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Digital Storytelling PowerPoint Lesson

For Teachers K
Students investigate traditions by creating a PowerPoint Presentation.  In this holiday tradition lesson, students research their favorite holiday tradition using a computer.  Students utilize their data to create a multimedia...
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Harvest Festivals Around the World

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Learners examine and compare/contrast various harvest festivals from around the world. They read books, sing songs, and create various art projects about the harvest festivals from Ghana, China, Korea, Vietnam, and India.
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Too Many Tamales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate Mexican holiday celebrations and compare them to American Christmas holidays. They conduct a Mexican Christmas Scavenger Hunt. The lesson uses a streaming video in order to engage students in the main objectives.
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Feliz Navidad: A Mexican Christmas Unit

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students participate in interdisciplinary activities related to a Mexican Christmas celebration. They inquire about Christmas in Mexico through story, Spanish language, song, art, and dance.
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Maths with the Mob - Aboriginal Culture

For Teachers K - 4th
Students read and discuss books about aboriginal family life. Working individually and in groups, they complete a series of activities in various subject areas, including art, language, math, and social studies. Among the activities ...
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Hispanic Heritage Month Lessons

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month by learning about history, culture, art, food, and civil rights.
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Passive Sentences- A Thanksgiving Story

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Thanksgiving story worksheet, students read a short story before choosing five sentences to change to passive sentences. They write the 5 sentences on the lines below the story.
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The Places We Love

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners examine how they and others express themselves. Using various writings and art, they discover the places they like to go in the world and share them with their classmates. They paint their favorite place and share their...
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Global Diversity Through Literature

For Teachers K
Students investigate Southwest Indian Reservations. In this Native American instructional activity, students research Southwest Indian tribes on the Internet and by reading the book, Arrow to the Sun.
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Books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a selection of activities based on the books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to eight books by the authors, then complete worksheets to find synonyms, make...
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Books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students complete a selection of activities based on the books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to eight books by the authors, then complete worksheets to find synonyms, make...
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Books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Students complete a selection of activities based on the books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study instructional activity, students are introduced to eight books by the authors, then complete worksheets to find...
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Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell Author Study

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete various activities based on books by Jamie Lee Curtis and Laura Cornell. In this author study lesson, students are introduced to a number of books written by Curtis and Cornell, then complete worksheets by finding...
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Thanksgiving missing words puzzle

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Thanksgiving worksheet, students fill in the missing words to the paragraph about Thanksgiving. Students complete 6 missing words.
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Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd
In this Thanksgiving Reading Comprehension activity students will read a passage about the history of the holiday and answer 10 multiple choice questions and 1 short answer question.
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In Honor of . . .

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review examples of poetry written to honor someone and brainstorm memories about someone they wish to pay tribute to themselves.
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SKYPE Pals

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Pupils use the program SKYPE to speak to a pal in a Latin American country and describe their life and compare and contrast it to the other's. In this SKYPE lesson plan, students create digital presentations about life in North Carolina...
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The Differences Among Us

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students compare cultures. For this writing skills lesson, students collaborate to chart the tradition and cultural beliefs of their classmates. Students use their finding to write comparative essays regarding the similarities and...
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Ethnic Folklore in Your Classroom: Traditions, Tales, and Treasures from Tijuana to Timbuktu

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
Pupils create their own festival. In this folk life lesson plan, students research their folklore history by interviewing their parents and grandparents, organizing the data found, and presenting that material to the class. Pupils have...
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A Local History of Global Travel

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students research their families travel patterns over the last 100 years. They work with students in other countries to publish their findings. They also examine key events over the same 100 years.
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The Year of the Rabbit

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore a portion of the Chinese Zodiac with projects centered around the year of the rabbit. Students research types of rabbits, actual and fictional. Working in groups, they create a written or multimedia presentation.
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Comprehension Questions for Black Like Kyra White Like Me

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this comprehension questions for Black Like Kyra White Like Me worksheet, students read the book then answer 20 comprehension questions about it.
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Mandy

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read Barbara D. Booth's, "Mandy" while noting each time they read a sensory detail. They read about the young girl in the story who is hard of hearing and determine how her other senses are heightened. Also, they determine...
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Halloween sentences

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this Halloween worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences about the holiday of Halloween. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.