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Cows on Parade

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use assorted drawing materials and sheets from a cow shaped pad to create a unique, bright, colorful cows.
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Mineral Replacement in Fossil Formation

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore fossils and how they are formed. They create their own "fossils" out of plaster of Paris. They record their findings in their science journals.
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Unity: Making a Heritage Quilt

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students examine Canandian culture and heritage to further their appreciation. They explore the issue of Canadian unity and participate in a quilt making activity that incorporates symbolism.
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State Heads

For Teachers K - 6th
Students create a narrative image that depicts a formal shape of a state. They review the state facts of whatever state they chose. They draw a person and then add text in the shape of the state they chose.
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Geese and Sandhill Cranes of Nebraska

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils gather information on the geese and cranes found in Nebraska. Students explore ways they can help save their habitats. Also, pupils use additional general information they connect artwork to their research topic.
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Human Rights Squares

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Learners read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and then participate in an activity in which they discuss instances where human rights have been violated.
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Wanted: Only the Facts!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students apply three steps to summarizing successfully (delete trivial and redundant material, replace superordinate terms with a list or action term, and invent a topic sentence.) Through guided practice, they follow these rules in...
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HIT THE TRAIL

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students draw three cattle trails that passed through Indian Territory, using a written description of the trails and will create a diary of trail life. Students research a historical trail as assigned. Students share their information...
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Why is the Past Important?

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore, examine and study why it's important to study the past and connect this importance with reasons why we should learn from the past and how cultures have changed over the years. They bring an object, photograph or a...
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Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 5th
In this similarities and differences worksheet, students identify the strategy of reading for similarities and differences. Students study a Venn diagram and then complete their own Venn diagram for similarities and differences in a text.
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Volcanic Violence

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students complete activities to study volcanic activities. In this volcanic activities activity, students read an article about violent volcanoes. Students complete discuss questions and volcano projects for the activity. students also...
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Your Own Greenhouse

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss the similarities between the Earth's atmosphere and a greenhouse. In this science lesson, students make their own greenhouses out of plastic bottles and thermometers. Students record the temperature different times of...
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Breaking News English: World's Oldest Man Dies

For Students 4th - 8th
In this English worksheet, students read "World's Oldest Man Dies," and then respond to 20 fill in the blank, 15 short answer, 8 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Learning from Artifacts Uncovering Clues, Large and Small

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils observe artifacts from Fort St. Louis at a website in order to make inferences about the people who lived there. They paint pottery in the style which might have been used by one of the cultural groups who inhabited the fort.
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Florida the Best WebQuest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners create a multimedia presentation demonstrating that Florida is the Best State in this creative project for the early elementary classroom. The lesson can be adapted for any state or country.
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Nineteenth Century Family Portraits

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students compare two nineteenth century family portraits using historical data, statistics, and historical context. Students analyze their own family pictures adjusting the criteria to the current decade. Lastly students study the...
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Intermediate Sentence Completion 5

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this sentence completion worksheet, students read the sentences and choose the best word to complete the sentence. Students complete 12 sentences.
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Grew to the West

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this westward growth activity, students use lyrics given to follow along with the song "Grew to the West," filling in blanks to answer simple questions throughout. Students then answer 10 additional questions about the song. Song link...
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Annenberg Learner: Us History Map: Arctic, Northwest Coast and California Tribes

For Students 4th - 8th
A brief description of some of the main Native American tribes that lived in the Arctic, along the Northwest Coast, and in California.
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Mission Us: For Crown or Colony?

For Students 3rd - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Authors provide an interactive way to actually experience history in an on-line game. Become Nat Wheeler as he makes his way to Boston in 1770, a crucial time in history! Find your way around Boston to...
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International Guide Dog Federation: History of Guide Dogs

For Students 3rd - 8th
This page from the International Guide Dog Federation explores the evolution of dogs as human companions, as well as the history of dogs as service animals. This resource also includes a timeline describing how dogs came to be used as...
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Pbs Learning Media: What Edison Teaches Us About Success

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this interactive instructional activity, students examine Thomas Edison's character traits and how they contributed to his becoming one of the greatest inventors in history. In this interactive instructional activity, students watch...
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History: From Cliff Swellings to Statehood

For Students 3rd - 8th
This resource traces the history of Colorado from its earliest inhabitants to its admittance as the thirty-eighth state of the union.
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Nara: Picturing the Century: 100 Years of Photography

For Students 3rd - 8th
From the National Archives and Records Administration, this online exhibit has galleries of photographs separated by time period showing a history of the United States.

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