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Missouri Department of Elementary

Caution: Thin Ice!

For Teachers 6th Standards
Sixth graders listen to a story titled "Thin Ice!" then partake in a whole-class discussion asking and answering questions about what was read. Scholars brainstorm risky behaviors in preparation for a game of RISKO—a game similar to...
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Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment

Relationships and Sexuality

For Teachers 9th Standards
Developing close personal and romantic relationships requires its own set of skills. This session focuses on helping teens develop behaviors and strategies for dealing with romantic relationships, rather than on sharing personal...
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Caterpillars and Climate: How Temperature Affects Feeding Rate In Insects

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Do you eat more when you are hot or when you are cold? Young scientists observe the eating pace of two caterpillars at different temperatures. The differences in endotherm and ecotherm animals' ability to adjust to temperature change...
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Sexual Exploitation, Day 4: Assault Strategies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A delicate topic is the focus of this lesson. Discuss what people can do to reduce the risk of sexual assault, as well as what a person should do if he or she is sexually assaulted. This is not any easy topic to discuss in a classroom,...
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Walking in Their Shoes

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the challenges of those who have "learning disabilities." They develop a storyboard and create a video which depicts learning disabled students coping with life. Special effects are added to the video scenes, as well as...
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Humor and Psychology

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Get a chuckle from this presentation, which studies the types of humor in psychology and philosophy. The information provided would fuel a good conversation in your lecture, and the multitude of examples will get your class laughing. The...
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Perkins School for the Blind

A Visit to the Doctor

For Teachers K - 6th
Going to the doctor's office may be a source of stress and uncertainty for some children. Help your learners with special needs discover what to expect at and how to cope with their next trip to the doctor. They explore real medical...
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It's a Mad World

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils explore the various factors leading to anger, the health risks involved in anger, and the techniques people can use to cope with it. Through writing and performing scenarios that enact different causes and coping techniques of anger.
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Management of Grief and Loss

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders learn of coping behaviors related to grief and loss. They recognize the tasks associated with the grief and loss process. They also have an opportunity to identify common ways literary characters cope with loss.
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Health Lesson

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore, study and discuss ways to help others to cope with loss and grief after the aftermath of violence. They discuss how personal experiences of loss and grief can affect survivors. Each student writes their...
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Curated OER

I Am What I Think I Am!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils study conative and cognitive strengths through characters in literature. For this conative and cognitive strength lesson, students read about a favorite character or historical person. They make a chart of the difficulties the...
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Helping the Adolescent Cope with Family Life

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students are introduced to the proper ways to deal with conflict at home. In groups, they define family based on what it means to them and identify factors that lead to a breakdown in communications. They participate in role-playing...
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World War II: A Compartive Study through Literature

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine World War II through the use of literature. As a class, they brainstorm a list of words they relate to the war itself. In groups, they read various novels and view photographs showing the experiences of the Jews,...
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Curated OER

Coping with Job Loss

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students discuss the different stages of job loss. In this communication lesson, students brainstorm ways to cope with this situation. They share their ideas in class.
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Curated OER

Making Good Decisions

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the consequences of their actions. In this personal choices lesson, students practice balancing different interests involved in compromise. This lesson includes downloadable materials and 2 extension activities.
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Curated OER

Puberty

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students investigate the concept of puberty. They examine the social and emotional changes that take place. Individual students examine the kinds of changes they will go through. They are taught some coping strategies to deal with the...
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Curated OER

Trembling, Spewing Earth: Impacts on Human Activity

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study to identify patterns in earthquake activity and impacts on human behavior. They also develop plans to cope with such natural disasters.
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Cicada Invasion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider how some animals, periodical cicadas, survive well in a particular environment due to the species' life cycle. They have a discussion about life cycles and how a particular species' life cycle helps it to survive....
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Life-Changing Events

For Teachers K
Students investigate the life changing events that can take place in the life of a school age child. They conduct class discussion about some examples of life changing events. The activity is targeted towards counseling or opening days...
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Curated OER

Where Are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars explore the concept of extinction by studying dinosaurs. In this extinction lesson, students watch dinosaur video clips or complete a puppet finger play about dinosaurs. Young scholars may then complete a dinosaur diorama...
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Social Studies: Bullying Prevention Program

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners, after researching bullying, develop plans to help younger students combat it. They organize programs to present to learners in lower grades. Students create brochures about bullying to hand out during their presentations.
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Sally's Super Day

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders engage in a lesson that is about having a super day with an example of a fictitious child. They read "Sally's Super Day" and reflect upon the events and how they affected the character and the outcome of the story. The...
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Levies don't pass...and schools cut costs

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students collect financial statements from the district and study how money is spent now. They interview the superintendent, school board members and/or the district's financial officer.
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Understanding Suicide

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Suicide is a real issue in many teens' lives. Help your upper graders cope, help, and help their friends when thoughts of suicide arise. They discuss the topic as a class, complete a worksheet, and learn what to do if someone they (or...

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