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Lesson 2: The Constitution: Our Guiding Document
Explore the structure and content of the US Constitution in the second lesson plan of this five-part social studies series. A collection of activities, games, and videos complement a class reading of a document summarizing the US...
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One-Digit Addition; No Regrouping Valentine's Drill
Valentine's Day pictures decorate this addition practice worksheet, in which students add single digit numbers to single digit numbers. There are eighty problems in total, making this a good review activity or a fun timed math drill. An...
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Looking at different cultures and how music from differing cultures changes movements, meaning and mood
Each of the three dance lessons included here will get your class moving. The first lesson allows learners to explore how music and movement differ in meaning depending on cultural context. Lesson two gives them an opportunity to create...
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Writing Exercises: Science and Technology II
All revolutions in science and technology have both pros and cons. Kids examine the advent of the green revolution, nuclear growth, use, and the countries that are considered nuclear powers. They'll construct three responses to each of...
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Christmas Tree Math Puzzle
In this Christmas math puzzle worksheet, students place the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in the bottom row of ornaments on the Christmas tree. They complete the next layers by adding two numbers below each ornament. They determine which...
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Santa's List Sums (H3)
In this addition chart worksheet, students help Santa determine the number of children on the 17 streets listed in the chart. Students find the sums of the boys and girls by adding the numbers in the hundreds.
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Fourth of July Addition and Subtraction
What is Thomas Jefferson signing? Focus on American history with this cross-curricular math puzzle. Learners utilize addition and subtraction skills to solve the mystery of the Fourth of July. All numbers are 3-digit, and there are no...
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Santa's List Sums (C1)
In this Christmas math worksheet, students solve 17 problems in which the number of boys and girls on each street are added and the sum recorded on Santa's list. All numbers are below 10.
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St. Patrick's Day Addition (Sums to 100)
In this Irish-themed math worksheet, your leprechauns solve 20 problems. All of them involve two-digit numbers added to two-digit numbers and require regrouping. Learners write their answers in a shamrock on the page which has a St....
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"Adding It Up" at James Fort
Students discuss jettons and their archaeological importance at Jamestown. They then practice using historic counting sheets and artifacts to understand the calculating methods of the early 17th Century, and identify their similarities...
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American Indian Math
Upper graders examine Native American culture while practicing mathematical concepts related to patterns and estimation. They will use mental math to add/subtract single digit numbers.
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Texas Struggle for Civil Rights
Seventh graders research three key people and three organizations important to the civil rights movement in Texas. They find five facts about each and their significant contributions to American civil rights.
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Questioning...and Early English Colony
Students create questions about the Early English Colonies in pairs and trade their questions with other students and answer them. In this Early English Colonies lesson plan, students either answer the question or use it as a discussion...
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Progressive Movement in Nebraska and the United States
Students interact with the whole progressive movement and its impact on the U.S. They list the goals of the movement. In addition, they organize primary resources and interpret political cartoons. Each student shares one of their...
Federal Reserve Bank
FRED in the Classroom: Measures of Inflation
Don't just tell class members about how to measure inflation, have them experience it firsthand by asking them to work with real data and construct graphs!
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Easter Addition : Sums to 100
Around Easter time, if your class is working on adding two-digit sums with regrouping, this instructional activity would make a colorful addition to your homework assignments. After solving 25 problems, they can color all of the eggs...
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Outdoor Survival
Students are introduced to basic outdoor survival concepts. They identify the seven basic needs for survival. Students describe the symptoms and treatment for frostbite and hypothermia. They compare and contrast the value of different...
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Great River Bend Adventure
Students use their imagination. They discuss the 4 C's of teamwork: Concentration, Communications, Coomperation, and Consideration. Students discuss the safety guidelines of the project. They complete a rope maze. The group walks...
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Historical Interview Project
Students practice effectively interviewing a subject and then use that interview to create a movie.
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Historical Interview Project
Students interview a subject about important historical events in his or her lifetime and create an iMovie of the experience. Era-related data is imported into the project from a variety of sources and presented to the rest of the class.
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Cleveland may gamble on gambling
Learners write a news feature or editorial discussing the debate of whether gambling should be legalized in Cleveland. Students research and debate about the issue. Learners interview community members to hear views.
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Cleveland May Gamble on Gambling
Students read articles, both pro and con, about a city proposing to approve gambling. They discuss the biases of the articles then interview parents and community members about the issue. They work in small groups to develop either a pro...
National First Ladies' Library
Latin: The Language of Ancient Rome
Middle schoolers gain understanding about where some of today's words originated by reviewing a list of Latin words and their meanings. They work in small groups to create dictionary pages which will then be compiled into a large...
North Carolina Consortium for Middle East Studies
Missing Pieces of the Puzzle: African Americans in Revolutionary Times
What's missing from most studies of the American Revolutionary War is information about the role African Americans played in the conflict. To correct this oversight, middle schoolers research groups like the Black Loyalists and ...