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Can Girls Be Plumbers?

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners discover stereotypes in modern society.  In this gender role lesson, students create a display of "school workers" and identify  jobs as either male or female.  The learners discuss their choices and overcome...
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Our Many Shapes and Sizes

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover humans come in all shapes and sizes.  In this equality lesson, students evaluate different bodies among their peers and discover no human body is "perfect".  Students discuss different ways to keep their...
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The Greek Alphabet: More Familiar Than You Think!

For Teachers K - 2nd
For this Greek alphabet lesson, pupils explore the Phoenician origins to the Greek alphabet. Learners compare Greek letters to current letters and write a paragraph about the life of students in ancient Greece. They also identify...
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The Only Boy in the Ballet Class

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students discuss kindness and how to treat others. In this kindness lesson, students listen to the story The Only Boy in the Ballet Class by Denise Gruska. The teacher draws the main character and every time that he receives a put down...
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Living in Kansas Today

For Teachers K
Students compare and contrast urban and rural communities. In this geography skills lesson, students discover the attributes of the settings and respond to questions about cities and farms.
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Calling 9-1-1

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students analyze emergencies. In this safety lesson, students discover when and why they should dial 9-1-1. They discuss as a group various scenarios in which they would need to call 9-1-1 and then role-play those situations. This lesson...
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Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary

Benjamin Franklin, Working for the Common Good

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars examine Benjamin Franklin's community service in Philadelphia. In this American history famous heroes instructional activity, students make text-to-self-and-world connections between the Philadelphia community service...
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Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary

Guess What Benjamin Franklin Did!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students research Ben Franklin's inventions. In this invention lesson, students see the relationship between a need and an invention. Students will engage in a class discussion, read a handout, and play a match the invention to its...
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Learning Opportunities around the World

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover how education effects them and their community in a positive way. In this community lesson, students engage in a class discussion about the benefits of public education and play "community I-Spy."
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Holiday Paper Projects for Kids

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
No matter what time of year it is, there's a holiday craft to make! Kindergartners construct several holiday craft projects in a series of holiday art instructional activity. They complete several paper projects such as...
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Handy Map

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students become familiar with the purpose of maps through a hand mapping lesson plan.  In this hand mapping lesson plan, students draw their hand and use it to explain directions and labeling on a map.
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Trust

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students define trust. For this social skills lesson, students read The Other Side and interact with their classmates to define what trust is.
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Let's Learn About Jobs

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students evaluate the jobs that their parents do. In this literature-based social studies lesson, the teacher introduces the concept of work both at home and on the job and leads the children in the creation of a Venn diagram to aid in...
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Four Corners Locomotion

For Teachers K - 5th
A simple P.E. activity will get young athletes running, jumping, hopping, skipping, and crabwalking! These locomotor movement exercises are a great way to build up aerobic endurance. Your students will ask you to play this game again and...
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The Sahara Desert

For Teachers K - 3rd
The children will create a watercolor picture of the Sahara Desert and label it.
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3D Houses

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners construct 3-dimensional structures from 2-dimensional paper. They design and compile their structures to resemble a neighborhood community.
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Treasures of Egypt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students match pictures of Egyptian culture with their descriptions. They assemble a poster of resources about Egypt.
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Learning a New Environment

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review a school map with color-coded markers and use it to locate classrooms, bathrooms, library, principal's office, etc. They color a school map, cut it into puzzle pieces and then reassemble the pieces.
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Colorful Stained-Glass Candleholder

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create a colorful candelholder as a gift for a family member, neighbor, or friend. They follow directions to create the candleholder, wrap and present the candleholder as a gift to someone special.
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Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-The Tree That Would Not Die

For Teachers K - 6th
Students read The Tree That Would Not Die by Ellen Livine. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities as they read of an ancient oak tree that has lived for nearly 500 years. they focus their attention on the events in...
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Living By Water

For Teachers K - 12th
Young scholars research a coastal community, locate it on a map and profile its physical, geography, climate, architecture and cultural characteristics. They envision this coastal community and make a detailed drawing of it by blending...
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St. Patrick's Day Coloring Page

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this St. Patrick's Day coloring page, students examine a picture of a leprechaun and a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Students color the picture.
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My Kindergarten Portfolio

For Students K
In this portfolio worksheet, students print the My Family page and get help from their family to fill in the number of siblings and color the pictures. Students glue a family picture to the appropriate place.
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Back to School Visor- Girl

For Students K - 1st
In this back to school craft worksheet, students cut out and assemble a visor to wear. This visor has a color graphic of a girl at a desk with the words Back to School.

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