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Make That Shot!

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students figure out basic percentages by shooting paper balls into a basket, recording results, and calculating individual and team percentages for ten shots.
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Graph It with Coffee!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers interview employers and employees at local coffee shops about sales and profits and create graphs comparing and contrasting information obtained about the businesses.
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How To Make a Mummy

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Students explore the process of mummification through a British website. They read about why the process began and how it is done. They can follow along in the process in how to make a mummy as well.
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The Armenian Genocide: The American Ambassador in Constantinople

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze America's reaction to the Armenian Genocide. They write a journal response, read and discuss text, compare/contrast reactions around the world to the Armenian Genocide and the genocide in Rwanda, and write an essay.
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A Free and Open Press: Evaluating the Media

For Teachers All
Students compare and critically evaluate the different media as sources of news, develop criteria for defining "news", experience the editorial process of selecting news stories and detect bias in news reporting.
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"Let's Write a Song"

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze, brainstorm and practice playing a melody/pattern with rhythm, tempo, dynamics, and instrumental pieces of many styles. In addition, they create an original piece of music.
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Prepositions

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this preposition matching worksheet, students are given 10 pictures in the left column. Students must match the prepositions that are shown in the right column.
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Where is the Soccer Ball?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this prepositions worksheet, students determine by multiple choice where the soccer ball is positioned by the box in eight pictures.
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Jobs

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this occupations worksheet, students match up ten pictures of people doing various jobs to their actual professions in writing.
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Is There/Are There

For Students 4th
In this questions and answers worksheet, 4th graders analyze eight pictures in order to ask a question to go along with the answer to the question already stated with each picture.
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Newsletters to International Penpals/Keypals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners participate in an intercultural E-mail exchange throughout a semester. They send newsletter to international penpals/keypals.
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The "Ad" Survey-What Makes a Print Ad Convincing?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students develop opinions from a variety of materials, recognize and analyze bias, propaganda and stereotypes, and evaluate effectiveness of print advertisements.
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Mid-term Elections: The Impact of Local and National Issues

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the right to vote and the significance of mid-term elections. They research and discuss mid-term issues and the importance of voting in these elections.
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Money in India: Comparison Shopping

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are exposed to a monetary system different from their own. They learn to exchange currencies between two monetary systems. Practice the necessary mathematical functions to find comparison. Compare prices of items sold in India...
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Industrial Revolution

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students cite the importance of the steam engine, cotton gin and steel making process. They describe conditions in cities due to increased industrialization. They explain how the living and working conditions led to the development of...
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Verbs of Action

For Students Higher Ed
In this ESL verbs of actions instructional activity, students will analyze the activities pictured. Students will choose the correct verb that is depicted in each of the ten photographs.
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Who Are the People in Your Family?

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this family members activity, students view and study eight pictures in order to choose the appropriate answer to eight multiple choice questions involving naming specific family members.
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Latin Match Up Chapter 1

For Students 10th - 12th
In this Latin vocabulary instructional activity, students match ten pictures to their Latin names. This is a instructional activity generator, and teachers may add words and pictures to the list.
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Teaching: The Next Generation

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Technology integration is an important part of teaching 21st century students.
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It's a Draw!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students assess the ways in which editorial cartoons, both current and historic, offer insight into events that shape our world. They create a poster that includes a current editorial cartoon and their explanation of the details of the...
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Charity Begins At Home

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and discuss "Prosperity Extends Its Reach, but Not Far Enough to Benefit All," and examine the difficulty, for the working poor, in making ends meet, and propose philanthropic solutions.
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The Science of Changing Seasons

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore basic principles of seasonal change, ponder the mechanisms that drive these changes, and perform experiments that show what causes the earth to heat differently during different seasons.
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A Maya Masterpiece

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners analyze the symbols presented in a Maya artifact. They create collages that depict a theme related to contemporary life in their community, and write brief analyses explaining the symbolism of the images they chose.
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Stardust Delivers Comet's Clues

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the NASA test center and comet facts through an interactive program. They examine the idea if comets are predictable. They finally analyze the materials that combine to make a comet.