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Take Responsibility

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the importance of responsibility. In this character education lesson, students participate in a group discussion to explore and define responsibility.
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Poems of Respect

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students write poems of respect. For this character education lesson, students use the words "please," "thank you," "excuse me," and "I'm sorry" in acrostic poems that define the polite words and phrases.
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Kid Lit Crit

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore different types of student literature; they then write their own fiction pieces, in either fantasy/adventure or memoir/realism style.
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Power to the Little People

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the classic story theme of good versus evil as relayed in folk tales.
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ZIPPLY Delicious Ice Cream

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore states of matter when they change a liquid to a solid. Working students make ice cream in a zip-lock bag.
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Talk It Out Together

For Teachers K - 4th
Students solve conflicts using the talk it out together method. They role play a given conflict using puppets. They decide on a plan to resolve the conflict together.
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Our Families, Yours, and Mine

For Teachers K
Students study the similarities and differences in families and identify attributes in themselves and others.
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On the Oregon Trail

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars prepare cross-curricular lessons based on the experience of traveling the Oregon Trail.
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Generation Tech

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the work ethic and world view of the current "gamer generation." They brainstorm, describe, analyze and document the latest technology to create a virtual time capsule for a future generation.
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Financial Security

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners take an economic angle on social security, working in small groups to create a reader's guide to the program and the current debate.
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Costs of Living

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars consider the effects of rising oil and natural gas prices on family spending and saving habits. They design a board game intended to help people save.
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Art Mystery

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore famous artists in order to write mystery stories incorporating their life and works. They write their own based on their research of a particular artist.
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Water Into Gas

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate how temperature and pressure cause a material to change phase. They heat water to reclaim a gas. They demonstrate that different liquids evaporate at different temperatures.
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Hello, Santa!

For Teachers K
Students dictate letter to Santa after a fun brainstorming session.
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Secret 'Lives'

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read an online article in preparation for researching a period in history and interviewing someone who lived during that time. They investigate how they have participated in history.
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Etching Copper or Brass Bracelets, Pins and Earrings

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students create their own jewelry using brass or copper. They first draw their design before using the brass or copper. They then practice using different tools and using the correct vocabulary.
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Debating the Over-the-Counter Sale of the "Morning After" Pill

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine the controversy at the F.D.A over Plan B. They read an article, answer discussion questions, conduct research, role-play a panel of experts at a mock conference, and write a letter to the editor their own opinion about...
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What About Films?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch and analyze a film of an Appalachian folktale. They define trickster and anti-hero, view and discuss the film, complete a handout, compose an original film review, and debate each character's behavior.
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Famous People Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm a list of the achievements of people in their lives. In groups, they discuss the decisions that help people meet their goals later in life and identify values that help one overcome obstacles. They use the internet...
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Balance, Rhythmns and Stomp Rockets

For Teachers All
Students practice stepping and jumping, using specified foot action, in rhythm. In groups, they practice jumping onto stomp rocket launchers and demonstrate how to increase the distance by raising the angle of the launcher. After each...
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Torn Paper Teddy Bears

For Teachers K - 1st
Students discuss different kinds of shapes with the teacher and the class. They identify ways that shapes can create pictures. Students create a teddy bear using torn paper. They identify their shapes by presenting their creations to...
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"Jessica" by Kevin Henkes

For Teachers K - 1st
Students listed to the story Jessica by Kevin Henkes. They make their own imaginary friend using craft supplies. They then participate in an individual story theater in which they retell the story. Finally, they dictate stories about an...
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Awesome Authors

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are introduced to authors and discover they are real people. Using the author's stories, they are incouraged to write their own stories using technology. Using the internet, they research facts, ideas and stories and develop a...
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Picture Dictionary

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students create picture dictionaries to encourage the development of letter-sound recognition. In this alphabet project, students cut out pictures from magazines and glue them onto tagboard, and then write the name of the picture below...

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