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Immigration in the United States

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners examine the reasons why people leave their country to live in another. In groups, they use print and electronic resources to answer questions about where immigrants came from during different time periods and advice given to...
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Finish Line Fluency

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students practice repeated readings to improve their fluency. They read sentences to practice fluency and expression. They work in pairs using racetrack and racecar graphics to motivate their fluency improvement. They time one...
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Don't Punch Too Hard

For Teachers K - 1st
Young scholars recognize the short vowel u in written and spoken language. Through matching and listening activities, they discriminate the vowel sound /u/ from other phonemes. Students identify the phoneme and letter in words and pictures.
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Die Hard if You're Dumb

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discern their responsibility around railroad tracks. They recognize and define potential dangers around tracks and explain how actions around railroad tracks, crossings and yards can save their own lives, as well as others'.
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Tool Time Song

For Teachers All
Students examine real-life tools and watch demonstrations on how to use them from a handyman. They create a song about tools and their sounds. They also identify when to use a certain tool.
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How Does the Rice Farmer Help Birds When They Fly South in the Winter Time?

For Teachers K
Students draw a picture of a bird in a rice field. In this social studies instructional activity, students then fold a piece of paper so that there are 4 spaces. Students then draw one thing in each square that birds get from the rice...
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Sorting Objects

For Teachers 1st
First graders experiment with sorting. In this sorting instructional activity, 1st graders separate objects according to one attribute: smooth, rough, hard or soft.
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Looking at French Decorative Arts

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students research the history of trade in porcelain wares from Asia and the quest to re-create true hard-paste porcelain in Europe and art in French society. In this French art lesson, students research and discuss the possible...
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Geology Quiz Worksheet

For Teachers 4th - 5th
For this geology quiz worksheet, students answer 10 fill-in-the-blank questions about geology. They answer questions about types of rocks, hardness, and mineral attributes. They check their work with the answers at the bottom of the page.
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Trace and Read Adjectives

For Students 1st - 4th
In this adjectives trace and read worksheet, students trace 14 adjectives 4 times each. Students use the extra space to write the adjectives independently.
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All Aboard the Peace Train

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss the story "The Little Engine That Could" and highlight the quality of perseverance. They write a paragraph about a time they needed perseverance to succeed.
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Understanding the News

For Teachers Higher Ed
Pupils work in small groups to identify the following categories of news articles: hard news, features, announcements, and opinion/personal reflection.
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Bread in a Bag

For Teachers 1st - 5th Standards
This lesson focuses on making bread, but also spends some time on the origins of wheat. In order to make the bread, each class member receives a kit full of the materials they will need. Included here is a detailed list of instructions...
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Investigating Different Rock Types

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze a rock using their eyes and then a hand lens. In this science lesson, students determine and discuss how hard or how easy it was to find and classify the assigned rock. Students record their observations on an index...
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Number Ordering

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete number ordering activities in an online format. For this number ordering lesson, students get a number from 0 to 30 and then participate in a timed exercise to order the numbers. Students split into odd and even...
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Fifties/Sixties Musical Playwriting Workshop

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write a coherent script based on characterization, theme, conflict and emotional tone as found in the songs' lyrics and develop an understanding of the enjoyment that comes through discipline and hard work leading toward a...
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Marital Adjustments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars discuss the importance of marital adjustments during marriage. They identify common marital adjustments and how to resolve them. (in-laws, sex, dual income, etc.) They determine that marriage adjustments are common and...
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Creating a Structure Lab

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students construct a paper structure that supports a standard hard cover textbook at least 12 inches above a flat sturdy surface for a minimum of 30 seconds. They explain what a blueprint is. Students build the structure entirely out of...
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Marital Adjustments

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students discuss the importance of that marriage adjustment. They identify common marital adjustments and how to resolve them. (in-laws, sex, dual income, etc.) They determine that marriage adjustments are common and difficult; but...
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Affluenza Teacher's Guide

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Affluenza will expose students to the problem of overconsumption and its effects on society and the environment. The one-hour program takes a hard, sometimes humorous look at the American passion for shopping, and how it leads to debt...
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Money Matters

For Teachers K - 1st
Pupils count, record, and calculate money. They save, as well as to explain the value of jobs and working hard.
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Resistance is Futile

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students participate in two hands-on demonstrations to explore how friction can make objects hard to push.
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Rock Hounds at Heart

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read "Sylvester and the Magic Pebble" by iam Steig and practice describing rocks using different physical properties. They make observations and develop and describe categories such as texture, color, density, hardness, etc.
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Water Quality

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners observe water samples and measure the samples' water quality. Students develop their own criteria for measuring water quality and test for temperature, acidity, oxygen levels, turbidity, conductance, sediment and hardness.

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