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How Financial Institutions Help Businesses Grow

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study various forms of business organizations comparing and contrasting them to practices of the 1870's. They investigate the ways the businesses finance their transactions through loans.
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Sorting

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore how books are sorted in a library. In this sorting lesson, students play a game where they have to fill the shelves with books that share a common theme. Students compare this game to a real library. Students discuss how...
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Trade Trials Treaties

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the trade relationships that existed in the late 1700's Colonial America. In this American history lesson, 4th graders examine English and Cherokee trade treaties by reviewing primary and secondary sources....
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The Old Folks Will Bless You and the Girls Kiss You

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders reflect on the Revolutionary War.  For this Colonial America history lesson, 4th graders discuss various battles of the war, specifically the Battle of Cowpens.  Students begin by watching a video...
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Between the Rivers

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders compare and contrast historical American cultures.  In this American history lesson, 2nd graders participate in reading, writing, oral, and hands on activities. Students discuss the similarities and differences...
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Water 1: Water and Ice

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate water in its solid and liquid form. In this states of matter instructional activity, students experiment to see what happens as water goes from a solid, ice, to a liquid, water, and back again. They write about and...
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What is a Puppy Mill?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils consider community and legislative efforts to stop puppy mills. In this animal welfare instructional activity, students discuss the needs of pets and determine how puppy mills do not meet the needs of animals.  Pupils...
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Principles of Flight

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study flight and compare various flights.  In this measurement lesson students complete a lab activity and record measurements. 
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La Familia

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Young scholars identify at least one country where the Spanish language is spoken, describe similarities and differences between Spanish, Mexican, and Puerto Rican families, and practice speaking the Spanish words for several family...
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Latin Roots nat, tract, sequ: Vocabulary Matching

For Students 6th - 11th
Your etymologists match intermediate-level words containing Latin roots nat, tract, and sequ/secu with their definitions. Part of a set of exercises and word lists containing these roots on MyVocabulary.com. Useful for rigorous review...
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Portrait of a Place, Portrait of a Family

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students act out stories based on lives of famous people from Harlem. In this memoirs lesson, students compare the life of the people in Harlem in 1930 to the people of today. Students explore how "home" is different for different...
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Discovering Peace

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore vocabulary related to peace. In this peace lesson, students define the word "peace" and create a poem about peace. Students create a "peace quilt" as a follow-up activity.
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Making a Quilt

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students use vocabulary to describe the quilt making process. For this quilting lesson, students collect needed materials, sequence the steps for quilting and create an original peace quilt. Students write about their quilts.
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George Washington - A Graphic Novel

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students write and illustrate their own graphic novels. For this George Washington lesson, students collaborate to research Washington's life as surveyor, his involvement in the French and Indian War as well as the American Revolution,...
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Harriet Tubman

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students detect specific characteristics in the paintings of Jacob Lawrence. In this collage lesson, students utilize the style of Jacob Lawrence to create works about Harriet Tubman and her life.
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Getting a Job!

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders are given the tools to create a presentation about a career of interest to them. Individually, they develop a multi-media presentation about their career and the education needed to obtain it. To end the lesson plan, they...
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Paper Packaging Design

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students create packages with a maximum capacity. In this geometry activity ,students estimate using whole numbers, decimals and fractions. They calculate length, weight and mass of packaging.
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Latin roots cern, jur, leg: Definition Matching

For Students 7th - 11th
Vocabulary sleuths pair words from Latin roots cern, jur, and leg with their definitions in this interactive online matching exercise. Site has other activities for these and more Latin roots as well as word lists at beginner,...
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Word Roots 2: FIN, SED, FER Beginner Definitions Match 1

For Students 8th - 12th
Consider this online matching activity to assist your class with vocabulary and word roots. Class members select a definition for each listed vocabulary word using a drop-down menu for each response. Learners receive immediate feedback,...
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Word Roots: Fin, Sed, Fer

For Students 9th - 10th
Match the vocabulary words listed on the left with their corresponding definitions. You can also create a printable version of this interactive tool.
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Word Roots SPECT, STA, and VERT Advanced Definition Match

For Students 9th - 12th
A standard vocabulary test. Learners must match 12 vocabulary words with the letter that represents the correct definition for that word. All vocabulary words in this resource contain the word roots SPECT, STA or VERT. Vocabulary terms...
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Word Roots GRAD, MOT, and CAD Intermediate Definition Match

For Students 7th - 10th
Review the definitions of 12 vocabulary words containing the word roots GRAD, MOT or CAD with this online and interactive worksheet. Learners match up each vocabulary word with its definition and then receive immediate feedback by...
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Word Roots SPECT, STA, and VERT Intermediate Definition Match

For Students 7th - 10th
A typical vocabualry quiz, pupils must match 12 vocabulary words with the letter that represents the correct definition of that word to complete this exercise. All vocabualry words in this resource contain the word roots SPECT, STA or...
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MyVocabulary.com: Word Roots SPECT, STA, and VERT Beginner Definition Match

For Students 6th - 9th
Learners are provided with 12 vocabulary words, all of which contain the word roots SPECT, STA or VERT, and their corresponding definitions. They must then match the appropriate definition to each word. This is a beginner level...