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Uchiwa Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars view images from Japan's Summer Festival celebration. They create a uchiwa fan to use while doing the Kuma River Dance.
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Happy Birthday Whitehouse

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the White House and its history through celebrating its birthday. Basic facts are examined and personal experiences related to the exploration of this structure.
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You are Invited to a Virtual Dinner

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create place settings for a dinner to celebrate the school's diversity. They invite older members of the community to join. They discuss culture during the dinner.
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Traverse City Trouble Makers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners investigate how to become advocates in an authentic environmental issue, in this case the invasion of the zebra mussel invasion of the Great Lakes. They complete graphic organizers during Internet research, while reading...
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Our State Road Trip

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students take a virtual tour of the country of China instead of a state. Using the Internet, they examine the differences between a political and physical map and use latitude and longitude to locate specific places. They also research...
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Mother's Day: History

For Teachers 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, 6th graders read a 7-paragraph essay about the history of Mother's Day. Students then answer 7 multiple choice questions about the passage.
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The 4th of July

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing skills worksheet, students read the first part of a story titled 'The 4th of July.' Students finish the story by writing the ending on the provided lines.
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Social Studies: Grab Day at the Pueblo

For Teachers K - 1st
Students develop a cultural understanding of "Grab Day." Using magazines, they clip out pictures to make collages of items thrown down to people on this day. Students label the items in their collages.
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Grandparent's Day Word Jumble

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this Grandparent's Day worksheet, students unscramble a set of words related to Grandparent's Day. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Love of Reading Month

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Here are activities to make reading fun!
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Deborah Sampson: Revolutionary War Heroine

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders read the story of Deborah Sampson, who helped bring freedom to the newly organized colonies in their fight for independence from England.
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Dive into Reading During National Book Month!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Cultivate a passion for literature with fun, easy to incorporate reading activities.
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My Culture

For Students 8th - 9th
In this culture worksheet, students answer ten short-answer questions about their own culture then write about the major cultural influences in their lives.
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School-Wide Recycling

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students investigate recycling. In this environmental lesson, students design a recycling program for their school. Students collect data about how much recyclable materials they use in one week. Students also survey classmates about how...
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Khan Academy: Stained Glass: History and Technique

For Students 9th - 10th
During the Gothic period and the Renaissance (1100s-1500s) stained glass was one of the foremost techniques of painting practiced in Europe. It may seem surprising to call stained glass a form of painting, but in fact it is. Look closely...
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Countries and Their Cultures

Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Choctaws

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive information about the Choctaw. Covers their history before and after the Europeans arrived, their forced removal from their lands, their establishment of a sovereign nation, their language, culture, traditions, economy, etc.
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Khan Academy: Paintings From the Tomb Chapel of Nebamun

For Students 9th - 10th
The fragments from the wall painting in the tomb-chapel of Nebamun are keenly observed vignettes of Nebamun and his family enjoying both work and play. Some concern the provision of the funerary cult that was celebrated in the...
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Read Works: Thanksgiving Day

For Teachers K
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Jenna who celebrates Thanksgiving with her family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.