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Geo Jammin By Design: Coordinated

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars watch the teacher draw on the chalkboard and try to determine the form being drawn. They use questions to determine Quadrant #1 of a coordinate plane.
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Internet Pen Pals

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Students write letters to e-mail pals and respond to letters received. Students describe the geography of their community to their pals.
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Reaching the Clouds for Equality

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. They create their own cloud and write a dream they have for the world inside. They write journal entries on how to treat others fairly.
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Parts of Speech

For Students 8th - Higher Ed
In this grammar instructional activity, students focus on the various parts of speech.  Students respond to 10 multiple choice questions in this online interactive instructional activity.
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Volcano

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research major volcanic eruptions. In this Earth science lesson, students take on the role of vulcanologist writing reports to the President of the United States on how to respond to a volcanic disaster. This lesson includes...
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Sow the Seeds of Victory! Posters from the Food Administration During World War I

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in a class analysis of posters, responding to each of the worksheet questions. They identify the similarities and differences between the posters.
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Community Evolution: Putting the Puzzle Together

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars, working in groups, to study on aspect of their community history. They put their research together in one story about their community.
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It's Alive! Or is it?

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students differentiate the characteristics of living and nonliving things. In this life science lesson, students compare and contrast robots and living things. Given an object, they decide whether it's is living or not and defend...
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Let it Grow, Let it Grow, Let it Grow

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate, through a hands-on activity, in which type of soil a bean seed grows best. They create a bar graph representing each plant's growth in different soils.
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In the Kitchen

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students practice speaking and using vocabulary associated with the kitchen.  In this speaking and vocabulary lesson, students answer teacher questions about the kitchen and the items in the kitchen. Teacher evaluates student answers.
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Identifying Forces

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify, describe and indicate direction and relative magnitude of forces.  In this motion lesson students work in groups to identify the force that is described to them. 
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Habari Gani: What is the News?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Display creative works of art after learning about Kwanzaa. Kindergartners hear stories about the history of Kwanzaa and its celebrations. They then create artwork, practice African dances and listen to African music.
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Science: 4 X 4

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars generate four statements and four questions based on their current level of understanding of the article from the engage lesson. They evaluate the statements and questions that they have generated and those of their...
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Defining moments: Framing the Problem

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a problem framing chart to examine the issues surrounding the decision to inter Japanese Americans during World War II. They respond to a set of questions using perspectives from different parties involved in the decision...
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Conversations

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore the art of conversation. In this giving instructions lesson, 8th graders discuss and respond to rules, play a game, and practice giving instructions to one another. Students are preparing for communicating in English.
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Coaching, Conferencing, and Correcting

For Teachers 5th - Higher Ed
Students, after revising their writing and identifying their strengths and weaknesses, edit their writing incorporating teacher feedback and examples from class exercises. In addition, they continue working on individual writing...
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Watery World

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students brainstorm to develop resource/reference charts for later use. they are introduced to Microsoft Word and to an internet movie site. They use prepared chart headings, to respond to questions posed on each chart such as: Where do...
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Pavane pour une Infante Defunte

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students describe the music in terms related to basic elements such as melody, rhythm, harmony, dynamics, timbre, form, style, etc. They identify timbres heard in "Pavane" by movement and respond by movement to timbre.
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Getting to the Bottom of Gitmo

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore, examine and study about the first military tribunal of a Guantanamo Bay camp detainee. They then participate in a collaborative writing assignment in which they have a "conversation on paper" with each other about...
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Ceramics: A Vessel Into History

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Learners evaluate the work of their peers using the criteria for value and meaning they developed. In this ceramics lesson, students evaluate their peers’ vessels in their journals by responding to the given questions...
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Breaking News English: World Cup: Uruguay 1 (4) Ghana 1 (2)

For Students 4th - 10th
In this English instructional activity, students read an article about Uruguay v. Ghana in the World Cup and then respond to 1 essay, 10 fill in the blank, 12 short answer, 20 matching, and...
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Breaking News English: World Cup: South Africa 1 Mexico 1

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read an article about South Africa v. Mexico in the World Cup and then respond to 1 essay, 10 fill in the blank, 12 short answer, 20 matching, and 10 spelling...
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Prepare for Class Hearing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a simulation of a class hearing. In groups, they use the internet to research the topic for the hearing and answer specific discussion questions. During the simulation, they present their views on their assigned...
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Initial Sound Fluency

For Teachers K - 1st
Students practice saying the first sounds in words pre-selected by the teacher. In this initial sounds fluency lesson plan, students practice saying and elongating the initial sounds in words.