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Leo's Colorful Story

For Teachers K - 3rd
Motivate your learners with this lesson plan about the Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly. They listen to a story about the butterfly and then follow directions to color pictures. This is a simple, but effective lesson plan with all the...
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Cookie Dough Equivalence

For Teachers 4th
Who doesn't love cookies? In this lesson, learners follow a recipe to make cookies, practicing their ability to compare fractions as they go. This is a wonderful way to motivate your class to practice this important skill.
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Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution and Its Impact on Latin America

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
Fidel Castro was the iconic leader of Cuba. Yet, individuals may know little about the man or his motivations. In an engaging Web quest activity, scholars investigate Castro's political aspirations and his more ephemeral personal life...
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Interviewing the Players

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars analyze Shakespeare's words through scenes and portions of scenes. They compare the characters' motives and make connections between the text they are performing and the larger context of the play. They participate in...
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Why Europeans Explored

For Teachers 6th - 11th
In this motivations behind exploration study guide worksheet, young scholars read a brief overview pertaining to the time period in world history and then respond to a reflection question.
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Turkey Soup for the Soul

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read an article that tells how a young man turned his life around through the help of a local charity. They create inspirational scrapbooks and posters to help motivate their peers when they are facing adversity.
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The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students run a mock trial for Lee Harvey Oswald. They identify what motivated him to assassinate the President. They examine his personality as well.
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Service Learning

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students view video clips to define service learning. In this civics lesson, students read quotes, take a survey, and define altruism. Students view video clips and evaluate the motivation and impact of those who perform community...
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A Journey To Japan Through Poetry

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders gain an appreciation for writing, analyzing, reading and listening to poetry, viewing poems as a motivation for studying Japanese culture and tradition. They study and create their own haiku and tanka poems with illustrations.
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True Tales of Adventure for Young Part 3

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the Passageways website. They read to compare and contrast the motivations and accomplishments of two explorers.
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Intervene or Interfere?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the motives, actions, and results of U.S. intervention in foreign affairs between the 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion and the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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Making Change

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore how to incorporate a new type of technology, the cash register and/or a calculator, as a motivational tool for solving real life problems. They practice estimating money and counting back change from $20.00.
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Cost Of Cool

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how marketers use the idea of "cool" to sell clothing and accessories, and become aware of their own attitudes and perceptions about what is cool. They become aware of what motivates them to buy certain things
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Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry. New York: Dell 1990

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize courage and heroism of Danish and Swedish people and all others who resisted the Nazis, realize that everyone has the capacity to do good as well as evil, and analyze reasons and motivations that caused certain people...
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Behind the Movie Chicago - Lesson 1

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to the genre of the musical film. They become aware of the music and dance trends of the 1920s. They identify musical motive as a basis for unity in composition.
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Bound For Texas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine factors that motivated immigrants to move to Texas. They locate features on the Texas bird's-eye view website, and develop an art or writing project either from a townsperson's or immigrant's perspective.
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Secret Agent Men

For Teachers 6th - 12th
What does a secret agent really do? After reading an article, students discover the connection between intelligence and espionage. Using the Internet, they will research the history and motivations of intelligence agencies throughout the...
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Brett Whiteley

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students employ a PowerPoint to publish an Interactive Multimedia Information Kiosk, where students can click on an object to gain more information or branch to different locations. They publish information that is exciting, dynamic and...
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What Is The Concept?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students systemically determine the concept that the waste items placed in a "yes" category are biodegradable and those in the "no" category are not. This activity is a motivating way to introduce a unit on wastes by having students use...
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Greek Gods Who Are They?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research a Greek God with a partner and prepare a presentation for the class. They use the computer and Internet, as a motivator for a Social Studies unit and explore the mythology, legends, values and beliefs of a people.
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Growing With Others, Kids on the Grow!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in an after school program that promotes accepting differences, self-motivation, teamwork, leadership roles, personal safety and self-responsibility, family unity and recognizing the characteristics of good...
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Wilson Stands Alone in His Plan for World Peace

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the Fourteen Points. They examine motives behind Wilson's Fourteen Points and why most of them were rejected by France. They answers questions concerning primary resources (casualty list and before and after...
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Terrorist, Freedom Fighter, or Something in Between?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify that history can characterize actions differently from how they were perceived when initially undertaken. Then they identify that terrorist groups exist within a political, cultural, and historical context, and...
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National First Ladies' Library

One Small Step

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore the steps taken to fulfill President Kennedy's promise to land a man on the moon.They examine the costs and difficulties of fulfilling that promise and the historical events that motivated the nation to do so.

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