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Cardboard History

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars investigate the history of baseball and create baseball cards based on research they have collected about early baseball players.
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The Ghost Particle

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students collect evidence to make inferences about a object hidden inside a sealed box. They think critically and logically to raise questions. Students identify questions that can be answered through investigation. They formulate and...
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ESL Adverbs of Degree and Reason- Likes and Habits

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this ESL adverbs of degree and reason worksheet, students answer questions about books and films they like using the given format. They tell how much they like them by using comparisons. They describe the games and hobbies, and sort...
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Conflict Resolution Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate conflict and social justice. In this conflict resolution lesson, 4th graders consider conflicts they have experienced and think about how they could have applied conflict resolution strategies to change the...
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Using History to Teach Tolerance: A Ripple of Hope

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate the prejudice and racism that has existed in the U.S. for centuries by attending a field trip.  In this equality lesson, students visit the Tolerance Museum and discuss the history of the U.S.  Students...
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Present Perfect in Context

For Students 5th - 10th
In this present perfect tense worksheet, students identify the tense used in the sentences indicated by the context. Students complete 6 problems.
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The Growth of Islam

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders gain insight into the daily lives of Muslims and to develop empathy for them by studying the Islamic world and creating presentations.
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The Trial

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students, in pairs, explore the perception of guilt and innocence as it relates to a crime.
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Evaluating Informaton Quality

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the concept of the quality of information that is used to conduct research. They begin to conceive the differences between information that is fact or fiction. Students write a critique of an information source...
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GeoSleuth Schoolyard

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars discover that geology is something that is all around them. In groups, they participate in an activity in which they collect evidence and make observations. They solve a "murder mystery" in examining the history of a...
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Deterction and Escape Board Game

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders develop a fire safety plan using a board game. Using a set of consequence cards, 2nd graders discuss the importance of staying away from fire. They use their experience with the board game to develop a fire safety escape...
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What Does Korean Literature Reveal About War?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are exposed to a wide variety of war related literature in order to comprehend the influence of conflict upon the lives of the Korean people. The information is used to complete a research report.
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Portrait Dectectives

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a portrait that describes their culture.
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Groundwater Pollution Site Assessment

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students study how a geologist examines a hazardous waste spill using an actual site. They use site data to map the spill, find its source and determine how fast the spill is spreading.
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Historians Interpret Sources

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students read excerpts from the historian Conover Hunt writing about John F. Kennedy and from primary source documents using the handout: Historical Sources and Historians. Students discuss and identify source types, evaluate sources,...
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The Hantavirus Haunting: Solving the Case

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in research about the hantavirus. They use a variety of resources to obtain information. Students distinguish the differences between hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, hantavirus transmission, and hantavirus prevention.
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Cracking Catlins's Code

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners create a chart comparing visual clues with artistic meaning. This lesson plan is designed to introduce students to the ways in which consistent patterns of gesture and pose chosen by an artist (specifically George Catlin)...
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" by Arthur Conan Doyle

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the full text of the short story "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes.
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Jc Online: Brincanda De Detetive

For Students 3rd - 8th
Short, illustrated children's detective stories collected by the well-known "Jornal do Comercio," a Brazilian periodical. Read the stories online and see if you can help Inspector Arruda solve the mysteries.
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Better Lesson: Word Detective

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
In this activity, students will become word detectives to find spelling patterns in a story, and then sort the words they find according to the patterns. This "word detective" will become a favorite independent activity throughout the...
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Read Write Think: Becoming History Detectives Using Shakespeare's Secret

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Is the case closed on the authorship of Shakespeare's plays? Student history detectives explore the evidence for and against one of the possible alternatives, Edward deVere, using the novel Shakespeare's Secret plus a variety of online...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Gothic Undercurrents: Edgar Allan Poe

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography features Edgar Allan Poe who introduced the genre of horror and mystery to literature in the nineteenth century with stories such as "The Raven."
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Blackdog Media

Classic Reader: John Thorndyke's Cases by R. Austin Freeman

For Students 9th - 10th
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. First published in 1909, one work is the short story collection entitled John Thorndyke's Cases. This detective story collection was written by R. Austin Freeman.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Just the Facts, Ma'am

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students read The Web Files by Margie Palatini and use the format to write three-scene detective stories of their own. Teacher instructions, student instructions, and student writing samples are provided, as well as an interactive...

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