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The Dawn of Humanity

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate recent archaeological challenges to theories of human origins. They research the history and geography of various African regions to create proposals for future excavations.
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Presidential Places

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate American presidential landmarks throughout the continental United States. They research and analyze American presidential landmarks to determine their value to American history and how they have been preserved over...
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Out On A Limb In The Pacific Rim?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students act as cultural attachés to investigate and present briefings on the post-1945 histories and United States diplomatic relationships with East Asian countries. They articulate their foreign policy findings.
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Fabulous Funnels

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore what tornados are, how they are created and measured, and what their effects are on communities. They keep a journal of their activities and explorations as part of an ongoing process of learning.
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Chilling Predictions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners research and prepare an almanac on the Arctic. They examine the laws that attempt to provide jurisdiction over this area and consider how these laws be affected if geography of the Arctic continues to change due to global warming.
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Writing Worksheets Can Help Students Organize Their Thoughts

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Teachers can help their students organize their ideas with the use of writing worksheets.
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A Piece of the Puzzle

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Discover the process of writing a story by comparing it to a puzzle. Begin by examining a diagram shaped like a puzzle which contains important elements of a story.  Learners mix and match the pieces with elements of a story they are...
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Salinger and the Vocabulary of the Vernacular

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the use of slang expressions in literature.  In this literary analysis lesson, students examine the use of slang words and expressions in the popular novel Catcher in the Rye.  Students research the various slang terms...
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The Power of the Press

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify an editorial and propaganda, discuss differences between weekly and daily newspapers, analyze needs of rural and urban newspaper audiences, and evaluate possible power of the press and importance of multiple views...
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Panther Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the Florida Panthers through a Web-quest. In this web-based lesson, students find clues that will help them to identify the habitat of the Florida Panther and the history of human activity which threatens these...
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Creating an Interesting Setting

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this setting worksheet, students fill out a chart for seeing, feeling, smelling, tasting, and hearing in a setting. Students complete 20 boxes total in the chart.
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Fractal Fraction Fun

For Teachers K - 8th
Students discover the interesting patterns and shapes referred to as "fractals."  For this geometry lesson, students utilize pieces of colored construction paper to create the branches of a fractal tree.  Students discuss the rules and...
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In the Loop

For Teachers K - 8th
Students practice comparing items by using a Venn diagram.  For this diagram lesson, students divide a group of similar buttons by the small details that separate them using a Venn Diagram.  Students compare and contrast shapes by their...
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Can You Believe Your Eyes?

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students investigate hidden messages by analyzing images.  In this art analysis lesson, students assess specific photographs by their use of light, framing, distortion and size.  Students create their own juxtapositions in images and...
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Comma Exercise

For Students 5th - 10th
In this comma exercise worksheet, students are given 18 sentences they must proofread and edit for comma usage.
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Story Writing

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners work in groups to create a story that will be presented to the class.  In this story writing lesson plan, students complete a project planning sheet, work together to create a story that includes a hero and at least two other...
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Choosing Plymouth - Pilgrim Study Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students identify the principal physical features the Pilgrims considered when choosing the location of Plymouth. They create a postcard to send to a friend in Europe as if they were a Pilgrim; illustrating one aspect of the settling in...
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Types of Sentences

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students identify twenty sentences as correct as is, fragments, contains a comma splice or is a fused sentence.
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Lending a Helping Hand

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars research the work of North American NGOs and select one to support with a financial contribution as a class. In this philanthropic research lesson, students consider the work of Benjamin Franklin, defining good...
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It's Your Birthday! Expository Writing Unit 2

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students create an expository essay. In this writing lesson Students are assigned a country and must conduct research surrounding a historic event that occurred in that country at the time of their birth.
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Storytelling

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students compose a story and tell it to the class.  In this storytelling lesson, students work in small groups to create an illustrated story.  Students are given a checklist of elements to include in the assignment. Students then create...
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Prairie Settlement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers make a decision for site selection for a farm during the 1840s in the Midwest. They build research and writing skills by recording the information used for analysis in a chart and as diary entries.
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A Message in a Bottle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create an imaginary tale of travel and adventure. They explain who they are, where they were going when they got stranded, where they left from, and how they were traveling. They place their stories in bottles and set them afloat.
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What's Fit to Print?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students evaluate how newspapers are constructed and evaluate the extent to which newspapers serve their readers' interests.

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