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Teacher Vision

The Wampanoag Indians: A Thanksgiving Lesson

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Spark some lively conversation about American holiday traditions and debunk accepted notions about the first Thanksgiving at the same time. After reviewing the mainstream version of the Thanksgiving story with your class, offer some...
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Lesson Plan
University of Rhode Island

The Interactive Boston Computer Museum Tour

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use the Internet to use an interactive program which helps them explain the Internet better. They take a tour of a computer museum and focus on how the Internet works through an exhibit.
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Unit Plan
United K12

Jan Brett Author Study

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Expose young children to the wonderful works of author and illustrator Jan Brett using a few of her stories such as Armadillo Rodeo, The Mitten, or Daisy Comes Home through a unit study. 
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Activity
Scholastic

Owl Moon Teaching Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Capture the engagement of young readers with this collection of activities based on Jane Yolen's book, Owl Moon. Following a shared reading of this children's story, the class explores the geography of the American Northeast, creates...
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Curated OER

What We Eat, Where We Sleep: Documenting Daily Life to Tell Stories

For Teachers 6th - 12th
This is not just a New York Time article to read, this is a set of amazing activity ideas all related to the slide shows "Breaking Bread Everywhere" and "Where Children Sleep." Your class can view each show, read about what they mean...
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Unit Plan
Lycoming College

An Author Study of Jan Brett

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Jan Brett, the author of many beloved children's books, is well worth a study. Try out this winter-themed unit, which covers areas of language arts as well as art, math, science, and social studies.
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Curated OER

First Grade American Civilization: February

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine and discuss the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere, Redcoats, Thomas Jefferson and the Declaration of Independence. They conduct an experiment done by Benjamin Franklin, solve a word puzzle written in code by Ben...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Hands On: Use a Multiplication Table

For Students 4th - 5th
In this multiplication table worksheet, students solve the six word problems using a multiplication table. Students solve six word problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mini-Squares of Life

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students brainstorm to decide the best way to mark off square areas (that they will later study) that are smaller than one meter. They compare the suitability of different designs and create "mini-square markers." Finally, they test...
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Other

Boston Children's Museum: Beyong the Chalkboard: Crater Maker

For Students 1st - 9th
Children practice experimenting, measuring, isolating variables, and more while making their own little craters.
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Activity
Other

Boston Children's Museum: Beyong the Chalkboard: Nephoscopes

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this activity, children will create a tool called a nephoscope that helps scientists determine the direction that clouds are moving, which also tells them the direction that the wind is blowing above them.
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Lesson Plan
Other

Boston Children's Museum: Moon Leap

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Discover why the effects of gravity are different in different parts of our solar system.
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Interactive
Other

Museum of Afro American History: The Abiel Smith School, 1835 1855

For Students 9th - 10th
A slide presentation which explores the origins and history of the first school building built to educate African American children in Boston.