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People making a difference

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify resources that all humans need and compare needs and wants. In this needs and wants lesson plan, students discuss with their teacher situations in which people need or want items and how some people don't have the...
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Meeting Needs Four Ways: The Drive (6th)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the U.S. economic sectors and their philanthropic role in communities. In this civil society lesson, students brainstorm and classify businesses in their community. Students discuss the for-profit, nonprofit, government...
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Sharing is Giving-The Drive

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students identify acts of philanthropy. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students define the term "hero" and read the book Stone Soup. Students discuss soup kitchens and complete a Venn diagram analyzing the differences...
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Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore the forms of water. In this physics lesson, students use ice cubes and observe what happens when the ice melts. Learners freeze the water again and record observations.
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The Economics of Horticultural Production

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils examine how government programs and sustainable practices can affect farm profitability.  In this agriculture lesson students complete several activities that include the prices of food and designing their own ecolabel. 
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Auto-Bio Poem

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students create an autobiographical poem. In this writing lesson, students write an eleven line autobiopoem after read the teacher's model. Students include their name, fears, and family in the poem.
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Caught Between Worlds: Frontier Life as Reflected in Captivity Narratives

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze captivity narratives written between the 1600's and 1800's. In this narrative lesson, students think critically about the interaction between Native peoples and the settlers to understand the cultural beliefs held by...
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Impromptu Speech

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students present a speech. In this public speaking lesson, students learn what an impromptu speech is and the important facets of the introduction and conclusion. Students present an impromptu speech.
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Vocabulary definitions

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this vocabulary words worksheet, students read a fable and then they match the vocabulary words from the fable to their definitions. Students complete this for 8 words.
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Issues to Stand By

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of courage. In this character education lesson, students consider how to have the courage to stand up and fight for community issues.
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Darfur Now Lesson Four: The Messages of Darfur Now

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the work in individuals that are part of Darfur Now. In this human rights lesson, students also analyze the message of Weisel's Not on Our Watch. Students create found poems pertaining to social responsibility and activism.
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European Agriculture

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students make inferences on how physical geography affected the development of early civilizations and come up with solutions to global issues. In this physical geography lesson plan, students compare maps of the past to maps of today to...
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Our Choices Matter: What You Eat

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will record their food choices for one week, noting calories, protein and vitamin content of foods using a given USDA website. Students will discuss whole class the important of proper nutrition and its role, and what happens...
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Progressivism (6)

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive American history worksheet, students answer 15 fill in the blank questions regarding the Progressive Movement. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Participial Adjectives

For Students 7th - 9th
In this participial adjectives worksheet, students complete sentences by using either the past or present participle forms of given verbs. Students can get help by clicking on "show a letter."
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Malnourishment and Poverty

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how poverty impacts people in many developing countries.  In this Student Voices against Poverty lesson, students calculate data on numbers of children suffering from Vitamin A deficiency and numbers of...
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Dig In

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore harvest festivals. In this harvesting lesson, students view photos of Christian harvest festivals and Jewish harvest festivals. Learners plan a harvest festival within their own school.
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Interview with Meriwether Lewis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students ask questions and prepare responses to Meriwether Lewis and his expedition. In this journal instructional activity students present their questions to the class.
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The Bill of Rights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students classify the Bill of Rights. In this U.S. Constitution lesson, students complete provided readings and worksheets in order to define, identify and analyze each of the amendments and explain why they were included in the...
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Flavors and Favors

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students conduct a food drive. In this service learning lesson plan, students put on a school-wide food drive, decorate the bags the food will be delivered in and possibly even help distribute the food.
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Nutrition: How important is rice to the world?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders point out places on a map that grow rice around the world. In this rice growing lesson plan, 4th graders read about the importance of rice and use a map to see where it comes from.
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Digging It - A Garden That Is

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students plan, design, and create a school/community garden.  In this planning, designing, and creating a school/community garden instructional activity, students research materials needed to start a garden.  Students determine...
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Understanding Theme With Fables

For Students 5th - 8th
In this theme worksheet, students read a set of short fables, determine theme and write their explanations below each.
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Spelling Test: Lesson 8

For Students 4th
In this spelling test learning exercise, 4th graders choose the correct way to spell a word in this fourth grade spelling test. Students complete 25 questions.

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