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Teaching Students There Isn't Only One Right Answer

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
By encouraging students to take risks in learning you can create a group of problem solvers and critical thinkers.
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Transformation

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discover visual arts by participating in a sculpting activity. In this artistic expression lesson, students examine some of the more famous sculptures in world history by utilizing the Internet. Students utilize clay, paper...
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The Info Gang

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore personal safety by participating in an Internet activity. In this internet security lesson plan, students identify the uses of passwords and screen names in order to hide and secure their digital identities. Students...
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Teaching Guide: Asking for Help

For Students K - 5th
In this asking for help worksheet, students complete two discussion questions before viewing a video. They answer 10 more discussion questions after viewing the film. They complete assigned writing and student activities associated with...
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Mexico's Day of the Dead

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore global culture by researching a Mexican holiday. In this Day of the Dead lesson, students read assigned text which discusses the view of death in several different cultures including the U.S. and Mexico. Students write a...
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Defining (Gay) Marriage

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students explore current events by researching the topic of gay marriage. For this equal rights lesson, students define the term "marriage" and read pro and anti-gay marriage opinions and articles. Students participate in an class...
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A Lesson Plan for Elementary School Students

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars identify characteristics of verbal, physical, emotional and cyberbullying. In this bullying lesson, students gather information about bullying and work in discussion groups to find ways to report and combat bullying. 
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Reaction Time 2: Zap!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore critical thinking by conducting a reaction time experiment. In this human brain lesson, students utilize a timed Internet worksheet activity to research how fast their brain works when answering questions. Learners share...
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Group Rules and Expectations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore psychology by participating in a student behavior activity. For this group dynamic lesson, students identify ways to keep several learners interested and focused on one task. Students complete worksheets discussing...
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Fact and Opinion: How to Tell the Difference

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore reasoning by completing a worksheet activity in class. For this fact vs. opinion lesson, students identify the differences between a personal opinion and something that is factually true. Students identify several...
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Larger-Than-Life Lara

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners explore child psychology by reading a children's book in class. In this bullying lesson plan, students read the book Larger Than Life Lara and discuss the characters and how they treat each other. Learners answer study questions...
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Introduction to the Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the civil rights movement through historical narratives. In this civil rights activity, students are randomly separated into two groups. Students research the civil rights movements using two sets of materials; one for...
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Image Conscious

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students take a stand on the concept of changing their appearance. In this changing of ones image instructional activity, students create a design that would change their image and discuss the age they think they should be to make that...
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Religion and Ethics: Living with Special Needs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore human behavior by exploring mental and physical disabilities. In this learning disability lesson plan, students identify the different disabilities students have which prevent them from working at the same pace as the...
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My Perfect Partner

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students explore gender roles by describing an ideal partner. In this human characteristic lesson, students create a chart which describes the positive and negative aspects they seek in a partner of the opposite sex. Students demonstrate...
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Cartoons: How Have Society's Views of Women Changed Over Time?

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners explore women's rights by viewing cartoon images. In this women's history instructional activity, students view several images depicting women in a certain way while discussing the meaning of the imagery among their classmates....
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Lessons from the Holocaust; Hitler's Germany

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore Nazi Germany by completing several worksheets. In this Adolf Hitler lesson plan, students identify Hitler's role in the holocaust, his role in the German community and his mindset. Students read the poem "The Hangman" by...
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The English Roses

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore psychology by reading a children's book in class. In this bullying lesson, students read the story The English Roses and discuss the main characters, story and setting. Students identify the moments when the main...
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SMASH Skill Development: Badminton

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students perform the SMASH technique and overhand motion. In this SMASH instructional activity, students practice hitting targets using racquets and the overhand motion. Students also complete a target smash drill using hula hoops. 
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Facebook and Social Networking

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore Internet communication by researching Facebook. In this social networking lesson, students discuss the uses for Facebook, their own experience with the program, and the dangers of using on-line communication tools....
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The Mayor Speaks to the Class About City Government

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate politics by speaking to the Mayor of their city. In this local politician lesson, students listen as the Mayor speaks in front of them in their class and ask the Mayor questions about his daily duties. Students write...
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The Important Things In Our Lives

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this online interactive English worksheet, students search and find 25 important attributes found in life in a word search puzzle.
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Identifying Bullies

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate human behavior by defining bullies.  In this psychology lesson, students read the book Just One Flick of a Finger, and discuss why bullies act out in front of other children.  Students investigate actions that can be...
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Land, Liberty and the Struggle for the American Dream

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate equality by reading a historical fiction book in class.  In this civil rights lesson, students read the story Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry with their classmates and define the Jim Crow Laws that kept blacks...