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The Power of Words Anti-Semitism and Hate Speech
Learners investigate words associated with Anti-Semitism and hate. They view and discuss a video about teaching tolerance focusing on language usage.
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What's an Ecotect?
Learners develop creative thinking skills that will help them in future jobs. In this investigative lesson plan students select from a list of job titles, get into groups and make up job descriptions for them.
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The History of Thanksgiving Day
Third graders study the history of Thanksgiving. In this holiday lesson plan, 3rd graders read about the history of Thanksgiving, complete vocabulary activities, and write a journal entry from the point of view of someone who lived...
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What Can You Do With Money?
Students watch a Biz Kidz video about money, learn what they can do with money, and fill out worksheets on what they learn. Students learn about spending, saving, donating, and investing.
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Income and Expenses
Students discuss income and expenses. In this lesson on money, students define income and expenses, after whith they keep track of their income and expense transactions on a basic ledger.
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Dining Out in Brazil
Learn about Brazilian food and pick up some Portuguese vocabulary along the way. After studying the vocabulary, class members complete the provided worksheets. They then work in pairs to write sentences and play a vocabulary game as a...
Pimsleur
Brazilian Weather & Clothes
What's the weather like today? Make sure your pupils can respond in Portuguese by teaching them the vocabulary in this lesson. Class members talk about seasons and vocabulary, complete worksheets on climate and clothing, and participate...
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Computers: Caught in the Web
Young scholars conduct Internet research about various websites noting the design and appearance of them. Working in small groups, they compare and contrast the sites and share their opinions of them with classmates. They also examine...
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Branding Circles, Squares, Rectangles, Triangles
Compare and classify 2-D shapes! Kindergarteners inspect the attributes of plane shapes and examine shapes in everyday life. They label the circles, squares, rectangles, and triangles they find. This is the website where you can find the...
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What's Your Thing? Self-Esteem, Peer Support
Students explore their personal strengths. After participating in group discussions, students list verbs that describe their talents. They observe a commercial describing characteristics and talents. Students create their own mini-talent...
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Pronunciation: Practicing Stress and Intonation
Students practice pronunciation of their words and when to stress certain words when speaking. They practice with sentences given to them by the teacher.
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Take Charge of Your Financial Future
Students discuss Biz Kids understanding that it is a program to help people become financially educated. In this mathematics activity, students view an episode and discuss what they would do if given various situations like going out or...
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Amnesty:More Than A Word
Young scholars examine two advertisements, both of which claimed a 2007 immigration reform bill would provide "amnesty" to illegal immigrants. They research a bill and check the accuracy of advertising claims. Afterward, they write their...
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Feed The Whole Class
Students solve word problems and determine quotients of fractions and mixed numbers. They practice multiplying fractions by increasing a recipe found on a food website. In addition, they increase the numbers to feed the whole class a...
Channel Islands Film
Dark Water: Lesson Plan 3 - Grades 6-12
After watching the documentary Dark Water about a traditional Chumash ceremony and reading a Chumash origin story, viewers are asked to create a coat of arms and to craft an essay that details a family tradition or their own origin story.
School Improvement in Maryland
Affirmative Action
Do the government's affirmative action policies promote equity in the United States? The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution and affirmative action policies come under scrutiny in an activity that asks class members to...
Texas Education Agency (TEA)
Byzantine Architecture
View Byzantine architecture from the comfort of your classroom. A PowerPoint presentation introduces important vocabulary terms and examples of Byzantine architecture in the ninth lesson of the 11-part series. A Jeopardy game reviews...
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Holidays in Lands Far Away - Boxing Day
A lesson on the holiday known as Boxing Day is here for you. In it, middle schoolers read a passage about the history of the holiday, then complete some reading comprehension worksheets embedded in the plan to reinforce what they have...
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Writing Summaries
Students read short excerpts of material and are challenged to write a coherent summary of seventy words. They monitor their work for correct word limits and present their summaries to the class.
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Preparing for the FCE
Pupils prepare for the FCE exam by reviewing grammar problems and questions posed on previous assessments.
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Collaborative Story Writing
Students participate in a collaborative story writing activity. In small groups, students each write three sentences, adding on to the story when it is their turn, then peer-editing the story and presenting it to the class.
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Blackboard Baseball
Students create review questions and answers based on information they have been studying, then play a review baseball game.
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What is a Museum? The Musee' d'Orsay
Students read paragraphs and study pictures to learn about museums and in particular the Musee' d'Orsay. In this museum study lesson, students study the range of activities found in a museum and the characteristics common to all museums....
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The Ups and Downs of don Pasquale: Mapping the Emotional Journey of Characters in Don Pasquale
Students listen to and retell the story of Don Pasquale. They evaluate the emotions of the main characters. Students create a graph of the emotions of Don Pasquale.