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ESL: Collocations

For Students 4th - 6th
For this ESL collocations worksheet, students complete 20 multiple choice questions, choosing the correct collocations from 5 possible answers.
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Breaking News English: Chrysler Cars Announces Huge Job Losses

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English instructional activity, students read "Chrysler Cars Announces Huge Job Losses," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the...
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Breaking News English: McCain Picks Female Running Mate

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, learners read "McCain Picks Female Running Mate," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Breaking News English: Indian Breaks Hot-Air Balloon Record

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Indian Breaks Hot-Air Balloon Record," 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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Breaking News English: Indian Breaks Hot-Air Balloon Record

For Students 5th - 10th
For this English worksheet, students read "Indian Breaks Hot-Air Balloon Record," 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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Homer/Scarecrow Worksheet

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this Pre-calculus instructional activity, learners consider a scenes from The Wizard of Oz and The Simpsons refering to the Pythagorean Theorem. Students analyze the statement for errors and write about another...
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The New Entrepreneurs: Americans Over 50

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of entrepreneurship. In this entrepreneurship lesson plan, students read an article about how Americans over 50 make up a majority of entrepreneurs. Students discuss why there is an increase in...
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Midwest Today: Gambling on a New Life

For Students 9th - 10th
This 1995 article, from "Midwest Today" focuses on the fact that gambling in Indian reservation is not always a "plus" for the community. The article is an extensive one, covering many of the issues of enforcement and sovereignty which...
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Powerhouse Museum: Gambling (Math and Probability)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The resource consists of activities about mathematics and probability. Students learn about the history of gambling and the risk applied to the lotto, instant scratch-offs, roulette, and poker machines.
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Aus Race: Odds, Statistical Probability and Gambling

For Students 9th - 10th
This interesting article explains gambling (both horse racing and casinos) in terms of probability. It takes a common sense approach, instead of a mathematical approach, to the topic.
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The History Place

The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: The Kursk Gamble

For Students 9th - 10th
Describes the military plans and actions of Hitler before and during the Battle of Kursk in the Ukraine.
Article
PBS

Pbs Online News Hour: Mississippi Approves Onshore Gambling

For Students 9th - 10th
Biloxi, Mississippi, one of the country's largest casino markets, was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. This report discusses the change in Mississippi gambling laws and how it will help Biloxi post-Hurricane Katrina. Report is from...
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Ny Times: Probability and Behavior in Gambling Lesson

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson, students will explore the mathematical probabilities involved in gambling and how these factors affect people's behavior.
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Proctor & Gamble: A Fun Eggsperiment

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Follow the steps of this "egg"speriment and discover how food and drink acids can lead to tooth decay and cavities. Created for teachers and parents, teach those you care for about the benefits of dental hygiene.
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BBC

Bbc: South Korea's Reconciliation Gamble

For Students 9th - 10th
A May 2007 examination of the South Korea's on going efforts to develop better relations with North Korea with generous aid packages and international criticism of these efforts. (17 May 2007)
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Nova: The Big Energy Gamble

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students conduct an energy audit to determine how much carbon dioxide their family is producing, and then make recommendations for lowering their family's carbon footprint.
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Image for Gambling Page

For Students 9th - 10th
This article, from "Midwest Today" focuses on the fact that gambling in Indian reservation is not always a "plus" for the community. The article is an extensive one, covering many of the issues of enforcement and sovereignty which plague...
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Pbs: Kim's Nuclear Gamble

For Students 9th - 10th
Site probes the unstable relationship between U.S. and North Korea. Student can explore an analyses of the crisis, the North Korean people, a chronology of the crisis and the nuclear capability of North Korea, published 10 April 2003.
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Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Raymond Ingram Smith

For Students 9th - 10th
An itinerant roulette operator found his heaven in Reno -- bringing fairness and fun to gambling, and gambling to the masses.
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Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: A Bit of Basic Blackjack

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson explores a little probability in the world of the card game Blackjack. While gambling is not mentioned or used in the lesson, students do find the probability of attaining a...
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Web Gallery of Art: Soldiers Gambling With Dice

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Soldiers Gambling with Dice", created by Pieter Jansz Quast in 1643 (Oil on panel, 36 x 47 cm).
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Web Gallery of Art: Figures Gambling in a Tavern

For Students 11th - 12th
An image of "Figures Gambling in a Tavern", created by David the Younger Teniers in 1670 (Oil on canvas, 50 x 62 cm).
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: Hard Road to Texas 1836 1845: A Treaty of Annexation Tyler's Failed Gamble

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the part the question of the annexation of Texas played in the election of 1844 and the machinations of several politicians in addressing this question.
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Pbs Nova: The Big Energy Gamble

For Students 9th - 10th
While most people believe that global warming is a reality, Marlo Lewis, Jr. is a skeptic. Lewis is with the Competitive Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. In this interview, he questions the California initiative to lower...

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