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Girl Scouts

Flag Protocol, Ceremonies and Activities

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
How can an American flag be displayed indoors vs. outdoors? What is proper etiquette for handling the flag? The Girls Scouts of the USA have put together a fantastic packet of information with everything you need to know about the...
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Science Matters

Earthquake Preparedness

For Teachers 6th
Forty-five states and territories in the USA are at moderate to very high risk of earthquakes. The discussion-based lesson covers what to do before, during, and after an earthquake. The 14th lesson in the series includes how to prepare a...
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Teaching Tolerance

Using Photographs to Teach Social Justice | Legal Action: The Supreme Court

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
A social justice lesson focuses on the Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia which struck down laws that prohibited marriages between African Americans and white Americans. The lesson begins with class members examining a photograph of...
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Entrepreneurship

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Give your class a copy of USA TOday to read through and find articles about companies that offer goods or services. They create a graphic organizer and list the business, product, want or need fulfilled of the companies found in the USA...
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Organizer
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USA Map

For Students 4th - 10th
In this United States political map worksheet, students examine state boundaries. The map may be used in a variety of classroom activities.
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USA States Mini-book

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create 6 slides about one state that they researched. In this state research lesson plan, students create their slides in PowerPoint and present it to the class.
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USA Quilt and Cookbook Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students share information about themselves and their surrounding area through postcards, quilt squares, and recipes. Students use a digital camera to take pictures of their community and create postcards using desktop publishing. They...
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Worksheet
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USA Elections

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Elections crossword worksheet, students will read and answer 14 clues about elections in the United States. No word bank is given to solve the crossword puzzle. This does not pertain to any particular year.
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USA Roller Coasters

For Students 6th - 8th
In this technology worksheet, students find the words in the puzzle about roller coasters and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Worksheet
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F Is For Flag (USA)

For Students K - 1st
In this printing letter F worksheet, students trace 20 dotted examples of upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter Ff. Students then use the blank primary lines to practice their own letters.
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USA Road Trip

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the path of the National Road.  In this eight grade mathematics lesson, 8th graders, retrace the rout of the national Road.  Students calculate distances as they plan a trip to travel the original path. 
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Biggest Metro Areas in the USA

For Students 6th - 12th
In this online interactive geography quiz worksheet, learners respond to 100 identification questions about metropolitan areas in the United States. Students have 10 minutes to complete the quiz.
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Interactive
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States in the USA Quiz

For Students 4th - 9th
In this online interactive geography quiz learning exercise, students respond to 50 identification questions about the states in the United States of America. Students have 4 minutes to complete the quiz.
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Puerto Rico USA - Review Questions

For Students 4th - 8th
In this Puerto Rico learning exercise, students fill in the blanks to sentences about Puerto Rico. Students fill in the blanks for 10 sentences total.
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Rainbows, Bridges & Weather, Oh My!

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Explore how real-world applications can be parabolic in nature and how to find quadratic functions that best fit data. A number of different examples of modeling parabolas are explored including a student scavenger hunt, the exploration...
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Fame, Fortune, and Philanthropy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
With your middle schoolers, develop concepts such as philanthropy, civic responsibility, community service, and common good. Discuss famous philanthropists and what we can each give of our time, talent and treasure to better our...
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Mothers' Milk-Unleaded, Please

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Lead toxicity is a hot topic these days, especially when it was a common component in household paint for many years. In Taiwan, there was concern that babies were being exposed to toxic levels of lead through breast milk. A study was...
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Religious Book Sales Climb

For Students 5th - 6th
In this analyzing data worksheet, learners review a graph from the USA Today. Students study the graph and answer four questions about the graph. There are also two extension questions included.
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Your Safety and Security or Your Civil Liberties - Which is More Important?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine provisions of USA PATRIOT Act and controversies that led the ACLU to take legal action against the legislation. They create, conduct, and document results of a survey related to the PATRIOT Act and controversies...
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Word Problems: "Leaving D.C."

For Students 4th - 6th
In this solving math story problems instructional activity, students read statistics from the Student edition of USA Today to solve word problems. Students solve 6 problems.
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Texas Instruments

Math TODAY for TI-Navigator System - Is Leisure Time Really Shrinking?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers organize data from the USA TODAY Snapshot, "Is leisure time really shrinking?" into two scatter plots and determine the quadratic model for each scatter plot. They determine if these graphs intersect and learn the concept...
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The Weather Page: Comparing Data

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students recognize the different types of data on the weather page of USA Today. For this weather lesson, students compare weather data comparative and superlative forms of adjectives. Students locate 10 pieces of information in the data...
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The Constitution.

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the Constitution. They examine the meaning and fundamentals of the Preamble of The Constitution of USA. They assess the importance of having a Supreme Law that states the rights and obligations of the citizens. They...
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Economics: Supply, Demand & Personal Finance

For Students 11th - 12th
In this Economics/Personal financial literacy instructional activity, students use USA Today to find article, photos, charts, or graphics related to events that are affecting the prices of different products and services.  Students...

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