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Hank Williams: My Inspiration

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students research Hank Williams and explore his life and career. In this Hank Williams lesson plan, students complete Internet research, listen to example songs, and watch a movie all to analyze Hank Williams. The ultimate goal is to...
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English

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students view examples of movies and create a movie trailer for an original thematic movie. For this fiction elements lesson, students complete creative event entries and view an abbreviated movie trailer from Alice. Students watch The...
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Character Analysis

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze the motivations behind characters. For this character analysis lesson, students reflect on conflicts from previous stories and watch a clip from 'East is East.' Students answer questions for the movie and watch the movie...
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ESL go.com's Raiders class 2

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars study and remember ten vocabulary words and practice analyzing and using the passive voice.
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Parents and Teen Hardships

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students analyze the cause and effects of fading traditions and explore the parent teen relationships through poetry. In this past analysis lesson, students complete a cause and effect worksheet about a related movie. Students free write...
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Character Study in Macbeth

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze a Shakespeare soliloquy by writing a prose summary of it. They keep a character journal, following one character through the play and analyzing what the character does and says, as well as, might have done or...
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Amazing Artists

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how social and cultural factors affect artists. In small groups they select a specific artist, and conduct research. Students then use a digital camera and digital video camera to create a mini-movie about their artist.
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Tossing the Text Book: Teaching Modern History

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders analyze primary sources.  In this Current Events instructional activity, 10th graders write a short two - three paged paper answering a specific question.  Students prepare a fact sheet for the class detailing...
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Three Days at Gettysburg

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss why the Battle of Gettysburg was important to the Civil War. In groups, they identify the major events of each day of the battle. They analyze how the battle changed the direction of the war and discuss the outcome.
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The Odyssey of a CoinC

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a fictitious newspaper article to document the travels of an ancient Greek coin. They evaluate the economic conditions that existed in ancient Greece and analyze the impact Alexander the Great had on the ancient world.
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Historical Perspectives

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders watch episodes of Star Trek and analyze the works of it that pertain to the theory of relativity.  In this creative lesson students also write and illustrate a children's book about the special theory of relativity.
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Rock Art Stories

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students examine different types of rock art. They analyze them to try to figure out the meaning of the art. They create their own rock art that tells a story. They share their creation with the class.
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Separate is Not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students analyze photographs that feature segregation. In this human rights activity, students examine photographs of a segregated movie theater, a Ku Klux Klan gathering, a segregated business sign, and an illustration from "Harper's...
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Postcards to Rembrandt

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students "read" a work of art and infer meaning by analyzing its elements of art and principles of design. They practice creative writing by composing a postcard to an imaginary person.
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Heavy: The Story of Metal (Part 1) (Lesson 2)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze the images of heavy metal bands. They view video clips of the band KISS and discuss. They design their own heavy metal band costume.
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Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Alone Together

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars discover what the lives of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh were really like after watching a Biography movie about them.
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Raiders 1 Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students review vocabulary words on the Internet. They watch a movie in order to sequence events.
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How Far Will You Go And How Much Will It Cost?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how places of various size function as centers of economic activity. They develop a list of things that families shop for, analyze a local map, create a chart demonstrating how far they travel for the items they listed,...
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Women And Leadership

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students view scenes from movie Whale Rider, research roles of women in Maori society, examine roles of women in relation to Paikea's predicament in Whale Rider, compare roles to those of women in American society, interview two or three...
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Fact and Fiction in Little Women

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students read excerpts from the novel "Little Women." Students work in groups to research, analyze, and answer the questions included in the instructional activity. After research, students write a paper and include a bibliography. The...
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The Cell Cycle and Cancer

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast the cell cycle of frog eggs, normal cells, and cancer cells. They watch a video about early development of the frog embryo, generate a hypothesis in small groups, and listen to a teacher-led lecture. ...
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Hell Island by Matthew Reilly

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read, analyze and discuss the novel, "Hell Island," by Matthew Reilly. They assess the anticipating action, the synopsis, what's in a name, the greater good and the prologue introducing the anticipating action of the novel.
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Parabolas in Flight

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students utilize a trajectory formula in order to discover the physics of a thrown ball.  In this physics lesson, students videotape the trajectory of a thrown ball or basketball shot and analyze the action by breaking the video...
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Identifying the Relationship Between Black Carbon and the Weather

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify the relationship between black carbon and the weather.  In this investigative lesson students compare samples of black carbon with a color-scale and analyze others samples.