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Sacred Giving: When?
Students explore the concept of sacred giving. In this philanthropy lesson, students research the tzedakah model as they read primary sources. Students also participate in a Jewish tzedakah and reflect on the experience.
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ABC's Of Figuring Interest
Students participate in a lesson of figuring interest. This is done in order to strengthen number calculation skills while computing the interest when buying different things. This done in conjunction with using credit to make purchases...
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So You Want to Drive an Automobile?
Students research types of auto insurance that are required in the state of Florida. They choose an automobile and find the cost of insurance to legally drive it.
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Ratan Tata
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Ratan Tata and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches,...
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Needs and Wants
Students examine the difference between needs and wants. In this consumption lesson, students illustrate their needs and wants and discuss their own reasons for buying things. They also discuss the connection between their choices and...
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Reusing Winter Waste
Students use waste materials to build a snowman decoration. In this reusing instructional activity, students create a new object out of disposable items left over from the holidays. Students discuss ways of cutting down waste. Students...
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Producing and Consuming
Second graders make a booklet. In this economics instructional activity, 2nd graders define producers and consumers. They make an assembly line accordion booklet to demonstrate how producers and consumers work together to make and use...
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Hybrid Vehicles: Cut Pollution and Save Money
Learners examine how driving a hybrid car can save money and cut down on pollution. For this hybrid vehicles lesson students complete an exercise that shows them how to work with proportions, percents, dimensional analysis and...
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Time Trials
Students investigate speed, time and distance. In this algebra lesson, students utilize their knowledge of linear equations to solve problems related to time, speed and distance. This assignment is hands on using two toy race cars.
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War on Waste
Students take a closer look at food waste. In this global studies lesson, students perform a waste audit at their school and institute a lunchbox challenge to reduce food waste. Students may also complete the extension activities.
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Save Water
In this water conservation game, learners collaborate with classmates to play a game about saving water. Students form groups and use the provided game boards and pictures to study water conservation.
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How Green Are We?
Students identify and interpret the importance of energy efficiency in connection with air pollution. They communicate with families and peers about ways to more effectively contribute to the reduction of air pollution. Finally,...
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Doubles: Japan and America's Intercultural Children
Pupils experience issues of intercultural children born as a result of the Occupation of Japan by American soldiers. They reflect on how these experiences and issues might be relevant to our own lives. Task cars are available to print...
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Helping Disabled Dogs
Young scholars read a story called Carts Give Mobility to Disabled Dogs and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions, recalling...
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Safeway: Supermarket Vocabulary
In this supermarket vocabulary worksheet, students complete 7 sentences by filling in blanks with phrases from the word list. This on-line interactive worksheet is about shopping at Safeway.
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Functions As Relationships
In this algebra worksheet, students read the information about the relationships of functions and then they fill in the graphic organizer with the information at the bottom of the page.
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Examining Slave Auction Documents
Students compare the social and cultural characteristics of the North, the South, and the West during the antebellum period, including the lives of African Americans and social reform movements such as abolition and women’s rights.
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Integrating Science and Literature: Life as We Knew It
Supplement your science units with science fiction novels!
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Is Government Necessary?
Students investigate the purpose of Congress and determine how it affects them. They explain what life would be like without government.
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Write Equations of Lines
In this geometry worksheet, 5th graders write or apply the equations for lines to solve 6 word problems. They see the x, y axis for each line to aid in solving the problems.
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American Pop Icons
Students analyze art and decide if the images are an attempt to celebrate or criticize American Popular Culture of the fifties and sixties and discuss how successful "Pop Art" mirrored society. Students also discuss the difference...
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Present Simple vs. Present Continuous
For this ESL verb tenses worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and the sentences with present simple verbs. Students change the sentence to the present continuous form and choose the correct sentence from 4 choices.
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Finra Investor Education Foundation: The True Cost of Owning a Car
This lesson plan highlights the true cost of purchasing and maintaining a car and emphasizes smart budgeting.