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Japan: A Cultural Study

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders "take a trip" to Japan. They discover what life is like for a typical Japanese child and compare/contrast it to life in America. They give an oral presentation of Japanese holidays and festivals.
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Dream! (Part One)

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students share with the class what they want to be when they grow up. As a class, they identify what they want to be for Halloween as well. They are videotaped stating their dream and photographed with their mask. Using the masks, they...
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Knights and Castles and Kings Galore

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders create a fairy tale story with emphasis on castles. After reading various texts featuring castles and their residents, 5th graders complete a book report project. The book report serves as a springboard to the writing...
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Family Picture Quilt

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore family backgrounds and traditions while discussing how memories are preserved. In this patchwork quilt instructional activity, students create a keepsake by compiling pictures, drawings, and magazine clippings of things...
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Sky Watching

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students trace how weather patterns generally move from west to east in the United States.
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Risk Behavior

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore information about HIV and how the possible contractions of the disease can control their lives. The Far reaching consequences of risk behavior are discussed.
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Rosa Parks

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete a variety of written and discussion activities regarding Rosa Parks and the Alabama bus boycott and how they changed an accepted way of life in America.
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Past Continuous

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this past continuous form worksheet, students analyze 8 pictures and read a question about each one. Students write the answer to each. This is intended for ESL use.
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Present Continuous Review

For Students 5th - 6th
In this ESL present continuous verb tense worksheet, students first analyze the 7 pictures that depict people doing things. Students use the 3 provided words and write a sentence about what each person is doing in the picture.
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Question Making

For Students 6th
In this ESL question making worksheet, 6th graders look at 7 pictures and read the answers. Students write an appropriate question for each answer.
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Clothes Jeopardy Worksheet

For Students 4th - 5th
In this ESL clothes vocabulary worksheet, learners examine 3 pictures of people wearing different articles of clothing. Students read 3 answers and write a question that goes with each.
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Adjectives: Opposites Matching

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL adjectives opposites vocabulary worksheet, students examine 7 pictures and write the adjective that describes them. Students then match them to the opposite adjective.
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Simple Past Sentences

For Students Higher Ed
In this simple past worksheet, students will focus on usage of the past tense. Students will complete 7 matching questions by looking at the pictures in one column and matching them with the correct verb in the second column. Then...
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What's the Matter With You?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL vocabulary building learning exercise, students study 7 pictures that depict people in trouble or with an illness. Students answer the questions "What's the matter with you?" by writing a complete sentence that describes the...
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Daily Routines

For Students 4th - 5th
In this daily routines worksheet, students examine 7 clocks. Next to each clock there is a phrase about what will happen at that time of day, such as "have dinner." Students apparently write the time and activity in a sentence. Note: The...
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Breaking News English: The Word "Dear" Disappearing in E-mails

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "The Word "Dear" Disappearing in E-mails," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the biography and work of F. Scott Fitzgerald. They learn how the author used autobiographical elements in writing his stories and they try a hand at writing a Fitzgerald-style story with autobiographical elements of their...
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Racists Actions Toward the Native Americans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore Thomas Jefferson and his attitude toward Native Americans. They study maps from European colonization and the westward movement that pushed the Native Americans further west. Students analyze primary source writings of...
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Social Needs: Word Processing and Scanner Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss the concept of social needs. They research social events. Students create posters advertising social events. Using a WebCam, students exchange social event ideas. Students chart how social needs are fulfilled in the...
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A Media Literacy Unit on "Turn Beauty Inside Out"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners become aware of the importance of distinguishing between inner and outer beauty. They explore how the media's opinion of beauty is biased and should be evaluated rather than just accepted. Each student also assesses how the...
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Language Development: Yours and Humankind's

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students brainstorm on the evolution of communication with the use of an animated cartoon activity, 'From Caveman to Spaceman.' They discuss their own personal communication development and create a timeline to illustrate how they have...
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How Many of Your Classmates...

For Students 4th - 5th
In this surveying classmates activity, students read 8 questions and survey classmates. Students ask the question, write the name of the person and their response. It is unclear what the last space is for; it could be for a final tally.
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Adverbs of Manner

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this adverbs activity, students analyze 6 pictures that depict an action. Students read the sentence starter and write an adverbial phrase that best completes the description of the picture.
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Clothes

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this ESL question answering worksheet, students examine 5 pictures that depict articles of clothing. Students read the question next to each and write the answer on the line.