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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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Discovering Your Heritage

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners interview a family member about their heritage. They listen to and record part of their family's oral history. Students also create and label a family tree going back a minimum of two generations and compare and contrast...
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The Blind Men and The Elephant

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read a traditional story from India and discover how two people can see the event in different ways. Using their own experiences, they examine how each of their classmates is affected by them in how to read a situation. They...
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Grid Skills

For Students 5th - 8th
In this geography worksheet, students use grid references on a map to locate places in the pictures given. They also identify another advantage of using a grid map, which they have an overhead view of the content to prevent any features...
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Volunteering Requires Freedom of Choice

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore ways to volunteer. In this volunteerism and philanthropy lesson, students brainstorm how the early Americans benefited from philanthropy, then discuss how others benefit from our philanthropy and how we choose ways to...
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The Vikings of Scandinavia

For Teachers 3rd
Students become familiar with who the Vikings were and what they accomplished. In this Vikings lesson, students locate the Scandinavian countries. Students will record information about the Vikings in a Viking notebook. Students will...
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Quilting Through the Civil War and Underground Railroad

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students design a quilt. For this Civil War and Underground Railroad lesson, students discuss the Civil War and Underground Railroad. Students look at quilts from the Civil War and discover how they were used to help slaves escape....
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Critically Examining, Analyzing and Evaluating Picture Books on Aboriginal Canada

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students combat pervasive stereotypes. In this Critical Analysis lesson, students examine and evaluate the stereotypes of Aboriginal groups, as depicted in a picture book. Students will use primary and secondary sources to compose...
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Flight of Today

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore the impact air-crafts have on us and how they can be used to glorify God. In this aircraft activity, students discover how the creation of different air-crafts have had an impact on communication, economics, and on...
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Relating Maya

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read about the bags that the Maya people made and about how reusing bags can help save our environment. In this environment lesson plan, students read and discuss conservation and observe pictures.
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Facilitators Workshop

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Young scholars experience leading and facilitating in a group setting and to observe what roles they play in a group. They apply tools tools for observation and action to help them to be a more effective leaders and facilitators.
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Health Enhancement Traditional Games

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in Tribal games. In this tribal nations lesson, 4th graders play games that help improve on the physical skills for survival, invention, and problem solving. They discuss what is needed for survival and how...
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Campaign! The Election Simulation Game

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students simulate the election process with one group acting as politicians and others acting as the constituency with concerns specific to their assigned area of the country. They give speeches, take polls, and elect a leader based on...
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Tourism Potential in Different Locations

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students research an underdeveloped area and discuss ways that tourism could be promoted in that area. They work collaboratively to create a proposal for the rest of their group to encourage an investment in their selected region. They...
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Ghost House Maze for Halloween

For Teachers 1st
In this Halloween maze worksheet, 1st graders will try to help a little boy get away from a haunted house. The maze contains color illustrations.
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Worksheet 1: Geography Quiz

For Students 3rd - 5th
Students take a geography quiz and circle the multiple choice answer that answers each question correctly. The quiz is quite-challenging, and an atlas may be required to help the students. An answer sheet is provided.
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Change the World, One Month at a Time

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Learners complete monthly acts of kindness using the given instructions. In this acts of kindness lesson plan, students follow the directions for each month to create and give an act of kindness to their classmates or other individual.
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Making a Travel Brochure

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research the cities in Florida and discuss information about that city.  In this travel brochure lesson, 3rd graders develop a list of attractions, slogan, and find facts about the city they are studying. ...
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Watch Out for Landslides

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students conduct an experiment.  In this landslides lesson, students learn about landslides and discuss how they could minimize the risk of landslides.  Students complete an experiment to see if changing the slope of the land...
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National Priorities for Hunger

For Students 7th - 8th
In this national priorities for hunger worksheet, students assess the need in their community for food assistance, decide what needs to be done, rank the options, and determine a method for evaluating programs.  This page has many...
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With Malice toward None: Lincoln's Assassination

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the manhunt for, John Wilkes Booth, the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. In this lesson plan about a president, students write and role-play they are announcers who are informing the world of...
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Survival Kit

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discuss how a strong community can be helpful for survival during hard times. In this Survival Kit art activity, students create their own Survival Kit. Students use various items to symbolize things needed for survival in day...
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Holocaust Heroes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the contributions of Holocaust heroes. In this Holocaust lesson, students watch "Holocaust Heroes," and discuss the stories shared in the video. Young scholars create scrapbooks that feature the real or...
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Milton Hershey and the Qualities of a Hero

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners create a classroom mural that features heroes. In this Milton Hershey lesson, students discuss the qualities Hershey had that made him a hero. Learners then identify other heroes and design a classroom mural of those heroes.