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Why Does Delaware Have Such A StrangeShape?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the events and history surrounding the boundaries of Delaware. They participate in a class discussion and analyze a map, then create a floor map using masking tape. Students also participate in a play about the...
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Test Your Reading Skills-- Any Answers 3

For Students 4th
In this language arts worksheet, 4th graders read a question or comment that might be made in conversation. From a list of 4 responses, students choose the one that best answers the question or responds appropriately to the comment.
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Conditionals: Negotiation Terms

For Students 4th - 7th
In this ESL activity instructional activity, learners practice using conditionals as they match the 11 sentence fragments in the left-hand column to the fragment that correctly completes the sentences in the right-hand column.
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Looking and Learning in the Art Museum

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Young art historians review the elements of art by studying a reproduction of a work of art from a museum visit. They explain the difference between looking at a reproduction of a work of art and looking at the original...
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The Market Place, Derby, UK

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this city quiz series worksheet, students visit the Market Place in Derby, UK and answer questions about stores and activities available there. Students answer 20 questions.
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City Quiz Series

For Students 4th - 5th
In this city quiz worksheet, students read and answer quiz questions about a story titled 'A Visit to Derby Industrial Museum at the Silk Mill.' Students answer 20 questions.
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The Lorax

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify environmental problems. In this natural resources lesson students participate in several activities that support critical thinking about the environment and natural resources. The students write, list, and verbally...
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Land as a Valuable Resource

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate why the soil is important to our lives. In this natural resources instructional activity, students have a farmer as a guest speaker. Students begin to understand how farmers use and protect our natural resource....
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The Great Rock Sort

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students describe and sort rocks according to their physical properties. They listen to a story and discuss what they know about rocks, then work with a partner to discuss how their sample rocks differ from each other.
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Good Diet, Fad Diet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students play a role of a registered dietician to examine low carbohydrate diets and diets currently on the market and compare them to a balanced diet. They determine a strategy for weight loss for a patient that meets specifications...
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Center for Teaching Excellence (Syllabus Template)

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Need a model for a college level course syllabus? Here's a good one. The editable template provided by this resource not only indicates key information that should be supplied, but also includes models for how various policies can be...
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Schedules & Technology

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
Learn more about technology through matching, dictation, and word identification. English learners will participate in a variety of activities as they learn more about technology.
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Leadership Qualities: Ender's Game

For Teachers 5th - 9th Standards
What are the important character traits of a good military leader? Individuals ponder this question before reading Orson Scott Card's science fiction novel, Ender's Game. After individuals rank a series of qualities,...
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Identifying Career Interests in the Volunteer and Government Sectors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Here is a great way to give your class a real-life job experience, while also serving the community. They explore a variety of volunteer opportunities to build career interests, gain work experience, and help their community grow. This...
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“Outsider” Poet Kay Ryan Goes from Poetry Club Reject to Poet Laureate

For Teachers 6th - 11th Standards
The cat might have got your tongue, but you can’t avoid the elephant in the room while you wait for the other shoe to drop. After all, the early bird gets the worm and the chickens are circling. After researching Poet Laureate Kay Ryan...
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Presidential Faces Worthy of Recognition

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Using dollars and cents to study the biographies and achievements of America's past presidents.
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The Selection of Judges

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze documents to determine the steps taken in the selection of judges.
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Beginning Sentence Completion Exercise 35

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, learners examine 10 sentences that are missing words and select the appropriate words to complete each of the sentences and match them to the sentences. Student answers are...
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A Graveyard Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students engage in the lesson that covers local community history by taking a field trip to a local graveyard. They do various activities prepared by the teacher that includes finding local important people who once lived in the community.
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Our Treasured Trees

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students discuss natural resources and renewable resources with trees being considered renewable resources which need special attention. In this Earth science lesson plan, students write a list of reasons for why it would be good to stop...
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And Still The Turtle Watched

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discuss ways to be kind to the Earth. In this conservation lesson, 3rd graders listen to the story And Still The Turtle Watched by Sheila MacGill-Callalhan. They compare how the early people treated the Earth to how we...
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Consumer Society

For Students 5th - 6th
In this consumer society activity, students think about where and why they buy goods and the difference between needs and wants. Students read a text and answer 30 varied questions.
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Motivating and Speaking Activities

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students participate in various activities to encourage speaking. They design a board game using the questions, dice and counters. Students are given partial information about a topic. They exchange information with their classmates...
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Introduction To Business

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine the difference between wants and needs. They take a 10 question quiz which they must pass with 80% accuracy. They play teacher made game entitled Business Feud.