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Helping Students Understand the War in Iraq

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students ask and answer questions about the war with Iraq. Advice is provided on how to help them cope. There are activities to prompt students to discuss their feelings. Other sites let students post their artwork online or send a...
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Recovering Under-examined Histories to Build Community

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners read Diane Glancy's "Pushing the Bear" about the Cherokee Removal and respond online to a discussion board. They discuss responses in class.
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Winer Survival

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students study how animals need water, food, shelter, and space to survive. They also study what animals need to survive in the winter. They play the part of animals and winter "threats" in a game of tag to reinforce concepts.
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Geography: Floods on Topical Budget

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore, examine and study the causes and effects of flooding to assess floods in the past to understand floods in the present. They view a variety of video clips and discuss them and then divide up into small groups to plan...
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Mammals, Mammals--Everywhere!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the habitats of mammals and their physical characteristics. They research examples of mammals that must deal with daily changes in their habitat and how they cope with them. In small groups, students create a table...
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Teaching Lewis and Clark: Challenge to Communicate

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students note instances in the journals of Lewis and Clark where they relied on non-verbal communication (sign language.) They discover some basic sign language and play a game in which they must use their new sign language skills to...
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Setting Solutions

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners piece together a quilt from leftover blocks. They problem-solve ways to incorporate random block designs into a visually pleasing quilt design. They used sashed sets, coping stripes and triangles to work out the design.
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Adult Roles and Responsibilities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the importance of personal needs and expectations following a Powerpoint presentation and related activities. Next, they examine three different case studies demonstrating how individuals cope with responsibilities. ...
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Prepositions

For Students 6th
In this preposition worksheet, 6th graders study a list of given prepositions. Students then respond to 45 fill in the blank questions supplying the correct preposition for each.
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I know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Essay Questions

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this literature instructional activity, learners respond to 15 short answer and essay questions about Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of...
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NYU Student Health Center

SOS For Emotions

For Students 10th - 12th
How can we care for our emotional health? By following the tips in this colorful, helpful, suggestion-filled guide.
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Missouri Department of Elementary

Fatal Accident

For Teachers 11th
While there may not be any ghostbusters in the neighborhood, there are plenty of emergency response agencies ready to give support if something is amiss. To that end, instructors invite a member of an emergency response agency to address...
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Promoting Self-Esteem Through Positive Interaction

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Use a strong student/teacher relationship to foster a trusting environment.
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Conflict Mediation - Part 2: Practice

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in small groups and try the mediation process, taking turns as mediators and disputants. They discuss and review the handouts over the concepts of mediation. Students volunteer to participate in the class role-play.
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Psychological Disorders

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this psychology worksheet, students complete 5 short answer questions on pscyhological disorders. They identify characteristics of have certain disorders.
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Pronunciation: Practicing Stress and Intonation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice pronunciation of their words and when to stress certain words when speaking. They practice with sentences given to them by the teacher.
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Using I-Statements

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders brainstorm a list of life-changing events. As a class, they practice making I-statements and identify what to avoid when putting them together. To end the lesson, they determine which of their statements can be used in...
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What To Do? What To Do? Part One

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders listen as the teacher exaggerates a way of inappropriately handling losing their job. They review life-changing events and what is in a person's control and what is not. They then are given a life-changing situation slip...
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Medication Safety for Teens

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The most valuable way to protect teenagers from prescription drug abuse is to equip them with knowledge. An informative slideshow covers various aspects of prescription drug safety, including the importance of keeping one's prescription...
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Feelings and Emotions

For Teachers 9th Standards
The focus of the second session in this SPECS unit is on learning how to identify, and then appropriately express and manage feelings.
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Missouri Department of Elementary

How Families Change

For Teachers K Standards
Changes in the family such as a new baby, divorce, a new job, or death are the focus of a lesson that examines how every family is different. Scholars draw a picture of their family then share the changes that have occurred within it....
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Missouri Department of Elementary

Opportunity Knocks, But It Costs, Too!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders practice six steps to effective problem solving. Working with the school counselor, class members are presented with a scenario that requires them to make a decision. Individuals then write a reflection in which they...
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My Feelings

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine and discuss different emotions and feelings, and how people can react when they are in an unsafe situation. They discuss a feelings thermometer, and complete a worksheet involving identifying how they feel in...
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Opportunity Knocks, But It Costs, Too!

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders write a reflection piece, outlining each of the decision-making steps they have used and what decision they have decided upon, which includes possible solutions, as well as possible outcomes for each solution. They also...

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