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Ballet Austin

The History of Modern Dance

For Students 4th - 12th
The evolution of modern dance, and the dance history of many of the key figures in the development of this uniquely American form, are the focus of a 13-page packet that includes photos of revolutionaries.
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Novelinks

The Devil’s Arithmetic: Concept Analysis

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
A helpful guide to Jane Yolen's The Devil's Arithmetic for your literature unit. Use the sections on point-of-view, dramatic irony, and background knowledge, among others, to frame your lessons in an engaging and educational way.
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Core Knowledge Foundation

Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young adventurers embark on a journey, setting sail along the blue ocean with Christopher Columbus. Teachers will find that this unit makes their lesson planning smooth sailing!
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Curated OER

Small European Countries

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the advantages and disadvantages of being a very small European country in today's world. They locate each country on a map using the coordinates, discuss the governments of each country, and develop a list of...
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Curated OER

Homegrown Terror

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate history of domestic terrorism in six European countries; they analyze and write about differences between terrorist acts planned and committed by a country's citizens and those planned by groups or individuals...
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Curated OER

Old Kids From The Bloc

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study about wide scale construction and development in Moscow and its impact on cultural and historic preservation. They research the political, social, economic, and cultural changes in the former Eastern Bloc and create a...
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Curated OER

Immigration into an Urban Industralized Northeast: 1879-1914

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study how three ethnic groups were introduced to urban, industrialize, northern cities. They examine how these groups were greeted and accepted be the 'native born' Americans and how successful they were in assimilating with...
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Curated OER

Food's Altered Ego

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write in their journals where they believe food comes from. After reading an article, they examine the proceses of cultivation and sale of genetically modified foods. Using the internet, they research specific countries and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Why is Florence Boadu Learning How to Grow Pineapples?

For Students 7th - 9th
In this Florence worksheet, students are given sentence strips, which they must arrange into three different categories. Some of these strips can help them answer the question of why she is learning to grow pineapples.
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Curated OER

The Odds of Dying During a Plague

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore plagues in the middle ages. In this social studies lesson, 6th graders examine the impact of deadly plagues on past societies and how the governments were forced to make drastic changes in response to the plagues
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Worksheet
Curated OER

D-Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this D-Day worksheet, students complete activities such as complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled sentences, asking questions,...
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Curated OER

Where Is Rome?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover Ancient Rome through maps and worksheets.  In this world history lesson, 3rd graders locate Rome on a world map and identify the scope of the Roman Empire.  Students label an entire map of Italy after printing one...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Describing A Place - Part I The British Isles

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this describing place worksheet, students label the cardinal and ordinal directions on a compass rose using the drop-down menus. They complete a matching activity by matching an item from column C with one in A and B. They read an...
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Curated OER

The Role Of NATO

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the role of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). For this NATO lesson, students research the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech, and the Berlin airlift and how...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Turkey and EU

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Turkey and EU activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Curated OER

Be a Food Explorer

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover the origins of fruits and vegetables. In this nutrition instructional activity, students research how fruits and vegetables came to the United States via trade routes.  Resources are provided.
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Curated OER

Exploring Switzerland

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research the country of Switzerland using the Internet and other resource materials. A variety of excellent materials are provided.
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Curated OER

Life Prior to Kristallnacht (1933-1938)

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars research the way of life of the Jews before Kristallnacht. Using new vocabulary and resources, they discover how carefree life was before the days of discrimination and antisemitism. In groups, they create a timeline of...
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Curated OER

On The Home Front

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners write their responses to five questions about their home town. After watching an excerpt from "The War", they work together in groups to identify the characteristics of the four towns in the movie into a graphic organizer. ...
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Curated OER

CTBS Usage Practice #2

For Students 8th - 9th
In this CTBS practice worksheet, students identify topic sentences, simple subject, and simple predicate. They also combine multiple sentences and identify sentences that do not belong in a paragraph. Students answer nineteen multiple...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Vikings

For Students 5th - 7th
In this Vikings worksheet, learners read about the Vikings and the Viking Age and then answer the 15 questions in the packet. The answers are on the last page.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Quotation Marks Exercise

For Students 5th - 9th
In this quotation marks worksheet, students must edit sentences for quotation marks and underline words that should be italicized.
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Curated OER

The Titanic Disaster

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the titanic disaster.  In this geography lesson, 7th graders research basic facts about the Titanic.  Students create Titanic scrapbooks. 
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Curated OER

Neanderthals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study Neanderthals. In this Prehistoric life lesson, students investigate two main theories regarding the relationship between Neanderthals and modern man. Students will conduct research through several provided web sites and...

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