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One Step at a Time

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate the customs and habits of other cultures by reading letters from a Peace Corps Volunteer.  In this global customs lesson, students discuss how analyzing a culture is similar to analyzing art, no two people see things...
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Super Teacher Worksheets

Last Day of School

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
As summer quickly approaches, take a few minutes for young learners to reflect back on their favorite memories of the year. These three short response questions ask children to think about their academic and social achievements, while...
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Curated OER

Community Helpers

For Teachers K - 1st
The book, Doctor Ted is used to kick off this lesson plan on Community Helpers. Young learners make connections to their own life by dictating a story of their own, and inventing other jobs that Ted can do.  
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Reaching Across Borders In Southern Africa

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students gain a greater understanding of how political borders impact human and environmental development. Then, either individually or as a class, establish a correspondence with a Peace Corps volunteer working in Africa.
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Hmmm-What is Philanthropy?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars develop an understanding of philanthropy through definition and actions. Students to get to know themselves and their classmates by engaging in activities imbedded in this lesson plan. They investigate the types of...
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Learn NC

Sentence Elaboration with Prepositional Phrases

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Read a short story, "A Day at the Park" together as a class. Have the class break up into groups to add prepositional phrases to each sentence to make it more elaborate and interesting. Consider having a volunteer from each group read...
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Core Knowledge Foundation

Unit 2: The Middle Ages

For Teachers 4th Standards
Over four weeks, fourth graders read and discuss texts about the Middle Ages. They practice vocabulary, spelling, and grammar, such as nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Writing opportunities allow learners to boost their note-taking skills...
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The Battle for San Juan Hill: Santiago, Cuba, July 1, 1898

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders design and create a poster, advertising for recruitment of volunteers to serve with Teddy Roosevelt in the 1st Volunteer Calvary Regiment. Students create a historical newspaper front page, from the time period, which...
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DePaul University

A Garden in Lawndale

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
We are all capable of changing the world for the better; all it takes is a spark. Read about a group of seventh grade learners in Chicago, IL who took it upon themselves to improve their community by turning a vacant lot into a garden....
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Phil's Garden of Good

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars read "The Rainbow Fish" and discuss how the fish benefited by giving others. In this sharing lesson, students prepare plants and letters for senior citizens. Young scholars present their letters and plants at a visit to a...
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Learning to Give

Closing Ceremonies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Promote volunteerism in your art or writing classes. In this service learning lesson, middle schoolers create promotional materials that include photographs and newspaper articles based on their personal service experiences in local...
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Kelly's Kindergarten

Kelly's Kindergarten: F Word Sentences

For Students K - 1st Standards
F is for fantastic literacy worksheet! Young learners identify words that begin with the letter F, cut and paste pictures of those words to a worksheet, and then write sentences for each word they identify.
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K12 Reader

Acceptance Speech

For Students 3rd - 5th
"I'd like to thank the members of the academy . . ." Kids craft an acceptance speech in which they identify what the award is for, their qualifications, and how they feel about being the recipient.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Surprise!: Challenge Activities (Theme 2)

For Teachers 1st Standards
Surprise! is the theme of this series of challenge activities. The surprise comes from the information your scholars will discover when researching topics such as alligators and crocodiles, living in other countries, becoming a...
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Printables
Curriculum Corner

November Bell Ringers

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
All things November in a set of 32 bell ringer ideas to get you through the month. From writing about November to writing about colors and feelings in fall, these bell ringers are fun and allow creative writing practice.
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Homeless in our Community

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore homelessness in their local community. In this service project/social studies lessons, children research local areas where homeless people reside, discuss global acceptance and unity, and visit a local food bank.
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Purchasing Power

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars participate in a lemonade sale and record their sales in a journal. In this fundraising lesson plan, students donate money they have raised from a lemonade sale and make a plan for how the money should be spent.
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A Visit To The Station

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss the role of the firefighter. In this firefighter lesson, students visit a fire station and see the equipment that firefighters use. They complete a math page on numbers and write a journal entry describing their fire...
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Do Something Beautiful

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recognize philanthropy in literature. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students read the book Something Beautiful by Sharon Wyeth and discuss how the character performed acts of philanthropy. Students write a...
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Reflect & Celebrate

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Learners complete activities to learn about service learning. In this community service lesson, students answer reflection questions about community service. Learners create thank you cards and letters to sponsors, government officials,...
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Aviation Pioneers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research the Wright Brothers historic first flight and design a travel poster asking for volunteers to participate. Write a newspaper account of the first flight and include how the local people may have felt about the Wright...
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Curated OER

Helpful Holidays

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this holiday writing worksheet, pupils consider community service or being helpful to others. Students read the story starter and write how they could be helpful to others.
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Curated OER

It's All in the Making: Our Local Organizations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study African American nonprofit organizations. In this nonprofit organizations activity, students discuss African American organizations. Students research the NAACP and NUL website. Students design posters for both groups....
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Our Town

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discover what makes a community run smoothly by reading signs and visiting various places in their community. In this social studies lesson, small groups of students take photographs of community signs and places and then ask...

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