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Peacemakers

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students study people who are peacemakers. In this peacemaker lesson, students examine and identify everyday peacemakers. They imagine what peace is in a visualization exercise and interview a community adult about peace and peacemakers.
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Hybrid Vehicles: Cut Pollution and Save Money

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine how driving a hybrid car can save money and cut down on pollution.  In this hybrid vehicles lesson students complete an exercise that shows them how to work with proportions, percents, dimensional analysis and...
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What Do Dog's Need?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss proper care of pets. In this animal care lesson, students discuss what pets need to be healthy and happy. Students act out roles of pets and owners and create a pet tag. 
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Mending Pottery

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students act as archaeologist and mend broken pottery to see what they can learn.
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Self Acceptance

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students develop confidence about themselves. Students imagine they are a rubber ball and think about how strong they are inside themselves. They read a story about an elephant and a lion and reflect on questions provided. Finally,...
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Fearlessness and Confidence

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners develop confidence to face up to problems and fears in order to deal with them safely. They recognize that family and friends should care for each other. Students go through a series of activities that they interact with,...
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Healthy Living

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students awareness is raised about the importance of dies and how to make simple choices to improve your health and well being. They reflect on things they eat, what they watch on TV, what they say to others, have a group song, and a...
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Not Hurting Others

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are encouraged to use gentle persuation rather than bullying and recognize how their behavior affects others. Students reflect to themselves with provided questions, read a story and reflect about how the characters acted, and...
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Forgiveness and Gratitude

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pupils are introduced to the concepts of forgiveness and gratitude. As a class, they listen as they are read a story and note acts of forgiveness and gratitude. They answer comprehension questions and brainstorm definitions of peace to...
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Illegal coffee threatens wildlife

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students, after reading an article from the World Wide Fund for nature on coffee possibly being grown illegally in an Indonesian national park and being sold to major coffee brands, answer several worksheets to text questions about the...
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Honesty

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students brainstorm what it means to be honest and responsible. In groups, they share experiences from their own lives when they knew something was happening that was wrong. To end the lesson, they participate in a variety of role...
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Respect

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students brainstorm what they believe having respect for someone else means. Individually, they share their own experiences about a time they felt respected and a time they did not. To end the lesson, they participate in a role-play...
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Comparing Fractions War Card Game

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders participate in an exercise in which they practice using fractions. After reading a book, they review the rules of the game as a class. To end the instructional activity, they determine the lowest common denominator for...
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Gerunds and Infinitives Fill in the Blanks

For Teachers 5th - 7th
In this language arts worksheet, students read the definitions and usage of gerunds and infinitives. They fill in the blanks in 10 exercises that show their understanding of gerunds and infinitives.
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Basics About Beef Crossword

For Students 9th - 12th
In this health learning exercise, students complete an 85 clue crossword puzzle about beef. Questions cover names for various cuts, cooking words, and filler words such as "abbreviation for etcetera."
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William Walton [1902-1983] LAM 102 Belshazzar's Feast (1931)

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the musical composition of William Walton. In this listening exercise lesson, students answer the questions that are based upon the influences of the composition of the piece of music, Belshazzar's Feast.
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Synonyms: Words With Similar Meanings

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this synonym worksheet, students choose words from a word box that act as synonyms for italicized words in sentences. Students then complete the sentence frame, "__________is another word for________."
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Synonyms #2: Words With Similar Meanings

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this synonym worksheet, students choose words from a word box that act as synonyms for italicized words in sentences, then complete sentence frames.
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Writing Newspaper Articles

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students write newspaper articles regarding their service learning experiences. In this writing skills lesson, students review the writing process skills to develop high-quality articles. Students write articles regarding the their acts...
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Reading Comprehension: The Death Car

For Students 7th - 9th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students must read "The Death Car" and answer reading comprehension questions about the selection. Students have 12 minutes to complete the exercise.
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Conspiracy after the Storm: Editing Dual Murder Plots in Shakespeare's 'The Tempest'

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students edit scenes from Shakespeare's The Tempest in documentary fashion and perform their edited scripts. In this play analysis instructional activity, students read through Act 2 and 3 and discuss how and why to cut lines in a play....
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Oil Slick Emergency

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how to recover and remove oil from an oil spill.  In this oil spill clean-up activity students use role play and act like a committee to determine how to clean up an oil spill.
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Science All Around You

For Teachers K - 8th
Students visit and explore a Hands On Science Center (HOSC). They participate in a variety of self-guided table exercises and observe as scientists demonstrate various scientific principles.
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Conjugating Verbs in Spanish

For Teachers 6th - 12th
It's time to conjugate! If your class doesn't really know what that means, use the materials provided here to build understanding. The resource covers verbs, infinitives, the different Spanish verb endings, conjugation in the present...

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