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Communication and Listening Skills

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students explore the attributes of effective communication. In this communication instructional activity, students determine how to effectively send and receive messages as they role-play the process.
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Digging Up The Facts

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research environmental issues. In this environmental lesson plan, students use the Internet to research an environmental problem and list ten facts about it. Students write a summary of facts.
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Money Smart Teens

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners plan positive goals for spending resources and understand why not to spend. In this financial planning lesson plan, students set up personal spending plans based on their resources and their long term plans. Learners plan for...
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Story Telling: Chill Out

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore story telling. In this story telling lesson, students listen to classic campfire horror stories and prepare a storyboard organizer for an original scary story. Students share their story with the class.
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When in Rome

For Teachers 4th
Students study the Roman history and culture. In this Roman history lesson, students complete seven different lessons to help them learn about Roman myths, gods and goddesses, and history.
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Unearthing the Secrets of the Garden

For Teachers 5th
Students analyze the literary class, The Secret Garden. In this literature unit lesson, students complete a unit of activities to help them with their reading comprehension of the book The Secret Garden. Students complete webs,...
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Adjectives Ending in -ing and -ed

For Students 5th - 10th
In this online interactive ESL grammar worksheet, students answer 12 fill in the blank questions regarding adjectives that end in -ing and -ed. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Poetry for Home: Homelessness

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners read a poem to learn about homelessness. In this poetry lesson, students make a list of words about their home and then feelings about their home. Learners read the poem 'When I Think Home' and then write their own version of...
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Facing History and Ourselves

Interpreting the Works of Samuel Bak: Interruption

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the works of Holocaust artist Samuel Bak. In this Holocaust lesson plan, students analyze and interpret the works of Bak that feature his first-hand childhood experience of the Holocaust.
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Physical Differences

For Teachers K
Students read the story The Ugly Duckling and discuss how all people are physically different. In this physical differences lesson plan, students read the book and then use flashcards and a hands on activity in order to explore people...
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Social Effects of WWII

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the social effects of World War II on America. In this WWII effects instructional activity, 5th graders read paragraphs about the history of World War II. Students watch a video about the period and formulate...
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Exploring Rhythm in Richard III

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners analyze how the rhythm of how the words are presented affect meaning and tone in scenes from Richard III. In this meaning and tone lesson plan, students analyze dialogue between Lady Anne and Richard and how the rhythm and sound...
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Remembering WWII Through Memorials

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners create memorials for lesser known WWII heroes. In this WWII instructional activity, pupils recognize the efforts of lesser know individuals and groups that contributed to the wartime cause. Learners work in groups to create a...
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Altoona Horseshoe Curve: A Vital Link

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explain the significance of the Horseshoe Curve.  For this railroad lesson students reconstruct elements of a German plot to destroy the Horseshoe Curve. 
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National Gallery of Art: Jackson Pollock

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars paint a picture in the style of Jackson Pollock. In this painting lesson, students learn about Jackson Pollock and the method that he used to create his famous pieces of art. Young scholars use objects other than...
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The Witch of Goingsnake

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students complete literary analysis and writing activities using The Witch of Goingsnake. In this literary analysis lesson, students interpret a proverb, read poems, complete a quaker reading, and complete research for the lesson....
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Cholesterol and Carbohydrates

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this cholesterol and carbohydrates worksheet, students answer multiple choice questions on cholesterol and carbohydrates. Students complete 4 questions.
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Shakespeare's Othello and the Power of Language

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students explore the basis of Iago's persuasive power by analyzing Shakespeare's use of rhetoric and figurative language. In this Othello lesson, students analyze Iago's rhetoric in monologues and dialogues with other characters....
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Thornton Wilder's Our Town: The Reader as Writer

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students read a play and create their own play using Thornton Wilder's Our Townas a resource. For this play lesson, students analyze how theatrical elements contribute to a play's meanings and effects. Students recognize differences...
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He Sees it in His Joy

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students research the importance of play. In this research lesson, students work in pairs and interview each other about their 'play history.' Students take data from the interview and shape it into a play history for the individual....
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Slope Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the relationship between relations and functions. In this algebra lesson, students investigate and find the slope of a line using a graph, 2 points and an equation. They calculate the slope from a set a data points...
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Parts of Speech

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this parts of speech worksheet, students are given words and they choose which part of speech it is. Students complete 9 problems total.
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How does it feel? Why is the Civil Rights Movement so Important?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study the Civil War. In this US history lesson, 5th graders simulate what life was like during the Civil War by having two groups with one group given more materials than the other group. Students then draw a...
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Infusing Equity by Gender into the Classroom: A Handbook of Classroom Practices--See What We've Done

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students research a leader or achiever, prepare a poster, and participate in a panel discussion and role play.  In this contributions by people of diverse backgrounds lesson, students choose a leader and find three resources about...