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How To Motivate Parental Involvement in the Classroom!

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Get yourself on track with parents and pupils to ensure an educational experience that everyone will benefit from.
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Through Our Eyes

For Teachers 10th
After reading Sandra Cisneros’ novel The House on Mango Street, class members design a canned food drive, create advertisements for the drive, and use digital cameras to document the entire process. In addition, pupils journal their...
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Activity Name: A Step Back In Time

For Teachers 1st
First graders step back in history. In this history lesson, 1st graders compare life in the past with life today as they create books that compare clothing, homes, schools, chores, and technology of today to those of the past.
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From Athena to Zeus: Digital Stories Through the Eyes of Greek Gods and Godesses

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Practice creating digital presentations based around Greek Mythology. Your class will create digital books dedicated to individual Greek Gods.  They will utilize their photography skills and multimedia labs to create a digital...
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Beginning Map Skills

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Maps can be so much fun, they help you understand spatial relationships, distance between objects, and can foster direction skills. Budding cartographers with visual impairments use the Wheatley Tactile Diagramming Kit to create their...
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The State of "No Child Left Behind"

For Students 6th - 9th
Your class can read about the changes Obama considered making to Bush's No Child Left Behind Act. After reading the article, pupils answer 13 questions that ask, who, what, when, where, and why.
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Waterdrops

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students learn the importance of water conservation by completing 6 pages in the color newsletter. Students list ways their school could save water, read cartoon tips for home water conservation and complete a...
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Genealogy through Technology

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students research their family history. In this genealogy lesson, students research their own family. Students use storyboarding to organize their information. After gathering information students create a Powerpoint presentation to...
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Life in Ancient India

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers study Ancient India and the vocabulary, language, and everyday life associated with India. They build a time capsule representing their own world for future civilizations to discover. They create labels for each item,...
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Stain Glass

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Students study the history of stain glass. For this stain glass lesson, students select an art period and research the use of glass during that time. Students create a picture presentation of stained glass pictures from their town....
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Caching in Pine's Treasures

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students compile image information about the Junior High School using a digital camera. They survey the area making observations and recording them with the help of portable technology and transferring the data to a spreadsheet and...
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Rag Coat Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discover ways to help those in need within their community. For this early childhood lesson plan, students gather clothing donations for use in a fundraiser for their community shelter. Students also create posters to...
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Presidential Trading Cards

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars use the internet to gather information about Presidents of the United States and create a trading card for one of them. They create a brochure with the president's information and accomplishments.
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The Rising Cost of College: Tuition, Financial Aid, and Price Discrimination

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Are average college tuition and fees really rising in the United States? Here is a fascinating take on the rising cost of college tuition and how price discrimination may explain what is often seen as an insurmountable cost for...
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A Family History

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate their family history through pictures and writing. In this family history lesson, students research family, culture, food, music, religion, and clothing. Students gather pictures of their family and events. Students...
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Seeing the World Through the Eyes of a Veteran

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils interview and take pictures of a Veteran and create a short story of their Veteran. In this Veteran lesson plan, students also bring a photograph of the Veteran while they were in service.