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Sense and Sensibility: Final Assessment: Movie Maker
Assess your class's understanding of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility with a fun and creative final project. Using what they have learned about the novel's characters, they create presentations featuring music and images that...
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Towers and Turrets
A lesson on architecture will help young artists consider perspective. Your class will use water colors to paint towers and turrets. You can connect this art lesson to famous buildings like the Taj Majal in India, Saint Basil's Cathedral...
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Banned Book Week: Tips for Teaching Censorship
Consider how book censorship erodes our right to free speech and intellectual freedom.
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How Do You Measure Up?
Students measure their body. In this measurement instructional activity, students use a string to measure their height and the circumference of their head. They record this information on the worksheet provided and answer questions as a...
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Children's Museum of Houston - Pre/Post Classroom Activities - Nets
Students make three dimensional shapes with nets. For this nets lesson, students receive nets which they fold to make a three dimensional object. They predict what shape each net will make and verify it after making the net. They use the...
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Dance: Personal Soundtracks
Students create a musical autobiography. In this fine arts lesson, students explore the emotions that music can express by listening to and discussing a variety of music. Students construct a personal timeline and a collection of music...
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Genetics: Who are you?
Study, manipulate, and research genetic traits. Discuss how genetic traits are passed from one generation to another. Classmates explore how they look like their parents and debate whether or not they can do anything about it? They...
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Moral Development: Lawrence Kohlberg
Students study the stages of moral development. In this psychology lesson, students explore Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development as they read, respond to, and evaluate a moral development scenario.
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William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying
Students analyze William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. In this literature analysis lesson, students compare a modern novel and play. Students analyze Faulkner's interior monologues. Students write a paper about the ways As I Lay Dying is or...
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B-movies and Plot: Story Elements, Writing, Media
Pupils use old "B-Movies" as a springboard to discuss and analyze traditional plot structures. They form groups and make their own 'movie' to demonstrate their knowledge.
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Repetitive Song Form
Eighth graders discover different concepts for identifying musical structure and song form. In this Music History lesson, 8th graders compare and contrast a Red Hot Chili Peppers song to an Andrea Bocelli's song.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Where the Trail Forks by Jack London
Jack London wrote stories that were inspired by his time in the Yukon. "Where the Trail Forks" is a short story that revolves around his beloved theme of man vs. nature.
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Classic Reader: Coffee vs. Brandy by t.s. Arthur
Read the full text of the short story "Coffee vs. Brandy" by T.S. Arthur which explores the role of alcohol in society.
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Classic Reader: Twilight Land by Howard Pyle
Read a classic good vs. evil story in "Twilight Land" by Howard Pyle. Sorcerers, demons, and genies populate this tale.
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Student Reader: Hellenic vs Hellenistic Civilization
Explains the differences between the Hellenic and Hellenistic ages. The Hellenic age was prior to the time of Alexander the Great, and the Hellenistic age followed it.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Physics: Definitions and Applications
By the end of this section, you will be able to describe the definition, aims, and branches of physics; describe and distinguish classical physics from modern physics and describe the importance of relativity, quantum mechanics, and...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Analyzing Forces and Motion Graphs by Riding an Elevator
A high school physics lab on classical mechanics in which students study force versus time and acceleration versus time. Students need access to an elevator to complete the experiments. A lab handout is provided.
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National Park Service: The Siege of Petersburg
Enjoy and learn from the virtual experience of the Siege of Petersburg. Petersburg was an important supply center for the Confederate capital and became the site of the longest siege of the Civil War. The video, audio, still pictures,...
Physics Classroom
The Physics Classroom: 1 D Kinematics
A six-lesson e-textbook covering topics in one dimension kinematics. Lessons include informational text, interactive activities, and quick, interactive comprehension checks along the way.