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Opportunity Cost

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the concept of opportunity cost. Classmates discuss, orally and in writing, a time when they had to make a choice when all choices seemed worthwhile. They explore the impact of making decisions when resources are...
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Landforms Acrostic Poetry

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders apply scientific information about various landforms. They use the information to write and word process acrostic poems which they illustrate with clip art or pictures from magazines.
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Population Diversity And Human Rights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of economic sanctions. In this population diversity and human rights lesson, students examine how the United States uses economic sanctions to support or prohibit international activities. Students present...
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Getting Your Students Started

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders begin by either doing sentences for editing OR a gratitude journal. This is designed so students have a quiet activity which starts immediately at the beginning of class.
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Grammar Lesson Plan Focus on Paired Conjunctions

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners engage in a lesson which is a straight forward, teacher centered, grammar lesson focusing on written and oral production of the target structure. After a lecture/demo, students work individually on an exercise imbedded in this...
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Native American Unit

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore America's history prior to 1492. This unit of six lessons identifies five regions of the United States and assists students in the development of an understanding of the Native Americans who lived in the regions.
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GENDER BIAS IN LANGUAGE

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore how to make their language gender neutral.
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Galaxies

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars use the provided website to classify galaxies after exploring information about elliptical, spiral, lenticular, and irregular galaxies and using the Hubble Tuning Fork.
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Using Comics to teach Habitat and the Balance of Nature

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students visit a specific online comics website to view a comic. They discuss the elements of the food chain that were seen in the story. They choose an inhabitant of the pond habitat that they have been reading about and do a research...
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"Wheels, Wings and Other Things"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in various reading and writing activities related to the book "Wheels, Wings and Other Things" by Monica Hughes and Barbara Hunter. They participate in a shared reading activity, and write a new page for a book...
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"The Selfish Crocodile"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in various shared reading and writing activities related to the book "The Selfish Crocodile" by Faustin Charles. They identify descriptive words from the story, and write sentences describing how the crocodile...
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Service Learning Project-American Civil War

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders study the American Civil War. As part of a service learning project, they volunteer to help preserve or promote a local Civil War site. They conduct research and write letters or lobby legislatures on behalf of historic...
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It's Not Easy Being Green

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students complete a unit that focuses on their school's waste production. They conduct a litter survey, collect the waste produced in their classroom for a week and generate a waste-audit, and identify how their school can minimize...
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Committing to Nonviolence: A Lesson from Viva La Causa

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the social change movements of the American 20th century. In this nonviolence lesson, students research the work of Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Caesar Chavez. Students compare and contrast the social...
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Of Mice and Men: Persuasive Paper

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students write a four paragraph persuasive paper on Of Mice and Men. For this Of Mice and Men lesson, students take a position on whether or not George should have killed Lennie. Students are given a paragraph-by-paragraph guide to...
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USA Today Lesson: "Meth" Moves East

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore methamphetamine use. In this health journalism lesson plan, students read the USA Today article titled "Meth Moves East", respond to discussion questions regarding the article, and complete an activity based on the...
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Defining the Difference Between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners examine microscopic life by conducting a scientific investigation. In this cell analysis instructional activity, students define the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and discuss their word origins. Learners view each type of...
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Child Labor in America

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary sources. In this child labor lesson, students examine the issue of child labor and determine how citizen action prompted...
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Inventors and Inventions 1

For Teachers K - 5th
Students research how Velcro and sticky notes were invented. In this research report, students use the Internet to learn about how to common inventions came to be. Students write a report about their findings.
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Gender Bias in Language

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders study the issues between male and females.  In this current events lesson, 12th graders read an article and answer questions.  Students watch a video and write an essay. 
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Women’s History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the "Cult of Domesticity." In this women's history lesson, students visit the specified Web sites to engage in research related to the characteristics that were thought to represent true womanhood as well as information...
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Introduce -ar

For Teachers K
Students explore phonetics by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this word sound instructional activity, students discuss the sound "ar" and identify words that commonly use the sound. Students listen to their teacher say...
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Introduce /ee/

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners explore phonetics by participating in a pronunciation activity. In this vowels instructional activity, students identify words in the English language which contain the "ee" sound. Learners participate in an activity in which...
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Reintroduce "Ur"

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore word structure by participating in a word sound activity. In this vocabulary identification lesson, students discuss the sound that is made by the letters "ur" and in what words this sound is found. Students listen as...

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