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Summer Reading and Writing Assignment: Fahrenheit 451
Twelfth graders explore Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. For this reading and writing lesson, 12th graders read the book and think of five books to save from the fire. Students write an essay explaining why they'd save them. The essay...
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Come Visit My School
Learners practice basic camera skills. They create several panoramic movies. They create a virtual tour of their school.
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Exploring the Galapagos
Students explore the species found in the Galapagos Islands and practice descriptive writing skills by creating a sample journal. They create a fictional journal that documents the places they visit and the species they encounter.
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Human Rights Arts Project and Research Paper
Students examine human rights abuses in thirty countries, specifically explore abuses in Dominican Republic's Trujillo regime, research one country with significant human rights abuses, use Preamble to U.S. Constitution as measure of...
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Our Constitutional Connection Lesson 3: To Vote Or Not To Vote? That is the Question!
Students design colorful posters to "get out and vote" after studying the three amendments to the US Constitution that extend voting rights. They analyze the importance of voting to a healthy democracy.
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Basic Uses of Prepositions Resource Page
In this basic uses of prepositions resource worksheet, students examine a the wide variety of uses of prepositions. They study prepositions of place, position, direction, time, and manner by reading the examples.
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Creative Writing: Middle School Lesson Plan
Enhance a unit on historical fiction with an engaging writing lesson. Learners bring the Industrial Era to life as they compose their own historical fiction pieces based on primary source images of Pittsburgh steel workers.
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Which reference book helps most?
Fourth graders utilize various reference materials to find specific types of information. In this library research activity, 4th graders choose the best source of information from the library's reference collection to answer questions.
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Water: Read All About It!
Students discuss newspapers and water and work in groups to develop their own paper focusing on water issues. In this journalism lesson, students discuss the value of newspapers and water as an issue. They work as a group to develop a...
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Media Literacy Skills
Third graders watch a news story from three different networks in order to determine how the same story can be presented in three different ways. Next, working in small groups they create a newscast of a current event to share with the...
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Geo Jammin'-Day2, Lesson 7: Roll, Roll, Unroll the Scroll
Second graders write in journals, recording personal thoughts about what they learned and/or something they are wondering about.
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Second letter Alphabetizing
Second graders complete a worksheet to help them alphabetize by first and second letter. In this alphabetizing lesson, 2nd graders use alphabetizing skills to locate books in the library.
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Plan for Research Success
Students develop effective and efficient plan for successfully completing a research project through use of online BIG 6 Assignment Organizer.
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Mouse
First graders are exposed to a variety of texts that deal with mice. The use of the library is recommended to saturate the classroom with available books. Young students work in groups with the help of the teacher to define traits and...
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Mystery or Hogwash?
Eighth graders choose topics of interest, and select books from the library about them. They utilize a worksheet embedded in the text which has the students rate the text they've read based on it's "believability factor." An interesting...
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Being a Good Detective
Students examine a variety of reference resources when seeking information. They discuss atlases, almanacs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, thesauri, online search engines for the Internet, and online library card catalogs. They complete a...
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Mythology Spreadsheet
Students read a large variety of myths and discuss the characters and their attributes found in mythology. Then they identify and learn to set up an appropriate spreadsheet program. Students also enter the data to the class spreadsheet...
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Folktales
Fourth graders read a Haitian folktale. They study main characters in Haitian folktales and explore multicultural information about Haiti. They clarify understanding by retelling a sentence (paraphrasing) and a passage in their own...
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Stretching It
Students recognize the use of exaggeration and understand how it may enhance the story, painting, conversation or event. Students transfer their understanding of exaggeration as it is used in many places, ie., daily life, paintings,...
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Dysfunctional Eating
Sixth graders study the concept of dysfuctional eating including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, fad dieting, and having an unbalanced diet. They watch and discuss videos about eating disorders and then they...
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Tales of Truman's Travels Fifty Years Ago
Fourth graders study President Truman and the Whistlestop Campaign. In this US history instructional activity, 4th graders complete a KWL about President Truman and write letters to stops on Truman's Whistlestop Campaign. Students create...
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Activity Plan 3-4: Let's Find Signs!
Students develop early reading skills as they explore signs and their meanings. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify various signs and their meanings. Students use laminated signs as manipulatives in matching and...
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My Autobiography
Students write their own autobiography. They fill out a worksheet to help them organize their personal information. They create their own website displaying their information and share with the class.
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Importance of American Flag in American Literature
Betsy Ross - fact and myth. As an introduction to American Literature, class members become detectives and search web sites to find information about the flag, prominent places it has been displayed (on the moon, at ground zero, in...