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Curated OER

LESSON 3: Riding the Underground Railroad

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students explore the Underground Railroad.
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Curated OER

How Much Electricity Do You Use Each Year

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners relate the usage of common household appliances to coal usage. They examine the example of how much coal is used each year by a typical family of four to operate various appliances.
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Curated OER

Chinese Lantern Festival - Social Studies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the culture and heritage of their own and other groups. They explain ways communities celebrate New Year's. Students explore how and why individuals and groups pass on and sustain their culture and heritage. Pupils...
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Curated OER

We're Building Bridges to School Readiness!

For Teachers Pre-K
Students participate in the activities their teaching initiates from the packet for classroom behavior, social skills, and learning environments.
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Curated OER

Narrow It Down: Books

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students ask yes-no questions to identify a secret book. In this asking questions lesson plan, students ask yes or no questions about books to identify a secret book. Students identify the book and then read one of the example books.
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Curated OER

Happy Hanukkah!

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Hanukkah crossword activity, students read the 18 clues that relate to Hanukkah. Students use the word bank to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Curated OER

Happy Hanukkah!

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this Hanukkah crossword worksheet, students read the 18 clues that relate to Hanukkah. Students then use the clues to complete the crossword puzzle.
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Other

Chabad Lubavitch: The Jewish Calendar

For Students 9th - 10th
A storehouse of resources about the Jewish calendar from the educational wing of the Lubavitch Hasidim movement. Choose to view information about particluar holy days. View a current calendar page (by day, week, or month) to see events...
Website
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibits: Calendars Through the Ages: Announcing the Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
Well-organized website depicts the "Fascinating history of the human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and stars." Gives an overview and specifics of the basis of calendars through the ages.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: National Poetry Month

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This site offers extensive resources for teaching poetry. Find interviews with poets, ideas for poetry lessons, book lists, and ways to use poetry across the curriculum. There are also resources specifically for National Poetry Month....
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Scholastic

Scholastic Internet Field Trip: Calendar Math Activities

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This website offers plenty of links for activities around the topic of calendar math using estimation, measurement, and computations.
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Wikimedia

Wikipedia: The Hebrew, or Jewish, Calendar

For Students 9th - 10th
An encyclopedia entry about the Jewish calendar with information on the history of the calendar as well as on the modern Jewish calendar, which dates from 3761 BCE. Names of the months, length of the months, leap years, and similar...
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Chase Young, PhD

Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: January Is the First Month [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
In this activity, a reader's theater script for Jean Brabham McKinney's January is the First Month is provided. Six (or more) speaking parts are provided.
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Mex Connect

Mex Connect: Mexico's Fiesta and Holiday Calendar

For Students 9th - 10th
Great resource for all types of holidays throughout Mexico. A key conveniently marks them as you choose each month. Additional links give even more info.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: 12 Month Calendar

For Students 9th - 10th
Customize and print a calendar that starts which the month and year of your choosing and covers twelve months.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: May Is "Get Caught Reading" Month!

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This site offers two ideas for lessons/activities for students during "Get Caught Reading" month. It was taken from ReadWriteThink's calendar on May 1, 2007, and includes activities, web links, and a bibliography.
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Mex Connect

Mexconnect: Mexico's Fiesta & Holiday Calendar: Year 2000

For Students 9th - 10th
A month by month calendar of holidays and fiestas in Mexico, in both English and Spanish.
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Scholastic

Scholastic Internet Field Trip: Calendars & Time Measure

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Study the math and history involved in the development of the 12 month calendar. There are lots of links to informative time and calendar websites to assist you.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Math: Measurement: Using a Calendar

For Students 2nd - 5th
This site provides great practice on the concept of using a calendar and elapsed time. Students can first learn about the topic by watching a step by step instruction video that also points out areas of concern. Finally, students can...
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Other

Livius: Caesar's Calendar Reform

For Students 9th - 10th
A selection from Plutarch that highlights Caesar's desire to reform the calendar and how he came about with the changes he enforced.
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Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibit: The Jewish Calendar

For Students 9th - 10th
This website gives very detailed information about all aspects of the Jewish calendar.
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NASA

Nasa: From Stargazers to Starships: The Calendar

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson plan that gives an overview of solar and lunar calendars, their history and lore. Also, of the day and the month, and their relations to the rotational period of the Earth and the orbital period of the Moon.For versions in...
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Ohio State University

Ohio State University: A Brief Introduction to the Islamic (Hijri) Calendar

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides background information about the Islamic Calendar, also called the Hijri. Explains the differences between the Gregorian calendar and the Islamic Calendar; lists important holidays and the months of the Islamic year. Provides...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Interactive Calendar

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will explore a calendar through an interactive PowerPoint. They will apply this knowledge independently on an actual calendar.

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