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Preservation Through Education: Activities and Programs

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in different activities to help them discover the need for preservation. They pretend they are underwater archaeologists and create a sketch of a mock shipwreck in their classroom. They label the parts of the ship as...
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Stereotypes and Cross-Cultural Understanding

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils continue to examine the topic of stereotypes. In groups, they role-play the roles of the "in-group" and "out group". Using the internet, they research the role of polarized stereotyping in war situations and read an article to...
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Building a Bully-Free Building

For Teachers K - 5th
Pupils find a comfortable position in which they can relax and close their eyes. They listen as a portion from the Bully-Free School Guided Fantasy supplement is read and visualize the way a school without name-calling would look, sound,...
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Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the goals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition and identify the present day cities, towns, rivers, and regions that are on the route of the expedition. They complete an online WebQuest, recreating the route of the...
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Persona Poem

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students write a poem from the perspective of the first-person persona. Through the words of the poem, demonstrate a higher level of thinking by providing insight to the personality of the poem's speaker, the "I" who is featured in the...
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Foot Volleyball

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work together as a team and promote ball control with the feet. The game also reinforces basic volleyball rules.
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Community Service

For Teachers 3rd
Studen collect trash around the community with trash bag and gloves. They recognize and describe ways that some materials
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Floods: Rising Waters and You

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the relationship between human-made structures, flood waters and the increasing population through video clips, websites and a lab experiment.
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English Beginner Grammar Review # 2

For Teachers All
Pupils review the most important intermediate level English tenses, structure and functions using grammar review worksheets.
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English Upper-Intermediate Grammar Review # 1

For Teachers All
Students review the most important upper-intermediate level English tenses, structure and functions using worksheets.
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"Thou hast set me on the rack": A Dramatic Reading of Iago's Most Poisonous Lines

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students select and analyze quotations from Othello, and do a dramatic reading to illustrate the power of Iago's most poisonous words.
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Critical Reading, Imaginative Writing and the Montage

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners discuss the difference between primary and secondary sources and consider how an exhibit is researched. They design and create a montage that reflects themselves in a social and historical context.
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Mapmakers' Perspective

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners examine several maps and consider mapmakers' perspective in early depictions of North America.They determine how the spherical shape of the earth makes any north-south and east-west orientation a matter of perspective. For...
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Measuring Length

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this measuring length activity, students learn to use a rule to measure distances. Students measure the lines to the nearest centimeter. Students finish by drawing lines using a ruler and the given measurements.
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Weather... Or Not

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students observe and discuss the local weather patterns, researching cloud types and weather patterns for cities on the same latitude on the Internet. They record the data for 6-8 weeks on a graph, and make weather predictions for their...
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The New Statesman (1987-1992)

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the work of the House of Commons and consider the importance of debate in the legislative process. They consider why politics is a popular subject for television sitcom and other formats. They explore the four main...
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Special Segments is a Triangle

For Students 10th
In this geometry worksheet, 10th graders examine the special segments that occur in a triangle.  The three page worksheet contains twenty-five problems.  Answers are not included. 
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THE LEAVES OF AUTUMN

For Teachers All
Dance gives children an opportunity to express creativity through free flowing movements developed in the mind of the child. Creating these dance movements involves discovery and exploration using different parts of the body in personal...
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Performance Standards/Competencies

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research how children dressed during Colonial times. Students design and create life-sized likenesses of themselves, dressing the paper dolls in colonial dress.
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Finding Our Place in the Community

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders search TDC database for images of our hemisphere, continent, ocean, country, state, and city. They identify their place in the hemisphere, continent, ocean, country, state, and city.
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Body Toss

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice the skill of underhand throwing, focusing on cues.
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Images of Gary: An Ideal Place to Live?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine photographs depicting historical scenes from the US Steel Photograph Collection. They develop criteria to analyze or judge an image's representation. They assess photographs according to the criteria.
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Powder Magazine

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders complete activities in which they discover powder magazines and the history of South Carolina. They practice using new vocabulary and complete a worksheet after visiting the museum. They examine how families and...
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A Snapshot in Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students state the main ideas of the article. They create questions to clarify the meaning of the article and to help explain the ideas. Students cite words or phrases that reveal a bias the author may have.