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Crashed On the Moon
Students compare/contrast the environments of our moon and earth, and examine examples of how these differences would affect their daily activities on our moon. They develop lists of emergency supplies to bring if their spaceship crashed...
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NOVEL PARTNERS
Students read novels, completing a weekly assignment as they read. They meet weekly with another student to discuss the readings and assignments.
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Frog and Toad
Second graders use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast buttons after listening to the story, A Lost Button.
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A Photo Essay
Students analyze photographs, then create their own photo essays by using photos, magazine pictures or drawings to illustrate their stories.
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How an Idea Becomes a Law
Learners create posters that demonstrate the step-by-step process of how ideas become laws. They list the fourteen steps of a bill becoming a law, describe a presidential veto, and define override.
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Who I Am Collage
Students create a collage about themselves and their interests by using magazines and pictures. In this who I am lesson plan, students present their collage orally to their classmates.
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Stupid Quiz
Students listen and discuss word problems that promote students to demonstrate logical reasoning. In this logical reasoning lesson plan, students discuss 10 word problems.
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Jeopardy Review
Students engage in test review. For this test review lesson, students participate in a Jeopardy game. Students work in small groups answering comprehension questions. Standard Jeopardy rules apply.
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. . .And the Answer is
Pupils appreciate creative thinking and that some situations have more than one answer.
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Let's Retell This Story
Fourth graders identify story grammar elements of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." The elements are recorded on a chart and students use the story grammar elements from the chart to retell the story.
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St. Patrick's Day Snack
First graders design a green snack menu from all four food groups for St. Patrick's Day.
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Flying Objects
Students use metrics to measure, draw, and cut out a boomerang from cardboard.
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Secret 'Lives'
Students read an online article in preparation for researching a period in history and interviewing someone who lived during that time. They investigate how they have participated in history.
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Discovering Aristotle's Three Forms
Students, working in small groups, role play different kinds of governments--oligarchy, monarchy, dictatorship, and democratic republic. They portray their form of government in a skit, while other groups guess which kind of government...
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I Spy
Learners examine the responsibilities of the CIA and work as a team of analysts to produce intelligence reports. Letters are written predicting how their assigned countries have changed by 2008.
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Did Somebody Say...? Where to Work?
Middle schoolers conduct research on four fast food restaurants to determine where they might apply for a job. They conduct research on hourly rate, working conditions, and benefits, construct a spreadsheet with a graph, and present...
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The Social Sciences
Students search for examples of social science in and around their school. They create a Social Science scrapbook of the eight social sciences, that includes news articles and summaries that focus on each social science area.
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How Perceptions of Cultures Influences Perceptions and Historical Outcomes
Students research different ethnic groups that lived in the United States. They compare and contrast Spanish, African American and Native American cultures and how American culture interacted with them. They present their findings...
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The Vaccination Question
Learners share opinions about common vaccines, then consider facts and opinions about the HPV vaccine and hold a fishbowl and discussion. They survey members of the community to determine their perspectives on the issue.
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Exploring Science Fiction
Twelfth graders read a variety of science fiction short stories. Using the text, they identify the components that make it science fiction and a well written piece of literature. They record their observations and share them with the...
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Socialization
Students discuss the behaviors associated with the role of a student and discover the meaning of the term socialization. They identify the agents of socialization and how they affect understanding of social expectations by examining them...
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Women's Involvement In The Progressive Era
Students participate in a lesson that is investigating the Progressive Era of history. They conduct research focusing on the role of women in era. The information provides the perspectives necessary to address the popular stereotypes...
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Functions of Portraiture
Students examine the functions of portraiture and create their own portraits. In this portraiture lesson plan, students read an excerpt from Portraiture, by Shearer West, to discover the ways in which portraits can be used. Students...