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Anti-Defamation League

Identity-Based Bullying

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
What is identity? What is bullying? What is identity-based bullying? After discussing these questions as a class, pupils engage in partner discussions before participating in a small group activity to act out bullying scenarios. Then,...
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Good Old-Fashioned Books

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Teen Read Week offers learners the chance to discover the educational, as well as entertainment, value of reading.
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Say Hi to Haibun Fun

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
What is a haibun? With this interesting lesson, writers will experience the Japanese writing form haibun, identify elements important to Japanese writing styles, analyze a haibun, and compose their own. Different from the typical journal...
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Laughing is Good for You and Your Child: Reading Comprehension

For Students 6th - 8th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage pertaining to laughter and then respond to 5 true or false questions regarding the passage.
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Introduction to Fractions on the Numberline

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use color-cued fraction strips and a color-cued numberline to develop basic fraction concepts and correct sequencing. They complete a worksheet using equivalent fractions to solve the problems.
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The Path to Positive

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Learners demonstrate how to add positive integers. For this computation instructional activity, students read the book Less Than Zero and use a number line and counters to play an addition game using positive integers.
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West Virginia: Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 6th
In this West Virginia reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 2-page selection regarding the state and then respond to 10 true or false questions
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Weaving Weather Maps with the World Wide Web

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students access the Internet and use real time data from the American Meteorological Society to create a detailed weather map. They make weather predictions based on the data collected.
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Reading Power through Visualizations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice visualizing images as they read in this lesson. Students create an oral collage with their visualizations. Students are then given three separate scenarios to visualize, and are assessed on their description of their...
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The Global Grid System-World Map Activity

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students demonstrate how to use the global grid system. In this map skills lesson, students use a world map to locate various locations. Students identify locations based on the global grid system. Students complete a worksheet as an...
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The Outrage of Ordinary Men: Pennsylvania's Role in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the events that surround the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.  In this historical lesson students work in groups to analyze documents, determine the facts and present a summary of their findings to the class. 
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Elmer the Elephant

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read "Elmer" by David McKee. They answer comprehension questions and discuss how Elmer looks and how he is different from the elephants they see in the zoo. They complete a project in which they celebrate their individual...
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Lemonade Stand: Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners run their own lemonade stand and are to figure out what to sell the lemonade at to gain the maximum profit.
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Cultures Around the World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research, using the Internet, cultures of the world. They identify countries, their currency, holidays, climate and societal information. They look at the distance of international cities from their hometown.
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Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read the novel Falling Leaves. They evaluate the repeated story lines which compose the history of narration. They analyze and defend reasons why self-esteem affects the success or failure of characters.
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Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine how the French and American revolutions influenced and emergence of free press in these countries. Students explore the link between government control of the press and the type of government. They compare and contrast...
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Whose Breakfast isn't for the Birds?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore coffee production.  In this cross-curriculum rainforest ecology lesson, students research regions where coffee comes from and investigate how the native birds in the rainforest are effected by coffee...
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The Railroad Booms!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover how the railroads contributed to the interdependence between farms and towns. Using the railroads, they describe the effect of them on western settlement and the relationship between their location and the availability...
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Graphing and the Coordinate Plane

For Teachers All
Students learn about the Cartesian coordinate plane, understand the four quadrants of the Cartesian coordinate plane, and plot points on the plane. Students read coordinates for a point from a graph and give the ratio of rise over run...
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The KAO Telescope

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore the basic principles of the operation of the NASA's KAO telescope. They construct a simplified model of it using film canisters and other everyday objects. Step by step directions are included in plan.
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Read an Electric Meter

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore electricity. For this science lesson, 3rd graders discuss how electricity is transmitted and complete a worksheet in which they practice reading an electric meter.
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Journal of the Stars

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students receive balloons representing the "Life Cycle of the Stars." As the attached script is read, students follow the directions for the color of balloon they are given. Students chart the results for their star. They plot data from...
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Seeing the Other Side

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the concept of justice. In this fairness lesson, students explore just and unjust activities they have observed in the world. Students attempt to look at both sides of stories.
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Sail Through History: American West and History of Medicine

For Students 5th - 6th
In these reading strategies worksheets, students learn reading hints, tips and the S.A.I.L. reading strategy. Students use the methods to learn about American history and the history of medicine.