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The Book Project

For Teachers 4th - 9th
For this book project worksheet, students select a container to decorate and fill with questions, vocabulary, and other items that depict the elements of the text in some way.
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Ancient Rome: Map Work

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the Roman Empire. In this ancient Rome lesson, 7th graders participate in activities that require them to examine the history , political structure, chronology, and significant figures of the empire.
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Dr. Seuss Rhyming

For Teachers K
Students complete activities with the book Green Eggs and Ham. In this rhyming lesson, students read the book and focus on the rhyming words. They try teacher made green eggs and ham and write a rhyme describing where they would or would...
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Show The Movie!

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders deliver story presentations that establish a setting with descriptive words, contain a plot and show, rather than tell, what happens. In this language arts lesson plan, 5th graders utilize sentences from the book, "Tuck...
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A Monster's World

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Study African American inventor Jan Ernst Matzeliger and create imaginary monsters using texture.
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Reading...Try It, You Might Like It!

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students demonstrate through a choice of assessments, their understanding and enjoyment of materials they select to read.
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Cinderella Stories: An African Tale

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read and analyze an African version of the Cinderella story. They listen to John Steptoe's story, "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters," locate Africa on a map, compare and contrast the story with Cinderella, and identify fairytale and...
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Magic Bubble Prints

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use magic bubbles to create designs on paper, and they are encouraged to relate their designs to objects they have seen in the world. They create a bubble print painting using a bubble and liquid watercolor mixture.
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MAKE YOUR OWN MINUTE

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create a historical minute based on a hero. They research the hero of their choice and write a script for two or three scenes with depict significant events from their heroes lives.
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Developing Awareness: An Intercultural Communication Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners, divided into two groups, are put into a new culture, where they must create their own body language for greetings, etc. They learn aspects of other cultures such as body language, discourse patterns, male and female roles.
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Telling Stories: Witness to a Brawl

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine Georges de la Tour's, The Musicians' Brawl and discuss the narrative elements of the painting. They write an newspaper article of what they believe they are witnessing in the painting.
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Civil Rights Memorial

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the Civil Rights Movement and the key events that ended segregation in the United States.
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Abbreviations Quiz

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete an online activity in which they create quizzes for each other on abbreviations and acronyms.
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Safety First

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students create a PowerPoint presentation on school safety. They are required to have illustrations and transitions in their slideshow. They develop a safety test for their classmates.
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Masks Across Cultures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine various masks from different cultures. In groups, they review vocabulary related to expressing emotions in art. They work together to create a mask using the techniques described to them and representing a season. ...
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Environmentally Friendly Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss ways to make homes more environmentally friendly. They comprehend ways to reduce home resource consumption, such as passive solar heating, insulation, and geothermal heating and cooling
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Create Your Own Utopia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify and examine the history of Utopian societies of the 19th century. They analyze the novel "The Giver" to determine whether this is a fair society or not. Students also examine the differences between Jonas' society...
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Zero The Hero, Trout The Lout

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners use a graphic organizer create a character sketch of Trout Walker from the novel Holes. Using the provided worksheet, students fill in the important character traits of Trout. Worksheet and answer key are provided with the lesson.
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Let's Roll Robots!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students write a story about robots. In this creative writing lesson, students read a story about robots, make their own robot, and write a story about their robot. In addition, the lesson plan suggests taking photos of the robots to add...
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Layering the Air

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners study the layer of the atmosphere. In this lesson plan on the atmosphere, students discuss the composition of the air around us and how the atmosphere was formed. Learners create a scale model of the layers of the atmosphere.
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My Pyramid - Preparing for a Journey

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create a three paragraph paper. In this Ancient Egypt lesson, students write a paper about what treasures they would put in their pyramid for their Ka to take on its journey. They also do a hieroglyph or their name, a sketch of...
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Left-Handers Day

For Students 7th - 8th
For this left-handers day worksheet, students read or listen to a passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write discussion questions and conduct a...
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Vegetable Creatures

For Teachers K - 5th
Students use different foods to enhance academic skills in all area contents.  In this food activity lesson, students use food, such as "bugs on a log" (raisins on peanut butter celery) to estimate and practice multiplication. ...
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Pearl Harbor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers consider the impact of the attack on Pearl Harbor. In this World War II activity, students research print and electronic sources about the attack on Pearl Harbor and then write news article about the attack from an...