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Touring the Museum
Second graders create a living sculpture using their peers. Working with a partner, they manipulate their partner's arms and legs to create a living statue. They create a story to go along with their sculpture, explaining what the...
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My Health Plan
Second graders discuss various ways they can help out at home. After exploring the various members of their families and how they are comprised, 2nd graders identify ways they can get along with their family members. They create an...
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Jobs on a Ship
Learners facilitate each student's comprehension of the different jobs on a ship and the job's evolutions over time. They compare/contrast certain jobs on a ship from history to today. Students work together in cooperative groups to...
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Hachimaki/Shibori Lesson Plan
Sixth graders are introduced to the technique of Arashi Shibori and its history. In groups, they discover how to perform this process and examine how to do hachimaki. To end the lesson, they make their own hachimaki to wear and share it...
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North or South? Which has a better way of life?
Sixth graders brainstorm what they believe are the causes of the Civil War. They copy the blank circle graph into their Social Studies journals twice once for their prediction and once for the actual. Students list the following...
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A Tale of Two Towns
Students gain and apply knowledge of life in their own community and compare specific aspects of it to life in other communities. They work in small groups to fill out a questionnaire about life in their community, and email it to e-pals...
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Tonight's Homework - Watch Cartoons
Second graders explore various forms of media and its influence on their daily lives. Through an exploration of newspaper, commercial advertisement and audio media, they discuss the way media is used and how it can influence decision...
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Transportation in Canada
Students investigate the effect human activities have on the environment. For this geography lesson, students compose an article using data analysis about the environment. This article requires some homework assignment.