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Extemporaneous Speeches

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars analyze current events and write and deliver extemporaneous speeches to the class. They define and discuss extemporaneous speeches, conduct research and deliver their speech, and participate in a peer evaluation of...
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Retelling the Main Event in Sequence

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students practice retelling the main ideas of a story in sequential order. For this story retelling lesson, students listen attentively to a story. They learn a song as they listen that helps them review the main ideas of the story as...
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Words In The News: Luxury Cars in China

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students read and write about current events. They observe pictures of cars and order them from least expensive to most expensive. After discussing luxury cars, students read articles about luxury cars in China. From their reading,...
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Treading Lightly on Flag-Waving

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the impact of world events on past Olympics as a springboard for understanding the cultural, political, and social climate surrounding the 2002 Winter Olympics after the events of September 11, 2001.
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What We Read About

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine current events and create an artistic image that portrays the feelings brought forth by these readings.
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Sense of Sight Lesson

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students sequence what they saw in the book Maisy's Nature Walk. In this sequencing lesson plan, the teacher reads the book and the children listen and observe. Once the book is read, the students have to sequence what Maisy saw on her...
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American Justice: The Texas Cheerleader Plot

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students watch a video about one woman who planned to commit murder because of a cheerleading scandal.
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Words In The News--Chissano Wins Prize For Good African Leadership

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read, discuss and derive vocabulary words from current events. After discussing the rigors of competition and personal experiences, students read about a prize for good African leadership. In groups, they research other...
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Timeline of 9/11

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners explore the series of events that cumulated in the events of September 11, 2001. They understand the importance of the events of September 11, 2001 and the effect on US history. They createa timeline utilizing photos and visual...
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A Day in the Life of Me

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students respond to the text, A Day in the Life of Me. In this literature activity, students discuss the sequence of events in the story and write simple sentences with a sketch of each important event.
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What Is It?

For Teachers 3rd
 Students explore the likelihood of events.  In this logical thinking lesson, 3rd graders are given several scenarios and determine whether the possibility of the described event actually happening is likely, unlikely, or...
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What do you know about your town?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars create a PowerPoint about the community they live in now and long ago. In this community lesson plan, students fill out graphic organizers about town events that have happened and create timelines as well.
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Our Savage Planet in the News

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Young scholars research volcanoes, storms, atmospheric conditions, etc., find information and collect facts, create a simulation of a science news broadcast, watch a video clip of an avalanche, and create an artistic rendering of one...
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My Life Timeline

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate their own lives by creating a timeline. In this personal history instructional activity, 2nd graders define the important events in their lives and how they have influenced their time afterwards. Students...
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The Little Rock Central High Crisis

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders identify the events that led to the Little Rock Central High Crisis. They observe and explain the causes and affects of the Little Rock Central High Crisis.
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Adding and Subtracting Rational Numbers to Solve Problems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of probability.  In this probability instructional activity, students use area to determine probability.  Students use charts and spinners to help determine the probability of events such as...

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