California Department of Education
How to Succeed in Life
Is it possible that six simple traits lead to a happy, successful life? Part four of a six-part series of college and career readiness lessons examines the effects of character in determining success. Working groups discuss...
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What is a Tribal Government?
How are tribal governments similar to local or state governments? After reading a short article on tribal governments, individuals draw evidence from the provided article to respond to this reading comprehension question.
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Keep on Standing!!
Students construct an earthquake simulator and create building models to test. In this earthquake lesson, students use the Internet and a slinky to demonstrate P and S waves. They construct an earthquake simulator as a class and use it...
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Pod Cards: The White House, Washington D.C.
In this language arts worksheet, young scholars listen to a podcast of information about the White House. Students fill in missing words as they listen. Young scholars use a transcript to answer 15 questions about what they've heard and...
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Let's Learn about Symmetry
Students explore symmetry in architecture. In this cross curriculum art and architecture lesson, students fold paper to illustrate symmetry and identify symmetrical and asymmetrical shapes. Students observe photographs...
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International Communication: Why English?
In this international communication of why English learning exercise, students participate in four activities including why important sites are relevant to the history of communication, matching explanations with sites and conversation...
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Explore More About Bottle Construction
Students explore Green Construction. In this lesson based on the experiences of Peace Corps volunteers, students gain insight into alternative construction in Guatemala. They examine the pros and cons of using alternative building...
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Discovering National Parks
Students work to preserve American National Parks. In this environmental activism lesson, students research the history of the national parks and determine why they were created. Students then focus on protecting the land, using it for...
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Thanks Be To You
Students research U.S. history by completing a worksheet activity in class. In this historical figure lesson, students identify the contributions and risks taken by the former African-American leader Martin Luther King Jr. Students read...
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Bottle Top Sentences
Students practice language. In this vocabulary expansion lesson, students match words on a sentence strip. They work independently to recognize and correlate words in a sentence to individual words out of sequence. This lesson includes...
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Striking It Rich!
Fifth graders explore the California Gold Rush. They explore the lure of gold and the Wild West, how pioneers traveled to the West, and the hardships and people they encountered along the way. Activities be authentic, hands-on, and...
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Getting the Message: What Did You Say?
Learners listen to and compare the first sentence of the Gettysburg Address spoken in different languages. They also compare frequency readings for each and discuss how the brain interprets spoken words.
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English Lesson Plans for Grade 10
Tenth graders discuss the importance of email communication for them. In this english lesson, 10th graders write an essay about the advantages and disadvantages of TV. They create a press release announcing a building construction.
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MTV's Poetry
Students use several strategies in poetry to convey tone and speaker. In this language arts lesson, students read and build vocabulary as they gain a larger understanding of how to write poetry. Students then work in groups in order...
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If These Walls Could Speak...
Young scholars examine the relationship between history, the use of a given space, and its design. They research the relationship between technology and design while exploring a variety of sources. They study what scale models are and...
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Stackers Game for word fluency
Students create three letter words and decode for fluency and accuracy. In this fluency lesson, students use alphabet tiles to build words with the CVC pattern and read the word aloud. Students alternate turns by stacking one...
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Poetry and Our National Anthem
Middle schoolers express the meaning of the Star-Spangled Banner. In this American history lesson, students read through the national anthem and complete an activities from a list of choices. Some choices include: writing the anthem in...
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"CREATE YOUR OWN COMMUNITY"
Second graders, after spending several weeks developing skills necessary to become a "Community Development Team," create and build their vision of a community. Consideration is given for needs and wants, food, shelter, safety concerns,...
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"Dr. Xargle's Book of Earthlets"
Students examine the expressive and descriptive language used in the books "Dr. Xargle's Book of Earthlets" and "Planet of the Robots." In pairs they take notes about each other's physical appearance and conduct interviews, identify the...
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Arriba Amigos!
Students explore how culture effects our world. In this culture lesson, students work in groups to do a web quest. Students gather and analyze information to decide if Mayan ruins should be destroyed to build a shopping center. Students...
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See how They Grow: Butterfly
Students view butterflies and participate in a butterfly activity to learn needed vocabulary. In this butterfly life cycle instructional activity, students access prior knowledge of butterflies. Students listen to a butterfly life...
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Cooperation
Students, in groups, "Build An Animal where they need to cooperate in order to be successful and then make a storyboard for a Powerpoint presentation.
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Can Diet and Exercise Help?
Young scholars research information on diabetes. In this health and or language arts lesson, students develop Power Point presentations to demonstrate how life style choices affect the risk of developing diabetes. This is a great...
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Cooking: Solar Oven, Cornbread, and Butter
Students build a solar oven and prepare cornbread in it. In this solar oven cooking lesson, students follow instructions to create a solar oven. Students are given recipes for butter and cornbread to follow and cook...