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Historical Development of Travel and Tourism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students know the key pre-requisites for travel and tourism development. They explain how the UK has developed its communications infrastructure, built mass transportation systems and increased leisure time.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Phrasal Verb Fun

For Students 6th - 10th
In this phrasal verbs worksheet, learners unscramble the 10 groups of words to form 10 complete sentences. Students then discuss their answers to 5 questions with a partner and then make sentences using the 10 phrasal verbs listed.
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Perceptions - Accuracy

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students recognise the link between the accuracy of their perception of another person and their knowledge of that person. They partner with each other and make one list of five things (television programs, school subjects, leisure...
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Fun in the City

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe their ideal city based on geography and climate and leisure activities in a collage and discussion. They apply their understanding of a city's layout based on geography and climate.
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Satisfying Wants

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students describe the difference between a want and a need. In groups, they brainstorm a list of all of their wants and the method of exchange that is going to allow them to be satisfied. They discover how having money makes exchanges...
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Simple Present

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this ESL simple present verbs vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures that depict different leisure activities. Students match these pictures with the verbs that describe them.
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What Do They Like?

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this ESL question answering worksheet, students study 7 pictures that depict leisure activities. Students answer the questions next to each picture.
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A Colony is Born : Lesson 4 - What Went Wrong?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare and contrast two early colonies and make a T chart. They list examples of worked well and what did not, and significant historical events. They use higher order thinking skills by deducing how different scenarios...
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"KIDS CREATE COMMUNITIES"

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students brainstorm the idea of a community and make a list of the attributes that are common. They create an ideal community and discuss its qualities in small groups. Each group puts together a presentation of a community for the whole...
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What's an Ecotect?

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students develop creative thinking skills that will help them in future jobs.  In this investigative activity students select from a list of job titles, get into groups and make up job descriptions for them. 
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That's Entertainment

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders view examples of active lifestyles in works of Robert Harris, and list and graph their daily activities to see if they lead active lifestyles. Students then name forms of entertainment that require practice,...
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"CREATE YOUR OWN COMMUNITY"

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, after spending several weeks developing skills necessary to become a "Community Development Team," create and build their vision of a community. Consideration is given for needs and wants, food, shelter, safety concerns,...
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Geography Booklet

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore geography terms. Students use resources to find real examples of landforms in the world. They create a map showing the landform. students label the surrounding features, countries and states. Students use each...
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Learning Style Inventory

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate their own personal learning style with the use of a personal inventory. They access the inventory by using the internet. Students write reflectively and discuss in class personal style of learning and how they prefer...
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Personal Learning Profile

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the life of Ghandi in order to find out how they learn. The choice of Ghandi was made because many students are not familar with him. Then student engage in different modalities of learning and take learning style...
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Cultural Exploration In The Magazine

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students discuss how various cultures spend their work and leisure time through identifying activities in magazine photographs. With proper grammar and usage, they list the activities noted in the photos and describe their cultural...
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Where Did We Go on Holiday This Year?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this differentiated whole-group activity activity, students list all the places they visited over the summer, record the places on a flip chart, calculate the distances on a road map and graph the data they collect.
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What's an Ecotect?

For Students 4th - 9th
In this future jobs worksheet, learners use their creative thinking to select 10 job titles from a list and write a description for each job title. Students discuss as a class what good descriptions are and they discuss life in the future.
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Our Interests

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover what mental health is. They discuss examples and draw pictures of themselves taking care of their mental health. They write a story about a time when they felt good about themselves.
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Japanese Society

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers conduct research into the life of being a person who is Japanese. The lesson uses essential questions in order to guide the research. Classroom activities are used to encourage discussion.
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Forget-Me-Knots in a Pot

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss Alaska's state flower and grow their own flowers in pots. They discover skills needed for gardening and plant care. Once students have researched the state flower, they draw pictures of forget-me-knots and list the...
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Goals

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss their goals for the short and long term. They develop plans to help them achieve their goals. They bring all of their plans together and publish it in a school newspaper.
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Are School Trips Too Risky?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students analyze and chart what risks are involved on school field trips. Students devise a study trip to take and dissect at the end of their findings. Students scale the conditions of what a risk is and we can manage them in the future.
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Columbus Park

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students complete activities that go along with the study of and possible fieldtrip to Columbus Park in Chicago, IL. They discover how urban conditions influenced the creation of city parks. They examine the preservation of historic...