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Have You Heard About the Clinton, New Jersey Story?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students role play one of the three given situations. They discover how to deal with a conflict in a positive way. They discuss the role of radon in their community and complete another role-play scenerio.
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"For the Birds" [part I]

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students identify birds that appear in Chinese and Japanese art, learning about their physical characteristics, classifying them according to scientific principles, and exploring their habitats and migration patterns. This is part one...
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: "Synthesizing Content on a Continuum" Activity: Developing Effective Communication

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students express their opinions on the danger from HIV. They study appropriate speaking techniques and become aware what it feels like to learn that they have been infected with an incurable, fatal disease. The share personal...
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The Jacket I Wear in the Snow Activity Card

For Students Pre-K - K
In this reading activity, students respond to the book The Jacket I Wear in the Snow by completing an activity at home with a parent. Students cut out the 10 pictures which depict scenes from the book and paste them next to the sentences...
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Breaking News English:

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Thousands Escaping from Lebanon," and then respond to 2 multiple choice, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Asian Americans and U.S.-Asia Relations:

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders research the events that led to the Japanese American internment. They write a list of things that they take for granted that the Japanese Americans didn't have while they were interned.
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Cows in Crisis

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study mad cow disease and how it has affected the lifestyles of many Europeans. They examine local cattle industry and look for steer- or cow-related products. They organize information they find and present it to the rest of...
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Ingenious Inventions

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete a variety of activities as they study the various tools and machines that have been invented throughout history that have made life easier and tasks less difficult for modern man.
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Anna's Dilemma

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars read a scenerio about people who lived in Germany during Nazi rule. As a class, they discuss the situations the character finds herself in and identify her responsiblities to her family. They answer discussion questions...
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Calculating Postage

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore the services available to them at their local post office. As a class, students discuss the function of each method of delivery. High schoolers choose a postal option appropriate to a scenario the instructor...
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You Can Bank on Me!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify reasons people choose to donate. In this donating instructional activity, students contrast the words spend, save, and donate. Students learn a song about donating, brainstorm reasons to give, and make sound choices...
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How Many Seeds?

For Teachers K
Students write numbers on apple shapes, and then show their understanding of the number's value by putting the corresponding number of seeds on each apple.
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Selecting A Destination

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students utilize atlases, maps, and Internet resources to select destinations and places to stop along the way on a day trip. They examine and write about the reasons they want to visit the particular places they chose.
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The Secreat to Good Health: Eating Right and Exercise

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars create a seven-day record of all the foods they consume. They analyze what type of food was the most frequent in everyone's diet. They look up each food and record its daily recommended amount.
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Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" April Eighth, 1928: Narrating from an 'Ordered Place'?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the Dilsey chapter to gain an understanding of "The Sound and the Fury's" far-reaching place within a socially changing South.
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Last Flight of Bomber 31

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students act as forensic scientists to help solve a long-standing missing persons case. They study nuclear DNA and mtDNA.