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Explorers of the New World

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students research explorers and explore how exploration affected the Western Hemisphere; students demonstrate competency in using multimedia encyclopedia and information software, and present PowerPoint presentation to class with two...
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Bag It

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students create a book report in a bag. They include items that explain the elements of the story and share them with the class.
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Fluency in Foreign Language Using iMovie

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners communicate more competently in the language they are studying during oral presentation. They translate movies from their language of study to English. They evaluate correct and incorrect pronunciations and conversations.
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Group Discussion

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students participate in group discussion to problem solve. For this group discussion lesson, students exchange information, opinions and ideas in one of several types of discussion formats. Lesson format works for different...
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It's Raining Meatballs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars participate in activities to determine their macro process and elaborative process abilities. During macro processes readers organize and summarize ideas as they read. They look at the big picture of the entire text as...
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Giving and Receiving Compliments

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students explain why giving sincere compliments is important. In this communication lesson, students describe ways to compliment someone either verbal or nonverbal. They discuss their ideas in class.
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Business writing--Responding to Requests for Information

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students take part in several guided discussions to determine the organization of the information required in a business letter.
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Emily Dickinson: Luminous Letters

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students analyze the dimensions of Emily Dickinson's poetry and persona. In this Emily Dickinson lesson, students read the example letters and analyze a chart of the poems. Students present their findings from the poems in a presentation.
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Who am I ?

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders select a mythical figure. They use the internet, school library or classroom resources to research their selection. Students construct an Inspiration concept web to organize their presentation and then tie in their...
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Cyberbullying

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate internet safety by discussing harassment on the web.  In this cyber safety lesson, students identify the causes and effects of cyber bullying behavior.  Students discuss actions to take if they or their...
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Food and Languages of the World

For Teachers Pre-K
Students explore and notice how foods from different countries of the world are alike and different.  For this food and languages of the world lesson, students examine fruit and bread from a variety of countries around the world....
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Sarkozy Suggests Roma ‘Should be Sent to Luxembourg’

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine the role of Nicholas Sarkozy in the European Union. In this European Union ESL lesson, 10th graders read an article and answer guided questions. Students participate in a radio conversation on what they have read....
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Racy Readers

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discover how to become more fluent when they read. Individually, they are given a notecard with a specific colored dot and read their selection based on emotion represented by the dot. To end the lesson, they participate in a...
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Word Bank; Theater

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students are given a word bank relating to theater. In this word bank lesson, students are introduced to a list of words and their definitions. Students then build their vocabulary regarding theatrical concepts.
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Are Exams a Waste of Time?

For Students 7th - 9th
In this test taking strategies instructional activity, students, with a partner, to discuss and complete a variety of questions associated with exams and an English test.
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Infusing Equity by Gender into the classroom

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine equality. In this civics lesson, students appoint committees for various offices then model a mock committee/application process in the classroom, followed by a discussion of whether equity was achieved or not and why.
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Forget It!

For Students 7th - 9th
In this discussion worksheet, students, with a partner, examine, study, discuss and complete a variety of activities associated with good and bad memories.
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Learn French - MindSnacks

For Students 1st - Higher Ed
Bien sûr this is a great app! Your French language learners will want to snatch up a tablet and practice their vocabulary all the time. With nine entertaining games, the app will teach pupils necessary vocabulary and phrases in a...
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Spanish Diminutives, Augmentatives, and More…

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Teach your kiddies how to create diminutives and augmentatives in Spanish. They'll soon be adding -ito and -ita to every noun they can! Diminutives and augmentatives are much more common in Spanish, so there are many examples included...
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Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices by Paul Fleischman

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Do your young readers know that poems can be performed as a team? They listen to a few examples from Paul Fleischman's book Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices, paying attention to how the how readers work together....
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Treasure Hunters

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils design an on campus treasure hunt to find various architectural vocabulary words which they then create definitions for on the blog page on the Environmental Design website.
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How to Practice Sensitivity When Teaching About the Lottery

For Teachers Higher Ed
To some, a simple game of chance might be considered a sin, or even something downright evil.
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Communtiy Medical Facilities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe various medical facilities and the services they provide. Working in pairs, students research and list the location and telephone number of community medical facilities and the services they provide. Independently,...
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Who Is Responsible For Repairs?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discuss household problems that may be eligible for repair by their landlord. As a class, students discuss the portions of their lease that require their landlord to repair damages and which damages they may be responsible for...