Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Force and Motion Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this force and motion worksheet, students create a picture book and answer 7 questions on force and 12 questions on motion. There are 4 extra credit questions.
Lesson Plan
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You Are There: Television News Reports on Apartheid

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students, in groups, research apartheid and its effects on South Africa. They present their information to the class.
Lesson Plan
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Colonialism in South Africa/Apartheid

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the effects of colonization. They explore the role of nationalism as a force opposed to colonialism. Students identify the important figures and events of the apartheid era.
Worksheet
Curated OER

South African Trivia

For Students 6th
In this South African Trivia activity, 6th graders research and answer questions about South Africa. Students write fifty-five answers.
Lesson Plan
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What is reconciliation?

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders practice using empathy with an enemy.  In this Current Events lesson, 10th graders prepare possible peace plans for Bosnia after the war.  Students write a report on Nelson Mandela's use of reconciliation in South...
Lesson Plan
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"Once Upon a Time": Tearing Down Fences

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study how individuals take responsibility in reducing societal misunderstandings. They discover the irony in thinking that building fences provides security and solves societal problems. They consider the fences that every...
Lesson Plan
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To Tell the Tale

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how themes common to the human condition can be found in literary and oral traditions across cultures. They compile traditional folk tales around these themes and write their own tales to reflect their own cultural context.
Worksheet
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Odd One Out

For Students 5th - 8th
In this categorizing worksheet, learners read 10 questions regarding a wide range of topics and identify the answers in each that are not correct.
Worksheet
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Journey to Jo'burg

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Journey to Jo'burg worksheet, learners read the book Journey to Jo'burg and complete short answer questions about it. Students complete 10 questions total.
Interactive
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TOEFLesque Quiz: Big News Events from the 1990s

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive grammar skills lesson, students examine 10 sentences and identify the part of each sentence that is grammatically incorrect.
Lesson Plan
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G8: A Guide for Schools

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students take a closer look at the G8 Summit of 2005. In this economics instructional activity, students listen to a lecture about the summit and explore the meaning of terminology related to the topic.
Lesson Plan
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Culture Ads

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine cultural differences in picture books. For this cultural diversity lesson, students identify cultural differences in picture books about children from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and minority...
Worksheet
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Naomi Campbell

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Naomi Campbell and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
Worksheet
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Internet Leaders Scavenger Hunt

For Students 4th - 5th
For this leaders scavenger hunt worksheet, students research 10 different leaders important to history. First, they read each questions to determine who they need to search for using the Internet. Then, students write their response in a...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Storytelling With Artists

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students retell a legend orally, illustrating it with the art style of the source culture.
Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Nelson Mandela

For Students 9th - 10th
Extensive biographical information and links for Nelson Mandela.
Website
BBC

Bbc: South Africa's Nelson Mandela Dies in Johannesburg

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Obituary for Nelson Mandela, who died on December 5, 2013. Page includes overview of Mandela's remarkable life and timeline of his political activities which led South Africa out of apartheid. Mandela's legacy and public reaction to his...
PPT
Google Cultural Institute

Google Cultural Institute: Nelson Mandela: Presidential Years

For Students 9th - 10th
Nelson Mandela was the first democratically elected President of South Africa. Through this pictorial essay, access his personal diaries and book notes to gain insight into his Presidential years.
PPT
BBC

Bbc Newsround: Week of 12 9 13: Nelson Mandela: His Life in Pictures

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A series of photographs with captions present information about the life and work of Nelson Mandela.
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: Nelson Mandela's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module that begins with "Nelson Mandela's Nobel Peace Prize Lecture" by Nelson Mandela, accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned...
Website
Nobel Media AB

The Nobel Prize: Nelson Mandela and the Rainbow Culture

For Students 9th - 10th
This detailed article from the Nobel e-museum on the life of Nelson Mandela is organized into the following sections: "Equality and Pluralism," "The Development of 'Colour-blindness,'" "The Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi and Pandit Nehru,"...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Nelson Mandela, 1918 2013

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of news reports and commentaries about Nelson Mandela on the occasion of his death in December 2013. Includes reactions from around the world to his passing, commentaries on his life and the impact of his leadership in South...
Website
BBC

Bbc: The Story of Africa: Collapse of Apartheid

For Students 9th - 10th
Part of the BBC's The Story of Africa, this page explores the collapse of apartheid with quotes, images, audio files, and speeches by Nelson Mandela. Click on the links on the left to learn more about South Africa, Apartheid, the Cold...
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Reliving South Africa's First Freedom Day

For Students 9th - 10th
South Africa's Freedom Day is celebrated on April 27th of each year. This day marks the first post-apartheid democratic presidential election for this nation. Learn about the first Freedom Day, the inauguration of Nelson Mandela.