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Core Curriculum Lesson Plans for The Lions of Little Rock

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Schools in the 1950s and 60s looked very different from the schools we know today. An educator's guide explores the civil rights movement and, specifically, the process of integrating schools. Questions cover key themes in the novel and...
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VH1

Lessons for Hight School Music Classes: Lesson 2

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Art and music have been vehicles for statements of civil unrest for hundreds of years. Upper graders critically analyze several pop songs or music movements from the 1980s that exemplify politically charged motives. They...
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Global Oneness Project

Flamenco: A Cross-Cultural Art Form

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Notes of pride and persecution, exclusion and isolation resonate in flamenco. Introduce this musical art form to your social studies or Spanish language classes with a resource that follows a young flamenco guitarist as he...
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EngageNY

Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 1, Lesson 4

For Teachers 10th Standards
Guide high schoolers through the most successful and efficient ways to address a text with a literary analysis instructional activity. As learners find examples of alliteration in Christopher Marlowe's "The Passionate Shepard to His...
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EngageNY

Grade 10 ELA Module 1: Unit 3, Lesson 12

For Teachers 10th Standards
Relationships between characters generate energy that propels the plot and connects events with a central idea. Track character development and meaningful relationships with a literary analysis lesson focused on H.G. Bissinger's Friday...
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Curated OER

High School Lesson Plan -- Music

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the concept of minimal music. In groups, they identify its characteristics and its relationship to minimal art. Using the internet, they research the various historical time periods in which it was popular. ...
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Curated OER

Football game seating: Security or Restriction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read the Ohio High School Athletic Association Sportsmanship Resource Guide, paying particular attention to what it says for School Reporters. They then write a news article about the issue presented.
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Curated OER

Athletic rules: Break them and who should suffer?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write an article that presents the student's view in the situation of a high school football team forfeiting all of its victories because of a paperwork glitch. Students research the rules of the state athletic association.
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Curated OER

Gay, Lesbian Speakers: Teaching Tolerance To Intolerant

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research what has happened in other high schools with gay or lesbian speakers. They survey students about what they believe the issues are in school.High schoolers present a proposal for a speaker on this topic to the...
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Curated OER

The age of majority: How old is old enough?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research on the Web and in books the "age of majority" in general and how it applies in their particular states. Explore, too, "emancipation" and whether this is another way for teens to earn additional rights. Students write a...
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Curated OER

Putting It All Together: The Personal Plan of Study

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss their plans for after high school and complete a portfolio. Individually, they use the information from their portfolio to create puzzle pieces of their past to help them plan their future. In groups, they put...
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Curated OER

The death penalty; What is your view?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Pupils write a persuasive essay about the death penalty. Students respond to pupils at St. Ignatius Catholic High School in Cleveland protesting the death of Adremy Dennis. Students research both sides of the debate, before writing why...
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Curated OER

Calling All Directors

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Interpret Shakespearian scenes with your middle and high school classes. Groups select scenes from plays that they are familiar with to perform for their classmates. They should attempt to recreate the emotions they think the characters...
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Curated OER

#2902. 21st Century: Make Literature Relevant!

For Teachers 11th - 12th
J-Peezy to hang? Would John Proctor by any other name be as brave? High school scholars update scenes from Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible” and perform them before the class. After viewing and enjoying the modern trappings of their scenes,...
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Curated OER

Repeat Design Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars design an individual rubber stamp and use this design to create a simple repeat pattern. This Art lesson is for the high school level and includes a possible lesson extension.
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Curated OER

Reading Buddies - Helping Your High School Students Learn the Importance of Quality Literature for Children

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write letter of introduction to their Kindergarten book buddies, obtain children's books from library, visit Kindergarten students' classroom at time(s) specified by teachers, read stories to children, and write reflection...
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Curated OER

Youth Obesity: Schools Fight Back

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
Kids fight obesity by comparing the USDA food intake suggestions to what they personally consume throughout the day. They watch a video, read texts, and explore related vocabulary which they use as they compose an oral presentation. 
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Youth Obesity: Schools Fight Back

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Explore nutrition and healthy eating habits with a study on youth obesity. Learners watch a PBS documentary on the obesity epidemic which discusses government programs aimed at healthier choices, as well as more localized efforts. Kids...
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Curated OER

Connected by Art

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students inspect visual arts by exploring images on-line. In this art analysis lesson, students discuss the history of art and the its ability to communicate with people through images. Students utilize pencils and charcoal to create...
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Curated OER

Breaking News: School Bans Hugging and High Fives

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore current events by analyzing a news article in class. For this school ban lesson, students read a story about a high school in London that has banned physical contact between all students. Students answer study questions...
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Curated OER

Language Arts: Reading Non-Fiction

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students read and view information sent from seven high school students who travel to China. The daily reports that they send back to the weblog section of the site should be of high interest to students in Minnesota.
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Curated OER

Op Art Circles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create Optical Art, art that seems to move when you look at it, in this Art instructional activity for the High School classroom. Included with the instructional activity is a list of recommended materials and suggested resource...
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Curated OER

Great Online Art Sites

For Teachers K - 8th
Students complete an online study of art websites. In this art and technology lesson, students explore the links and try the activities to learn about art online.
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Curated OER

Art and Culture

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners compare and contrast the ways in which human figures are portrayed in rock art made by ancient Native American artists and in the drawings and paintings of historic European and American artists. They use images to identify...

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