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Born on a Mountaintop? Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students name tall tale characters and locations, which are based on actual people and places, and describe how they are used in an exaggerated way. They name characters and events from tall tales, then list literary characteristics of...
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Born on a Mountaintop? Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners name tall tale characters and locations, which are based on actual people and places, and describe how they are used in an exaggerated way. Students name created characters and events from tall tales. Learners write a tall tale.
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Piece by Piece

For Teachers 1st - 4th Standards
What do your pupils know about quilting? Read and discuss the information included here before sending class members off to create their own quilt blocks using construction paper. When they have completed their blocks, provide some time...
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Storytelling

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners discuss how they know certain aspects about their families and customs. As a class, they discover that life changes over time and stories are only preserved if they are told. They read many different pieces of literature to...
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Organizing a Business Trip: A Technolgy-Integrated Project

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Young scholars research the Internet to gather information about silk and make travel arrangements for a business trip. They create a memo to participants, create a database of suppliers, a letter to suppliers, design company letterhead...
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Ode to a Nightingale

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read poems about Tuberculosis by John Keats. Using the poems, they identify similies, metaphors, personification and imagery. In groups, they make connections about the author's outlook on life and how his disease impacted his...
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The Goat in the Rug

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students write a personal narrative about something they produce at home. (examples: make a sandwich, clean room, set table, do homework). Students should remember to mention different types of resources and intermediate goods used.
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The Man in the White Suit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils view and discuss the movie from 1951 "The Man in the White Suit" and how scientific discoveries can sometimes have negative social and economic consequences. They define key vocabulary terms from the movie, watch the movie, and...
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Word Lists

For Students K - 1st
In this Language Arts worksheet, students read three lists of three to six letter words. The words are categorized according to their word family.
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Textile Processing: Vocabulary

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this vocabulary worksheet, pupils will use a word bank of textile words to correctly name each picture. The pictures are color photos of various textile processing tools.
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A Separate Peace: Chapter 1 Reading and Study Guide

For Teachers 7th - 12th
In this reading and study guide worksheet, students define 3 vocabulary words, define 5 literary terms, and respond to 14 short answer questions pertaining to chapter 1 of John Knowles's A Separate Peace.
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Reading Comprehension Worksheet: Volcano

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short passage on volcanoes erupting and then answer 4 reading comprehension questions.
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The Goat in the Rug

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students identify producers, resources and goods. In this economics lesson, students read the book The Goat in the Rug and define producers, resources, and intermediate goods. Students construct a rug which depicts the story of rug...
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Colonial Life

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore American colonial life. In this interdisciplinary history and science lesson, 5th graders participate in several hands-on activities that require them to make colonial products that involve physical or chemical...
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Social Security Hits First Wave of Boomers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of social security. In this social security lesson, students read an article about social security and whether or not it will last. Students discuss ideas on what to do when social security runs out. Students...
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Jose' Clemente Orozco

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students analyze the art of Mexican artist Jose' Clemente Orozco and complete analysis activities. In this Mexican art analysis activity, students read about Orozco's Zapatistas and answer discussion questions.
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The Red Studio Turns 100!

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils observe the art of Henri Matisse and discuss the ideas and feelings his art brings about. For this Henri Matisse lesson plan, students look at many of his artistic paintings and discuss and write in a journal the point of view...
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Secrets and Spies

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students explore the lives of spies. In this secret government agencies lesson, students visit the Imperial War Museum and the Essex Secret Bunker online or in person to discover details about Britain's spies and secret bunker.
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Murder Strikes Again -- Dress

For Students Pre-K - 6th
In this social studies worksheet, students read about 5h Century dress. Students answer questions, draw pictures, and weave a piece of material. They also imagine trading places with someone in the 5th Century.
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The Emperor's New Clothes

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this comprehension worksheet, students answer short answer and discussion questions for the story The Emperor's New Clothes. Students complete 14 questions.
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Weavers Tell Their Stories

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the practice of weaving by Mayan women. They read personal accounts and write a sentence stating the main idea. They also write a short report on weaving as a cultural and economic way of life for the Mayan women.
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The House that Dies Drear Built

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students write a descriptive paragraph, in the style of Virginia Hamilton, describing the landscape around their house.
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Goals of the Diversity of Life Unit

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to the unit on the importance of diversity of life and the role that interdependence plays in our worlds. this is part of a multi-lesson unit on the diversity of life.
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Changes and the Individual

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students evaluate the social effects of inventions and other developments on the lives of ordinary individuals. They create a profile of an individual who might have lived at that time and whose life would have been affected by those...

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