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The Battle for San Juan Hill: Santiago, Cuba, July 1, 1898

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders design and create a poster, advertising for recruitment of volunteers to serve with Teddy Roosevelt in the 1st Volunteer Calvary Regiment. Students create a historical newspaper front page, from the time period, which...
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Antonyms

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students encounter words that are antonym pairs with opposite meaning. Students show examples of antonyms to the class. Students increase knowledge of antonym pairs. Students share stories full of antonyms with each other.
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Pass It On: African American Poetry to Inspire Writing

For Teachers K - 8th
Students read through poems in a book called Pass it On. There are 19 poems from famous African American poets contained in the book. The poems are specialized for children and after the children have learned about the author and about...
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The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers read chapter 2 of "White Tigers." They discuss the text in class, and a copy of the translation of the Chinese poem about Mu-Ian. Students read it in class and discuss what goes on in the poem. They complete the...
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American Revolution: Who Am I

For Students 4th - 5th
In this American Revolution worksheet, students read 5 paragraphs, each giving clues about a famous person in the Revolutionary War. Students use a word bank to find the answer.
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"Beowulf"

For Students 9th - 12th
In this literature worksheet, students find the vocabulary terms related to the book of Beowulf. The answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Using a Dictionary- Definitions - Volume 5, #25

For Students 4th - 5th
In this dictionary worksheet, students use a dictionary to help answer 5 multiple choice questions about the meanings of words. Students are asked the meaning, synonym or antonym of a word in bold type.
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Using a Dictionary--Meanings

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this meaning of words learning exercise, students utilize a dictionary to look up four words and choose through multiple choice answers the best definition for each word.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Crossword Puzzle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Martin Luther King, Jr. crossword puzzle worksheet, students read 15 clues about this civil rights activist. Students fit their answers in the puzzle, which has no word bank.
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Cinderella Man Activity Worksheet and Progress Test

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Cinderella Man activity and progress test worksheet, students respond to a total of 22 short answer, multiple choice, matching, true/false, and fill in the blank questions pertaining to Cinderella Man.
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Rosa Parks Dies

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars read a story called Civil Rights Leader Rosa Parks Diesand answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events Rosa Parks lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions,...
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Using Verbs

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online interactive grammar instructional activity, students respond to 24 multiple choice questions that require them to identify verbs in a reading selection.
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Theatre: Oral Traditions

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate cultural traditions. In this multi-cultural lesson, students discuss various cultures and research their traditions.
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Getting-to-Know-You List Poem

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars construct a list poem. In this poetry lesson, students discuss their likes and dislikes and summarize their thoughts into a list poem.
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Knights and Dragons Cloze Activity

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this knights and dragons cloze activity activity, students read a 4 paragraph selection and fill in the blanks with words from the provided word bank.
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Hercules Crossword Puzzle

For Students 4th - 8th
In this Hercules crossword puzzle instructional activity, learners use the 15 clues to identify the correct terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Theseus and the Minotaur Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Theseus and the Minotaur crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 12 clues to identify the correct terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Jason and the Argonauts

For Students 4th - 5th
In this character analysis worksheet, students review eleven different characters after reading a story called "Jason and the Golden Fleece". Students choose a word out of the character box and a word out of the action box in order to...
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Jason and the Argonauts

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this making words worksheet, students make words from the letters in the word "argonauts". Students make as many words as they can, and are given 14 clues to words.
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Jason and the Argonauts crossword

For Students 4th - 8th
In this Jason and the Argonauts learning exercise, students fill in a crossword that deals with the mythical story of Jason and the Argonauts. Students fill in 47 clues for the crossword.
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Core Book Guide for The Upstairs Room

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read "The Upstairs Room" and participate in literature analysis regarding justice. In this Holocaust Literature lesson, students read a short story and discuss critical thinking questions. Students write journal entries and...
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Comparing African, American, and European Folktales

For Teachers K - 1st
Students find compare an African, Native American, and European folktale. In this folktale lesson plan, students listen to three different folktales before finding the similarities and differences in them. They complete a worksheet of...
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Reading: The Ancient Olympic Games

For Students 5th - 6th
For this reading for information worksheet, learners read a one page text about the ancient Olympic games. Students answer 9 true and false questions.
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Definition Practice

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this definition activity, students match the definition in column b with the words in column a. Students match 12 definitions to their words.