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Word Fitness

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils perform a varied workout while practicing vocabulary skills.
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Face It!

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners explore the proportions of the human face and utilize a graph to draw a self portrait based upon the techniques and styles of a variety of artists.
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Seeing/Reading Photographs Lesson Plan: An Interactive History Discussion

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students analyze and read historic photographs. In this historic photographs lesson, students explore history and writing by looking at photographs. Students discuss the photographs and produce a written record of the historical photograph.
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4 X 4 (Not a Jeep!)

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in groups of 4, complete a puzzle by matching terms and definitions.
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Give Me a B: North Dakota Quarter Reverse

For Teachers K - 1st
Students examine the North Dakota quarter reverse and note the bison. and Badlands displayed on it. After practicing as a group making the B sound, they explore the classrom for more words beginning with that letter. Working in pairs,...
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Puzzle Quilts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers watch a demonstration on how to create a puzzle quilt. Using different fabric combinations, they use each block design twice to create the illusion that each block is unique. They are to determine which blocks are the...
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Polyrhthm

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compose and perform polyrhythms in small groups using non-pitched percussion instruments. They enter the classroom with the recording of "The Rite of Spring" playing on the CD player. Students are asked to describe the...
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The Rule of Thirds

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Young scholars identify the rule of thirds and use it when taking photos. In this photography lesson, young scholars discuss dynamic photography and find example images from various sources. Young scholars discuss the rule of thirds and...
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Library Main Hall: Using Primary Sources in the Classroom

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students choose a historical photograph or film and try to predict what happened after the photo or film in question.
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Poetry Calendar

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students research the work of famous poets. They design and create a school year calendar based on the work of famous poets. Students research five poets born during each month.
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Assignment: Creating within a Limited Format

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students follow set of guidelines to create a picture of an apple with a stem and leaf. They think about whether they are more or less creative when working within a set of rules.
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Special Delivery-Opinion

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the concept of global climate change. Using data, they determine how much of the world is being affected by the increase in temperatures. They complete a worksheet and consider the evidence giving to them and...
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Positive and Negative Conflict

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Young scholars explore the concepts of positive and negative conflict. They examine the ideas of cooperation and competition and apply the idea of win-win to global climate change. Students participate in a friendly competition.
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SIMPLY STARS

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students produce quilting stars that challenge students with unusual piecing situations, and the sampler format allows quilters to create freely with unusual fabric combinations.
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Assessing the Traits: What is Good Writing?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students assess samples of writing for each trait and discuss the rationale for scoring. They understand that the traits of writing offer a common language for revision. This instructional activity includes a scoring rubric for the...
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Bookbag Ideas: Collection -- Part 2

For Teachers K
Students create their own bookbags to fill with books. They are to use the bookbags to take home books to read with their parents.
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Introductions

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students participate in the introductions at the beginning of the semester. As a class, they brainstorm questions that can be asked to gain more information about their classmates. Working in pairs, the students interview each other and...
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Pair Interviews

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students participate in the introductions at the beginning of a new course. As a class, they brainstorm questions that can be asked to gain more information about their classmates. Working in pairs, the students interview each other and...
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Flag Day

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders design a flag for any flag day of their choice. They may select an existing group but need to redesign the logo or make one up of their own, limiting their colors to a maximum of three or four to keep costs down. They make...
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Spellbound #3

For Students 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students read 20 clues, choose the answer from a word bank and complete a crossword puzzle. There is no theme for the puzzle; it just features interesting trivia.,
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Spellbound No. 4

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this spelling worksheet, students working from a word list of twenty four words complete a crossword puzzle with clues for mastery of the twenty four words.
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Spellbound

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this crossword activity, students complete a crossword puzzle by solving a variety of clues. For example, "The direction where the sun sets."
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Letter A Word Search

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students practice their handwriting and word recognition. In this letter A lesson, students identify eight words with pictures as they use lowercase letters to complete an elementary word search.
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Word Search Puzzle: Family

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this family word search worksheet, learners analyze 11 words in a word bank that are names of family members. Students find these words in a word search puzzle.

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