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Mirrors and How They Reflect
Young scholars experiment with mirrors. In this Mirrors and How They reflect lesson plan, students read how mirrors reflect light. Then young scholars perform over ten experiments and record their conclusions about mirrors and...
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"I Have a Dream"
Students examine the role Martin Luther King Jr. played in America's history and what life was like in the 1960's. They watch and discuss an online video about the childhood of Martin Luther King, Jr. and the holiday enacted in his...
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Teaching Ethical Situations
Learners use journalism ethics standards to learn how to write ethically correct news stories. In this journalism and ethics instructional activity, students review journalism standards for ethics. Learners use the standards as they...
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Lesson One: The Historian's Craft
Young scholars examine a fairy tale villain (such as the wolf from the Three Little Pigs or the Wicked Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz). Next, they complete a worksheet considering the challenges presented by historical resources.
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Positive Future Fair Project
Ninth graders view the film "Pay It Forward" and discuss what kind of public campaign is needed to move people to positive action. They consider different ways of presenting information (graphs, visual displays, etc.) as tools for...
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Lessons to be Learned: The Importance of Attribution, Accuracy, and Honesty
Students investigate real world examples of media law issues. In this media law instructional activity, students read Janet Cooke’s feature and respond to the writing. Students read articles by Stephen Glass to highlight facts...
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Probability
Second graders experiment with probability. In this probability lesson, 2nd graders pick colored beans from a bag to find the chance of getting different colors. They make fair and unfair spinners and record the data after spinning...
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Understanding Procedural Justice
Students analyze procedural justice by identifying unfair decisions by ruler in play, stating procedural guarantees that a Bill of Rights should include, and comparing their list of guarantees to those provided by the U.S. Constitution...
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Renaissance: Rebirth to Revolution
Sixth graders use a variety of resources to research the Middle Ages and Renaissance over a nine-week period. Working in cooperative teams, they become experts on specific topics. Students hold a Renaissance Faire and role-play as...
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Parents Hand Out Unusual Punishments
Students discuss how they are disciplined at home, then read a news article about some unusual punishments given to children. For this current events lesson, the teacher introduces the article with a discussion and vocabulary activity,...
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Disc Golf
Learners practice the skill of throwing a Frisbee while playing the game of disc golf.
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Priceless Gifts
Students explore the concepts of friendship. In this character education lesson, students read the book Priceless Gifts and discuss friendship. Students illustrate a picture of them doing something nice for a friend and connect the...
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Democracy in Action: Everyday Farmers
Students experiment with a situation as if they were farmers in a co-op. In this democratic decision making lesson, students role-play as farmers that are members of a co-op and a have a serious decision to make about spreading their...
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Music Technology: Adding a Voice to a Cartoon
Students add their voice to a cartoon character and review sound waves using music technology software. They record specific information into the computer using a microphone and import their voice into the Flash program and apply it to...
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Civil War and Beyond
Sixth graders play a game. In this Civil War lesson, 6th graders discuss the beginnings of the Civil War and define vocabulary words associated with the war such as abolitionist and Emancipation Proclamation. Students play a...
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The Nature of Chemical Change: Acting Out an Example
Students identify the signs that a chemical reaction took place. In this chemistry activity, students role play the movement of different molecules of matter. They classify matter according to their properties.
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Because of Winn-Dixie
Students complete a variety of activities related to the book "Because of Winn-Dixie" by Kate DiCamillo. They create a scrapbook of the characters in the book, play a reading comprehension maze game, and participate in an online...
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Self Esteem
Learners consider the innate goodness of all people and the role self esteem plays in making decisions. They participate in a group role play about drug use and self esteem and answer discussion questions about the characters.
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Choose Your Toy
In this decision-making worksheet, learners choose 1 out of 6 toys for a young boy. Students match 7 vocabulary terms to their proper definitions. Learners fill in 3 blanks in 2 sentences. Students complete a variety of assignments about...
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The Polls
Learners obtain how polls are conducted. They differentiate between scientific and non-scientific poll. They analyze the role that polls play in an election.
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Learning Opportunities around the World
Students discover how education effects them and their community in a positive way. In this community lesson, students engage in a class discussion about the benefits of public education and play "community I-Spy."
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Heroes
Students demonstrate racial awareness. In this diversity lesson, students read the book Heroes by Ken Mochizuki. Students participate in a discussion about how the character was discriminated against. A follow-up reading of How Baseball...
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Politics and the Olympics
Learners discover details regarding Olympics controversies. In this international politics instructional activity, students research Olympic games of the Modern Era noting the controversies surrounding Beijing Olympics. Learners create...
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(Clues to) Copying the Codes: Examining the Evidence
Learners view animations of DNA replication and transcription and complete a worksheet. In this genetics instructional activity, after watching on-line video clips to gather information about DNA replication and transcription, student...