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Unemployment in Elkhart

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Fifth to eighth graders explore reasons for and solutions to unemployment. They begin by making a list of luxury goods and discuss why sales of luxury goods would slump in times of unemployment. They then explore infrastructure and...
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Curated OER

Our Class, Our Earth day

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars understand the importance of participating in recycling and clean-up efforts in the community. In this recycling lesson plan, students respond to questions after reading "The Wartville Wizard" by Don Madden. Young scholars...
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Curated OER

Going Shopping

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students investigate the value of money. In this money lesson plan, students simulate going shopping in their classrooms for various objects. Students use play money to pay for the objects.
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Curated OER

What Is Happening In The Picture?

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this interpreting the labeled rooms and items in a cross section picture of a house worksheet, students read statements and choose the correct word in parenthesis that describes what is happening. Students choose 13 answers.
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Curated OER

What's the Matter?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners explore matter.  In this matter and technology lesson, students locate examples of solids, liquids, and gases inside and outside the classroom, and record their findings in a graphic organizer.  Learners listen to the...
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Curated OER

Dress Like A Frog

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners recognize amphibian adaptations. In this amphibian lesson students explore amphibian adaptations that provide for successful living in their environments. A volunteer dresses up with all of the adaptations using everyday items...
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Curated OER

Australia

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students enhance their knowledge about the history of Australia.  In this World History instructional activity, students engage in a teacher-led classroom discussion about Australia's history, then write a journal depicting the...
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Curated OER

Woodland Indians

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research Woodland Indians. In this Woodland Indian lesson plan, 3rd graders have a classroom discussion and write facts about the Miami Indian group. They write a narrative from the perspective of an Indian child.
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Curated OER

Sahara Special

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read the book Sahara Special and participate in comprehension activities. In this realistic fiction lesson, 3rd graders create a brochure for where they live. Students have personal bags, a brown paper bag, that they fill...
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Kwanzaa: Invitations and Menus

For Teachers 5th - 9th
It's time to celebrate Kwanzaa in the classroom! After studying the traditions of the holiday, learners design a menu decorated in the colors and symbols associated with Kwanzaa.
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Curated OER

Officer Buckle and Gloria; How to Stay Safe

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to the teacher read a book about a police officer and his trained dog and make connections to their own personal safety habits. For this safety lesson, students create a classroom bulletin board of safety tips, and then...
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Curated OER

Beyond the Beef

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the various products derived from beef by-products. They read a handout, identify the items from the handout they use in their everyday lives, and list the products they have at home that come from beef cattle.
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Curated OER

The Battle of Stones River: The Soldiers' Story

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners organize items in a "doohickey kit" distributed by the teachers, creating categories using classification schemes. In this classification lesson, students compare systems within groups and write questions that could be answered...
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Curated OER

Basic Budgeting

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students create a personal budget.  In this creating a personal budget lesson, students create a list of 3 necessary things they need to survive.  Students rank these things in order of importance and determine their...
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Curated OER

Water and Land Ecosystems

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the differences between a land and aquatic ecosystem. They use the information in order to present it in an assessment. There are target questions that can be used to guide research, lead a classroom discussion, or...
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Curated OER

What Does Respect Look Like in School?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discuss why everyone needs and wants to feel respected. As a class, they share what respect looks like and what disrespect looks like. They pretend they have to leave their most valued object with a secret agent and what...
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Curated OER

Farm Products Help Me Grow

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students view a display of empty food containers (or illustrations). They select a food and decide as a class if it has an animal or plant origin. Students view a display of common farm animals that are commonly eaten (cow, pig, chicken,...
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Curated OER

Treasure Chest for Change

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students fill treasure chests. In this Holocaust lesson, students participate in an activity that requires them to find the value in everyday items.
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Curated OER

Draw and Play Today

For Students K - 1st
In this counting items worksheet, students draw a picture to show how many paint brushes there are in the illustration. Students find five paint brushes.
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Smarter Balanced

Importance of Nutrition

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Prepare your class members for the performance task assessment on nutrition with an activity that asks class members to rank images of foods from least nutritious to most. Participants also offer reasons for why they ranked the...
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Fluence Learning

Writing a Narrative: Two Frogs

For Students 2nd Standards
Three options offer young writers the opportunity to read a short story, answer questions, and write a response. A handy language arts resource focuses on reading comprehension and analyziing the story's lesson: look before you leap. 
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Cartwells

MyPlate Lesson and Relay

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Youngsters are up and moving in an exciting relay race designed to help them better understand where common foods fall on the MyPlate nutritional guidelines. Working in teams, they identify images of foods and name what food groups...
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Curated OER

Biopoem: Ender's Game

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Here's an activity designed to encourage character analysis. Readers craft a biopoem for a character in Orson Scott Cards' popular science fiction novel Ender's Game.
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SF Environment

Compost Tag

For Teachers K - 5th
Composting is a great way to get children involved in recycling. First, they discuss how biodegradable products decompose to make compost. Then, they talk about what can and cannot be composted. They play a game similar to around the...

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