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Identifying a Message's Purpose

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the character trait of perseverance and identify a message's purpose. They read a biography of Jackie Joyner Kersee, discuss the main message, and develop an action plan with goals and a message.
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Lisa Leslie - Women's Basketball Star

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read from their textbooks about Lisa Leslie, the famous American women's basketball star. They discuss the overall disparity of attention and salaries in women's sports compared to men's. They write facts and opinions...
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Football Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 6th
In this football activity, students match football terms with their definitions. Students complete 20 matches total on this activity.
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Why Do We Need Authority?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars examine the problems created by a lack of effective authority described in Mark Twain's Roughing It. They explain how we use authority to protect our rights, to provide order and security, and to manage conflict.
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Defining success: A debate about success encourages critical thinking skills

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students develop critical thinking skills while exploring new ideas about success, discuss people they consider to be successful, and identify how they measure or define their own personal success.
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The Olympic Games

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the history of the Olympics and the various countries that have hosted the games. They obtain information about some of the sports featured in the Olympics. Students then create a brochure using Microsoft Publisher.
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Breathing Easier

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore asthma, and then write proposals outlining how teachers, coaches, administrators and school support staff can be better prepared to treat students with asthma.
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Commemorative Coin Poetry

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss and research an individual or event that has been memorialized on a commemorative coin. They use the information they found to write acrostics, creating stand-up accordion books to display the poems.
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Good/Bad Headlines BBC News School Report

For Students 4th - 6th
For this BBC News good/bad headlines school report worksheet, students read 48 possible report headlines. They place a tick mark next to good headlines, and put a cross next to bad headlines.
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Climate and Cultures of Africa

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students gain an understanding of the relationship between climate and culture in the sub- Saharan Africa. Students will complete short exercises pertaining to the various cultures of Africa and the climate in which they live....
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Olympic Dream Makers

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders describe the philosophies behind the Olympic Games, identify historical facts related to the Games, and discover "up close and personal" facts related to an Olympian of their choice.
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Journalism - The Attention Grabbing Topic Sentence

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Young scholars act as journalists to grab audience attention with the topic sentence for their writing. They write paragraphs in quantities appropriate to grade level.
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Get a Clue: What is There and What Isn't

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students practice the ability to examine and analyze evidence and extract information that eventually leads to deductive conclusions. After evaluating the objects discovered in a box, students write a one-page reflection paper of their...
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The Real Dope on the International Olympic Committee

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars evaluate how the Olympic motto relates to the spirit of the Olympic games and to the purpose of the Olympics as an international sporting event.
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Superstar Bowling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn the proper cues of rolling or bowling a ball and at the same time reinforcing cooperation and spelling skills.
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From Smithson To Smithsonian, The Birth Of An Institution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students evaluate historical sources. In groups, students explore the differences between a primary and secondary source. They examine the importance of evaluating sources and using credible ones when writing reports. Students...
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Breaking News English: Record-Setting Beijing Olympics End

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Record-Setting Beijing Olympics End," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

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