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Revolutionary War

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students identify and research significant people, causes, and primary documents of the U.S. Revolutionary War. They create a class Revolutionary War web using Inspiration computer software, write a journal depicting three days in the...
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Rainforest Unit

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars investigate the Rainforest. In this Rainforest lesson, students research magazines, journals and the Internet to create a "Save the Rainforest" slogan. Young scholars will record local rainfall amounts and create a graph...
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Colonial America: Causes of the American Revolution

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze colonial rule and policies with regard to the causes of the American Revolution. For this Colonial America simulation lesson, 4th graders role play in an Independence Game, reacting to a variety of "events" that...
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Arthur's Halloween

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read a story and respond.  In this caring and helping others lesson, students read Arthur's Halloween making predictions as they go.  Students write a report on caring, create a caring journal where they record how...
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Make a Model of a Tree

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify the parts of a tree. In this tree biology lesson, students create a tree model using tree parts and drawing the roots. Students label each part of the tree and maintain a tree journal during this unit.
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Where Do We Live?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate various types of habitats. In this habitat exploration lesson, 2nd graders view a PowerPoint presentation on habitats and explore websites to gather more information. Students choose a habitat to focus on and...
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Australia

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students enhance their knowledge about the history of Australia.  In this World History instructional activity, students engage in a teacher-led classroom discussion about Australia's history, then write a journal depicting the...
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Manifest Destiny

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Learners explore the concept of Manifest Destiny. In this Westward Expansion lesson, students discuss the impact of Manifest Destiny on different groups of people who inhabited the West. Learners create journals about...
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Moon Phases

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the phases of the moon. In this moon phase instructional activity, 6th graders discover that the moon changes in a cycle as it orbits Earth. Students label pictures of moon phases and keep a moon phase...
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Watershed Landscape

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students demonstrate how water flows by building a human watershed using themselves. For this ecology lesson, students compare and contrast point-source and non-point source pollution. They write what they have learned from this activity...
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Transportation Unit

For Teachers K
Students maintain a journal and write about various types of transportation.  In this transportation lesson, students write using flash cards to describe vehicles. Students listen to stories and sing a song...
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Autobiography Lesson Plans That Start The Year Off Right

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Teaching autobiography or journal writing lessons the first week of school is a wonderful way to get to know your new students.
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One Stage at a Time

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the psychological coping mechanisms of cancer patients and relate individual cancer survivors' stories to Dr. Kubler-Ross' stages of grief. They use first-person accounts, discussion and journals to explore these concepts.
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Fabulous Funnels

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore what tornados are, how they are created and measured, and what their effects are on communities. They keep a journal of their activities and explorations as part of an ongoing process of learning.
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Identifying Erosion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify erosion in various forms and explain its causes. They look for evidence of erosion on school grounds, describe it in their journals, and draw labeled rough sketches of the erosion.
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The Election Is in the House: The Presidential Election of 1824

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read an account of the election from the Journal of the House of Representatives, analyze archival campaign materials, and use an interactive online activity to develop a better understanding of the election of 1824 and...
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Teaching The Personality Profile

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students write a comprehensive personality profile feature that demonstrates knowledge of the Wall Street Journal formula of feature writing and the concept of show, don't tell. They experience a press conference interview situation.
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Career Awareness on the Internet / Inspiration

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars choose an employment opportunity from a list of jobs. Next, students research their job and an employment application form on the Internet. With partners, young scholars create journals describing the job qualifications,...
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Charles Darwin

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research Charles Darwin and the process he used to develop his theory of evolution. They keep a journal about the skill of observation and make a newspaper of their learning.
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Chicago: The City in Art, 1995-2000

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students examine a mural of animals and talk about animal classification. They act as scientists and keep a record, called a Jungle Journal, of plants and animals they observe while studying the rainforest.
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Spiders Have Special Characteristics

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students state reasons why spiders are grouped in specific categories, including what distinguishes a spider from an insect. They report on their observations of the spiders. They illustrate their report with drawings in their journals.
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ELECTRICITY 1

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the importance of electricity to their everyday lives, practice plotting and interpreting data on a bar graph, and reflect in their journals about how their lives would change without electricity.
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How Does Your Garden Grow?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read The Garden by Arnold Lobel, plant seeds to discover what makes them grow, and record their observations in their journals.
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Help Mary Find Her Way Home

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discover the first quadrant of the coordinate plane by using coordinate points to give directions. They show a lost girl the way home using coordinate points. They add definitions to their math journals.

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