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Ants Have Feelings, Too!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners consider how they show respect for others. In this service learning lesson, students listen and respond to literature from different perspectives.
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Educational Complacency Will Make U.S. Feel the Pain

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine the educational system in the United States in reference to the job market and available expertise. For this Current Events lesson, 12th graders read an article and discuss their opinions with the class.
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Conflict Resolution

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Does your class understand the importance of peaceful conflict resolution? Middle schoolers share conflict stories, then collaborate to resolve simulated conflicts during an engaging lesson. The teacher's guide contains implementation...
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Print & Go ESL

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Improve reading comprehension with a set of ESL worksheets. Kids read through various passages, note which facts are true or false, mark their opinion on two statements, and write a short reply based on a writing prompt.
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Museum of Disability

Zoom!

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Turn your class' focus on how wheelchairs assist individuals with disabilities to become more independent with this disabilities lesson plan. Scholars listen to a read aloud of the book, Zoom! by Robert Munsch, answer...
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Express Yourself!

For Teachers 1st Standards
Encourage scholars to express themselves with help from an engaging song. Sung to the tune of "London Bridge is Falling Down," participants sing phrases that offer tips for dealing with emotions—sad, happy, worried, proud, mad, and...
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Happy/Sad Puppets

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Help young children identify their feelings and learn appropriate ways for expressing them. This lesson will help them understand that happy and sad are two different feelings, learn to distinguish and express different feelings, and...
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Feathers

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine the character values of kindness, responsibility, and decisions making by playing circle games, listening to a read aloud of the story "Feathers," and discussing the story. They discuss the facial expressions of can...
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My Matisse

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students examine the artwork of Henri Matisse. As a class, they discuss how colors can affect their mood and identify colors that make one feel happy and ones that make one feel sad. Individually, they make their own drawing in the same...
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Use Your Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Kids love to guess what's hidden in the bag! This classic lesson allows them to do just that by using two of their senses: their sense of touch and their sense of hearing. Objects are hidden inside a sock, and pupils must guess what they...
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Trying New Things

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Puppets are like magical objects for young learners! Often, a child will feel more comfortable "talking to" a puppet than to an adult. Here, youngsters make puppets and use them to act out stories about having new experiences. As a final...
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Lend A Hand

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Children recall a time when they have been helped and record it in a class book or collage. A class discussion leads things off. Next, learners brainstorm ways they have been helped by other people in the past, and times they've helped...
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Be a Cat, Be a Tree

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Yoga is a wonderful form of exercise. Here, pupils engage in two creative movement exercises. They make two yoga poses; the cat and the tree. The cat is actually sometimes known as the cobra in yoga terms. Both of these movements will...
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Author

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Youngsters write a story together with the help of their teacher. Use this language arts lesson to give your kids a chance to feel like real authors. Begin with the sentence, "Once upon a time, we went to school and found an elephant...
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Heritage: Line Dance is a Pattern!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Line dancing is the repeating of a pattern of steps, done to music. Teach youngsters how to line dance and they won't feel so awkward when they grow up. Let them experiment with creating their own patterns and teaching their classmates....
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Presidential Elections: A Simulation

For Teachers 12th
Feeling ambitious about getting your scholars examining the election process? While this presidential election simulation will take preparation, the ensuing enthusiasm will be worth it! Using one or more large classes, 12th graders are...
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Hey! What's the Big Idea?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the concept of the theme (the big idea) in a poem. They brainstorm thoughts and feelings about themes, e.g. war, pollution, music, etc., and create and idea web about a theme of their own choice.
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AMOUNT OF GREENHOUSE GASES IN THE GLOBAL ATMOSPHERE

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students feel the changes of the amounts of greenhouse gases in the global atmosphere. They learn that the amounts of greenhouse gases in the global atmosphere are clearly changing. Some evidences of these changes include levels of...
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Arab-Israeli Conflict Lesson Plan

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students identify the key participants in the Arab-Israeli conflict. They create a caricature that is both Israeli and Arab. One side should be labeled with the feelings, thoughts, emotions of the Arabs and the other side is from an...
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Conversation Lesson: The Necessity of Grammar

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Start a conversation to convey proper English grammar. In groups pupils voice their opinion, have well supported disagreements, and explain why they feel as they do. This lesson builds academic discussion skills and fosters a command of...
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Harassment and Restraining Orders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss harassment and what to do if they feel they are being harassed. They examine various scenarios and discuss whether or not harassment is taking place and whether a restraining order or an order of protection is warranted.
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The Game of Persuasion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Why is it so important to learn the art of persuasion? Being persuasive helps you acquire the things you want or the things you feel are necessary. Print out these scenarios and assign one to each group of high schoolers. As a team, they...
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Try Tessellation

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Most middle schoolers probably feel that quilting is at best an activity left to their grandmothers. This lesson uses the Zome modeling system to get them to realize how shapes in quilting are really tessellations and repeating patterns....
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Computing Indefinite Integrals

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Provide your students with a framework for introducing indefinite integrals. It takes into account a learner’s prior knowledge of slope fields and definite integrals and uses the notion of an antiderivative to give them an intuitive...

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