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Curated OER

Boom and Bust Exploring Bannack, Montana's Colorful Past

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils study what life was like for the early settlers of Bannack, Montana after gold was discovered. They explain the important buildings and then, why Bannack became a ghost town. They participate in a gold mining simulation.
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Curated OER

Folger on the Ramparts

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners use the website "Hamlet on the Ramparts" to investigate different ways of producing the ghost scenes 1.4 and 1.5 of Hamlet. They use this information to help them develop their own ideas on staging these important scenes.
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Curated OER

Key Stage One

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers are introduced to the world of theatre through storytelling and drama whilst exploring the theme of friendship. They discuss what theatre is. Students work in groups, each group focuses on a different activities. They...
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Scholastic

Midnight Magic Discussion Guide

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This discussion guide accompanies the fiction book Midnight Magic written by Avi, enforces story elements, inferences, and theme/plot. Have the class work on it over time, it will engage even your reluctant readers. 
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Annenberg Foundation

Native Voices

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
The Navajo people build their dwellings with the doors facing the rising sun in the east to welcome wealth and fortune. Pupils learn about the traditions of the Navajo people in the first part of a 16-part unit. They explore American...
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Novelinks

The Graveyard Book: Student Questioning For Learning Strategy

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Questioning a text is a very effective way for kids to develop their reading comprehension skills. Designed to engage all class members, a reading activity prompts pairs to develop and share their own questions about the ending of Neil...
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Novelinks

The Graveyard Book: Concept Analysis

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Neil Gaiman's award winning children's fantasy novel, The Graveyard Book, is the focus of a literary analysis overview. Those new to the novel can decide whether the book is appropriate for whole-class discussion or as a book circle...
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Reading Through History

Reading with a Purpose: Haunted Houses

For Students 8th Standards
Boo! Whether you're easily scared or enjoy a good fright, a reading passage on haunted house attractions is a great addition to a Halloween-themed unit. Learners read a short informational passage before answering multiple choice,...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Language Analysis Based on Stave 1

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Class members meet the original scrooge, the Dickens character whose name has become synonymous with a cold-hearted, tight-fisted, miser. Using the provided worksheet, readers closely examine context clues to determine the meanings of...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Scrooge as He is Revealed during the Ghostly Experiences

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Readers learn how to use both direct and indirect characterization clues provided by Charles Dickens to understand the complexity of Ebenezer Scrooge's character. Scholars collect evidence of comments Scrooge hears, how he responds to...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Theme Analysis in A Christmas Carol

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Why does Charles Dickens have Ebenezer go from scrooge to light-hearted and generous? From "Bah, humbug!" to "God Bless Us, Every One!" After rereading Dickens' preface to A Christmas Carol, learners analyze quotations from the tale that...
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Curated OER

In a Dark, Dark House

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Halloween poetry worksheet, students follow directions to create a pop-up book that follows the included ghost story poem.
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Curated OER

Statehouse: Fact or Fiction

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders determine whether or not statements about the Ohio statehouse are true or false. They examine the stories behind the myths about it. including one about the ghost of Abraham Lincoln.
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Curated OER

The Ghost of Populations Past

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study population distribution and survivorship curves by collecting data regarding age of death of humans from either tombstones, newspapers, or other community resources. Students analyze data by creating graphs and population...
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Curated OER

Halloween Patterns

For Students K - 1st
In this mathematics worksheet, students cut out the four pictures at the bottom of the sheet. Then they continue each pattern with one of the pictures cut out.
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Curated OER

Halloween Rhymes and Songs

For Teachers K - 1st
Students learn, memorize, and replay a rhyme. In this Halloween-themed lesson plan, students discover Halloween rhymes and songs while they pretend to be the characters that chase ghosts away.
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Curated OER

Heart (and Arm) of Darkness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars read and translate a 19th-century American ghost tale into a Japanese hanging scroll in this exciting instructional activity for middle-level Language Art classes. The instructional activity can be completed in four or...
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Curated OER

Ghoulish Stick Figures

For Teachers K - 12th
Students create two-headed snakes, centipedes, ghostly trees, "Handy Herman", and ghosts in this Art activity for the Halloween holiday. Each craft could be used separately or they could be combined to create a day-long activity.
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Curated OER

The House That Drac Built -- Haunted Houses

For Teachers K
Students are read a book about haunted houses and dracula. They decorate a paper bag as they choose using shapes and ghosts. They practice stating their address and may take their house home when they have said it correctly.
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Curated OER

Witches Brew

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students reinforce AB patterns taught in the classroom and practice locomotor movements. They cut out and laminate 20 of each of the following Halloween items: bats, ghosts, Frankenstein faces, spiders, Jack-O¿¿¿-Lanterns, witches...
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Curated OER

Ghostbusters

For Teachers K - 12th
Students pretend that they are all ghosts. They must ride on their gluts on their scooter. They then pick 2-4 taggers, also known as ghostbusters. They also ride on their gluts but hold a "tagging wand". When students get tagged they...
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California Shakespeare Theater

Hamlet Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Even those experienced teachers of Hamlet can find much to like in a guide that offers many fresh ideas for activities. Class members may take on the role of FBI profilers that investigate Claudius and Hamlet as murderers, or...
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PhysEdGames

Keeper of the Castle

For Students 2nd - 8th
Set up four Hula Hoops in each corner of the gym that will be used as a base for each team. Use the center circle of the gym as the "castle" with a bunch of "treasure" in it. The treasure consists of a variety of pieces of...
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Florida Alliance for Arts Education

Theatre Arts

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
What skills do storytellers employ to bring to life the characters and events in their tales? After listening to a recording of a Haitian folk tale, class members consider how tone of voice, pace, and gestures can be used to enliven a...

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