Worksheet
Curated OER

The Environment and Animals

For Students 7th
In this environment and animals worksheet, 7th graders match ten pictures with their actual titles, answer seven statements as true and false, and discuss six questions together.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Loyalists in the American Revolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use the internet to research the American Revolution from the point of view of the loyalists. Students present their information in both an oral form and as a research paper.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Day Before

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the impact a major event has on people and on history as their team selects an event and publishes their own magazine to recreate the times in which such an event occurred.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Musical Instrument Workshop: Somerset Waste Action Programme

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students use recyclable material they bring from home to create a musical instrument. They play their instrument for the class and work as a class to play as in a band or orchestra. Students discuss recycling, and other uses they can put...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Invasion of Iraq

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the war in Iraq. They use videos, newspapers, and other media to examine the circumstances leading up to the invasion, the war's major battles, and the post-war situation on the ground. Students read letters from...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Compound Nouns 2

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this compound nouns worksheet, students choose the correct words to complete each of the compound nouns. Students use the clues for help to complete the 25 exercises.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Constitution Web-lesson

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine multiple sources like america's founders, court cases, headilnes and more to learn about the Constitutional Convention of 1787
Interactive
Curated OER

ESL: Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Students 6th - 7th
In this ESL Montgomery Bus Boycott instructional activity, students fill in blanks to complete a short passage about the boycott, clicking on buttons to check answers.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fact Families

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore fact families. They solve simple math problems. Students determine which mathematical property is used to solve the given problem. They are given five minutes to complete as many mathematical facts as possible.
Activity
Other

Kelly Bear: Teaching Children Refusal Skills

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Children who are taught refusal skills are more likely to make positive choices and refrain from engaging in high-risk behaviors. This site lists various learning exercises to practice refusal skills in your classroom.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Why I Refuse to Say I "Fight" My Disability

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli

For Teachers 6th - 9th
One glance and students know that the new girl at Mica High School is not your ordinary high school student. Stargirl Caraway is a free spirit. She has a pet rat named Cinnamon, plays the ukulele in the cafeteria, and refuses to wear the...
Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Reading Discussion Guide: Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale

For Teachers 6th - 9th
When Dashti, a maid, and Lady Saren, her mistress, are shut in a tower for seven years because of Saren's refusal to marry a man she despises, the two prepare for a very long and dark imprisonment.
Activity
Live Wire Media

Good Character: Saying No to Alcohol and Other Drugs

For Students 3rd - 8th
Discuss negative peer pressure and learn about the harmful ways that drugs and alcohol can affect your body and mind. This website provides several discussion questions, writing prompts, and activity ideas through which you can talk and...
Article
Other

Cooperative Communcation Skills: Emergency Kit [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site is provided for by Cooperative Communication Skills. Seven suggestions for resolving or refusing conflict before it gets out of hand. SL.9-10.1c Active Participation. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1, SL.11-12.1c Questions/Part
Lesson Plan
Live Wire Media

Good Character: Saying No

For Teachers K - 1st
A collection of strategies and activities to teach students good refusal skills and skills for standing up to peer pressure when it comes to drug and alcohol use.
Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: How Bright Is Your Glow Stick? Measure It!

For Students 9th - 10th
Objects that glow in the dark hold a special place in the imagination of both children and adults. The lights go out at night, but these odd things refuse to disappear. Where does the light come from? Do they work in any climate? In this...
Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Understanding Character: The Life of Percy Julian

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this interactive lesson supporting literacy skills, students watch video dramatizations of Percy Julian's struggles with racism and how he refused to let it limit his possibilities in life.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: "Before Rosa Parks, There Was Claudette Colvin" by Margot Adler

For Students 7th - 8th
Rosa Parks is well-known for her refusal to give up her seat to a white person on a bus in Alabama. A famous bus boycott followed because of her act of protest. However, Parks was not the first person to refuse to give up her seat. In...
Website
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: Drafting the Constitution

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Essay covers from the Articles of Confederation and the problems of disunity of the new states after the Revolutionary War, internally as well as externally, to the Constitutional Convention, an attempt to address the Articles' problems....
Primary
Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "Bartleby the Scrivener, a Story of Wall Street" by H. Melville

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "Bartleby the Scrivener, A Story of Wall Street" by Herman Melville. A successful lawyer on Wall Street hires Bartleby, a scrivener, to relieve the load of work experienced by his law firm. For...
Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: The American Red Squirrel an Outdoor Inquiry Lesson

For Teachers K - 1st
For this activity, pupils are presented with red pine cones that have been partly eaten by the American Red Squirrel, a fact that is not divulged to them at this stage. After a discussion of the possibilities, the class takes a walk in...

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