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KWL Comprehension Strategy: Maus I and II

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How much does your class know about World War II? Before reading Art Spiegelman's Maus I, lead your class in creating a KWL chart. Knowing the background and setting of the novel are extremely important in understanding this survivor's...
Handout
Road to Grammar

Five Presentation Tips

For Students 6th - 12th
Talking in front of others can be intimidating, especially when you aren't speaking in your native language. Put your English language learners at ease before a class presentation. They can follow these tips to give relaxed and effective...
Worksheet
Cloud Front

Grammar Camp Worksheet Packet

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Whip your students' grammar skills into shape with this series of practice worksheets. Touching on all eight parts of speech, these exercises challenge learners to identify the relationships between different words...
PPT
Curated OER

What is in a Synagogue

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
If you're teaching about the Jewish religion, you'll need this handy resource that describes what a Synagogue is. It discusses the basic history of Judaism and the three uses for a Synagogue. This resource is appropriate for private...
PPT
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Who Was Anne Frank

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Introduce eyewitness accounts of World War II with this presentation. It provides a very brief summary of the life of Anne Frank, along with several descriptive excerpts from her diary. While the resource appears to have been made by a...
Website
University of North Carolina

Conference Papers

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
In the world of academia, conference papers and presentations play a big role. It's through conference papers that professors and graduate assistants share their research with others in the field. A handout on conference papers, part of...
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Curated OER

The Language Garden

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore threats to minority languages. In this global studies lesson, students read an article about minority languages in the world. Students then complete tasks to show their comprehension of the article. The reading is not...
Unit Plan
Indiana Department of Education

The Represented World: Communication—Packaging

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Challenge your classes to design and market a new product. Collaborative groups use geometry skills to create packaging for their products. Finally, they plan a marketing strategy to present to a marketing specialist.
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K12 Reader

MLK: Complete the Speech

For Students 3rd - 8th
Take a close look at a few paragraphs of Martin Luther King, Jr.s' famous speech, "I Have a Dream." Class members fill in the missing words using the bank of words provided and then respond to a question about the speech and modern day...
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EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 4, Unit 1, Lesson 4

For Teachers 9th Standards
Class members continue examining how writers develop and support their ideas by comparing two texts about globalization. Alongside chapters from Sugar Changed the World, young scholars read an article by the World Bank entitled...
Worksheet
K12 Reader

Determine the Meaning

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Enhance elementary readers' vocabulary skills with a worksheet focused on context clues. Individuals read ten short sentences, each with an underlined word, and look over four options to find the most appropriate synonym that could...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 4, Unit 1, Lesson 6

For Teachers 9th Standards
How do writers create a specific tone in their text? As class members continue their study of Sugar Changed the World, they focus on the words and phrases that Aronson and Budhos use to create that tone in their descriptions of arduous...
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EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 4, Unit 1, Lesson 16

For Teachers 9th Standards
The Sugar Changed the World chapter, "The Sound of Liberty," highlights how the differing attitudes toward the slave trade shifted the issue from an economic concern to a concern for human rights. The passage contrasts Thomas Jefferson's...
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EngageNY

Grade 9 ELA Module 4, Unit 1, Lesson 5

For Teachers 9th Standards
What did the Crusades and plantations do with the global sugar spread? As class members continue their study of Sugar Changed the World, they examine how Crusaders brought sugar to Western Europe and how cultivating sugar led to the...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Grade 10 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 16

For Teachers 10th Standards
Take your place in the world—or the text. Scholars look at how the placement of a particular paragraph adds to the meaning of "Letter from Birmingham Jail" by Martin Luther King Jr. Before working on a quick write activity; readers...
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EngageNY

Grade 11 ELA Module 2: Unit 1, Lesson 6

For Teachers 11th Standards
Take a look at the world through my eyes. Readers begin to understand the techniques Du Bois uses to advance his point of view in the fifth paragraph of the chapter "Of Our Spiritual Strivings." They complete a Rhetorical Impact Tracking...
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EngageNY

Building Background Knowledge: The Internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, Part 4

For Teachers 8th Standards
Learners use a Analyzing Mediums handout to detail the advantages and disadvantages of communicating with mediums such as artwork, photographs, and political cartoons in the Japanese-American Internment during World War II primary...
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EngageNY

Gathering Textual Evidence: “Invisibility” of Those Interned

For Teachers 8th Standards
Add another layer to the class's understanding. Scholars deepen their knowledge of the primary sources in their Japanese-American Internment during World War II packet and determine how the sources relate to the theme of invisibility....
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EngageNY

Building Background Knowledge: The Internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII, Part 2

For Teachers 8th Standards
Scholars learn about primary sources with a Primary Sources: Japanese-American Internment during World War II packet. Pupils work with a partner to read challenging sources in the packet while making notes in the margins. They then...
Worksheet
Prestwick House

The Metamorphosis

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
No matter how your day is going, it probably hasn't started out as badly as Gregor Samsa's day. Explore the essentially—and definitively—Kafkaesque story of a man-turned-vermin with a short and straightforward crossword puzzle on...
Worksheet
Study Ladder

Halloween Activities: Grades 3rd-6th

For Students K - 2nd
Planning Halloween curriculum doesn't have to be scary! Check out a set of worksheets that include reading excerpts, word problems, grammar activities, and engaging Halloween trivia that is perfect for your October lesson planning.
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Foods and Languages of the World

For Teachers Pre-K
Students learn about the foods of Italy. In this Italy lesson, students learn about the different types of food from Italy, create their own pizzas using paper and markers, share their pizzas with the class, and go to the cafeteria and...
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Food and Languages of the World

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders become familiar with the German pickle, part of the Christmas celebration in Germany. In this German pickle lesson plan, 3rd graders listen to the story of the German pickle and its significance to the German Christmas...
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Curated OER

The World Around Me: Animal Songs

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students explore various animals and their habitats. In this animal and habitat lesson, students discuss and describe familiar animals and their habitats. The students listen to books about animals and their habitats, compare and...

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