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Impact of Indian Removal

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders consider how the majority sometimes enforces unjust laws upon the minority. In this Indian Removal lesson plan, 7th graders research Internet and print sources regarding the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and discuss its...
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History is a Series of Decisions

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners examine cause and effect. In this American Revolution lesson, students analyze primary source documents regarding the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and George Washington. Learners imagine if the events had unfolded differently...
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Pioneer America: Pioneer Living

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research pioneer life. In this pioneer lesson, 4th graders read the book Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder and discuss what life was like for early pioneers. They research pioneers and show what they have...
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Water is Life, Water is Poetry

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read poems about water and relate to their own experiences.  In this poetry lesson plan, students create drawings relating to a specific relevant memory.  Students write a poem about the same event as their illustration.
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Separate But Equal Opinions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the ways in which editorials and Op-Ed pieces respond to current events. They write editorials in response to news items from the New York Times.
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Science Hits Activity

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students listen to a song that teaches the elements of the periodic table and write their own song to be used as an aid in remembering scientific information.
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CIVICS/CURRENT EVENTS

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars choose to either make an exhibit of posters of pictures about Darfur, or write a letter to the local newspaper regarding Darfur, or plan a concert, party, or bake sale to raise money for refugees. They write a poem...
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Should They Stay or Should They Go?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students share opinions about labor unions, discuss the recent split within the AFL-CIO, and write an article based on interviews with union members.
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PARAMILITARY VIOLENCE AND THE CONFLICT IN NORTHERN IRELAND

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine documents to reconstruct the past, employ processes of critical historical inquiry to reconstruct the past, analyze aspects of the Northern Iereland conflict through perspectives of documents, and write a short position...
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Johnny Tremain for the 21st Century

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders complete a unit of lessons on the American Revolution based on the novel, 'Johnny Tremain.' They define key vocabulary terms, develop a timeline, write a report on a colonial craft, make a colonial flag, and create a...
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In King's Words

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze writings of Mr. Martin Luther King Jr. They read and discuss an article, and in pairs, research and analyze a written work or speech by Dr. King, create a mixed media collage to represent the text, and write an artist...
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How Do Artists Get Their Ideas? Culture and Environment as Sources of Ideas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students share the difficulties they have in determining what to write or draw for a project. In groups, they view examples from three different artists and discuss how their personal experiences affected their art. They brainstorm a...
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Discrimination

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students investigate what discrimination is and study Article 2 from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. They participate in a role play activity involving majority and minority groups for which a letter was sent home to parents....
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Hooray For Heroes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify and interpret what heroes are by researching various American heroes of the past. Students select several school heroes and interview them, as well as their own personal hero and write a story about them. Students...
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Story Telling with Black & White Photography

For Teachers 4th - 8th
4th-8th graders will explore Wright Morris' photography and create their own black and white photographs. They will then use the photographs to portray a message they want communicated by writing a narrative telling a story about the...
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Word Family Jamboree

For Teachers K
Students explore rhyming words, beginning and ending sounds. In this word family instructional activity, students identify beginning and ending sounds. Students draw pictures of words and use phonetic spellings to write stories. Students...
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Thanksgiving Traditions

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Everyone celebrates traditions in different ways. Young writers share the ways their families celebrate Thanksgiving with a journal writing prompt and discussion activity.
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Impact of Westward Expansion on Indigenous Populations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the impact of westward expansion on Native American populations. They create a diorama of a Native American scene, write imaginary letters as a pioneer child reflecting on his/her experiences, and create story sticks that...
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Turning Points in the American Revolution

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the causes and effects of the American Revolution. In groups, they make a portfolio page and write a response to the Proclamation of 1763. They also make a timeline of the events of the Boston Massacre and answer...
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Identifying and Using Parallelism and Balance in Literature

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the story for use of balanced sentences and parallelism-two literary devices-and then practice using those devices in writing of their own. They combine the simple sentences grammatically into one correct sentence. A. I...
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Louisiana's Legendary Musicians

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners identify and interpret what legendary traditional musicians of Louisiana that allows them to hear new genres of traditional music. They also identify what it means to be a legendary artist and read, write, and create a project...
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Finding Treasure Island; An Exciting Escape

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars read Treasure Island. They have a choice of a number of activities associated with the novel, including writing a review of the book. Students also participate in a National Geographic High Seas Adventure, going on an...
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Your Galactic Address

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discover their place in the universe.  In this astronomy lesson, students identify their location on various maps that have increasingly larger scales.  In the end, the middle schoolers write their address in terms of...
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Oil + Water + Students= Knowledge

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create advertising with the intent of protecting wildlife. In this service learning lesson plan, students craft advertisements and write persuasive essays regarding the protection of wildlife.

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