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The Cities We Live In

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students research a major city. They create a diagram of the city, labeling major monuments and points of interest. Next, students draw a map of their own town and label its major interest areas. Students compare and contrast their...
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Dolls for Computers

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Studenst explore their own culture by making handcrafts, participating in ballet and thethre. They make dolls and describe the process of making them through technology.
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W-W-W-W What do you know?

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students comprehension should be a major emphasis when studying how to read. They summarize as one effective strategy that helps students comprehend what they are reading. Students build summarization skills that build comprehension...
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You Mean I Am Part of History?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders open the lines of communication between family members and to gain a historical understanding about family history. They research and interview their grandparents and parents and create a research paper.
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Reading for Information: Chinese Emigration

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore Chinese emigration and answer comprehension questions from the reading; students conduct interview with someone who has immigrated to the United States.
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Globe Raider: Part I

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners research a Spanish speaking countries using the Internet and other appropriate resources. They work in groups to complete a computer based treasure hunt before completing a Globe Raiders worksheet. They use the research...
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What's in a Name?

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore the plants that grow in Glacier National Park. In this plant biology lesson, students invite a guest speaker to speak about plants that grow in Glacier National Park, as well as the scientific names for the plants....
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Thinking About Thanksgiving: Lessons Across the Curriculum

For Teachers K - 8th
Bring two integrated curriculum resources about Thanksgiving to an elementary social studies unit. The first activity focuses on Squanto's contributions to the early Pilgrims' survival with a gardening activity in which learners add fish...
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Line Plots: Frogs in Flight

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Have a hopping good time teaching your class how to collect and graph data with this fun activity-based instructional activity series. Using the provided data taken from a frog jumping contest, children first work together creating a...
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FOOD FOR THE ANCESTORS

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners identify the foods associated with the "Days of the Dead Celebration." They compare and contrast these foods to the foods associated with American celebrations and become familiar with the foods of Mexico and their relationship...
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Immigration and Identity

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students will analyze four historical events: The Annexation of U.S. Southwest, The Mexican Revolution, The Great Depression, and World War II. They determine how each event affected immigration to the U.S. from Mexico and Central...
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Flips, Sides and Turns: Exploring Transformations

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use an online dictionaries to define key geometric terms. They explore several websites to help them differentiate the terms reflections, translations and rotations as they apply to geometry and then complete an assessment...
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It Takes Two To Tangle

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students utilize strategies to comprehend literature. They write stories with diverse vocablulary that incorporate the difference between internal and external conflict. They make sure that the stories use methods of managing and...
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Market Simulation

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore the role of markets in Asian countries. They bring items from home to barter with to simulate markets. They discuss the advantages and problems of exchanging and how price is determined.
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Waldseemuller's Map: World 1507

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate the 1507 word map. In this world geography lesson, students examine the details of each section of the map and then draw conclusions about how the people of 1507 understood the world. Students are evalated on...
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Explore More About Bottle Construction

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students explore Green Construction. In this instructional activity based on the experiences of Peace Corps volunteers, students gain insight into alternative construction in Guatemala. They examine the pros and cons of using alternative...
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News and Newspapers: Across the Curriculum

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Did you know that the Chinese Court Gazette is the longest continuing news paper in history? In addition to some great background information, this resource includes suggestions for activities across grade levels and across the curriculum.
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EFL Lesson Plan for Learning Adjectives

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
In this adjectives lesson plan, students use suggested adjectives to describe their home or a friend. They then play a game where they try out describe an item to their team. This is a lesson intended for adults but could easily be...
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Libros Y Amigos: Publishing Bilingual Books

For Teachers K - 5th
Students review simple phrases and vocabulary in Spanish. In groups, they create at least one page of a bilingual class book with an illustration. Once the book is completed, they present their page to the class for another review of...
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Math Crosswords

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students create crossword puzzles that use the definitions of math terms as clues. The terms be the answers which go into the puzzle. After making their puzzle, students trade with another student and solve their puzzle.
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The Seasons of the Year

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students learn about the four seasons. They collaborate in pairs, publish a book, and share with the class. They also brainstorm and collaborate with each other providing literacy skills through listening, speaking and writing activities.
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Traditions of Spain

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the different Spanish customs. They compare and contrast customs found in the United States verses those found in Spain. They participate in a game in Spanish over what they have discovered from the lesson.
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The African-American Experience in the 20th Century through the Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence and the Novels of Bruce Brooks a

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students attempt to answer how African-American, Latino, and white students address race relations in the United States in the future.
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The Classroom Easter Egg Hunt

For Teachers K - 5th
Students work cooperatively to discover hidden Easter eggs in the classroom using prepositions of location. They record the location of the eggs on the worksheet found at the included web link but do not move it so others can find it.

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