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Requiem The Song of the Murdered Jewish People

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read poem The Song of the Murdered Jewish People, listen to Requiem based on poem, work on reading poem as music plays, discuss reasons for composer's musical choices, and investigate possibilities of performing a reading for an...
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Explorers of the Mighty North

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students access the Internet to research the journey made by Rear Admiral Peary and Matthew Alexander Henson to the North Pole. They locate the North Pole on maps and globes. They present oral reports to classmates on their research.
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Ybor City Historic District

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners analyze the role cigar making played in Ybor City. They examine how cigars are made and the different societies who helped immigrants keep their identify. They compare and contrast their own community to Ybor City.
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Ball in Play

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students conduct weekly research on three to five current events. As a ball is tossed around the room, the student holding the ball presents to the class the who, what, where, when, why, and how details of their selected current event.
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Cotton Production and Milling

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine cotton production and milling. They compete in a hand-ginning contest to realize how difficult it was to separate the seeds from the fibers of cotton. They discuss why Eli Whitney's cotton gin was an important invention.
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Hebu Mandari

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students sing "Hebu Mandari" by John Parker in this High School Choir lesson. State and National Standards are addressed. The lesson emphasizes student ability to sing Major 3rd and Perfect 5th intervals in the group choral setting.
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Name Geneology Essay

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the meaning of their names and write an essay about their findings.
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Fire and Fire Suppression

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore forest fires and forest service's new stategies. They study a case of natural burn and the impact of lowering the intensity of a larger forest fire.
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Native Species Restoration and its Impact on Local Populations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers watch video clips of ecosystems and answer questions relating to them.
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Volcanoes: How Safe Are They?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the most dangerous volcanoes on Earth, plot their locations, and research different volcanic hazards.
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Naming Roads

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars investigate the aspects of a historic map of roads and trails in the Southeastern United States. They explore reasons for giving roads certain names and decide on names for other roads themselves.
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Possible Locations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create maps with cutout pieces of paper that represent caverns. They develop a scale for their map and decide where the best location is to live. They discover the importance of map reading skills.
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Scaling the Map

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice determining map distances using the map scales. They discover how much an area represents on the map in relation to the actual area. They decide on the best place to build their cavern.
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Water and Land 207

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine maps of different projections, mathematically calculate distortions, and note the advantages and disadvantages of each map. They study the different maps and transfer the map to graph paper.
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Reverse Glass "Painting"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the life and works of John Audubon. They compare and contrast various pieces of art and identify the purposes of stained glass. After observing his art, they create their own stained glass creation using the concepts...
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Keep Your Lamps

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers practice their singing using the correct posture. Using music, they practice reading it and using the correct rhythm. They are introduced to a Oratorio and stretching exercises to use before beginning a song. They share...
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Geography: Islands and Alcatraz

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners, in groups, create maps of islands including map keys and compass roses. They compare and contrast their island communities with that of the island prison, Alcatraz. Students select from a series of projects, including writing...
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Our State Road Trip

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students take a virtual tour of the country of China instead of a state. Using the Internet, they examine the differences between a political and physical map and use latitude and longitude to locate specific places. They also research...
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AMACO Gloss Decorating Colors... "Majolica GDC's"

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students use different techniques to apply a decorating gloss. In this informative handout, students are introduced to various techniques for applying Gloss Decorating Colors for Bisque and Majolica.
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Strawberry Girl: Lesson 5

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars read the book Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski. In this literature lesson, students read chapters 8-15 and complete journal entries. They look at how life was in the 1890's.
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Arkansas

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Arkansas reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 2-page selection regarding the state and they answer 10 true or false questions pertaining to the selection.
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History.com: Florida

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a detailed look at the state of Florida! From its earliest history and peoples, to present day facts which include population, climate, geography, plants and animals, economy, government, cultural life, sports and recreation,...
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State Library-Florida

Florida Memory: Florida During World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
A history of Florida during World War II with primary documents, photos, quizzes and lesson plans based on the "Sunshine State Standards for Social Studies."
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University of South Florida

A Short History of Florida: Ponce De Leon: Florida's First Spanish Explorer

For Students 3rd - 5th
Read about Juan Ponce de Leon, his exploration of Florida, and his fruitless search for the "Fountain of Youth."

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