Scientific Revolution with a collection of interactive tools. This section outlines the Scientific Revolution and its significance within the context of the Renaissance. Scholars use the Chrono-Sequencer to...
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The Life and Work of Vincent Van Gogh

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Vincent Van Gogh is a fascinating subject for students of art history.
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Reading Activities Using Bloom's Taxonomy

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
This short, yet effective, presentation gives pupils many great tips on increasing their enjoyment of what they read and improving their comprehension. The categories of tips include analyzing, remembering, understanding, applying,...

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