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"Very tragical mirth:" Romeo and Pyramus, Juliet and Thisbe

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze and compare the poetic tools Shakespeare uses in the death scenes of Romeo and Juliet to those of Pyramus and Thisbe in Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Curated OER

A Separate Peace: Chapter 12 Reading And Study Guide

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this comprehension check worksheet, young scholars define 4 vocabulary words, define 1 literary term, and respond to 8 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 12 of A Separate Peace by John Knowles in order to help them better...
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Curated OER

The Time Has Come: Poetry and Drama Use in the Geography Class

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use drama and poetry in their Geography class. In groups, they role play an interviewer or the interviewee in various plays that were presented to them. In their role, they must locate and label where the countries mentioned...
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Curated OER

Writing Formal and Informal Letters

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a thank-you note and a formal letter of request that included relevant information, such as a return address, date, inside address, proper salutation, body, closing, and signature. They write an imaginary letter to...
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Curated OER

Geography, Ecology, and Folklife

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students identify how do geography and ecology influence a region's folklife. Then they investigate this question and consider how an outsider might view their own region in this lesson plan. Students also identify how the natural world,...
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Curated OER

Bronte and Rhys' Portrayal of Bertha

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students, while reading and discussing the two texts by Charlotte Bronte and Jean Rhys, compare/contrast the two main characters and juxtapose them as the same character told from two different points of view. They gain insight of how to...
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Curated OER

A Separate Peace: Chapter 10 Reading and Study Guide

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this comprehension check worksheet, students define 3 vocabulary words, define 2 literary terms, and respond to 10 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 10 of A Separate Peace by John Knowles in order to help them better...
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Curated OER

A Separate Peace: Chapter 13 Reading And Study Guide

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this comprehension check worksheet, students define 3 vocabulary words, define 1 literary term, and respond to 6 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 13 of A Separate Peace by John Knowlesin order to help them better...
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Songs, Myths and Games

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders recognize that the Ojibwa lived in a serene environment which shows in their legends. In this songs, myths and games lesson, 4th graders recognize characteristics of the Ojibwas culture through the study of their games,...
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5 Mother's Day Lessons and Activities

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners complete a craft project.  In this Mother's Day lesson, students learn about Mother's Day around the world, write an essay about their mother, create a Mother's Day card, create coupons for meaningful time with their...
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Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary

Benjamin Franklin and the Long Struggle for Independence

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore U.S. history by reading biographical material in class. In this Benjamin Franklin lesson, students identify the life of Franklin and the events that led him to become one of America's first heroes. Students complete an...
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Michigan State University

Create an Animal

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Think beyond the animals and habitats we've already discovered and allow scholars to dream up their very own habitat and an animal that lives there. Class members present the new habitat and animal on a poster alongside an...
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University of Northern Iowa

Additional Folklife Information

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Use a packet packed with ideas for how to celebrate the traditions of your country, state, community, and pupils's families. Suggestions for how to draw on oral and material traditions, customs, beliefs, music, and stories all find...
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K12 Reader

Valentine’s Day Acrostic Poem

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Be mine! Young poets use the provided instructional activity to craft a Valentine's Day acrostic poem for the word heart.
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Robert Frost Farm

“Choose Something Like a Star” Discussion—Applying Style to Content

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Robert Frost's "Choose Something Like a Star" and John Keats' "Bright Star" provide the text for a two-part instructional activity in which class members analyze the effects of style on meaning in poetry. Randall Thompson's song cycle...
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K12 Reader

What is a Tribal Government?

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
What is life like on a Native American reservation? Learn about the ways a tribal government works with a reading comprehension activity. After reading a short passage, kids use context clues to answer five comprehension questions.
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K12 Reader

Identify the Antonym

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
What happens to a sentence when you replace a word with its antonym? A two-part instructional activity asks learners to select words opposite in meaning to provided words, and then to craft sentences using antonyms for given words.
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Carolina K-12

The Holocaust: The Art of Memory

For Teachers 9th Standards
Never Forget. As part of a study of the Holocaust, class members watch a PowerPoint about Terezin, read selections from I Never Saw Another Butterfly, Children's Drawings, and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, then craft their...
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Literacy Design Collaborative

The Lottery

For Students 6th Standards
Shirley Jackson's short story "The Lottery" provides middle schoolers with an opportunity to hone their close reading and literary analysis skills. After annotating their copy of the story, writer's craft an essay in which they analyze...
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Literacy Design Collaborative

Analyzing the Development of Theme through Pivotal Moments

For Students 6th Standards
Liliana Heker's "The Stolen Party" and Martha Salinas' "The Scholarship Jacket" provide sixth graders with an opportunity to identify key scenes that authors use to develop their themes.
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EngageNY

Analyzing Character: Eliza Character Pyramid

For Teachers 7th Standards
Building a pyramid is not as hard as it looks! Scholars analyze the character of Eliza in Pygmalion by crafting a character pyramid about her. After discussing a model pyramid, pupils receive a blank Eliza Doolittle Character...
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American Museum of Natural History

Make Your Own Stationary

For Students 6th - 12th
Revive the art of letter writing with a project that enables class members to craft their own, personalized stationary. Young scholars add their name, address, and country to three different templates that features images of mythic...
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Sew News

Otis the Owl Pattern

For Teachers K - 6th
Use this owl pattern for a paper craft or with fabric. Each part of the template is labeled clearly, and the big parts make this easy for young elementary schoolers to complete. Cutting, however, will be difficult for kids under 2nd grade.
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Talk to Mom, Dad, Sister Worksheets

For Teachers K - 5th
Help learners with special needs recognize the interests of their family members and build a foundation for conversation practice using worksheet activities and social prompts. 

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