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An Analysis of Jim Crow Laws and their Effects on Race Relations

For Teachers 1st
First graders analyze the role of the Jim Crow laws on race relations. As a class, they are segregated based on the color shirt they have or some other simple criteria and wear either a square or circle sticker representing the majority...
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A Honey of a Hexagon

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore how bees make honey and why the hexagon is the best basic pattern for the honeycomb through the use of a video and hands-on activities with honeycombs and geometric shapes.
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Checkerboard

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore the game of checkers and the folk art that has been used to create checkerboards. They create their own checkerboards that reflect current culture.
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Patchwork Adventure Poetry

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore poetry by completing a worksheet.  In this poetry lesson, 3rd graders create a quilt using images students have drawn based on imagery.  Students practice using vocabulary from the poem "Adventures of...
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Savannah, Georgia: The Lasting Legacy of Colonial City Planning

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore colonial history, the antebellum era and the cotton economy and the rise of cities in the U.S.
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Creatures of the Sea

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete a two-month long unit on the physical characteristics of the oceans and animal environments. They create a "Creatures of the Sea" alphabet book in collaboration with a kindergarten class, conduct Internet...
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What Is It? Tommy Tastes

For Teachers K
Students complete multi-curricular to learn about senses and sensory words. In this sensory words instructional activity, students discuss the five senses and the anatomy of a tongue. Students complete a food tasting activity and find...
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What is it? Sally Smells!

For Teachers K
Pupils explore the attributes of the human nose. In this 5 senses instructional activity, students participate in a smell guessing game prior to discussing the anatomy of the nose and creating a sense of smell book page.
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Science: Bugs and Body Parts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students determine the function of various insect parts they have observed. Using descriptive words, they explain the insects' characteristics and draw pictures of them. The lesson concludes with students writing short sentences...

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