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Cuban Missile Crisis: Teaching Activities

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students create a timeline of the important events of John F. Kennedy's presidency. They construct a timeline of the major events of the Cuban Missile Crisis. They compare the Missile Crisis events with their presentation in the movie...
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The Physiological Effects of Boxing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this collaborative project high schoolers will work together to research the effects of boxing. They will then present their information to the class and investigate possible injuries that can be sustained during boxing. Extensions:...
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Proportionality Using Wind in the Willows

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine proportionality in Wind in the Willows by comparing Mr. Toad, objects proportional to him and objects proportional to humans. They then measure a stuffed Mr. Toad and make common objects proportional to Mr. Toad???s...
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Further Activities with Language

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students chose a favorite passage from a Shakespeare play. They write a letter from one character to another in a novel they have just read. They take a scene from a movie and write it in Shakespearean language.
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Oedipus The King: An Introduction To Greek Drama

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gain insight into Greek tragedy and such concepts such as fate, hubris, and (dramatic) irony. They recognize the Greeks concern with fate, self-determination and the role of gods and oracles in everyday life and compare and...
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Choose Your Path

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify the plot and theme of cartoons. In groups, they discuss and compare the written and movie versions of popular fairy tales. Individually, they write their own fairy tale and share them with the class. They write their...
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Push/Pull Factors and Welsh Emigration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students view and discuss short sections of movies that relate to immigration. Working in groups, students create a map that shows directions of internal migration in their assigned geographical area. Students review ads/booklets created...
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Pedestrian Safety

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study velocity and how to cross streets safely. They identify the ten most common causes of childhood trauma, watch movies on pedestrian safety and use the Internet to research the issue of pedestrian safety
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Oral History of World War II

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research how citizens from the United States respond to the onset, duration and aftermath of World War II. They view clips from the movie "Swing Shift" and discuss the roles of civilians, minorities and military personnel. They...
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On The Home Front

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write their responses to five questions about their home town. After watching an excerpt from "The War", they work together in groups to identify the characteristics of the four towns in the movie into a graphic organizer. ...
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I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students contemplate the questions raised by the book/movie I, Robot.  For this theoretical physics lesson, students consider the pros and cons as well as the possibility of robots that can think.
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Shape Hunt

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars photograph shapes around their school and create a shape movie.  In this shape hunting lesson, students recognize shapes in a shape hunt.  Young scholars can identify the shapes recorded by others in the class.
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Programming with Alice

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students develop their technology skills. In this computer programming lesson, students use Alice software to complete programming tasks and ultimately to program a video game or movie.
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Portrait of a Year

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students design a montage of digital images about a specific year. In this digital image research instructional activity, students choose a specific year in history that they would like to investigate. They search the Internet for images...
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Mi Dia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students photograph themselves doing everyday activities.  In this foreign language instructional activity, students write grammatically correct sentences for a story board to tell about daily activities and then input into the...
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World War II

For Teachers 5th
Students research World War II and discuss how conflicts in the war lead to change. In this World War II lesson plan, students read books, watch movies, complete activity sheets, and answer questions all researching the war.
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"Seeing Things With Parted Eye."

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Student read a section of Shakespeare's, Julius Caesar to identify the context. In this Shakespeare lesson, students discuss a section of Julius Caesar to determine how Cassius feels about Antony. They work with a partner to develop a...
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Camouflage

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn how plants and animals adapt to their environments.  In this camouflage lesson, 1st graders watch a movie that explains animal camouflage, design a butterfly that blends into a classroom habitat, create a mini...
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Old Numbers

For Students 9th - 11th
For this math riddle worksheet, students have to come up with the missing numbers in each sentence related to movie, game show or popular saying. There are 10 questions with an answer key.
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Finger Multiplication

For Students 9th - 10th
In this algebra worksheet, students perform finger tricks to help them remember their multiplication tables. They watch the movie "Stand and Deliver" shprt clip and then jump write into the lesson.
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Derivatives

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students define and review derivatives rules. In this calculus lesson, students watch a movie on derivatives, solve examples with the teacher and review the important concepts that make solving a derivative work. They write a summary of...
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Saving the Sandhill Cranes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore environmental awareness by participating in movie making. In this endangered species lesson, students discuss the problems dealing with sandhill cranes at a nearby beach and the impact our environment is having on them....
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Elvis

For Teachers 1st
In this excellent music and history lesson, 1st graders watch movies and listen to music sung by Elvis Presley, then draw and write as if they were a famous singer. This entertaining and inventive lesson has a terrific assessment...
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Makiko's New World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the internal and external causes of the Meiji Restoration. They look at the goals and policies of the state and their impact on Japan's modernization. Students also assess the impact of Western ideas on Japan and realize...

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