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Spark Activity: Basic Body Positions

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice basic body positions by moving to music using a locomotive skill called out by the teacher. Students move to a new spot when the music stops, and continue the game as new movements are called. Students discuss body...
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Rhythmic Movement

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students complete activities to learn about rhythm. In this rhythm and movement lesson, students role play a marching activity in groups. Students listen to music and move according to decorations. Students march in formations to learn...
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Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners examine and discuss Dr. King's fight for equality and justice in the Civil Rights Movement. They locate words in a dictionary, read and interpret a poem about Martin Luther King, Jr., and discuss the holiday celebrated in his...
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Physical Education: Movement Activities in Australian Rules Football

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students practice movement activities used in Australian Rules Football. In groups, They practice stealing the football from the other group. Students demonstrate handball skills and breakdowns.
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Making More Places at the Table

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the use of primary and secondary source documents. They identify primary and secondary sources. Students investigate individuals that made a difference during the American Civil Rights Movement through the use of...
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Robots

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the concepts of direction and movement as they attempt to program a robot to move. They design a set of instructions using right, left, forward, backwards, and quarter turn so that the robot can accomplish tasks.
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Famous African-Americans for Animals

For Teachers 6th - 12th
They research influential African-Americans who work to help animals. They recognize the contributions African-Americans have made to society and to the animal rights movement.
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A Sailor's Life at Sea

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners research some duties of sailors onboard HMS victory. They then perform some of these duties in a class dance, which includes changes of speed, level, and direction of movement. They perform their dance to an audience.
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Nonviolent Protest Around the World

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders complete research that exposes them to examples of nonviolent protest throughout the modern world. In this nonviolent protest research activity, 12th graders discover information about signification nonviolent movements...
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I Have A Dream

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a reader response essay as they react to the I Have A Dream speech made by Martin Luther King. In this Martin Luther King lesson plan, students read the speech, fill out a Civil Rights movement sheet, have discussions,...
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Creating Characters: Movement

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students compare two characters and role-play how they would perform various actions. They view and discuss a video, list opposite descriptions for the two girls in the video, and role-play the opposites.
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Role of Citizens in Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students consider the role of average Americans in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In this Civil Rights lesson, students listen to a lecture that outlines the details of the boycott. Students conduct further research about the people who led...
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Give Peace A Chance: Nonviolence as a valid strategy for social change

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students analyze how people solve conflicts. In this conflict resolution lesson plan, students look at Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King's nonviolence movements. They see the reasoning behind nonviolence and how it works. 
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Modern Counterculture Movements

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students prepare a presentation examining anti-establishment activity by groups in society today. They prepare a presentation, on poster board or presentation software, about one contemporary protest group.
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Martin Luther King Day

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Learners access a varitey of Martin Luther King, Jr. themed websites. They locate information about Dr. King and his leadership in the American civil rights movement. They take a virtual tour of his birth home and view photographic...
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Thoreau, Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, Jr.

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the concept of non-violent resistance. In this political philosophies lesson, students study the political tactics of Mohandas Gandhi, Henry David Thoreau, and Martin Luther King, Jr. in order to discover how each of...
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LESSON 4: This is Rosa Parks

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn about Rosa Parks and the Civil Rights Movement.
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Geology Project Notes

For Students 5th - 8th
In this geology activity, students fill in notes using a variety of resources. Students answer questions as it relates to geology, soil erosion, mass movement, and deposition. Students research information about the presented aspects of...
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The Progressives and Direct Democracy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars analyze the Progressive Movement. In this Bill of Rights lesson, students listen to their instructor lecture on the Progressive Movement and direct democracy. Young scholars respond to discussion questions...
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Civil Rights Leaders; Past and Present

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the concept of social justice. In this Civil Rights lesson, students fulfill the Rubric for Historical Research requirements as they conduct research on a Civil Rights or Anti-Apartheid Movements leader.
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How Does Light Move?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate how light passes through objects, is blocked, bounces off of things, and bends. They discuss how light moves in different ways, and with a partner walk around the room with a flashlight, shining the light on...
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Spaceship Commander Tag

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students review key locomotor skills and the rules of the spaceship commander tag. They choose 3 students to be Space Commanders and the rest of the students are aliens. The game is played using different locomotor movements
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Bay Area: Race and Land

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners examine the role that racism played in the growth of the Bay Area. They discover how turn-of-the-century boosters promoted a vision of the Bay Area. They study the American Indian Movement's takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969,...
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How Muscles Work

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this heart muscle worksheet, students analyze two pictures of people in action. Students label the pictures with "contracting muscle" or "relaxing muscle". Students study two more pictures of muscle movement and label each one...

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