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Affirmation, Assimilation, and Acculturation: Middle School
Latin American culture is deeply embedded in American culture as a whole. From the Latin rock scene in San Francisco to the hip-hop world of New York, Latin American artists have influenced every genre of modern music. Learn about the...
Overcoming Obstacles
Developing a Positive Attitude
The third lesson in the Goal Setting series looks at the impact of a positive attitude on achieving one's goals. Participants create and then share visuals that represent positive attitudes. They then brainstorm ways to develop positive...
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Affirmative Defenses
Young scholars examine what an affirmative defense is. They explore some of the substantive affirmative defenses - self defense, duress, necessity, insanity and entrapment. They determine what purposes are served by allowing different...
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Present Perfect Affirmative
In this present perfect affirmative worksheet, students choose the sentence to match the picture, fill in the blanks, and write sentences using the present perfect affirmative. Students complete 3 activities.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Students discuss the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (and affirmative action) and how it has influenced American history in the decades since it's signing.
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Individual Rights - The Right To Equal Protection
Students examine the concepts of equal protection, discrimination, affirmative action, and racial profiling. They analyze the Equal Protection Clause, participate in a mock trial, and discuss the different parts of the trial.
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Affirmative Sentences
For this affirmative sentences worksheet, 1st graders read ten affirmative sentences and then write the negative equivalent to each affirmative sentence.
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ESL: Continuous Affirmative/Present Simple
In this ESL verb tense learning exercise, students read about simple present and present continuous tense, then use correct verb forms to fill in blanks in sentences.
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The Use of Some and Any- Upper Level- Interrogative and Affirmative Sentences
In this use of "some" and "any" learning exercise, students place the correct word in 10 sentences that include both interrogative and affirmative sentences.
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Object Pronouns with Commands
Learners can review object pronouns with commands before completing a brief practice activity. This resource contains practice in the affirmative and negative, and then asks the learner to make the command negative with the object...
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Present Simple Affirmative Tense
In this grammar interactive worksheet, 3rd graders read the ten fill-in sentences and complete the sentence by choosing a verb in the simple present tense from the drop down menu.
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A Delicate Balance
Students reflect on racial balance in their own schools, debate merits of policies that seek to create and maintain school racial diversity, and write essays on whether their school should promote racial balance.
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Object Pronouns with Commands
Intermediate and advanced Spanish language learners will appreciate knowing how to shorten their sentences when making commands. After all, native language speakers usually use informal language when conversing with other native...
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Novice Lincoln Douglas Debate Curriculum
How do you affirm and negate a statement of value? What is refutation? Interested in debate? Introduce your class to the format of the Lincoln Douglas debate with 14 lessons, designed to be used in order, so that debaters learn the logic...
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Government Lesson Plan: Lesson Plan 3
Students examine affirmative action policies. They analyze the positive/negative aspects of affirmative action. They study historical development and current status of principles, institutions, and processes of political systems.
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Contractions
This learning exercise provides ELL learners with a basic explanation of what a contraction is and then a chance to practice completing 16 sentences by creating an affirmative or negative contraction. This learning exercise could be used...
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Present Simple Tense
In this affirmative sentences instructional activity, students write the correct forms of the verbs in the sentences given. Students complete 4 activities.
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Contractions Exercise 5
In this contractions exercise 5 worksheet, students fill in the blanks online to make affirmative or negative contractions, with immediate feedback.
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Present Simple Forms
In this present simple instructional activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences with present simple tense words in affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. Students complete 15 sentences.
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Present Simple and Present Continuous
In this present simple and present continuous instructional activity, students rewrite sentences in the negative form, interrogative form, affirmative form, and more. Students complete 4 activities.
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Can You...?
In this ESL question worksheet, students will focus on positive and affirmative answers. Students will complete 10 multiple choice questions, by looking at the pictures and deciding if the correct answer to the question would be yes or no.
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Auto-Correcting Quiz
In this sentence completion worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions where they fill in the blanks to affirmation sentences. Students complete 15 sentences.
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Puberty/Adolescence, Day 3: "Am I Normal?"
"Am I normal?" Bring this topical discussion to your health or teen issues class, who might be struggling with their developing identities. Learners discuss relationships, including acquaintences, friendships, girlfriends, boyfriends,...
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Whose History Is It Anyway? Patterns in History
Read and examine primary source material in order to analyze, synthesize, and debate information about the Great Depression. Critical analysts research various source materials related to the Great Depression. They work in teams to...