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Sunshine Week: Your right to know
Young scholars read background material about accessing open records, including how to file a Freedom of Information request. Students choose a restaurant close to school they want to investigate and contact the county health inspection...
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Life in a Hurricane Zone
Students investigate the social effects of hurricanes. In this social studies lesson, students assume the persona of residents of the Dominican Republic and write diary entries and letters regarding the devastation caused by Hurricane...
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Body Shields: Peaceful Protesters or Iraqi Pawn?
Students research human shields, mostly European peace activists who stand against war. They guard civilian sites to prevent attack on schools, hospitals, etc. Student research is to include articles by those who support the war as well...
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Proactive police guard outside school
Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions and by posing problems and gather, evaluate and synthesize data from a variety of sources to communicate their discoveries in ways that suit their...
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Women’s History Month Eleanor Roosevelt : Verb Corrections
Read a short passage about Eleanor Roosevelt while hunting for errors in verb use. To give your kids some help, count up the errors beforehand and provide struggling learners with the number of errors.
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Weather
Fourth graders study a map and locate cities, read information and create a chart. In this weather lesson students place appropriate weather information on a map and write a script using their information to relay the weather to the...
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Ben Franklin
Students meet Ben Franklin and research his life accomplishments. In this lesson about the history of Benjamin Franklin, students will visit several websites in order to learn about this Founding Father. Students follow a worksheet with...
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There Are Two Sides to Every Story
Students examine point of view in real life and in fairy tales. In this point of view instructional activity, students discuss how people see things such as television shows from different points of view. They listen to two versions of...
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The Ancient Times
Students create a newspaper sharing stories of Cleopatra before her death. They use the internet to research information about her and the time in which she lived. They share their newspaper articles with others.
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Information Extra
Learners create a paragraph about a subject of their chosing that is informative. In this paragraph writing instructional activity, students use graphic organizers and work together in groups to create a full, organized paragraph. This...
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The Electoral Process
Students explore the U.S. political system by completing several worksheets. In this government election lesson, students define and describe the two main political parties in detail to one another. Students read a piece written by a...
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Lesson 8: Summarizing Information
In this summarizing information worksheet, students read a featured article, summarize the article, identify the story's five W's and one H, and identify appropriate relevant facts.
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The Other Roman Empire
Students interpret their findings from resources and explain each Eastern Roman Emperor's policies. They compare Eastern and Western Roman Empires and explain how the transfer of power from the Western Roman Empire to the Eastern Roman...
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Ancient History Cyber-Journalists
Students explore the ancient past. In this ancient civilizations lesson, students research ancient events and write newspaper articles about the events. Students work in teams of 4 to produce group newspapers that feature their findings....
Starfall
Fun with Describing Words - Adjectives
In this grammar activity, students complete sentences by describing words from a picture/word bank.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Alternative Approaches
In this current events worksheet, students analyze Don Asmussen's approach to cartooning and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Life in a Hurricane Zone
Students study the nature of hurricanes and examine in detail the effect of Hurricane Georges upon the Dominican Republic. They explain the way in which physical systems (e.g., a hurricane) can affect human systems (e.g., the life of a...
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Weather Watchers - Interdisciplinary
Learners investigate weather and climate through a variety of interdisciplinary activities.
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Word Meanings from Context 2
In this word meanings from context instructional activity, students read 4 short passages that have a word in bold type. From 4 choices, students select the best meaning of each word in context.
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What Does Bird Flu Mean to Students?
Students consider the far-reaching effects of the avian flu. In this personal health lesson plan, students visit selected websites to discover information about the flu, viral infections, and intensive farming. Students contribute to a...
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ESL/EFL Lesson Plan - Nuclear Power Plants
Students participate in ESL/EFL activities as they read an article about nuclear power plants. In this ESL/EFL lesson plan, students read an article entitled, "Germany To Close All Nuclear Power Plants." They work on building vocabulary,...
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Your Right to Know
Students read information about access open records and how to file a Freedom of Information request. They access links to investigative stories about open files. They discuss information available. They develop a list of investigative...
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Lesson 2: Before the Interview - Introductions
Students explore making introducdtions and how they bond the speaker to the listener.
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Geological Time Line
Young scholars demonstrate knowledge of when coal was formed by plotting a geological time line.