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A Star to Steer Her By
Students determine their latitude using a protracdtor and/or cross-staff to find the altitude of Polaris.
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Attitude Counts: Workplace Skills
Get your upper graders ready for the workplace by having them examine positive and negative attitudes. They discuss the importance of attitude in the workplace, analyze a series of quotes, then take a personal attitude survey. They...
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Positive Guidance Techniques
While this instructional activity focuses on appropriate behavior management techniques used in the home, it could apply to the classroom as well. Included are several PowerPoint presentations, Notes, and Stories, on positive behavior...
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Put Yourself in Check
Eighth graders identify what it means to utilize and accept personal responsibility in relationships with others and why it is important to have a self-awareness during conflict. They also role play spontaneously a common conflict among...
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Stereotype & Bias
Students examine the way that the media perpetrates stereotypes. In this stereotyping lesson students complete several activities on stereotyping.
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The ABCs of Getting and Keeping a Job
Students explore qualities necessary in keeping a job. In teams, using each letter of the alphabet, students brainstorm important job skills and attitudes. They associate skills in getting a job with skills in keeping a job. Team...
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A Biography of Amir Khan
In this literature worksheet, students read a biography about Amir Khan, a middleweight boxer who won an Olympic bronze in Athens. They identify whether each statement is true or false. Then, students look at his career and respond to...
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Off To a Good Start
In this physical education success worksheet, young scholars create a bulletin board outlining strategies that they can use to be successful throughout the year in a physical education class. In small groups, they discuss ways to be...
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What is a Bad Attitude?
High schoolers demonstrate their communication skills by answering questions on a case study worksheet and participating in a class discussion.