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ABC's of the Louisiana Purchase

For Teachers K - 12th
Students investigate the Louisiana Purchase by reviewing the ABC's of the purchase. Each letter of the alphabet is accompanied by information pertaining to the event. They participate in a variety of activities to reinforce the concepts...
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Signal Flags

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use signal flags chart to identify common ship signals. They create different signal flags and meanings on their own.
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Country Singers Take Nashville

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students conduct research on a famous country music singer. In small groups, they conduct research, and construct and decorate a paper cutout of their selected country music singer.
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Four Seasons From Laguna Pueblo

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students study seeds and spring planting. They plant corn, chili, watermelon seeds in a local field and then invite a farmer to come to discuss the preparation, caring and planting of seeds in a field.
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Shadow Chasing

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe and measure their shadows. They go outside at three hour increments during the course of a day. Each time students measure and record the length of their shadows. Students read books about shadows and discuss why...
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Synonyms and Antonyms

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore and respond to poetry. They define and identify synonyms and anotnyns. They create antonym pairs in English. They create synonym pairs in English and Spanish.
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Class-to-class Interaction

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders interact with each other using interpersonal skills and digital equipment. They respect self and others related to human development and relationships. They video tape the activity as well as take still shots of...
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Earth Connections

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore the concept of the planet Earth and its connection to the Native American traditional beliefs of 'Mother Earth.' Students describe and illustrate the Native American beliefs for 'Mother Earth.' Learners interpret words...
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Tile My Bathroom Floor

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders create a bathroom floor plan using measurement math. In this measurement lesson, 7th graders use measurement, proportionality, estimation, and area to design a floor plan. Students design floor tiles using centimeter...
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The Ideal Home

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design their ideal home.  In this ideal home lesson, 5th graders illustrate and describe their ideal home.  Students present visuals to their classmates. Lesson is part of a unit.
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Review of My Community

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students review activities from the "My Home" unit. In this review instructional activity, students view a PowerPoint about a community then play a game to answer a variety of questions about the community.  PowerPoint may be in English...
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Researching and Writing Travel Brochures

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students design a travel brochure. For this travel brochure lesson, students review travel brochures and discuss a travel adventure they would like to go on.  Students prepare an outline of their own brochure with itinerary.  
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Television and Movies

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore media.  For this television and movies lesson, 5th graders compare a variety of types of television shows and movies. 
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Day eight: Participating in a community service project

For Teachers K - 12th
Students participate in a community service project. In this ELL instructional activity, students complete a project while the teacher takes photos. The students use these photos in a bulletin board. 
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Presenting our Newspapers

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students present their group newspapers.  In this presenting lesson, students share their newspaper creations with peers and receive feedback. This lesson is part of a unit: "In the News". 
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Story Pyramid

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine and better explain a story by making a story pyramid.
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Dysfunctional Eating

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders write a 1.5 page paper explaining how to make their favorite nutritional snack. They need to assume that the audience has never seen or heard of the snack before.
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Introduction to Junkanoo! A Bahamian Festival

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine a Bahamian festival called Junkanoo. They analyze how group cooperation is related to the festival. They finally identify how factions form and how they can help or hurt a community.
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Whooping Crane

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, in groups, discuss clue phrases from a poem.
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Small Group Shared Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils discuss elements of effective writing in small groups. They work together to critique individual and group writing focusing on including supporting details.
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Investigating Endangered Species

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students pick an endangered animal to research and report their findings to the class.
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Regions of South America

For Teachers 2nd
Students explore facts about South America in the four lessons of this unit. Booklets are created from the materials produced as the class delves into the topic.
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Landforms All Around

For Teachers 2nd
Students create a "Landform Dictionary". They develop an overlay map and participate in hands-on activities to identify the key characteristics of landforms. They discuss the plant and animal life of these areas. Handouts for the lessons...
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Creating Pie Graphs Using Percents

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine how to convert fractions to percents and percents to fractions. They list their activities for a 24 hour period, and create a pie graph using Microsoft Works.

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