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Convincing Characters

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners create vivid, active characters for a story. In this character instructional activity, students discuss the characters in books they are familiar with. Learners create a list of novels they have read and discuss the character...
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Making Ice Cream

For Teachers K
Student examine the physical changes of matter and are able to describe them. They make ice cream in plastic bags to observe the changes in matter. They describe and record the changes in the ice cream mixture as it freezes.
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Identifying a Message's Purpose

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the character trait of perseverance and identify a message's purpose. They read a biography of Jackie Joyner Kersee, discuss the main message, and develop an action plan with goals and a message.
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Honest Communication

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore the concept of honest communication. In this character education lesson plan, students discover eschew obfuscation and role play sincere communication exchanges with other young scholars.
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Beyond the Story: A Dickens of a Party

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders collaboratively research the life and times of Charles Dickens as it relates to a character from the story, and write and present a first-person character analysis.
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Catching the Beat: Exploring the Function of Verse in Othello

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine meter and how Shakespeare uses it in dialogue to show character emotion.
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Words, words, words

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars discuss words that represent the big ideas in Othello and that recur throughout the play. They are assigned words to track throughout the text, recording which character says the word and in what context.
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What Makes A Face A Face?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss what enables us to read a face: features, expressions, standards of beauty, age and gender. They discuss what enables us to read motion: repetition, sequence, changes in form and scene.
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Contrasting Cinderellas

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners compare and contrast the traditional Cinderella to the modern-day fairy tale, Cinder Edna. In this fairy tales instructional activity, students read both stories and construct a Venn diagram to compare the two fairy tales....
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Prometheus Eulogy

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students write a eulogy for the mythological character, Prometheus. In this Greek myth lesson, students read a story about Prometheus and view a PowerPoint. Students discuss the elements of a eulogy and then write one for Prometheus.
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Greek Music Video Project

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
For this Greek gods and goddesses worksheet, students choose and Greek god or goddess and dress up as that character. Students write a song or use music to preform a skit to illustrate their origins, the country, and characters from...
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And. . . Freeze!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars read a short section of a scene very closely and develop a tableaux as a start to the performance process. They write a paragraph in the voice of a character. They present their beginning, middle and end tableaux to the...
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Arc Welding

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students study and are evaluated on the use of arc welding equipment. They demonstrate safety techniques by changing the lens and head gear on a welding helmet.
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Characters' Feelings Or Motives

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use the text, "Fair's Fair" to examine how characters' feelings and motives are built throughout a text through descriptive phrases. They look at what a character does and says to record on their writing frames. Finally,...
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From Arbor Day to Earth Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss their answers to a given set of questions regarding Earth Day and Arbor Day. They research using the internet then write a bigraphical sketch of their character.
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A Morning of Weighing Babies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read sections of "A Morning of Weighing Babies". Individually, they write a paragraph examining the main characters and their actions. After sharing a few writings, they discuss the relationship between the author and the...
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Tell Me A Story

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners listen to the story Mrs. Wishy Washy and practice retelling the story. In this tell me a story lesson plan, students become familiar with all of the characters in the story, then use character pieces to retell the story....
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Historical Fiction: A Wealth of Interpretations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read a book from the Dear America series and contrast different points of view. They respond to the book either by participating in a literature circle or completing a journal entry. They compare and contrast two books or a...
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Developing A Balanced Lifestyle

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students engage in a study of the character trait of peace and how it is useful to becoming part of a lifestyle. The lesson asks students to read a story that illustrates the concept that is followed by targeted questions to be answered.
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What's The Plan?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify how the human activities in the state of Maryland have changed/ evolved over the last 50 years. They evaluate a land planning document and prepare a fictitious planning document for a given area of land.
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Fractured Fairy Tales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students use familiar characters, plots, and settings from traditional fairy tales to create "fractured" versions, while experimenting with satire, irony and parody. A fractured fairy tale is designed to be humorous by changing the story...
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Biographies of Heroes

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explain the importance of individual action and character. They explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past make a difference in others' lives.
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Images of Black Women in Drama

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine different portrayals of African American women in poems and plays. Individually, they identify the character they want to play and reject the others. After acting out the scene, they hopefully realize that their...
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Bear Hunt

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are introduced to the technique of pantomime. In groups, they take a story and create a pantomime for it to perform in front of the class. They also practice ways to change their body posture and facial expressions to...

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