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Scarcity and Choices
First graders gain an understanding of the scarcity of resources and how it affects the choices that we make in our everyday lives. Students will participate in a variety of activities such as literature analysis, shopping, journal...
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Worksheet #61 Questions - James Madison
For this James Madison historical term quiz, students define the meaning of several terms relating to the aforementioned topic in order to advance their historical knowledge.
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Moral Development: Lawrence Kohlberg
Young scholars study the stages of moral development. In this psychology activity, students explore Lawrence Kohlberg's stages of moral development as they read, respond to, and evaluate a moral development scenario.
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Angela Jolie
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Angelina Jolie and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Centennial: Secrets From Beyond...
Fourth graders identify cemeteries as a source of information for historical research. They consider the types of information cemeteries can provide, review local headstones and create a database of the collected knowledge.
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Friendships Tied in Knots
Fourth graders engage in a instructional activity which emphasizes characteristics of healthy friendships and how these characteristics can be utilized to solve the knots in the rope representing an unhappy friend relationship.
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Committment - Total Enthusiasm
Students discuss as a class some major committments they have to face, and tell why they regard them as "major". They divide into pairs to investigate core requirements for one of the careers listed on a worksheet. Then in pairs, they...
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Breaking News English: Apology for the ‘Forgotten Australians’
In this English worksheet, students read "Apology for the 'Forgotten Australians,'" and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 10 true or false questions about the selection.
PBS
Pbs: This Emotional Life: Intimate Relationships
PBS features in-depth information on developing healthy intimate relationships including topics such as the importance of communication and divorce.
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor: The Labor of Love
This article from The Christian Science Monitor entitled "The labor of finding love: Why today's nonsystem is a good thing" explores the patterns - and non-patterns - in contemporary dating and the effects this seem to have on...
PBS
Pbs: In the Mix: Dating Violence: Twisted Love
In the Mix, the forum on social issues for teens that airs on PBS, considers the issue of violence and abuse in teen relationships.