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Annenberg Foundation

Taming the American West

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Have you ever seen a movie about the romance of the American West with its buffalo, horses, cowboys, and endless frontier? The 13th installment of a 22-part series on American history presents the myths associated with the American West....
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US House of Representatives

Objects in Time

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
What is the role artifacts play in the study of past events and people? As part of an examination of the careers and contributions of women in Congress from 1917 to 2006, groups examine artifacts that symbolize each woman.
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EngageNY

Grade 11 ELA Module 1: Unit 2, Lesson 25

For Teachers 11th Standards
Revenge, mortality, madness—what are the central ideas from Shakespeare's Hamlet? Scholars answer the question by writing multi-paragraph responses. They also identify and discuss literary devices from the play.
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EngageNY

Grade 11 ELA Module 2: Unit 2, Lesson 4

For Teachers 11th Standards
How does style contribute to the power and persuasiveness of a speech? With the question in mind, scholars continue reading "An Address by Elizabeth Cady Stanton." They complete a Rhetorical Impact Tracking Tool to guide them in their...
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Carolina K-12

Battle Behind the Pumps

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
After considering the role that gasoline plays in our lives and our dependence on it as a society, learners participate in a reading activity discussing why oil prices are increasing. They will then simulate being members of a committee...
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University of Minnesota

Try Angle

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Does practice make perfect or just improvement? Scholars practice drawing a triangle on an Etch-A-Sketch. They learn about the part of the brain that controls sensory-motor integration and apply that to an analysis question.
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Australian Broadcasting Cooperation

Sherpas

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Climbing Mount Everest is a dream for many mountaineers, and for a lucky few, it's a hard-fought accomplishment. Learn more about the important role Sherpas play in Mount Everest expeditions, including Sir Edmund Hillary's famous...
AP Test Prep
College Board

2012 AP® English Language and Composition Free-Response Questions

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Neither rain nor snow nor heat nor gloom may keep postal workers from delivering the mail, but is their livelihood sustainable? A question about the USPS makes up one of the three items in a series of free-response questions from the...
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Bonneville

Variables Affecting Solar Power

For Teachers 7th - 8th Standards
Determine the best energy generator. Groups play with a photovoltaic cell to determine the variables that affect its energy output. The teams investigate a variable to determine the optimum performance of the solar cell. Pupils compare...
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Curated OER

Dice Games - How to WIN!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners play game to practice numerical skills.
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Curated OER

He Sees it in His Joy

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students research the importance of play. In this research lesson, students work in pairs and interview each other about their 'play history.' Students take data from the interview and shape it into a play history for the individual....
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Curated OER

William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Young scholars analyze William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying. In this literature analysis lesson, students compare a modern novel and play. Young scholars analyze Faulkner's interior monologues. Students write a paper about the ways As I Lay...
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Curated OER

Read a Pictograph

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this data display worksheet, learners solve 4 problems in which data on a tally chart and pictograph are analyzed. Students use this information to solve the problems.
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Curated OER

Ideas have Consequences—The Reformation

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students examine information regarding the Protestant Reformation. In this primary source analysis lesson plan, students read teacher-selected primary sources that enable them to analyze the ideas and consequences of the Reformation.
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Curated OER

The Great Depression: A Study Guide Through Song

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take a closer look at the political and social outlook during the Great Depression. For this Great Depression lesson, students analyze selected songs from the time period. Students use the provided lyric sheets and song...
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Curated OER

The Negro Speaks of Rivers Theme of Memory and the Past

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this poetry analysis worksheet, students read a paragraph regarding Langston Hughe’s use of collective voice in the poem, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers Theme of Memory and the Past.” Students then answer 4 discussion questions about the...
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Curated OER

Probability

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders conduct experiment, collect data, predict, record, and discuss outcomes, and analyze data for probability.
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Curated OER

Give Me a Minute

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students categorize data. In this categories lesson, students get a specific topic and they have a minute to list as many items that fit under this topic. They compare lists with a classmate and discuss whether all answers work.
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Curated OER

Misleading Graphs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore number relationships by participating in a data collection activity. In this statistics instructional activity, students participate in a role-play activitiy in which they own a scrap material storefront that must...
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Curated OER

Ideal Performance

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze the art of theatrical costumes and modern art designs. In this art analysis lesson, students compare two different designs for theatrical costumes by artists Oskar Schlemmer and El Lissitzky. Students complete image...
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Curated OER

Globalization and the Standardization of Identity

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars analyze art of changing identities of cities and populations. In this art analysis lesson plan, students analyze the works of art that address constructions of identity in a consumer society. Young scholars explore the...
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Curated OER

Anne Carson

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students read poetry and a biography of poet Anne Carson as part of a creative writing lesson. In this poetry analysis lesson, students read about the poet, read her poetry, and analyze a photograph to then write a poem. Students write...
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Curated OER

Lord of the Flies--Chapters 6-7

For Students 4th - 12th
In this novel analysis worksheet, students read Chapters 6 and 7 of Lord of the Flies and answer 16 reading comprehension questions about the chapters.
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Curated OER

Cricket in Pakistan

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners investigate sports and recreation in other countries. In this current events lesson, students analyze a photograph of of people playing the game of cricket in efforts to determine what was taking place when the photograph was...

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