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Obesity and Making Healthy Food Choices

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners determine healthy snack choices for themselves.  For this eating habits lesson, students discuss snacks they regularly consume.  Learners cut and paste pictures of snacks that they think are good selections.  
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Igor Stravinsky Multiple Choice Worksheet

For Students 5th - 6th
In this multiple choice music activity, learners answer questions about Igor Stravinsky after participating in a classroom program. They can complete extra credit by copying musical articulations.
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Childfree by Choice

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the social stigma of childless couples. In this sociology instructional activity, students discuss the pros and cons of having children and the decision of some couples to remain childless.
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Inference Multiple Choice Version 1

For Students 5th - 8th
In this reading skills worksheet, students read 8 sets of sentences and make inferences about the given situations. Students should note why their inferences make sense.
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Intermediate Synonyms and Antonyms - Multiple Choice - Verbs 6

For Students 6th - 9th
In this synonym and antonym learning exercise, students complete 2 practice exercises that require them to respond to 6 synonym and 2 antonym multiple choice questions.
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ESL Adjectives Multiple Choice Worksheet

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL adjectives worksheet, learners examine small, colorful clip art pictures. They choose the correct answer to 7 questions that include "Is an angel bad or good?" and "Is the woman slow?"
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Making Good Money Choices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine how to spend donated money. In this money choices activity, students explore the needs of the community. They determine the best use of donated funds for a good cause or charity. Students play a bingo game to reinforce...
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Money Smart Choices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students make choices regarding money management. In this personal finance lesson, students explore budgets, incomes, and expenses as they learn vocabulary regarding personal finance and consider how to create personal budgets.
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Lessons from the Holocaust

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students investigate the horrors of World War II by participating in a role-playing activity.  In this holocaust lesson, students read handouts describing the atrocities committed against the Jews in Germany during the mass...
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Illustrative Mathematics

High School Graduation

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
An exercise in finding the approximate time that a name would be called at a graduation. Estimating time may be difficult for some of the class, so this resource would not be a good choice for learning this standard. It does end with a...
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Healthy Food Choices

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, working in groups, role play skits highlighting healthy eating habits and physical activities.
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Making Good Money Choices

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners identify the needs of their community. In this communities lesson, students use a decision-making model worksheet to determine what community service project they should donate to. Learners count the money they have to donate...
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Making Good Decisions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read an article. In this problem solving lesson plan, students read an article where they must solve the problem presented. Students work in groups to discuss the issue and come up with a way to solve the problem.
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Making Photo Essays Easy

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Young scholars generate ideas about what makes a good story and a good photograph then place them together to create a photo essay. In this photo essay lesson, students assemble random photos into a story, select the best photos, and...
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Making Something from Nothing

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore how to make something out of nothing. In this recycling activity, students discuss the importance of recycling and what effects their choices could have on future generations. Students create something new out of used...
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The World We Live In

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the many considerations of making advantageous consumer purchases. They know that making these good choices requires attention to not only the purchase price but the financing, warranties, energy usage and more.
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Who Decides?

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
A simple, thought-provoking presentation examines decision making and peer pressure. Learners work with with two fictional scenarios and discuss what they would do in each. Some good discussion should come from using this presentation.
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Big and Small Decisions

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders design a restaurant and investigate how group members work together when making decisions.
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How does Physical activity Help You?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Examine factors that influence your choice about physical activity.  In this physical activity instructional activity, students recognize how physical activity and good health go together.  Students participate in a survey...
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Council for Economic Education

Sand Art Brownies

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Which is better, Coke or Pepsi? Pupils analyze the concept of substitute goods as they investigate the choice to purchase alternate products for better prices. Fun and practical, the engaging shopping exercise helps savvy scholars get...
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Understanding the Body, Day 3: Sexual Health & Hygiene

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Ideal for secondary moderately disabled special ed students, this lesson plan focuses on personal hygiene and self-care. They discuss a case study and role-play to introduce the importance of good hygiene then discuss current appropriate...
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Feelings

For Students 7th - 9th
¿Cómo te sientes? Beginning Spanish speakers review feeling vocabulary. There are 32 questions provided, and the learner must translate the sentence given for each one. Then, out of the four available choices, they have to find the...
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Learning to Give

Five Thousand Dollars!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
How does consumerism affect global poverty? Upper graders find out about cost benefit, wants and needs, and making good consumer choices as they explore this global topic. They role-play an impulse spending experience and work through...
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Debt: Who Does it Affect?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Debt is a topic that affects everybody: the community, the nation, and the entire globe. Kids take charge of debt by designing a project that informs those in their community about good financial choices, keeps personal debt low, and...