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Cultural Capital

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the adaptation and acculturation of immigrant groups in the United States. They create culture capsules aimed at preserving the cultural heritage of new peoples in American society.
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Quiz--Conditional #4

For Students 4th - 5th
In this completing sentences worksheet, students complete 17 sentences by filling in 26 blanks with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses.
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Men in Black: Activity Worksheets

For Students 4th - 5th
In this set of activity worksheets for the story, Men In Black, students complete a total of 23 questions: short answer, word order, matching and true/false. Worksheets are followed by a 9 question assessment.
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Reasons to Settle in America

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students complete a research project.  In this American History lesson, students work in groups to research reasons that people wanted to settle in America.  Students record the information, share what they found and write down...
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Create Your Own Ad

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the elements of advertising. They analyze the format and structure of advertisements. They develop awareness of advertising techniques and explain that media messages and products are composed of a series of separate...
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Capitalization

For Teachers 4th - 7th
In this capitalization learning exercise, students learn about when to capitalize words in sentence writing and when not to. They then use what they learned to answer 12 questions. The answers are on the last page.
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Reading on the Farm

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study farm life. In this writing lesson plan, 2nd graders listen to "Pigaroo" and write their own story about farm life.
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Preliminary information

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop reading strategies: inferring meaning from context. They work together in order to negotiate the meaning of the various vocabulary items. Students predict the personality of the main character in each of the books.
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Healthy Living: Diversity of Learners

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are drawn to those activities that are in line with their individual intelligences. They use classroom computers to find fruits and their names in other languages. Once a fruit is identified, students practice saying the name of...
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Dia de la Raza - What is El Dia de la Raza?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars research and write about Christopher Columbus, his voyages, and his impact on the Native Americans. In this Christopher Columbus instructional activity, students work at stations where they learn vocabulary, perform...
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Spicy Hot Colors

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate the book Spicy Hot Colors. In this colors lesson, 2nd graders experiment mixing paint and creating different colors. Students make text to world connections and record their responses and draw pictures.
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Hmmm-What is Philanthropy?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop an understanding of philanthropy through definition and actions. Students to get to know themselves and their classmates by engaging in activities imbedded in this lesson. They investigate the types of philanthropic...
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Skippyjon Jones Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students meet an imaginative Siamese kitten pretends to be a Chihuahua when he is in time-out. In this Skippyjon Jones lesson plan, students develop an understanding of different cultures. They understand different dialects and...
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Heroes Here and There

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the concept of philanthropic heroes. In this everyday heroes lesson, students compare and contrast media and famous heroes with everyday heroes. Learners discuss heroes in small groups and then come together in large...
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What's the Big Idea? 1

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing the common subject for groups of words instructional activity, students read groups of words and write a good title for each list. Students write 12 short answers.
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ESL/EFL Lesson Plan - Longevity Blood Tests - By Sean Banville

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students read the article Blood Test Predicts When You'll Die. In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the article and complete a variety of activities. They work individually and in pairs to complete questions dealing with...
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World Food Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Food Day worksheet, learners complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, multiple choice, spelling, sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions,...
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Revising Paragraphs With Excessive Coordination

For Students 9th - 11th
In this grammar worksheet, students rewrite two paragraphs using various sentence structures to make each paragraph more coherent and interesting.
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Tequila's New Sunrise

For Students 5th
In this editing/proofreading activity, 5th graders read and proofread the text "Tequila's New Sunrise" for spelling mistakes. Students correct each spelling mistake they find.
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The Roadmap to the Jewish Golden Age of Spain

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover, through analysis of media and of primary source historical documents, how Jews achieved high levels of assimilation and acceptance under Islamic rule during the Golden Age of Spain, from the tenth to the twelfth century.
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THE LITTLE RED HEN - A TALE OF COOPERATION

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore how much pleasure reading can bring, explain the concept of "story sequence", "re-tell" a story through art, and read other folktales.
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Building the Foundation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners understand the purpose of the judicial branch of government. In this judiciary lesson, students participate in exercises to understand how the court system works. Learners complete activity sheets to develop understanding of...
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Digital Compass

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Time to make some real world decisions in an interactive digital citizenship game. Choose a story and help the characters make the right decisions regarding Internet safety, cyberbullying, copyright, media literacy, appropriate online...
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Present Perfect Simple or Continuous

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss and analyze the differences between the present perfect simple and present perfect continuous forms from a clear context and develop the skill of noticing word stress, weak forms of auxiliaries.