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Test Yourself for Hidden Bias

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine their own hidden bias. For this diversity lesson, students link to an Internet website to test their own stereotypes and prejudices. Students discuss how bias is perpetuated in society and determine what they can to...
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Inclusion/Exclusion

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students verbally share their own experiences as students, exploring different ways people are made to feel "included" in the learning process.
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A Colony is Born : Lesson 6 -To Leave or Not to Leave

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders connect reasons for coming to the New World with identity. The create identities and place them in one of three settled regions. They refer to prior study notes in their Colonial Notebooks to establish their identities.
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A Colony is Born : Lessons 7 - 10 What's My Line?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research their assigned regions, complete regional guide and prepare presentations about the New World colonists. They refer to "Everyday LIfe: Colonial Times" as well as searching marked internet sites.
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A Colony is Born : Lesson 11 - Group Presentations and Summatives

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders give presentations on colonial research. The others take notes on the presentations. They play a card game which helps them review content. They take a summative assessment and present their research notebooks.
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Storytellers: Bruce Springsteen

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars use the music of Bruce Springsteen to learn literature techniques.
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Women Writers and Dissent in 20th and 21st Century American Literature

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read examples of writings by women authors showing their dissent. After completion of their reading, they brainstorm on why they believe female authors have criticized society. In groups, they use the Internet to research...
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The House on Mango Street

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read The House on Mango Street and analyze why the author chose to tell this story and how the characters are affected by immigration, poverty, and discrimination. Students compare this story to others about immigration to...
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Population-Building a Foundation

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students research to find information about populations and complete world maps by labeling the current population, and determining the 10 countries with the largest population. They search the "World Population Data Sheet." On the third...
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Greek Gods Who Are They?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research a Greek God with a partner and prepare a presentation for the class. They use the computer and Internet, as a motivator for a Social Studies unit and explore the mythology, legends, values and beliefs of a people.
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Separation of Powers: Connecting the Separate Powers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the concept of separation of powers. They recognize how the Constitution provides for separation of powers and categorize public officials into one of three branches of government. Students do a role play and see if...
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Compound Words - Individual Activities

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these compound word worksheets, students engage in numerous activities to reinforce what they have learned about compound words. Nine learning exercise provide various means of reinforcing the concept including word puzzles and...
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Analysis Through Character Action/Beliefs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore characterization. In this characterization lesson, students give analytical responses to questions and determine a character's beliefs. Students use the school mission statement to develop two beliefs that the statement...
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The Poetry and Prose of Langston Hughes

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders discover the poetry of Langston Hughes. In this social issues lesson plan, 11th graders experience the views of Langston Hughes. Students read Hughes' poetry and discuss the basic theme. Students evaluate the political,...
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Attributes of Renewable Energy: From Nanopossibilities to Solar Power

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore solar energy, why we use it and how we use it.  In this renewable energy lesson students compare active and solar techniques.
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Common Sense: The Rhetoric of Popular Democracy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify important arguments for independence made in Thomas Paine's Common Sense. They explain why these arguments helped persuade American colonists that independence was necessary. Students describe the importance of...
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Superlative Adjectives

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this superlative adjectives worksheet, students read a review of adjectives with -est suffixes, and adjectives followed by of, in, on, etc.. Students apply the information to fill in blanks and create sentences to write twenty-one...
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Factoring Trinomials

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Have the class factor and solve trinomials of integers in the form x2 + bx + c, where b and c are positive. They relate factoring to area and then follow a specific format to factor their trinomials. Tiles are used to help them...
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Factoring Trinomials

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Students factor trinomials. In this algebra lesson, students identify the different integers making up the trinomial and use the special pattern to factor them. They continue to model the equations and how to factor correctly.
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Standards vs. Curriculum: The Important Distinction

For Teachers 5th - 12th
The Common Core standards are a noteworthy achievement, but the real challenge for math teachers is finding the right curriculum.
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Huck Finn Chapter Questions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners answer chapter questions to evaluate the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Conditional

For Students 7th - 8th
Introduce your middle schoolers to the conditional tense. The top portion of the page provides information on the tense, and the bottom portion has a quick post-assessment. 
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Worksheet 4

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this math instructional activity, students write down five exact differential equations in symmetric form. Then they test the statements concerning differential equations.
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Promoting Tolerance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create multimedia presentations on stereotyping. In this stereotyping lesson plan, students have discussions on different kinds of stereotyping, how it makes people feel, and create a multimedia presentation on it.

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