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Golda Meir: Israeli Political Leader

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete readings and mini-lectures to explore the life of Golda Meir, Israeli leader. They study her biography, discuss their research, write response journals and compare her government with its US counterpart.
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Hickory Dickory Dock

For Teachers K
Students use the Hickory Dickory Dock nursery rhyme to learn about rhyme, telling time, and preposition use. In this nursery rhyme instructional activity, students read the nursery rhyme daily and complete a Mother Goose quiz. Students...
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Grammar Review for Grade 4 (4.5)

For Teachers 4th
In this grammar review for grade 4 (4.5) worksheet, 4th graders answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format about grammar.
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I Have a Dream...

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the dream of Martin Luther King, Jr. In this civil rights instructional activity, students utilize their computer skill as they compose "I have a dream" statements.
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Where Is It?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice their writing skills for describing place and location using prepositions. They find hidden objects and report to a recorder the exact directions for finding that object. Recorders write the directions.
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Advanced Synonyms and Antonyms- Multiple Choice Verbs 5

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Improve word choice and vocabulary skills with a straightforward grammar worksheet. As young readers observe the highlighted words for 12 multiple-choice questions, they choose the best synonym or antonym for each.
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Beginning Synonyms and Antonyms-Multiple Choice-Adjectives

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Supply your ELL classroom with this worksheet exploring synonyms and antonyms for popular adjectives. First they choose the best synonym listed for the words final, great, tired, tiny, merry, and unhappy. Then they choose the best...
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Theater Lesson: Modify My Action

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars engage in a lesson that is about the meaning of a verb or adverb. They perform sketches with the subject matter of the words. The goal is for the actors to show the meaning of the verb or adverb with an action.
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Complex Sentences Made Easy

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Take the complexity out of writing complex sentences. Young writers practice taking two ideas and putting them together to make a complex sentence. Create a list of subordinating conjunctions to help each individual make better sentences.
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Cartoon Stories

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
All ages love to engage in cartoon writing –- little do they know that they actually learn quite a bit from it! In an instructional session focused on literacy syntax and vocabulary, your pupils work cooperatively to draw six pictures...
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Editing Marks, Part 1

For Teachers K - 2nd
Dander from the show Twisted Whiskers and characters from My Little Pony are featured in this three part lesson that explores using story pyramids to scaffold ideas, adding sensory details to enrich writing, and editing using common...
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Describe and Compare: Teacher Edition

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Note: This is the teacher's guide to Pimsleur's French instructional activity called "Describe & Compare." The guide discusses the instructional activity's purpose, objectives, and designed learning outcomes. It presents information...
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Film English

Father and Son

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Explore word relationships and the relationships between people with an interesting lesson. Learners practice pairing words that typically go together and write brief narratives using these words. They then go through a similar process,...
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Social Security: 3 Day Lesson

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
What does social security reveal about the political and social culture of the 1930s? After beginning with a brief introductory video on the impact of the Great Depression and how various Americans, such as Huey Long and Francis...
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Placing the State of the Union in Historical Context

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the history of the State of the Union addresses and work in groups to analyze one particular speech as a reflection of its times. They compare modern State of the Union speeches to those given in the past.
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The Clause That Refreshes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students define specialized terminology involving parts of speech. They identify main and subordinate clauses and create complex sentences. They edit and revise writing to incorporate complex sentences and identify parts of speech...
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Write Obama's Inaugural Address

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice their public speaking skills. In this interdisciplinary lesson, students study speeches delivered by Lincoln, Wilson, F. Roosevelt, and Kennedy. Students write the text Obama's inaugural address and...
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How Does Power Affect Conflict?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars use several short stories to analyze different types of power. While discussing the role of power in these short stories, students will practice communication skills essential to conflict transformation, specifically...
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The Full Bodied Romeo

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students put physical movement to the word of Romeo's ozymoronic speech in order to explain the trauma that he is experiencing.
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Eye No the Write Won!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice with synonyms, antonyms, and homophones. After listening to a Berenstain Bears story, 2nd graders utilize worksheets imbedded in this plan to gain practice identifying these parts of speech. A nice lesson!
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Swift Response

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine how matters of national security affect the press' ability to practice free speech. They read and discuss an article regarding the Swift program, discuss opinions about patriotism and the press, and write a letter to the...
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Choices and Commitments: The Soldiers at Gettysburg

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate the Gettysburg Campaign and the major actions for each day of the battle. They read primary source documents, write a diary entry, analyze the Gettysburg Address, and write a persuasive speech regarding an issue in...
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Gerund Recognition Practice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this gerund practice worksheet, students discover what gerunds are as they read an informative lesson. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify gerunds and identify the types of nouns they act as in the...
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Transitive/Intransitive Verb Practice

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this transitive and intransitive verbs practice worksheet, pupils read an informative lesson plan. Students then respond to 10 questions that require them to identify verbs and label them as transitive or intransitive.

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