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Our Children Can Soar
Amazing efforts of African American leaders are celebrated in a lesson on civil participation. The engaging resource focuses on primary and secondary sources to analyze the impact of African American leaders such as Ella Fitzgerald....
American Museum of Natural History
Sounds of the Silk Road
Young explorers may not be able to travel the Silk Road but they can listen to music that was played on instruments of the time and create their own songs with the help of an interesting interactive resource.
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Pennsylvania Colony
An informational reading sheds light on the history of the Pennsylvania colony. Scholars read the text, then answer 10 questions.
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Storytelling
Eighth graders retell stories to peers and the entire class. In this storytelling lesson plan, 8th graders research short stories and select a short story to retell. Students rewrite the stories in their own words and tell it aloud.
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Feelings
Students complete grammar and story writing activities with a theme of feelings. In this grammar and writing instructional activity, students discuss feelings and complete grammar revision for the future tense of verbs. Students read a...
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a Journal for Corduroy: Responding To Literature
Students listen to the book, Corduroy, and discuss the characters and the sequence of events. They take turns taking Corduroy home overnight, and write their own adventure stories using the Corduroy character.
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Fairy Tale Facts
Students analyze fairy tale characters and story elements. In this fairy tale lesson plan, students label two charts for the characters and settings of a fairy tale. Students view props in story boxes and answer questions about the story...
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Suddenly!
Third graders explore the text "Suddenly." They create a new version of the story using the predictable patterns from the original story. Students share their stories with the rest of the class.
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The Mysterious Tadpole
Second graders examine books written by Steven Kellogg, looking for similarities in his illustrations. They also look at images found on the Internet. They listen to a read aloud of The Mysterious Tadpole up to the point where the eggs...
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Citizenship Quiz
In this online interactive civics worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about the history and civics of the United States. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive worksheet.
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A Special Christmas Present
In this online/interactive building a story learning exercise, students choose sentences to add to the Christmas story. Students write 1 story.
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Dave Turns into a Potato
In this online interactive ESL reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short story and respond to 5 multiple choice questions regarding the story. Students may check their answers with the click of the mouse.
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Nasreddin's Visitors Exercise 3
In this online interactive language arts worksheet, students fill in 10 blanks in a 2 paragraph selection with appropriate words. Students may check their answers immediately.
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The Symposium
In this online interactive philosophy activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about The Symposium by Plato.
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Nasreddin the Ferry Man
In this online interactive reading comprehension quiz worksheet, students respond to 6 multiple choice questions regarding the article "Nasreddin the Ferry Man." Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Robotics Reading Hour - Robot Dog
Students create a robotic dog for story time. In this story lesson, high school students bring a robotic dog to an elementary school. They read the story Robot Dog by Mark Oliver and then show their robotic dog.
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Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain - Kenya
Students accompany music to the story Bringing the Rain to the Kapiti Plain - Kenya to show how sound and music can accompany story description. In this music lesson, students learn how to show sound during a story.
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Multimedia Morning Mania
Students interact with a morning meeting slideshow. They read, write and watch information that is projected onto a whiteboard.
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The Higher Power of Lucky
Students complete activities using the book The Higher Power of Lucky. In this literature lesson, students read the story and identify the parts of the story. They create a wind chime like that found in the book.
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A Special Christmas Present
In this online interactive reading comprehension quiz worksheet, students respond to 8 multiple choice questions regarding a passage pertaining to Christmas. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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One Word Substitution 1
For this online interactive vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 10 vocabulary terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Charmides
In this online interactive philosophy worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Charmides by Plato.
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Utilitarianism
In this online interactive philosophy activity, high schoolers respond to 25 multiple choice questions about Utilitarianism by John Stuart Mill. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Friends
Students complete vocabulary activities about friends. In this vocabulary activity, students introduce themselves in a ball game format and discuss the topic of friends. Students complete a worksheet with related vocabulary and read a...