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My 3 Day Lesson on Courage

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders focus on what having courage means. They listen to a story about the Holocaust, then create posters which reflect courage, tolerance and acceptance.
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No Choice!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore the concept of democratic freedom. In this service learning activity, students investigate the freedom the Pilgrims sought as they moved from England and write a journal from their point of view.
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Push or Pull

For Teachers K - 1st
Students study the forces, push and pull. They conduct demonstrations of pushing and pulling. They examine the Nebraska state quarter for an example of pulling.
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A Trip Back in Time

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students investigate the pioneer experience in the 1800s. They view and discuss the images on the Missouri quarter, read a story about pioneer life, complete a worksheet, and create a booklet-form time capsule of pioneer items from the...
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Acceptance Through Patchwork

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are asked to look at differences in people and accept those differences but to examine that people are more alike than different. The lesson has the central focus of investigating diversity.
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Oh Say Can You See?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover the meaning of patriotism through literature, songs, and poetry. They also identify patriotic symbols and activities such as the flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, the Star Spangled Banner, the bald eagle, and monuments.
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Coming to America

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover their families' reasons for coming to America. They view the video "Molly's Pilgrim" and discuss the story. They interview family members as to why they came to America.
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Narrative Prompt

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice their writing skills on a daily basis. Using a prompt, they write about a time they surprised themselves or someone else. They use a graphic organizer to gather their thoughts before writing the first draft. ...
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Oregon Trail Art

For Teachers K - 6th
Pupils describe events that happened on the Oregon Trail and in the daily lives of Native Americans by writing a narrative essay of a family traveling through Nebraska based on Thomas Hart Benton's paintings.
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Veterans Day

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research the origin of Veterans Day and its purpose in the life of Americans today. Students begin the lesson by looking up key vocabulary. The teacher uses a media presentation to create interest. The class composes...
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Narrative Prompt

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders are introduced to the style of a narrative writing. After being read a story, they use a graphic organizer to plan their writing. With a partner, they share their ideas and decide on one topic to write about. To end the...
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Twice Around

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are introduced to the rules of Twice Around. In groups, they kick the ball one at a time and run towards a base if the ball is still in play. When the next player kicks, the first player is not required to move to second...
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Wednesday Surprise

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice writing surprise endings to their short stories. After listening to the beginning of a short story, students make predictions about the story's surprise ending. They write their own short story with a surprise ending...
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Selecting Soil For a Sports Field

For Students 9th - 12th
For this science worksheet, students take part in a laboratory exploration looking at different types of soil. The soil is evaluated in order to fill the role of becoming a sports field.
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State Symbols

For Students 7th - 9th
In this social studies worksheet, students examine and analyze each of the state's abbreviations, capitals, birds, flowers, animals and the dates when they became a state.
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Books for Teaching About Colors

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners explore colors through books. In this lesson students read books about colors. The lesson is divided by color and within each color there is a list of books about that color. Moreover each color section also includes an activity...
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Easter Rhymes

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this holiday vocabulary learning exercise, students find 16 rhyming words that answer clues with Easter words. They work on a page that is decorated with an Easter rabbit.
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Bird Classification

For Students 4th - 6th
For this bird classification worksheet, students are given a group of birds and then are to determine how they are similar or different from each other. Students read about 14 birds.
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Reading The Flag Maker

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore The Flag Maker. In this reading comprehension lesson, students listen to the book The Flag Maker, making predictions and answering questions during the reading. Students locate facts and opinions within the book and...
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Vietnam: Lesson 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars take a closer look at war memorials. For this Vietnam lesson, students research the Vietnam War Memorial and then visit the memorial. As a culminating activity, young scholars research other war memorials.
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Sunflower Seed House

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students use sunflower seeds to make a picture of a house. This lesson uses the book, "Sunflower House."
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Vowel Change of Short E

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this language arts worksheet, students look for the pattern for changing the vowel "E" into the right form for writing the words in the Latin language.
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Quiz on Sentence Body Parts

For Students 6th - 8th
For this parts of a sentence worksheet, students complete a seven question multiple choice on-line interactive quiz about subject, predicate, objects, pronouns and other sentence components.
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Introduce Vocabulary: Fly Away Home

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explore English by reading a children's book in class. In this story vocabulary lesson, students read the book Fly Away Home and identify the use of specific vocabulary words. Learners define the selected vocabulary words and...

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