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America’s Early Colonies: John Smith and Jamestown, Va

For Teachers 7th Standards
John Smith's 1616 letter to Queen Anne of England offers ELLs an opportunity to learn about a bit of early American history. The four-page packet includes the full text of the letter. In addition, the packet includes a worksheet...
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Enrichment Project

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils create enrichment activities for Geoboards, Napier Rods, and Bean Sticks. This includes annotated links to problem solving Internet Sites.
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Critique Sources

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils distinguish between primary and secondary sources. They study about fact, opinion, and recognize bias. Students find out if information is accurate or not and report on it. For the final project pupils create an annotated...
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Italy and Regional Identities

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore, analyze and study the regional identities of Italy through its accents and local foods. They demonstrate and show similar traits that are found throughout Italy. Each student researches information on an annotative map...
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"Compression of Emotional Power"--Responding To Unseen Poetry

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders identify the structure, rhythm and style of a selected poem, experience utilizing poetic devices and analyze an annotated poem. They evaluate the themes and inferred meanings to a variety of poems from their textbooks.
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Periodic Table Basics 2

For Students 7th - 10th
For this periodic table worksheet, students create cards for a annotated periodic table then use it to answer 16 short answer and fill in the blank questions.
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Telling Time

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this telling time worksheet, students observe pictures of six clocks and identify the time annotated on each one. Afterward, they match digital time to the correct written words. This one-page worksheet contains a total of ten problems.
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Pythagorean Theorem

For Students 8th - 10th
In this Pythagorean Theorem worksheet, students explore examples and explanations about the Pythagorean Theorem. Afterward, they apply the Pythagorean Theorem to models and real world story problems. This ten-page worksheet contains...
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Add Fractions (I)

For Students 4th - 5th
In this fraction addition worksheet, students solve 10 problems in which fractions with unlike denominators are added. There is an annotated example provided on the page.
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Add Fractions (H)

For Students 4th - 6th
In this fraction addition instructional activity, students solve 10 problems in which fractions with unlike denominators are added. There is an annotated example provided on the page.
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Add Fractions (G)

For Students 4th - 6th
In this fraction addition worksheet, students solve 10 problems in which fractions with unlike denominators are added. There is an annotated example provided on the page.
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Add Fractions (F)

For Students 4th - 6th
In this fraction addition activity, students solve 10 problems in which fractions with unlike denominators are added. There is an annotated example provided on the page.
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Turkey: Bridge Between East and West

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study the geography of Turkey.  In this Geography lesson, 9th graders examine the characteristics of Turkey.  Students create an annotated map of Turkey.  
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Unsettling Plans

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider words that reflect their knowledge and opinions about Israel, Palestinian Authority and the Gaza Strip. They develop annotated timelines about the history of the region in the 20th century and create collages that...
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Building a Ship Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students draw a ship to scale, and calculate the real life size. They show that measurements on the drawingsare annotated with the distances reported in inches (fractions and decimals), and their real-world equivalents
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Virtual Trip of Brazil

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders develop an annotated list of sights to visit in Brazil including a description of what to see and do there. They name and locate cities within Brazil. They place textual and graphic information on the web.
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Save the Dates

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create annotated timelines of important moments in the history of the United States. They write a report highlighting one event and predicting how the history might have been different had the event not occurred.
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Defining Moments: Analyzing Data

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create an annotated bibliography on writings related to Japanese internment and analyze the writings for possible bias. They view a video on the Korematsu Internment case and use the internet to find print and non-print sources...
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States' Rights: 1798-1860

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students develop an annotated timeline specific to the concept of States' Rights. They research an example to the doctrine noting how the ideas change and beome more specific as time passes and discuss their findings through class...
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First Inauguration Speech of Abraham Lincoln

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students read an annotated excerpt of Lincoln's speech. In this government lesson, students discuss questions related to the speech to identify Lincoln's ideas to preserve the Union. Students may write optionally write their responses to...
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Washington, D.C. Map

For Students 5th - 12th
Here is an outline map of Washington, DC. Some of the points of interest in the city are labeled, as are Maryland, Virginia and Arlington. There are plenty of important monuments and locations not identified, making for a good...
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Math Mountain Families Challenge

For Students 1st - 2nd
This activity requires finding the missing number in the equation using addition and subtraction. Students solve four problems. A key is provided.
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Peas in a Pod

For Students 3rd - 5th
Learners read the numbers listed in expanded form, standard form, short word form, and word form. They match the descriptions that represent the same numbers.
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Challenge: Powers of 10

For Students 5th - 6th
Youngsters respond to 10 problems that require them to calculate the products of the powers of 10 and write numbers in exponent form.