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Sharing Responsibility
Students brainstorm ideas for a project that would benefit the community. They need to examine the role that government and community volunteers would play in the project. They present the different ideas to the class and decide on a...
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How Can Business Profit from Tariffs? p1
Students investigate the impact of tariffs on businesses and consumers during the 1880s by looking at a political cartoon, solving a short math problem and comparing protectionism in the 1980's to protectionism in the 1880's.
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Fun With Estimation
Students get an opportunity to practice estimation skills in a real life situation after a unit on estimation has been taught.
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Do the Right Thing
Students define integrity and responsibility, then discuss the motto "Do the Right Thing." students participate in teacher-generated problems in small groups.
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Removing the 'Junky' Words
Middle schoolers explore was to comprehend a story through summarization. They are introduced to a lesson by explaining that when we read there are a lot of extra, unnecessary, junk words. Students explore ways not pay to attention to...
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Places in a Town - Spot the Odd One Out
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students match each place with a word list and decide which word in the list is the odd one out. Students complete 10 exercises.
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Business Phrasal Verbs Exercise
In this business phrasal verb activity, students match the phrasal verb to the meaning of the verb. Students then translate the meaning of the phrasal verb and use the phrasal verbs in sentences.
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Analogies
In this analogy worksheet, students chose an answer for different categories to complete the pair. There are 9 fill in the blank analogies to complete.
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Top Phrasal Verbs
In this verb activity, students focus on the top phrasal verbs. Students complete 27 fill in the blank questions writing in the correct group of words for each.
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Shopping for Toys
Students pretend as if they have just won a $100 gift certificate to buy some toys and must try to spend as much of it as they can without going over.
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Census 2000: Future focus
Students recognize the importance of the census. They identify specific concerns of different population groups. They design an advertisement for Census 2000.
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Who's Going to the Convention?
Learners practice planning budgets as they create a budget for ten employees of a company to attend a professional convention. They use the Internet, and spreadsheet software to complete their assignment.
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Social Studies: When in Rome...
Students conduct Internet research on selected countries. They simulate a business trip requiring airplane flights, car rentals, and hotel reservations. They present their virtual trips in written reports after sharing their findings...
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Have You Heard About the Clinton, New Jersey Story?
Students role play one of the three given situations. They discover how to deal with a conflict in a positive way. They discuss the role of radon in their community and complete another role-play scenerio.
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Interview with Mary B. Billie, Seminole Doll Maker
Middle schoolers are introduced to the art of Seminole doll making. They view photos of Seminole dolls, listen to an interview with doll maker Mary B. Billie, answer questions about the interview and, using the presented information,...
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Gathering and Evaluating Sources for the "Greatest American" Speech
Young scholars brainstorm a list of criteria for determining credible sources for their research. They research information to include in their "Greatest American" speech. Students will evaluate all sources by applying the criteria they...