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Lesson Plan for Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (1938)
Young scholars study the life and music of composer, Samuel Barber. In groups, representing trees, water, and stars they use interpretive dance to tell the story of the musical composition, 'Adagio for Strings, Op. 11' by Barber.
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Buckle Down: Lesson 11-Literary Devices
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 20 multiple choice and short answer questions based on the literary elements of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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Fabulous Fireflies
Bring the magic of fireflies to your classroom! Using a toilet paper tube, wiggly eyes, and yellow (or glow-in-the-dark) paint, you can make your own firefly.
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Rocking the Cycle!
Time to rock out! Discover the "life" cycle of the average rock using an illustrative stations lab and stimulating pairs game. Roll the dice to determine your fate: will it be melting in magma or chilling out to form igneous rock? The...
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Growing in Christ: Obstacles to Growth
Learners play Obstacle Jeopardy and create an Obstacle Depression Quilt. In this growing in Christ lesson plan, students complete a double entry journal and discuss as a class the three barriers that are mentioned. ...
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The Well of Truth
Second graders explore the Egyptian folktale, The Well of Truth. For this folktale lesson, 2nd graders read the tale and discuss the events from the text. Students write a diary entry from the point of view of a character in the text....
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Secants, Tangents and Arcs
Students identify chords and angles. In this geometry lesson, students calculate the length of the chords inside and outside of-the circle. They differentiate between tangent and secant lines.
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Deserts
Students do various activities to explain where the United States' desert region lies in relationship to the state in which they live, become familiar with plants and animals in the Sonoran desert, and make a story map of Roadrunner...
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Positive and Negative Angles and Arcs
To better understand that the intersection point of two lines lies inside a circle, learners use their keen measurement skills. They discuss arcs, rays, tangent lines, and reflex angles. Then, they put their skills to work as they...
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Cross the Line
Students explore labeling and stereotypes in a safe way.In this getting acquainted lesson, students answer a predetermined set of questions about personal experiences, characteristics and feelings.
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Community Table-Community Ties: The Drive
Young scholars explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students consider the issues of hunger and homelessness. Young scholars explore literature dealing with the topics and brainstorm ways they may be able...
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Photo Forgery
Students inspect examples of manipulated photos and explore the technology and issues behind doctored photos. They hold an in-depth discussion about the responsibility of the photojournalist and news editor to show true photos.
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I, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Students contemplate the questions raised by the book/movie I, Robot. For this theoretical physics lesson, students consider the pros and cons as well as the possibility of robots that can think.
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Investigating Segments in a Triangle
Pupils investigate segments in a triangle by constructing a triangle using Cabri Jr. They construct segments within the triangle that lie on the midpoints of the triangle's sides. Learners then compare the slope of base of the triangle...
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Fossils: Clues to Ancient Life
You can make your students amateur paleontologists with great fossil lesson plans.
Facing History and Ourselves
What Aspects of Our Identities Do We Show to Others?
Sixth graders consider how they present their personal identities. In this character education lesson plan, 6th graders define themselves as they create masks that represent their personalities. Students share their masks and discuss...
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Breaking News English: English Schools
In this English Schools instructional activity, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion...
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Haring Man Mural
Students work in teams and paint a figure mural. In this figure mural lesson, students view the works of Keith Haring and create a whole class mural project. Students answer questions about what they've observed.
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Creating a Cyclic Quadrilateral
Identify and make conjecture about properties of cyclic quadrilaterals. Students use the TI Navigator to create different shapes and draw conclusions.
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The Growth of the Suburbs - and the Racial Wealth Gap
This lesson explores structural racism by revealing the important role that family wealth plays in shaping life chances how opportunities to accumulate wealth have been racialized, and the roots and consequences of the current race-based...
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Reformation
Young scholars examine the need for Reformation of the church. In this Reformation lesson, students understand our freedom in Christ as compared to receiving salvation through actions. Young scholars participate in an activity that...
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Investigating Correlation
High schoolers investigate different types of correlation in this statistics lesson. They identify positive, negative and no correlation as it relates to their data. They then find the line of best fit for the plotted data.
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High Anxiety
The Learning Network section of the New York Times produces high-quality teaching materials. This issue gets middle or high schoolers reading an article about how people use art to express their response to high-stress events. They work...
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Dogberry: The Most Vigilant Lawman Ever
Students analyze the character and find the malapropisms of Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing