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The Scoop Through Desktop Publication

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Drafting, revising, and editing is all apart of the publishing process. Using a series of documents as inspiration, young journalists compose a class Newspaper. They work independently and in groups to publish their own articles.
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Creating with Publisher

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a book cover using Microsoft Publisher.  For this computer publishing lesson, students learn how to use the program Microsoft Publisher.  Students experiment with fonts, styles, formats and clip art.  Students use what...
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Greeting Card Poetry

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars write poetry using desktop publishing software. In this poetry lesson, students write a poem to create a greeting card through the use of a desktop publishing program.
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Cooking With Geography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Sstudents use desktop publishing to create "real world" documents from information received from collaborating classes. They create an electronic presentation from Internet research. They experience foods from different states and regions.
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Saving Big Cats from Extinction

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore extinction.  In this biology and environmental science activity, students define extinction, identify what living things need to survive, and create a persuasive poster about "saving the big cats" using a desktop...
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Publishing Autobiographies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils practice using Microsoft word. Individually, each student writes a mini-autobiography in standard typed format. They title each paragraph and discuss the publishing steps of the writing process. Students explore characteristics...
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Weather Instruments For Sale

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create advertisements for a weather instrument. They conduct Internet research, write a descriptive and persuasive advertisement for the instrument using the flyer template of desktop publishing software, and print a copy that...
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County Chronicles

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students review and use the information from previous lessons about their county. In groups, they write articles for various sections of a class newspaper. They review and edit each others work and publish their newspaper using a desktop...
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The Camelot Times: Writing a Newspaper

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create and publish a newspaper based on Arthurian literature and history. After completing a class read of "King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table," students work in groups to write an article based on their...
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Writing and Sharing Community Stories

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use interviewing skills to explore and express the culture of their community. In this literacy/writing instructional activity, students interview a community member as a basis for a biographical writing project. Each class...
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Big Book Project

For Teachers 5th - 6th
The "Big Book Project" provides special-needs learners with the opportunity to develop, write, and publish "Big Books" for Kindergarten-Grade 3 classrooms. Students also go to classrooms and read the book they wrote to the younger students.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

For Teachers 11th
Who would you love to see at your table? Groups research a decade, ranging from the 1840s to the 1960s, read a short story associated with that decade, and plan a dinner party, complete with table set-up and menu. After researching...
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E-mailing the Chamber of Commerce

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Encourage effective internet research and e-mail correspondence as scholars investigate a US capital city they've never visited to find pertinent and relevant information. They begin by picking a city, then visit that city's chamber of...
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Sense Poems

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore 5 senses poetry.  In this poetry writing lesson, students visualize a special day and brainstorm related vivid adjectives and phrases.  Students create mindmaps of the five senses to go with their visualization and write...
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Personal Poetry Books

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work in the classroom and in the computer lab to produce a Personal Poetry Book.
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To Live or Die While Protecting the Ones You Love

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Upper graders retrieve and verify information on life insurance policies through internet research. They discuss how life insurance policies work and make decisions as to what type of policy is best. They produce a timeline and define...
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Discovering Me

For Teachers 9th
Read selections from recommended autobiographies, poetry and short stories. Interview family members to collect material useful for constructing a family tree or other types of family history.
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Camouflage

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn how plants and animals adapt to their environments.  In this camouflage lesson, 1st graders watch a movie that explains animal camouflage, design a butterfly that blends into a classroom habitat, create a mini book...
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Special Edition Newspaper on the Trial of Julius Caesar

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders research the multiple perspectives held by the participants in the trial relative to the conduct and outcome of the trial. Practice writing pertinent and penetrating interview questions for oral interviewing. Take a...
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The Art of Jewelry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars discover Native American culture through jewelry.  In this Native American culture lesson, students investigate several different Native American tribes and complete a word search activity.  Young scholars create their own...
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Understanding the Twenty-Seven Amendments

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use the Internet to learn about the Constitution.  In this Constitutional Amendments lesson, students read and discuss the twenty seven amendments and work in groups to rewrite the amendments in their own words.  Students read...
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Weather Watchers - Interdisciplinary

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners investigate weather and climate through a variety of interdisciplinary activities.
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Write a Radio Show

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use the writing process to write a radio show.  In this writing process instructional activity, students need to effectively use the writing process to create a radio show and then present to the class.  Member of the group take...
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The Three Branches of Government

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students write about working in one branch of government.  For this branches of government lesson, students read about the three levels of government using various websites and then work in groups to discuss, illustrate and write about...

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