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Story Dolls

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students express themselves through art and writing at the same time in this instructional activity. Students create paper doll versions of themselves. Students write a biography of their dolls.
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Who Works for Nonprofits?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify jobs in the nonprofit sector. In this career education lesson, students use the Internet to research nonprofit jobs in their community. Students complete a resume for employment at a nonprofit organization.
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Social Studies Board Games

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Student-created board games are an effective in-class study tool.
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Dragon's Gate

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students read Dragon's Gate as a shared literature book. This lesson plan provides excellent extension activities students can engage in while they are reading, and after they have finished the book.
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Family Newscast

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars report on family trends, functions of the family and various ways of selecting marriage partners. In this family lesson plan, students act as editors, commercial skits, and writers for a newscast about families.
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Say It Loud!: A Celebration Of Black Music in America - Louis Armstrong

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students listen to selections of New Orleans street band music. They explore the culture of New Orleans in the 1920's, and perform a closer examination of Armstrong's music.
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Improvising in the Birthplace of Jazz

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students recognize significant developments in New Orleans jazz music. They improvise blues licks using notes from a minor pentatonic scale.
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The arly Suffragists

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the suffragist movement through this futuristic activity about the loss and creation of a commemorative stamp to honor a women's Suffrage Pioneer. The activity takes us to 2080 and back to the 1800's to complete the tasks.
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Television Goes Digital

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the difference between analog and digital televisions. They examine how the technology works and the impact of television through history. They also compare older television sets to ones found today.
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Understanding History, Religion, and Politics in Jerusalem and Beyond

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the reasons behind the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Exploring multiple perspectives, they discuss the concepts of peoples' rights and justice in the area. They practice applying conflict resolution principles as well.
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Identity: A Path to Self-Esteem

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders participate in a brainstorming activity in which they identify the types of decisions they make everyday. Individually, they complete a worksheet on making decisions effectively. After reading a poem, they identify the...
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Food and Your Body -- How to Maintain a Healthy Diet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the different food groups on the food pyramid. In groups, they discover the proper amount to eat from each food group and how to prepare healthy meals. They keep a food journal and calculate the amount of calories...
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The City of New Haven

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine the geography, politics and history of their local town of New Haven, Connecticut. Using the internet, they explore the neighbors of New Haven and write directions from their house to school. In groups, they...
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Gene Puzzles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students come to understand that in sexually reproducing organisms, such as humans, typically half of the genes come from each parent. Students examine a fictional pedigree and determine which gene is responsible for a given trait. The...
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1950's Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners encounter how to work together as a group to accomplish a common goal. They gain more experience in doing research using library reference materials as well as internet sources. Each group is responsible for making a bulletin...
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Family Interviews: The Grandparent/Elder Project

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore key concepts/facts in 20th Century history, develop interview questions, and produce master list of questions that can be used in project. Students then interview grandparent, great-grandparent, or other elder about...
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Heroes and Heroines: King David, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra and Napoleon

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify and examine four heroes from history and imaginative literature. They discuss the characteristics of a hero and share perceptions of what makes a hero. By comparing and analyzing a few historical and literary figures,...
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To Honor All Children from Prejudice to Discrimination to Hatred....to Holocaust, Part 1

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze different perspectives of the history of the Holocaust. They experience primary and secondary sources along with pieces from literature, documentaries, songs and letters. A commitment of honor and dedication is expressed...
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Finding Science in An American Childhood by Annie Dillard

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read excerpts from Annie Dillard's memoir, "An American Childhood," with the teacher. They experience opportunities to connect English, science, nature and art together from a new and unique perspective. This approach...
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Features of Culture

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars enumerate features of their own culture and evaluate how those features have influenced their lives. They explain that many differences are related to culture-beliefs and ways of living that are handed down from one...
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A Tall Story

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the growth rate of a man named Bob Wadlow.  In this growth rate of a man lesson, students determine if the growth rate of this particular man was normal or abnormal.  Students bring in data of their height...
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Bushrangers

For Students 5th - 6th
In this bushrangers worksheet, students respond to 17 different questions related to 4 different bushrangers. First, they identify and describe who John Caesar was and what three items he stole. Then, students identify who Ben Hall was...
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People Change the Landscape

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine ways in which humans have brought change to the natural environment. In this ecology and literacy instructional activity, students listen to the book Island Boy by Barbara Cooney. Students observe and define map-reading...
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Name Game

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students find an act of philanthropy in a book and then illustrate 4 examples people doing good for others.

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