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Egypt

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This six-week unit encompasses all subjects with a focus study on world history and the development of ancient civilizations. As gifted and talented students dive into the interesting yet challenging topic of Egypt, they...
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Place Value & Picasso

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Place value to the millions is the focus of this math lesson. Third and fourth graders investigate multiple ways to represent a number. They examine place value while studying factual information about Pablo Picasso. Resources are provided.
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A Power Point Slide Show for Third Graders

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore PowerPoint.  In this technology instructional activity, 3rd graders select a topic of interest and follow a guided instructional activity researching their topic.  Students complete storyboards,...
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Poetry Writing

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students read various examples of poetry and create a poetry portfolio. In this poetry writing lesson, students work at their own pace to complete a poetry portfolio with examples of the different poetic forms demonstrated. ...
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Word Wall Activity List

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders perform a variety of activities with a dynamic, ever-changing classroom word wall as outlined in these lessons. They become less dependent on the word wall as the school year progresses.
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Tessellation Lesson Plans

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students in second through eighth grades can fill their imaginations with repeating shapes!
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Exploring Bloom's Taxonomy Through Eric Carle Collage Technique

For Teachers K
Students participate in shared readings of Eric Carle's books and investigate the art and story elements. They create a collage and answer questions.
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Pioneering Children on the Move

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students inquire about life for pioneer children. In this pioneer period lesson, students analyze photographs of children, make information foldables, and create a covered wagon that was typical of the ones of the past. Students will...
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Let Me Tell You About My State

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research one of the 50 U.S. States that they were unfamiliar with.  For this U.S. Geography lesson, 5th graders utilize encyclopedias as well as the Internet to research a chosen U.S. State in order to write a report....
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Cyber Currency, Currently

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the value of currency and how to save and earn interest. In a key lesson, kids even get to purchase items in their classroom's general store. It's a fun way to learn the importance of being financially literate!
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Fighting Corrosion to Save an Ancient Greek Bronze

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Study corrosion on bronze statues with a hands-on lesson. As pupils place a penny in water with salt, they observe the changes in the penny throughout a period of a week. They then analyze the pre-conservation and the...
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Men, Women, and Careers

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Teach young learners that they can have any job they want, no matter their gender! An elementary lesson emphasizes that while some jobs may be more closely associated with men or with women, people of either gender can complete...
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THE TRAVELS OF BABAR: An Adventure in Scale:Conflict Resolution an Safety

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students research new techniques to solving conflicts without violence. Many new vocabulary words are uncovered within this lesson. They discuss Jean de Brunhoff's The Travels of Babar as an example of how a conflict can be resolved in a...
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America Moves Out!

For Teachers 1st
First graders analyze the events of early American exploration. This is a unit resource for teachers in which there are six lessons about the American Western exploration and expansion. Within each instructional activity there are...
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Literacy: Slowly, Slowly, Slowly Said the Sloth

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore language arts by analyzing a children's book in class. In this vocabulary instructional activity, students read the book Slowly, Slowly, Slowly... by Eric Carle. Students identify the characters, setting and plot of the...
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Conflicts and Win-Win Solutions

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine the healthy ways to dealing with conflicts. In this conflict management lesson, students examine what problems lead to conflicts, and how to turn a situation into a win-win. The students utilize a conflict checklist in...
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Publishing a Magazine

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers work collaboratively to create, edit, and publish their own student magazine. The lesson suggests the use of iPhoto, a word processor, iPages, and digital cameras for the creative process.
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How Many Languages do you Speak?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners explore the Tamil language. They listen to parts of a story read in English, Hindi and Tamil. Tamil word cards are matched with their English equivalent. Practice saying basic Tamil words daily within the lesson.
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Corn Cob Painting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore creativity and imagination. In this activity about art, students experiment with different tools used for creating prints. Students use ears of corn with kernels and without kernels, tempera paint, paper plates for the...
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Where are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students understand what it means when an animal is extinct. In this dinosaur instructional activity, students create dinosaur dioramas showing their habitat and what in their environment might make them become extinct. students pay...
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Lincoln Theme--Gettysburg

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the significance of the Gettysburg Address. In this United States history lesson, 5th graders listen to a Gettysburg Address recording and look at photos of the battlefield. Students discuss their observations and...
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Nursery Rhyme Modernization

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students retell a nursery rhyme updating it and create a video.  In this Movie Maker nursery rhyme lesson, students  use technology to update a nursery rhyme.  Students incorporate special effects, actions, and captured...
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Open Sesame: A Magical World of Reading

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders, through six lessons, study tales of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Aladdin and the Lamp from The Arabian Nights.
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Teaching Selected Poems from Jim Wayne Miller's the Brier Poems

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars explore the basic elements of poetry through Appalachian life poetry. In this poetry lesson plan, students read seven poems from Jim Wayne Miller's the Brier Poems and complete poetry analysis activities for each poem.

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