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A Separate Peace

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students work in small groups to create a word web or other graphic organizer that explores one or more of the following words: rivalry, peace, trust, suspicion, or impulse. They discuss the pros and cons of "healthy competition."
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California Primary 2000

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the open primary system and the candidates that appeared on the ballot in California's Presidential Primary in 2000. A variety of issues and sites are explored and form the focus of this lesson.
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Religion And Magic

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the indigenous religions of China (Daoism) and Japan (Shinto) to see how magical beliefs and practices form an integral part of these religions. This lesson may be controversial.
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Bronze Bells

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore an amazing technological advancement in ancient China, zhong bells, as an example of the use of natural resources and human ingenuity to meet a need and to add value to the quality of life in an ancient time.
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Alien Visitor's Rewrite

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners role play the role of an alien who analyzes how the media represents the different social groups. In groups, they write their own story in which they add or revise a character to make it non-stereotypical. They share their...
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SEASHELLS - PENCIL DRAWINGS

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars explore realism through drawing techniques to create 3D drawing on a 2D surface. They review steps of drawing and vocabulary and develop eye hand coordination while creating their own sketch. Upon completion of sketch...
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Ensuring Democracy in Iraq

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore what democracy means and how it can be spread to Iraq. They create strategies to ensure elections are fair. Students discuss the importance of fair voting conditions and the features of a democracy.
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Celebrate Your Heritage

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars investigate what countries their ancestors originally came from and locate them on a world map. They use a map to plot the ancestral path that has led to their hometown. They create a travel log outlining facts/data...
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Aunt Chip And the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine Patricia Polacco's web site as an introduction to her life and literature. They listen to "Aunt Chip and the Great Triple Creek Dam Affair" before discussing how the main character believe in the power of books. They...
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Language Arts: Understanding Phonemes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discover the relationship between letters and phonemes. The teacher leads an oral demonstration of pronunciation and focus on the /a/ sound. Next, students examine a series of pictures, circling the ones where they hear the...
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Mallard's Wet Olympics

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students investigate some of the different characteristics of living things. They make observations from reading and interactive media. Students observe that animals move in different ways and have adaptations to aid in that action.
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Sand Tracks

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the different markings animals make while walking through the sand. In an activity, the teacher hold up the same tracks individually and they must guess the animal who made them. They discuss the results as a class to...
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Problem Solving: Equal Groups Problems

For Students 4th - 5th
In this equal groups worksheet, students read the word problems and learn to use equal group numbers to solve the six word problems.
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Quartz DBQ

For Students 7th - 12th
In this quartz worksheet, students read about the chemical composition of quartz and its commercial applications. Then students complete 7 short answer questions.
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Intermediate Critical Reading - Clocks

For Students 5th - 7th
In these critical reading worksheets, students read the short story about clocks. Students then answer 3 critical reading questions about the passage.
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Breaking News English: Study Doubts Aromatherapy's Effects

For Students 5th - 10th
For this English worksheet, students read "Study Doubts Aromatherapy's Effects," and then respond to 2 graphic organizers, 47 fill in the blanks, 7 short answers, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the...
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Breaking News English

For Students Pre-K - 6th
For this ESL worksheet, students read the article entitled "Italy Player Called Me a Terrorist."  Students respond to 51 short answer, matching, true/false, and fill in the blank questions.
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Breaking News English: Africa Gets First Elected Female President

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Africa Gets First Elected Female President," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Timewarp

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore federal elections which have had an impact on their lives.
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Go Fish:

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders imagine that they are asked to determine the number of fish in a nearby pond. To count the fish one by one, they could remove the fish from the pond and stack them to one side, or mark each fish so they would not count them...
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Measuring The Earth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use their geometry and trigonometry skills to determine the distance between their school and another school.
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Comparing Wives and Lives

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners take effective useful notes from a video documentary, explain and use new vocabulary words, and research and create an oral report about an assigned aspect of the video.
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Cultural Representation in "Spellbound" Part 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch the film "Spellbound". They analyze concepts of how the media represents race. They discuss how the movie depicts race after the film.
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A Day at the Beach

For Teachers 1st
Student read Sheryl Wilson's story, "A Day at the Beach" while classifying items they find. They design a chart of the items before using educational graphing software to create a graph.

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