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Flush It! Throw It! Out of Sight, Out of Mind!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe disposal procedures by reviewing water and solid waste disposal cycles and what happens when one step is omitted. They examine the connection between industry and human health.
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West Virginia State Museum Lesson Plan: West Virginia Music

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars compare and contrast music about West Virginia. In this West Virginia history lesson, students analyze popular music so that they may gain an understanding of the relationships between songs and history. Young scholars...
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Thanksgiving

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students are introduced to the U.S. holiday of Thanksgiving. The lesson plan can be adapted to all ages and levels of English production ability. They recognize and define words associated with Thanksgiving.
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Mr. Cobbler's Shoe Dilemma

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils employ statistics to solve real-world problems. They collect, organize and describe data. They make inferences based on data analysis. They construct, read, and interpret tables, charts and graphs.
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The ABC's of Industry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students define and explore Industry. They access times during the Industrial Revolution in America. Students view how business functions in any economy. They summarize the three sectors of industry by creating and interpreting a web...
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4-H Horse Activity Page

For Students 7th - 10th
As part of a unit on animals, this activity sheet could be used to spur a discussion on horses. There are 15 questions for learners to answer about horses, involving how to take care of them, and the necessary equipment.
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Countries, Food, and Culture

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine foods from other countries. In this multicultural lesson plan, students write down names of different restaurants and categorize pictures of foods according to the specific restaurant. For example, Won Ton Soup would be...
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Let’s Make Cottage Cheese

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students watch the process of making cottage cheese from milk, then season and taste the product.  In this making cottage cheese instructional activity, students make a connection between what they eat and where it came from. ...
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Shakira

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Shakira and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches,...
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Joe DiMaggio: The Way it Was

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore how "Joltin' Joe DiMaggio" remains one of America's most beloved sports heroes and a cultural icon of the twentieth century. In 1941 Joe DiMaggio set a major league record that still stands; he safely hit in 56...
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Tour of Our Century

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students will research the politics, arts, social climate, technological and scientific advances of the 1900s. They will work in cooperative groups to identify the most significant advances of one decade then use a computer to create a...
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Styles Of Seminole Clothing

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in demonstrations from guest speakers, community members and teacher-lead discussions, tell differences and similarities between contemporary and traditional styles of Seminole clothing, explain the different designs...
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A Thin Slice of Soil

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Young scholars examine the importance of soil in the production of what we eat and wear, and analyze the percentages of the earth used for food production. They create their own Pyramids of Life, and construct Dirt Babies out of hosiery,...
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The Meaning of Food

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students gain an understanding of the many roles that food plays in people's lives. They explore about different cultures and groups through food. Students use a range of research and presentation skills.
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Graphing a Healthy Lifestyle

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders record the amount of time they spend sleeping, attending school, watching T.V., exercising and doing homework. At the end of the week they graph all of their information and discuss how sleep impacts their learning....
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Algebra: Do You See What I See?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how to find the mean, median, and mode from sets of data. By using statistical techniques such as whisker plots and bar graphs, they display the data gleaned from problems. Individually, students complete projects...
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4-H Horse Activity Page

For Students 6th - 7th
In this animal science worksheet, students read information about the care of horses and tack, check off activities which they can do to learn about horses and think about the attributes of different horse breeds. Students also label a...
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Spelling Practice - Yawn!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in oral activities to remember spelling words. In this spelling lesson, 3rd graders participate in orally spelling the words using different sounds for consonant and vowels. Students repeat spelling different...
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The First Thanksgiving: Crossword

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Thanksgiving instructional activity, students use a set of 11 clues about Thanksgiving to complete a crossword puzzle; answers are given on page 2.
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University of Virginia Library

Prism: "The Tone of American Pie" Visualization

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] See the results of how users have highlighted the lyrics to Don McLean's "American Pie." Details with a nostalgic tone are blue while details with a sad tone are red and an indignant or outraged tone...
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American Museum of Natural History

American Museum of Natural History: O Logy: The Tree of Life

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the diversity of species on Earth by exploring a cladogram, a graph-like tree of life that illustrates relatedness among species. Includes instructions for reading cladograms and a pie chart that summarizes the percentages of...
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Library of Congress

Loc: Learning Page: Baseball as American as Apple Pie

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource surveys the early years of baseball and includes historical documents, such as letters from Jackie Robinson and digitized early basball cards.
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: Sti Lesson 22: Youth Culture and the Rock Festival

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The major rock festivals have been viewed as seminal mileposts of the counterculture era. Not only were there significant musical performances from the festivals themselves, but music was created before and after these concerts to...
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American French Genealogical Society: Recipes

For Students 9th - 10th
Hungry? Three great variations on a classic Quebecois treat - the Tourtiere! Easy recipes for this delicious pie. Site has a couple of other interesting recipes of French-Canadian origin.

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