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Annenberg Foundation

Taming the American West

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Have you ever seen a movie about the romance of the American West with its buffalo, horses, cowboys, and endless frontier? The 13th installment of a 22-part series on American history presents the myths associated with the American West....
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Judicial Learning Center

Your Day in Court

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Whether out of choice or necessity, people want to know what will happen on a typical day in court. A helpful lesson walks scholars in the field of criminology through the trial process from opening statements to the final verdict. 
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Facing History and Ourselves

Justice After the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Though there could be no true justice for the horrors of the Holocaust, many of those responsible for crimes against humanity were found guilty in the eyes of the law. Using primary and secondary sources in the 16th installment of a...
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Little White Bear Studios

TanZen - Relaxing Tangram Puzzles

For Students 3rd - 12th
An ancient puzzle game meets a modern implementation. Challenge mathematicians of all ages with this mind-bending geometric puzzle game. 
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National Wildlife Federation

It's a Green Revolution: An Introduction to Eco-Schools USA

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Eco-schools is a project of the National Wildlife Federation and empowers schools to manage their schools with a green focus. Scholars work to define environment and sustainability and springboard this into learning the eight...
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Curated OER

THE GRINCH, SANTA, AND THE CHIMNEY SWEEPERS

For Teachers K - 12th
Students learn aerobic endurance through game play.
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Making $ents

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete several activities that give them opportunities to practice and model strategies that help them count money. They read The Penny Pot storybook; they play a trading game with various coins. They participate in a...
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Lord of the Flies

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students participate in a panel discussion to decide who was responsible for each development on the island. In this Lord of the Flies lesson, students divide into groups supporting Jack and Ralph with a third group acting as...
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All's Fair in Sport And Competition

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students design a physical activity contest or game that has no cultural or gender biases which includes an assessment that ranks competitors according to the competitors abilities. They participate in and evaluate the newly designed...
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Curated OER

Rewrite History Role Play: Make Your Own Treaty

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a new treaty to maintain peace with the Casco Bay Conference. They discuss the wars between 1675 and 1763 and work in groups to conduct a peace conference. They prepare for the conference and create a new treaty. They...
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Three Division Games

For Students 7th - 9th
In this division games worksheet, students play games of "cut and choose," last diminisher and sealed bids. Instructions for each game are given and are designed so that fair share is always won in spite or irrational playing.
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Problem-Solving Application: Use Probability

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this spinner probability worksheet, students read one story problem about a spinner game and how fair it is. Students answer 4 short answer questions about solving this problem.
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Understanding Procedural Justice

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners analyze the concept of procedural justice. In this judges in the classroom instructional activity, students role play the ways the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights established certain procedures to protect people from...
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Probability: The Study of Chance

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners practice the basic principles of probability by conducting an experiment, determining if a game is fair, collecting data, interpreting data, displaying data, conducting analysis, and stating and applying the rule for probability.
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Tic, Tac, Toe - Taking Turns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners play the game of tic-tac-toe and practice taking turns while playing the game. In this taking turns lesson plan, students use mouse cards to play the game.
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At War With Multiplication

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students play the card game War using basic multiplication facts. They take a multiplication quiz following the game.
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Fun in the Sun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn about safe summertime play and responsibility. In this Clifford-themed lesson plan, students read Clifford Keeps Cool, use a time line to discuss the story, and participate in a summertime picnic activity.
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The Mayflower Compact: Freedom Contract

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read historical documents. In this freedom lesson, students discuss the freedoms they have, such as whom to play with at recess, and how the pilgrims must have felt when they landed in America. Students read The Mayflower...
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Teaching a Current Event

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discuss current events. In this decision making lesson, students work to solve how an issue in their classroom should be solved by using a six-step discussion procedure. They work as a class to come up with a fair way to solve a...
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The Mayflower Compact-Freedom Contract

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the main goal of the Pilgrims and the first amendment of the Constitution. They read and discuss "The Mayflower Compact," role-play excerpts of the reading, and write a journal entry.
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Literature Board Games

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create board games out of pieces of literature they have read. They work together to develop rules and elements of the game. They are to use as many elements of the story as possible. They play each game as a class.
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Credit to the Nation: Human Rights Cards

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine the lives of refugees. In this human rights instructional activity, students use the provided refugee cards to play games that require them to learn details about the lives of the refugees. 
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Curated OER

U.S. History: Industrialization and Entrepreneurship

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders investigate industrialization and explain how laissez-faire policies influenced entrepreneurship. On bubble maps, 11th graders locate causes of industrialization. In an activity/demonstration, students role-play as...
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I Have Emotions

For Teachers K - 4th
Pupils read books and discuss different emotions that they have. In this emotions lesson plan, students make different facial expressions to that express specific emotions and role play emotions.

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