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Triangles Are Not Bad!

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners investigate stereotypes and diversity by performing a play about shapes entitled, "Triangles Are Not Bad!" They role play as the shapes who each feel they are superior to the rest.
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Friendship

For Teachers K
Students practice the buddy system on the playground or in the park. They discuss what it means to be a friend and list the qualities a good friend possesses.
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Social Studies: Public Sector Spending

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students watch a Powerpoint presentation on public spending. After a discussion, they compose a written comparison of the public sector spending plans of the three major British political parties.
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NCTA Lesson Plan on China

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students identify China's geography, especially arable land, rainfall, crop growing areas, rivers, and mountains. Students select a technological advance to draw a diagram of the particular advance make transparencies of the diagram,...
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Taoism

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students identify and interpret Taoism. Students gain knowledge of various eastern philosophies. Students transfer knowledge gained using the higher order thinking skills for analysis. Students identify the key figure in Taoism....
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Welcome to Paradise

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders listen to Lynne Cherry's novel, The River Ran Wild. They work in two groups one of whom represents the native people and the other represents the English settlers from the book. They look at the geography of the settlement...
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Canada's Press: Making a Historical Newspaper

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine several colonial-era editorial cartoons. They evaluate the effectiveness of the techniques the cartoonists used to display their messages and share one editorial cartoon with the class emphasising what message has been...
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Examining the African American Role in New Haven History: Pride in the Past? Hope for the Future

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the role of African-Americans in New Haven, Connecticut. Using two maps, they compare and contrast the differences in the town from the past to today. In groups, they use the internet to research the contributions...
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre: An American Grail?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the possibility of a treasure lost in the Sierra Madre mountains that could be considered the American holy grail. After reading a novel, they examine the relationship between the grail, gold, and characters. To end the...
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Does This Belong to You?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine legislation that has been passed to protect the rights and religion of Native Americans. In groups, they discuss their feelings on others taking artifacts from Native American sites and what they do if they find...
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S.A.I.L. Project

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders demonstrate basic English skills. They demonstrate multi-tasking skills when working with computers. They respond to the information by asking probing questions about basic technological terminology.
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Career Education

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a lesson that focuses on the research of a chosen career field. They gather information from a variety of resources. The information is used to compose a research paper or powerpoint presentation.
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Paraphrase/Summarize Relay

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders internalize the ability to recall, inform, or organize ideas when comprehending text. Students practice paraphrasing/summarizing by taking it to the playground. Students line up with 4B5 feet on each side of the group,...
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WINTER-STORYTELLING

For Teachers K
The student evaluate illustrations in a book, identify a story or book as distinctly Native American, draw original illustrations for a story, create a flip book, listen attentively to stories from a known storyteller, act out a story,...
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SOS Lesson One: Librarian Introduction

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students experience completing research in a library. They explore a personal myth and examine sources to answer questions about the myth. They develop research questions for exploring a personal myth and explain how some sources may...
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Cultural Inquiry Lesson 2B: Finding Artifacts and Analysis

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students build on their knowledge of sources, by looking at 2 types of information sources: artifacts or primary sources and analysis or secondary sources. They brainstorm a list of primary and secondary sources connected to one of...
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Thoreau and those he influenced

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders work in groups and research assigned person using the internet and use print resources for DHS media center. They create a poster that shows possible connections to H.D. Thoreau's writings and philosophies, a short...
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How To Read A Movie

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders respond to films they have seen using literary, dramatic, and cinematic terms. They reevaluate their role as a moviegoer. Students analyze their favorite film in order to discover what good films have in common.
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Story Writing

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders review the basic elements of a story. Individually, they write their own original story as they use a software program to help them map out their ideas. With a partner, they exchange papers and read them for grammatical...
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Autobiographical Postage Stamp

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design a postage stamp that communicates to the world who they are, what they hope to be, what they are good at, and factual information. They use, "My Great Aunt Arizona" by Gloria Houston as a model for a biography.
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Writing the Blues

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students assess the blues as musical poetry. They place the writing of blues music in historical context and write (and read) their own blues lyrics. They perform for the class and others.
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Response to Literature: Feelings About the Book

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read chapter 17 in the story NUMBER THE STARS and think about the author's purpose for writing the book. They are encouraged to share with the class their personal reactions to the story.
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Where in the World?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research online various types of poetry. In this poetry analysis lesson plan, 6th graders research different types of poetry online, their characteristics, and poets. Students create a class atlas that incorporates the...
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December Celebrations

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the various ways people in our country and other countries conduct celebrations during the month of December. They research the celebration they've chosen and will present this to the class.

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