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Hands That Touch The Heart

For Teachers K - 3rd
Pupils create Valentine's Day hearts in this variation of a classic activity for the early-elementary classroom. The "hands that touch the heart" is a great gift that can be given to family, friends, or fellow students. A materials...
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Brain Booster: Addition with Regrouping

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this daily math problem worksheet, students complete three activities that help them solve problems using addition with regrouping. Students show their work using pictures, numbers, or words and may use cubes, number lines or hundred...
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Addition and Subtraction (Comparison)

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this daily math problem worksheet, learners complete three activities that help them solve addition and subtraction word problems. Make sure your pupils show their work using pictures, numbers, or words and may use cubes, number lines...
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Mystery of the Matching Marks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers view a Power Point and complete activities related to genetic evidence of human evolution. In this molecular evolution lesson, students view and discuss a provide presentation. They search for the "tell-tale telomere" and...
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Famous Artwork

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars study the different portrayals of the artwork The David and answer short answer questions about it. In this The David lesson plan, students see different versions of the biblical figure, and read about its background. Then...
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Modern Landscapes

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze the artistic responses to the changing landscape during the interwar period. For this art analysis lesson, students analyze landscape images and consider the ways artists depicted the changing landscape. Students...
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Bovine Oversteps Boundaries

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders read a newspaper account of "Grady the Silo Cow" and complete news-writing activities. For this news-writing lesson, 7th graders read the newspaper account about the cow. Students examine newspapers and work in groups to...
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Practicing Verbs in the Past Simple

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this past simple learning exercise, students fill in verbs to past tense sentences, choose the correct verbs, and write past tense verbs of verbs. Students complete 3 activities.
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Dear Mrs. Parks Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students read and respond to the book, Dear Mrs. Parks. In this African-American literature lesson plan, students read the text and examine several vocabulary words from the text. Students answer 11 discussion questions and participate...
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Spring Lesson Plans

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students complete activities for spring such as counting petals, tracing spring words, and going on nature walks. In this spring lesson plan, students also read spring stories.
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Picture Lincoln

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze Alexander Gardner's photograph of Abraham Lincoln and complete related activities. In this Abraham Lincoln lesson, students describe Abraham Lincoln as he is presented in Gardner's photograph. Students read a biography...
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Dame Ellen MacArthur

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Ellen MacArthur worksheet, students read about the life of the yachtswoman, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Ingrid Betancourt

For Students 4th - 6th
In this EIngrid Betancourt activity, students read about the life of the politician, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Mystery of the Senses-Touch

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students test the skin's range of sensitivity. Students complete a "Touch Areas" activity. They discuss their results with the class. Students make conclusions about which parts of the body are most sensitive to touch.
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Bias, Bullying and Bad Behavior in the NFL

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A 2014 case of locker room behavior in the National Football League offers high schoolers an opportunity to get involved in the conversation of bullying and abuse. Class members read about the case and analyze quotes that reveal...
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Lonnie Chavis of 'This Is Us' Writes about Racism

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Scholars read and discuss an essay by 12-year-old actor Lonnie Chaves about racism, paying close attention to how racism presents itself in interpersonal and institutional ways. Learners reflect on how they experience or witness racism...
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Measure the Earth's Circumference

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore geometry by conducting a science experiment. In this circumference measurement lesson plan, students review the Greek geographer Eratosthenes who first discovered the circumference of our planet. Students utilize...
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Great Leap Forward

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore Web sites dedicated to Leap Day and leap years, create a checklist for reviewing Web sites, and write reviews of Leap Day and leap year Web sites.
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Europe's Last Resort

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the statement issued by the European Union with regards to the use of military force in Iraq, and discuss it and related issues. They write a position paper supporting one of the countries or a person or organization.
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Power to the Little People

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the classic story theme of good versus evil as relayed in folk tales.
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When Athletes Are Off-Base

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore whether or not athletes have a responsibility to be role models in society.
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Mapping the Circulatory System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the circulatory system in human beings.  In this human body instructional activity, students create an outline of a human body using colored markers and butcher paper.  Students use red and blue colors to...
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Lace Pictures

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create Valentine's Day gifts. In this visual arts lesson, students create a Valentine's Day project using paper doilies pasted onto construction paper. Students frame their art with brown construction paper and give their...
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Valentine's Day Recipes

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students create a recipe using traditional Valentine's Day treats. In this recipe lesson, students brainstorm about Valentine's Day treats and choose one or two to create the recipe. Students list measurements and ingredients. Students...