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Cyber Tattoo

For Teachers 10th
Sophomores use a website evaluation tool to determine if their selected websites are valid and reliable. They read about and list three behaviors about taking and sending photos of minors that qualify as Class 1 misdemeanors in their...
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Mental Health PowerPoint and Notes

For Teachers 9th
A 15-slide presentation summarizes key concepts from the Mental Health unit designed for freshmen. Viewers record the information on the provided worksheets. The notes prepare learners for a game of jeopardy.
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Class Rules

For Teachers 5th
Scholars complete a worksheet describing their hopes and dreams then work with a partner to discuss the importance of class rules. Learners brainstorm a list of rules to be compiled and displayed for all pupils to reference.
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Conflict Resolution

For Teachers 5th
Peers discuss the importance of conflict resolution and share their thoughts with the rest of the class. The same partners then role-play a Peace Talk using a script. Finally, an exhilarating game of Sharks and Minnows allows scholars to...
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Newseum

Front Page Photographs: Analyzing Editorial Choices

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Frontpage photographs are the focus of four activities that ask young journalists to consider what the images reveal about a newspaper and its community. To begin, groups compare what images different papers from across the country use...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Drugs: Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Two lessons take a close look at drug prevention. The first lesson, split into two sessions, challenges learners to gather information from an article, answer questions, then create a poster that encourages others to stay away from...
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Education Foundation of Sarasota County

Self-Calming Strategies to Manage Emotions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Tweens and teens learn coping skills to help manage strong emotions such as anger, fear, and sadness with a lesson that asks them to generate a list of self-calming strategies they use and to consider the suggestions in a short video and...
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Being Responsible

For Teachers K - 2nd
A lesson all about responsibility details the importance of building trust. Scholars discuss and create posters about responsibility and explore strategies to become more responsible. Peers work collaboratively to craft a rainbow of...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Problem Solving in School

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Scholars learn how to be part of the solution to problems high schoolers face. After identifying problems at their school, participants list cues that indicate each problem, note campus resources available to help solve the problem, and...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Problem Solving on the Job

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The truth is there are consequences for actions. The third lesson in the "Problem Solving Module" asks class members to brainstorm a list of problems, select one and invent a system, process, or object that might solve the problem. They...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Problem Solving at Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The final lesson in the "Problem Solving Module" focuses on finding creative solutions to problems that might arise at home. Individuals then create a storyboard that illustrates how they would apply the six-step problem-solving process...
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Integrity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
A instructional activity about integrity challenges scholars to define it, discuss why it's essential, and the benefits of having it. Class members brainstorm ways to show integrity at home, at school, and in the...
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Developing Personal Power

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Money? Beauty? Education? The final lesson in the Confidence Building module encourages middle schoolers to consider the power they have to determine the course of their lives. After investigating different forms of power, participants...
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Anti-Defamation League

Why are Children’s and Young Adult Books Challenged and Banned?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
September's "Banned Books Week" brings attention to the number of books that are challenged, censored, or banned each year. After watching a video about banned book week, reading articles about the history of book banning, and examining...
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Anti-Defamation League

Hair Discrimination and the CROWN Act

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
The CROWN Act (Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) is the subject of the activity that asks groups to research the stories of five different women and share their insights in a jigsaw activity. Participants then craft...
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Anti-Defamation League

Gossip, Rumors and Identity

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
A thoughtful discussion prompts middle schoolers to reflect on gossip and rumors, what they are, their experience with them, and how some groups experience it more than others. Scenarios challenge participants to consider the impact of...
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Curated OER

Carrot Sticks or French Fries?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the influence of fast food brand names on food choices and analyze the factors that contribute to branding preferences. They write an opinion essay on the corporate responsibility to influence food choices.
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Curated OER

Mr. Popper's Penguin's

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders locate Antarctica and recognize it as the setting of Mr. Popper's Penguins. In this Mr. Popper's Penguins instructional activity, 4th graders understand the financial decisions made by Mr. Popper. Students discuss wise...
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Curated OER

Have It Your Way Fast Food

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore how to cut back on fat in fast food meals. In this health lesson, students discuss healthier food choices they can make when eating at fast food restaurants. Students complete a fast food contract.
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Curated OER

Candy Database

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students make a database of their Halloween candy and decide which types are the healthiest. In this diet lesson plan, students make written data charts using their candy, locate dietary information on one type, sort the candy by shape,...
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Curated OER

Occupations

For Teachers K
Students listen to Maybe You Should Fly A Jet! Maybe You Should Be a Vet.  In this occupations activity, students define occupation and make a job drawing of them and their job choice. Students become familiar with tools for each job.
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Curated OER

Reading comprehension

For Teachers 4th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, 4th graders read passages about Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), sharks, Chinese tales, and more. Students then answer 24 multiple choice questions.
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Curated OER

Third Grade Reading

For Teachers 3rd
In this reading worksheet, 3rd graders complete multiple choice questions by reading passages and answering comprehension questions about them. Students complete 25 questions.
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Curated OER

Governance

For Teachers 1st
First graders make connections between the purposes of rules. In this governing lesson plan students listen to a story about rules being broken. Students identify rules that they have at school or home.

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