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Lorraine Hansberry's "A Raisin in the Sun"
Students translate the print based content of the play by utilizing mixed media skills to communicate an argument. In this play translation lesson, students analyze and translate the play A Raisin in the Sun and explore themes from the...
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Using Infinitives In Context
In this using infinitives in context worksheet, learners read an article containing infinitives, then interactively complete 8 sentences with immediate online feedback.
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Missing May
In this Missing May worksheet, students read the book Missing May and answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 17 questions.
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English Exercises: Present Perfect Exercises
In this online interactive English worksheet, students respond to 10 fill in the blank questions that require them to use verbs appropriately. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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How many cards do we need to display the dates of the month on the wall?
Students determine how many number cards are needed to display the dates of the month. In this place value notation lesson plan, students write numbers on blank cards to see how many are needed of each number to makes all the...
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Do You Know Deborah Sampson?
Fifth graders apply information about Deborah Sampson to create a Jeopardy type game. In this Deborah Sampson lesson, 5th graders read information text about the Revolutionary War Patriot before using the information to develop questions...
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Circus Lesson
Students take part in group entertainment activities. In this circus lesson, students discuss their own memories of a circus and conduct several activities such as juggling scarves and creating balloon animals. Students discuss why...
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Isabel Allende
In this famous leaders learning exercise, students read a passage about Isabel Allende and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze,...
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Meeting our Basic Needs
Learners brainstorm the basic needs of the community and create a chart. In this volunteerism lesson, students recognize people in the community who have given charity in the community. Learners read biographies of these charitable...
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Cemetery Art And Architecture Detectives
Middle schoolers investigate the architecture found in cemeteries in order to separate different time periods of distinct design. The use of examples helps them to recognize the design in correlation to its time. The lesson is delivered...
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Tony Bennett VH1 Storytellers for VH1 Save the Music
Students explore what messages lyrics give to their listeners. They use music from Tony Bennett and the Backstreet Boys.
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What Lies Beneath
Students conduct Internet research on the history and archaeological excavations at historical Jamestown. They explore various websites, and develop a Powerpoint presentation to present to the class.
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Education and the Founding of the Academies
Students learn the importance of education in pre- and post-Revolutionary Deerfield.
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Remember the Bridge: Poems of a People
Fifth graders explore poems of African Americans. They research a famous African American, write a report, create a timeline of events in African American history, create a map of the New World, and research Molly Walsh. After...
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Global Water Cycle & Heat Flow
Students experiment to discover how different variables affect the water cycle. They do hat flow experiments and construct a computer heat flow model.
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Writing Ghost Stories Using Encounter With a Skull As a Model
Students explore the elements of a ghost story and cautionary tales. The story, "Encounter With a Skull" is read and used as a model for their own story creations. The values and belief systems of various cultures are examined.
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Time Train
Students are read a short book "Time Train" by Paul Fleischman. Using the text, they identify the clues to let them know the train is traveling back in time. They make a time line of the trip and make a cutout of meat-eating and...
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Betty Ford: One Day at a Time
Pupils view a video about Betty Ford and how her candid admission of her own battles with addiction has enabled others to face their own addictions. She has done the same for breast cancer, since she was First Lady of the US.
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Results In On Mock Election
Students examine the two presidential candidates in 2000, and identify their own stance on campaign issues. They create fictional candidates that represent their beliefs, and write campaign speeches from their point of view.
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U.S. History: The Second Great Migration
Students examine the migration of rural African Americans to northern cities following World War !!. After predicting the effects of cultural and economic factors, they write essays explaining the impact of migration on communities and...
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A Childhood View of the Great Depression in Arkansas
Eighth graders identify the causes for the Great Depression of 1929 and see the effects of the depression, the Great Flood, and the drought in Arkansas through the eyes of a child.
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Heavy Equipment
Students study the names of heavy equipment and the order it is used at a construction site. They chose a favorite piece of equipment and discuss their choice.