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Kindergarten Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers K
Students participate in a scavenger hunt. In this icebreaker lesson plan, students are given Scavenger Hunt Sheets and search their new classroom for the objects.
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Getting along With Others

For Teachers K - 5th
Students examine character traits to find the most positive behaviors.  In this getting along instructional activity, students identify behaviors that are beneficial to getting along.  Students evaluate their own behaviors and...
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Native American Dolls

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
Students examine Native American dolls. They discover the connections between the dolls and the Native American culture and customs. They also use maps to locate the position of different tribes.
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!

For Teachers K - 11th
Students use information from the U.S. Bureau of the Census to create a bar graph, a picture graph, or a circle graph showing the country of origin of U.S. Hispanics.
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Dress the Bear

For Teachers K
Students discuss clothes worn during different seasons of the year. They think about what their favorite season is, and cut construction paper bears to dress for that season.
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You're a Grand Ol' Flag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore American flag and its symbols, and create an original flag that represents what they see in their own lives.
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Lewis and Clark

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners investigate the historic journey of Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery. They identify six discoveries made on the journey, participate in an online activity that traces their trail, write a journal in the first person...
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Building An African Compound

For Teachers K - 4th
Young scholars construct a model of an African compound. In this African culture lesson, students describe the neighborhoods that can be found in Africa. Young scholars use construction paper, glue, dried leaves, and a cardboard box to...
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Coping with Change

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students observe changes in their classroom.  In this coping with changes instructional activity, students note the differences in the activities of the day  and the changes in the classroom.  Students explain changes in...
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Winter Expressions

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Students write a winter "shape poem," draw the outline of an object that complements the poem and copy the poem inside the outline in a pattern.
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Frosty the Snowman

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students travel in the playing area (skip, gallop, walk, slide, etc.). If a student is tagged by a red (sun) ball, the tagged student must stop and fall slowly like a melting snowman. They stays melted until he/she is tagged by a green...
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Seven Natural Wonders of Africa

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars draw a picture and write a few sentences telling about their favorite natural wonder of Africa. They discuss the importance of the Nile River, Mount Kilimanjaro, the Great Rift Valley, the Serengeti Plains, and the Sahara...
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Kameshi Ne Mpuku: An African Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate an understanding that games reflect the environment of those who play them by creating their own games with the resources provided.
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Rulers For a Day

For Teachers K - 6th
Students design and create foil coins with images that symbolize students' imaginary leadership in the ancient world. They model their coins on those made for Alexander the Great. They discuss what made him an important historical figure.
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Miss Tizzy

For Teachers K
Students experience ways language and visuals bring characters to life in a story, experience age-appropriate songs, cooking experiences, and art, learn the days of the week in a new learning experience, and engage in hands-on learning...
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Ghostbusters

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students demonstrate proper overhand throwing techniques. They throw balls decorated like ghosts over a volleyball net, with each team trying to throw overhand as many ghosts into the other team's haunted house.
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Trail of Tears

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars discover that the Indian Territory was comprised of many Indian tribes originating from many different locations. They distinguish between the Indian tribes in the Indian Territory.
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Frosty's Freeze Tag

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students improve their chasing, fleeing and dodging skills in a cooperative, fun, holiday game using white (fleece) snowballs.
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Body Parts in Hebrew

For Teachers K - 4th
Students, after practicing with an extensive vocabulary list of body parts in Hebrew, identify those parts on a poster of a human figure. They practice writing and saying their vocabulary words daily during class instruction.
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How Has Transportation Changed Since the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition?

For Teachers K
Students recognize modes of transportation. They research historical data from a variety of primary and secondary sources including the Harriman expedition journals, related web sites, and photographs from the expedition. Students...
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A Box Of Crayons

For Teachers K - 6th
Students draw self-portraits on die-cut crayon patterns after hearing the poem "A Box of Crayons" in this Art lesson for the elementary classroom. The lesson is ideal for celebrating Martin Luther King Day and includes extra resource...
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Mapping the Library

For Teachers K - 5th
Students compare their school library with another library such as: town library, for example, or a virtual library and identify the most important features. Students use their observations to create a map of the school library that can...
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Teaching About the First Thanksgiving

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Learners research information about the Mayflower, Pilgrims, the Plymouth Colony, the Wampanoags, and the first Thanksgiving. They take an online tour of the Mayflower, interpret timelines, create a postcard, and compare and...
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Sequencing Our Day

For Teachers K
Students focus on translating the real experience of an ordinary day into a representation of it to assist with recall and stimulate expressive language. They compose picture captions to match visual representations of events of the...

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