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All Around the Neighborhood - Part 3

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders illustrate the roles, responsibilities, and skills of community members and write a paragraph that summarizes the importance of those roles, responsibilities, and skills. They are asked: "What is a role?" Students are...
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Be a Problem Solving Star

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe a math problem and discuss what it is and what they should do with it. They are introduced to the STAR steps for problem solving and discuss how to use it to answer math problems as well as incorporating some of the...
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Red Hot Resume

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students listen to a "Help Wanted" story, paraphrase the story, and discuss vocabulary. After reading the story again, students complete a worksheet replacing the vocabulary words with their own words so that the story makes sense to them.
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Getting Down to Business

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students develop a business plan to serve as a road map that ultimately help them achieve business goals. They create a description of the business and their work.
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Promoting Yourself Through Advertising

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders design their own ads and complete a full-size comprehensive of the final ad which showed color and final layout of the printed piece.
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Paper Architecture - Designing Human Spaces

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design, then construct an architectural structural model of a two-person dwelling. Then, Students, in groups, plan a city layout.
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Hidden Persuaders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine classic propaganda techniques to analyze factors which influence learning and thinking processes influencing formation of public opinion through these lessons.
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Traditions and Transformations

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the Jewish culture from a variety of perspectives.  For this ethics lesson, 9th graders interview guest speakers on the subject of Jewish culture.  Students create group poems and murals around themes of...
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Hands-on History of Pottery

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars make pottery in the same evolutionary order as archeology indicates. They begin with simple pinch pots and then move to plain coil pots, manipulative decoration, and surface decoration. For each type of pot they discuss...
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Nature's Polyhedrons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to polyhedrons through using straw models to explore geometric solids and constructing Christmas tree ornaments using Epsom salt crystals. Students will view interactive videos and investigate and retrieve...
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Puppy Poop Pouch

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners create a device to hold dog poop to help keep trails clean.  In this animal care instructional activity, students utilize donated fabric to create a couple hundred pouches to help people clean up after their dog....
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A Lucky Break

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students complete activities where they identify and decipher common phrases that are related to poultry and then cook drumsticks as a class. In this poultry lesson plan, students also read the history of the chicken and create idioms.
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Same and Different

For Teachers K - 1st
Students explore similarities and differences. They name ways they are alike and different from their peers.
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Where Do I Fit?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders complete activities to learn about career options and the role jobs have in community. In this career lesson, 4th graders complete a career exploration worksheet and study the local community jobs available. Students...
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Capturing the Moment

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create photography timelines of the Civil Rights movement and write journal entries reflecting on the capacity of photographs to evoke personal and collective historical memory.
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Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate the years during World War II in which Japanese Americans living on the West Coast were held in internment camps.
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Finding Ourselves: The Search for American Identity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine American identity through race, ethnicity, class, gender, regionalism, political values, and beliefs focusing on the Depression era.
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Hidden Messages: The Growth of Product Placement

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify product placements they see in TV programs and movies. They build awareness of the pervasiveness of advertising in their culture. They develop critical skills necessary to think independently in a media saturated...
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Creating a Travel Brochure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use the internet to research a country of interest to them. Using graphics, they create a travel brochure about the country encouraging people to travel there. They present their information to the class while showing their...
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Our Solar System

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the solar system on the internet and video programs. They investigate the names of each planet and their places in the solar system. They chose their favorite planet and design an advertisement to sell a vacation to...
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The Aerial Age

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars infer America's attitude towards aviation in the early 1900s. In this The Aerial Age instructional activity, students analyze early 1900s literature, music, advertisements, and popular culture in reference to aviation....
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We Are Colony! Settlement Design

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore government systems. In this colonial America instructional activity, students consider colonial settlement needs as they design settlements that can sustain themselves and meet the needs of colonists.
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Traveling the Career Paths 1

For Teachers K
Pupils explore careers. In this life goals lesson plan, students examine several career paths as they listen to puppets present different types of jobs and discuss the importance of each of the jobs.
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Career Paths in My Community

For Teachers 1st
First graders study career opportunities in their local community. In this career exploration lesson, 1st graders answer 'Who Am I?' questions and study career path posters. Students list the skills they've learned at school and work in...

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