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Sea to Sky

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the Earth's major landforms and how they occur, and how engineers apply this knowledge for the design of transportation systems, mining, and measuring natural hazards. They listen to a teacher-led lecture, match...
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Maintaining Strong Fisheries

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners play a game about the life cycle of a blue crab in order to witness the causes of changes in the crab population and discuss what a resource manager could do to keep a stable crab population. Students then create a game titled...
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Our Book Club

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars review a book considered to be their favorite for inclusion in a recommended books list. As a part of a book club, each student selected book will be included in a list of recommended books for a young adult's personal...
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Chinese Kites

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate the concept of kite making in the culture of China. They design and create their own kites. The purposes of making kites is discussed and the question of a kite's functionality is covered.
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Hiroshima, From All Sides

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students comprehend how the Atomic Bomb affected humanity and ended WWII. They comprehend how the Atomic Bomb affected: scientists, Japanese citizens, and US leaders. Students receive a copy of Hiroshima, Readers Theater Rubiv. They...
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The Displacement of the Native Americans

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders comprehend the interaction and conflict between Native Americans and white settlers in the years following the Civil War. They examine how those conflicts impacted the Native American way of life on the Great Plains.
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6 Room Image Poem (adapted from Georgia Heard’s Awakening the Heart)

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore emotions and memories in preparation for poetry writing. For this poetry lesson students use a graphic organizer and prompts to begin to describe a specific memory which they will turned into a poem.
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Stitching Truth Lesson Two: The Arpilleristas in Pinochet's Chile

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze arpilleras. In this Chilean history instructional activity, students examine social justice issues as they read and interpret arpilleras. Students study the tapestries to learn about Augusto Pinochet and his human rights...
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Recognizing Similes: Fast as a Whip

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Young scholars review basic knowledge of similes and engage with similes on a more abstract level. In this similes lesson, students define similes and identify examples. Young scholars read and analyze the similes used in poetry by...
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The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read and analyze a poem about a speaker's posthumous view of war, assess the purpose of an author's note and evaluate the effect of the point of view on the reader's response. They work in groups to discuss and analyze the poem.
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THE LEAVES OF AUTUMN

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Dance gives children an opportunity to express creativity through free flowing movements developed in the mind of the child. Creating these dance movements involves discovery and exploration using different parts of the body in personal...
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Life Sized Self Portrait

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a self-portrait that is compiled by using individual student drawings. The drawings emphasize line, shape, color and possibly texture depending upon the student's selection of materials.
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A Courtin' We Will Go

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students investigate dialect in poetry as an indication of a people's culture in literature. They write a poem about dating in this era.
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Images of Gary: An Ideal Place to Live?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine photographs depicting historical scenes from the US Steel Photograph Collection. They develop criteria to analyze or judge an image's representation. They assess photographs according to the criteria.
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Recuerdos De Mis Vacaciones Mexicanas.

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students are presented with five items found in a suitcase to reflect upon the experience of a Mexican vacation. They use realia to produce a journal entry about one of the objects and its uses. The item is then brought to the front of...
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Writing Fix: Starting & Stopping With Strong Imagery: Revision Strategy

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students will engage in revising their writings to incorporate sensory images. Students will brainstorm topics of places, away from their home, that are special. Then students will choose and then write a descriptive...
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Shakepeare Study Guide: Much Ado About Nothing: Summary and Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a summary and analysis of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing including a list of characters, a plot summary and analysis, figures of speech, metaphors of fire, Dogberry's Malaporpisms, animal imagery, and study questions and...
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Cummings Study Guides: Much Ado About Nothing, a Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a study guide for William Shakespeare's Comedy Much Ado about Nothing.
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Shmoop: To Kill a Mockingbird Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory

For Students 9th - 10th
A self-guided learning path exploring symbolism, imagery, and allegory.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Guide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This guide to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream began as the From Stage to Screen: Shakespeare and the World Wide Web project with the Moscow Alternative School Center in Idaho. This guide will walk you through the steps we took at...
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Bibliomania: Great Expectations (Study Guide)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a workable study guide to Charles Dickens' novel, "Great Expectations." Content includes a synopsis; relevant themes; use of language, imagery, and symbolism; and narrative and structure. Access is restricted to...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: General Literary Terms

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The University of Victoria's Writer's Guide includes an extensive list of literary and rhetorical terms. List can be displayed alphabetically.
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Shmoop: Hamlet Symbolism, Imagery, and Allegory

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how Shakespeare using symbolism, imagery and allegory in his play Hamlet.
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Bibliomania: David Copperfield (Study Guide)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site presents a study guide to Dickens' famous novel, "David Copperfield." Content includes a biography of the author, a full synopsis of the novel, a look at the use of symbolism and imagery, and a focus on Dickens' "favorite...

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