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New York Public Library

What's for Lunch?: New York City Restaurant Menus

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Do you remember the days when a cup of coffee cost five cents? At A.W. Dennett restaurant in 1894, you could buy a five-cent cup of coffee and as well as a five-cent slice of pie to accompany it. The menu from that year is a primary...
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Space Awareness

Living in the Milky Way

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
Get to know our galaxy with an astronomy-themed, hands-on activity. Scholars watch an informative video, answer questions, and construct a model of the Milky Way in order to examine its contents and the distance inside it.  
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Book Club Order

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students complete a simulated book order form for their class. In this book club lesson, students budget and plan an order form for their fellow students, discussing why they chose specific books.
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Shopping

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students do a shopping simulation in order to have a chance to apply their math skills in a real life fashion. They decide how much money they have, what they want to buy, if they have enough money and how much change they should get back.
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Shopping

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students determine how much money they have in hand, find and read the price of a product, determine which product to buy, determine if they have enough money, and count out exact change or determine how much change is due.
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Numeric Comparison

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice comparing numeric money amounts.
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Coin-Shaped Books

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students review United States coins throughout history, and create shape books for their favorite coins. Each book contains text and illustrations created by Students.
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Great Graphs

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars create graphs by tabulating their preferences among 10 state quarters. They examine quarters and tally their favorites. They complete a worksheet. There are more lesson plans included in this unit.
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The Price is Right, So Let's Make Change

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students estimate, calculate, and count back the amount of change needed from purchases made during small group activities.
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Penny, Nickel, Dime

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders recognize and compare the value of pennies, nickels, and dimes. They review counting pennies, nickels, and dimes.
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Spend, Save or Donate

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners identify the difference between spending, saving, and donating. They brainstorm reasons to give and options to donate. They sing a song about donating to charity.
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Pigs Will Be Pigs

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars practice adding money after reading a story.  In this economics lesson plan, students read the book Pigs Will be Pigs by Amy Axelrod, and examine how decimals, dollar signs, and adding money is used when making a...
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Selfless Sam- The Drive

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners discuss how to address poverty in society. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the book Sam and the Lucky Money and discuss how they would handle hunger. Learners role play situations and demonstrate philanthropic acts.
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Tzedakah: How Can We Help?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students define what constitutes a nutritious meal, the price of a healthy meal, and understand that some people can't afford healthy meals. In this healthy meals lesson, students estimate and research the cost of a nutritious meal, add...
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers K - 4th
Students discover gardening by documenting plants grown on school grounds.  In this botany instructional activity, students utilize digital cameras to capture images of plants on photo hikes which are turned into a slide show....
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Crossword Review

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students practice using their target language vocabulary by completing a crossword puzzle.  In this foreign language lesson, students complete several random tasks based on new vocabulary words in their target language dealing with...
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Letters and Photos

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students practice using a new language by reading letters.  In this foreign language lesson plan, students read a fictional letter by a young person from the target language's country.  Students read the letters separately, but...
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Expressions of Frequency

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students practice discussing timely manners in a target language.  In this foreign language lesson, students discuss words that represent frequency such as never or often.  Students create a timeline illustrating how often...
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Jeopardy Game

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Young scholars practice discovering a target language by playing a game of Jeopardy.  In this foreign language lesson, students utilize their target language vocabulary to answer Jeopardy style questions they prepared the day...
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Telephone Game

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students practice their listening comprehension by playing the "telephone" game.  In this foreign language lesson, students listen to a story read by a teacher in their target language and try to remember the details by writing 5...
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Planning a Community Service Project

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners practice using a new language to plan a community event.  In this civics lesson, students practice writing a proposal for a community project using their target language.  Learners brainstorm in small groups what their...
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Let's Read the Newspaper

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students investigate the format of a typical newspaper.  In this journalism lesson, students read a newspaper from a target language and discover the vocabulary associated with the news.  Students work together as a newspaper...
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Daily Routines

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students describe the daily routine of a person using a different language.  In this foreign language vocabulary lesson, students discuss the different items people use to get ready every day and practice using those vocabulary...
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Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet: How To Deal With Bullies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore human behavior by reading a children's story in class. In this bullying lesson, students read the story Blue Cheese Breath and Stinky Feet by Catherine Depino. Students answer study questions about the story and...

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