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Hands on Biome-Building

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore Earth science by participating in an environment activity. In this biome lesson plan, students discuss the importance of a healthy ecology in order to sustain life, both animal and plant. Students utilize a cardboard or...
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Hands on Biome-Building: Build a Forest

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore Earth science by identifying environmental factors. In this biome instructional activity, students discuss the importance of a functioning ecology and design a biome diorama. Students utilize images of trees and plants...
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Scripting the Past: Exploring Women's History Through Film

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Explore women's history through films and filmmaking. An innovative research project prompts class members to create their own screenplay about a figure in women's history. After outlining their characters, settings, and plots, young...
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Making a Life Map

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a life map of their life. They start the activity with a question from the teacher and expand on it. They can share their life maps with the class if they so choose.
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American Literature and the Civil War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes fourteen lessons from the American Literature, The Civil War and Its Aftermath: 1845-1880 series, each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading...
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Build the Taiga: Hands on Biome-Building

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore environmental awareness by completing a construction project. In this biomes lesson, students identify the different elements for life to thrive in an ecosystem. Students utilize a cardboard or wood box to create a biome...
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I Am Special and You Are Special Too #6

For Teachers Pre-K - K
We are All Alike…We Are All Different is the springboard for the creation of an illustrated book in which young writers record their impression of themselves, their families, and their interests. Sharing the completed books in circle...
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Childhood in Early 19th-Century America

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students interpret and analyze primary source documents and compare and contrast childhood today with that of the past.
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I Search My Family Project

For Teachers 9th
Students research their family's heritage. They follow a guide, document their family's history and put it together in report form.
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Ice -T's Rap School

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners research the history of rap and gain an understanding of the components of rap music. They experience the correlation between Shakespeare's poetry and rap music of today.
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Evaluating Nonfiction Texts

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students evaluate nonfiction text. In this evaluating nonfiction instructional activity students read two pieces of nonfiction text and respond with a short free-writing piece. Students discuss the content and focus on the accuracy.
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Historical Figures Report

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work together to research a historical figure who lived in the Tijuana estuary. In groups, they answer specific quesitons given to them by their teacher to find out the most about the historical figure and include the culture...
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Amazing Autobiographies

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners read a wide range of literature from many periods in many genres to build an understanding of the many dimensions (e.g., philosophical, ethical, aesthetic) of human experience. They apply knowledge of language structure,...
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Will the Real Ben Franklin Please Stand Up?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils explore the life of Benjamin Franklin. For this American history lesson, students research primary and secondary documents regarding Franklin's life. Pupils should examine the point of view each of the accounts is written from as...
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Criticism of Modernity: Gandhi's Association with the American Transcendentalists

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore Gandhi's philosophy links to the works of American Transcendentalists Emerson and Thoreau. In this transcendentalism instructional activity, 11th graders discuss essential questions about civilization and modernity.
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American Literature Unit Two

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes nineteen lessons from the American Literature, A New Nation: 1750-1850 series, each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading and response...
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Black Boy By Richard Wright

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders create a flow chart of the events most influential in Wright's life. They produce a talk show where students discuss autobiographies with other students. Websites imbedded in this plan are used to research Richard Wright.
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His Story/Her Story/Your Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read a variety of biographies to gain insight on the experiences of an African-American's life. Individually, they try to determine the time period it was written and compare the event with ones that occured in their own lives....
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The Power of the Pen

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the personal and historical significance of journals, analyze the issues raised in a N.Y. Times article regarding Anne Frank's diary, and evaluate a Letter to the Editor written in response to the article.
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Keith Gilyard: Poemographies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, read and analyze portions of Keith Gilyard's "Poemographies". They create original visual "poemographies" and participate in a written response activity.
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Harlem Renaissance: Pivotal Period in the Development of Afro-American Culture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine the time period of the Harlem Renaissance. In groups, they compare and contrast the type of art before and after the movement along with the state of society at the time. After reading a book on the topic of their...
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Famous Leaders

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the goals and visions they have set for themselves. They discuss realistic expectations for themselves and others. Students explore their own individual leadership styles by reading a biography of a leader they admire....
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Celebrating Benjamin Franklin

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore various websites featuring the life and achievements of Benjamin Franklin. They investigate Franklin's roles in colonial society as well as pictures of his various inventions. They view excerpts of historical documents...
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Getting Out of the Box

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define stereotype, discrimination and prejudice. They brainstorm a social action plan to heal racism.

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