Common Sense Media
Identifying High-Quality Sites
Use a Huffington Post article focused on false pictures of Hurricane Sandy to launch a discussion about the reliability of online information. Groups compare and contrast how print and broadcast media regulate...
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Hector's World: It's a Serious Game
Students investigate child safety by viewing an educational video. In this Internet privacy lesson, students view a short film based on children giving personal information out on the web. Students answer discussion questions after...
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Comparative Adjectives
Students rewrite adjectives to show comparisons by adding -er to the end of the adjective. They create new adjectives to compare two different groups. Worksheet is included.
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The Info Gang
Students explore personal safety by participating in an Internet activity. In this internet security activity, students identify the uses of passwords and screen names in order to hide and secure their digital identities. Students...
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Learning About Philanthropy With Hands-On Activities
Students can combine state-mandated curriculum with philanthropic activities in these lessons.
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What Do You Want to Sell?
Students explore how companies describe their products and services. They write business plans for companies based on their interests or needs.
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Breaking News English: Accents
In this accents instructional activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions,...
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Tell It Like It Is
Students consider the accuracy of the Web sites they regularly use, then prepare for a formal debate on the reliability of Wikipedia and similar Web sites. For homework, they prepare note cards and practice delivering their orations.
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My Worst Best Sleepover Party
Students read the book The Best Worst Sleepover Party and discuss their feelings about bullying. In this bullying lesson, students discuss anxiety bullying, and what qualities a friend should have. Students design classroom expectations...
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In The Dark
Students go on a "trust walk" during which one student is blindfolded and led around by his/her partner.
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Class Conscience
In this algebra worksheet, 10th graders rewrite algebraic expression using algebra. They follow specific steps to solve this word problem. There is an answer key.
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Perceptions of Canadians: A Sense of Belonging, Confidence and Trust
Students explore the concept of social capital. In this sociology lesson, students define social capital and discuss how it is developed in a culture.
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Color - Interior Design
Young scholars review the principle elements of design along with the sequence of colors on the color wheel. In groups, they assign a feeling or mood to each color and share it with the class. To end the instructional activity, they use...
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In Addition / Additionally / Plus / Moreover / Furthermore / …as well
In this writing transitions activity, students practice using transitions as they write 7 sentences using in addition, additionally, plus, moreover, furthermore, and as well.
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E Mix
In this words stating with E instructional activity, students complete multiple choice questions where they fill in the blanks to sentences with words starting with the letter E. Students complete 20 questions.
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The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Courage
Students examine how Stephen Crane treats the process by which a youth matures in his novel the Red Badge of Courage. They study how he exemplifies manly virtues associated with soldiers in war and examine the three endings that were...
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Total English Advanced: Getting the Right Conjunction
In this conjunctions learning exercise, students practice their grammar skills as they examine 8 sentences and check the proper use of conjunctions. Students then complete 4 sentence starters using appropriate conjunctions.
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Tales to Live By
Students explore the concept of theme. In this fairy tales lesson, students read several tales and complete hands-on activities, art projects, and dramatic play that lead to an awareness of the themes of the tales.
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The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Courage
Students provide examples of Crane's treatment of the "manly virtues" associated with war using support from the text of The Red Badge of Courage. They describe the three published endings of The Red Badge of Courage and the difference...
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Disaster Relief - You Can Count On Me!
Students practice stewardship. In this service learning instructional activity, students respond to those in need after a natural disaster as they investigate philanthropy.
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The Emperor's New Clothes
In this comprehension learning exercise, students answer short answer and discussion questions for the story The Emperor's New Clothes. Students complete 14 questions.
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Hector's World - Lesson Plan: Episode 4 - "The Info Gang"
Young scholars watch an online video to equip themselves with strategies for dealing with people who they feel are untrustworthy. In this web safety lesson, students watch a video about how unsafe situations and untrustworthy people make...
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Trust Circles
Young scholars compare communities to which they belong. In this social studies and language arts lesson, students discuss trust and use a Venn diagram to compare two communities to which they belong.
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Determining Authority and Accuracy
Students determine the authority of any source of information including books, web sites, and individual "experts". With an activity worksheet, they are guided through the activity, evaluating the authority and accuracy of one web site.