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Eleanor Roosevelt, A Leader Who Helps People

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students are introduced to Eleanor Roosevelt the person. They are introduced to how she cared about people. Students are introduced to the concept of leadership. They write a poem about Eleanor Roosevelt as a leader, or they write a...
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How Do You Celebrate?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Investigate the customs of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa with a holiday instructional activity. Pupils use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast the customs of each holiday before writing an informative paragraph about...
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Let's Celebrate Diwali!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students list prior knowledge of Diwali. They listen to books. Students compare and contrast Diwali to other celebrations. They create a project. Students create a letter to parents explaining about Diwali and the Diya. They ask an...
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Differences Make Us Special

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners explore the similarities and differences among their classmates. They are introduced to the Civil Rights Movement-that all people be treated equally and fairly. Students discuss the importance of appreciating individual...
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Flying The Friendly Skies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners investigate the science of flight while creating their own gliders and test them with the lift supplied by wind in the outdoors. They create a chart to make observations of the flight patterns of different gliders taking note of...
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The Golden Rule of Reciprocity

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore The Golden Rule of Reciprocity from various religions. For this religious beliefs lesson, students examine various religious quotes and summarize the idea of The Golden Rule in a sentence.
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Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students research the importance of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. In this holiday instructional activity, students are introduced to the meaning behind these Jewish holidays and identify geography of Israel.
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Making Valentine's Day Cards

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students construct Valentine's Day cards. In this holiday lesson plan, students use felt, construction paper, markers, and glue to create unique Valentine's Day cards.
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Passing Notes

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students demonstrate how to give compliments. For this character education lesson, students are given an envelope with strips of paper to write compliments on. Students are asked to give one compliment to each classmate. The students...
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China: People and Places

For Teachers K - 5th
Students compare the Chinese and English languages. In this Chinese language lesson, students identify how the writing system in China uses different characters than the letters in the English language.  Students practice rewriting...
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Asian-American History

For Teachers K - 7th
Students access web based resources in order to study the history of Asian-Americans as they immigrated and assimilated into live in America using grade level appropriate resources. Also, they examine journals, artifacts, and complete...
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Los Angeles Tourist Brochures

For Teachers K - 12th
Students study the history of Los Angeles and make a tourist brochure for the city.
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Let's Build a Truck

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the basics of trucks and transportation vehicles. In this transportation vehicles lesson, students study pictures of basic key truck components and recognize differences between various product transportation vehicles....
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Going Places

For Teachers 1st
First graders study directional words such as North, South, East, West, up and down.
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Who are Artists and Illustrators?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study artists and their styles. They create a Kidspiration web as they discuss art work looking at shapes, texture and color. They list other things that they would like to explore artists.
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Calendars - Teaching Kids Economics

For Teachers K - 6th
Students study economic terms and create a calendar using digital cameras. They advertise the calendar to the whole student population by making posters and singing an advertising jingle.
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Geography and Architecture

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discuss how terrain and climate affect the design of houses and commercial structures and thus influence the way architects design buildings in this elementary lesson plan.
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In the Town

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students study community. They set up a mock town in their classroom and role play as they participate in a variety of activities that represent real interactions they might have in their own town or community.
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Let's Build a Trucking Story

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study the occupation of truck driving and transportation. In this transportation lesson, students identify an item that was transported to the classroom. Students identify key elements in the transportation process and listen to...
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National Gallery of Canada

A Unity Wall Drawing

For Teachers K - 3rd
Build class community with an art project. Learners first examine and discuss works of art. They then contribute to a class mural by tracing their hands and decorating them in relation to their own cultures. The final mural...
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National Gallery of Canada

My World

For Teachers K - 3rd
Art can tell viewers about an artist's personality and background. Have your learners look at Inuit art and consider subject matter and how it relates to the artist and his or her world. The related art project requires pupils to create...
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Audio Aesop: Listen to the Lesson!

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Aesop's Fables are the focus of this language arts lesson plan. Young philosophers study and discuss the morals found in the most famous of Aesop's Fables. They write an original fable that teaches a common moral. A "Fable Listening...
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Flora, Fauna, and the Passing Seasons

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover representations in art, religion and cultural practices of the flora and fauna of specific geographical regions in this early elementary lesson plan. The lesson ends with a mural project by the entire class.
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The Banana Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree!

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students research their family history and make a family tree. In this family tree lesson plan, students are given an example of a family tree with names, pictures, and descriptions of each person. They then are instructed to research...

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