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Green Zone Common Ground Conversation Starter Worksheets

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Finding common ground and building conversation can often prove a difficult task for many. Help learners build this important social skill using this resource, which includes a Venn diagram learning exercise and sentence prompts to help...
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Roads to Refuge: Refugees in Australia

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify terms asylum seeker, refugee and migrant, and discuss differences. Students examine significance of persecution in refugee context, explore concept of human rights and discuss some key articles from Universal...
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Create Your Own Lucky Charm

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create their own lucky charms. In this St. Patrick's Day lesson, students discuss symbols of luck. Students make their own lucky charms out of clay.
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African Chants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students perform African chants. In this geography skills lesson, students read about African chants and watch videos about them prior to performing them in groups with appropriate rhythm and cadence.
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Mariachi Concert

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study Mexican music. For this Mexican culture lesson, students research mariachi bands and then design posters that accurately advertise them.
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Nancy Ajram

For Students 4th - 8th
For this famous leaders worksheet, students read a passage about Nancy Ajram and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
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Clay Gargoyles and Grotesques

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Grotesques or gargoyles are wonderful subjects for stories or art projects. Here is a simple "how to" for creating a lesson about sculpting clay gargoyles. Tip: Have learners research gargoyles throughout history.
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President Thomas Woodrow Wilson

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this President Thomas Woodrow Wilson worksheet, students read to assess comprehension skills. In this multiple choice worksheet, students answer seven question.
Interactive
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How To Be Healthy Campaign

For Students 6th - 12th
In this marketing campaign worksheet, students follow directions on how to create a marketing campaign on being healthy. Students follow 6 sets of directions.
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Archery

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Learners are shown proper stance, nocking, targeting, and release techniques of archery. They follow basic safety procedures involved in handling and using archery equipment. Students practice shooting aluminum or fiberglass shaft arrows.
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Lin and Don Donn

Lin and Don Donn: Lessons: The Middle Ages

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
An experienced teacher provides creative lesson and unit plans for teaching about the Middle Ages.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: The Black Death: The Bubonic Plague

For Students 1st - 8th
History for Kids presents information on the Black Death or Bubonic Plague, and teaches about the lesser known Pneumonic plague, Septicemic Plague, that troubled the times. Includes details, somewhat gruesome, about what it is, how it...
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Medieval Weapons

For Students 3rd - 7th Standards
History for Kids teaches about the various weapons used during the Middle Ages. Students can see images and learn about blunt, bladed and ranged weaponry. Teacher resources include activities, worksheets and quizzes.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Medieval Armor

For Students 1st - 7th
History for Kids presents article on the various components of armor in the Middle Ages. The site teaches about mail and plate armor and describes how they are made. Links to teacher resources includes worksheets, activities and quiz.
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Stephen Byrne

History for Kids: Medieval War Horses

For Students 3rd - 7th
History for Kids teaches about the Medieval military use of horses in war. Article describes the different types of horses and horse armor. Links to resources for teachers.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Africa: Teacher's Guide

For Students 3rd - 8th
Explore the world of Africa through these teacher's guides. This site features teacher tools for middle school age learners.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Novels for Growing Readers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Come and check out this informative resource featuring novels for growing readers. This site lists several appropriate books for students ranging from grades three through six.