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Reliving History Through Slave Narratives

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read slave narratives and retell the stories to the class, identifying sensory details. In this slavery lesson, students discuss the importance of sensory details, then read the slave narratives looking for specific examples. ...
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Cultural Creation Myths

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers write original plays based on supernatural explanations of existence. In this cultural creation myths lesson, students listen to five different stories about supernatural creation. High schoolers record similarities and...
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Gases, Liquids and Solids, evaporate, shape volume,

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students conduct an online experiment to discover what happens to solids, liquids and gases in different temperatures. For this states of matter lesson, students get into pairs and work in a virtual laboratory to...
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Helen Keller- Book Marks

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students learn about the life of Helen Keller. In this cultural and disability awareness instructional activity, students read a biography about Helen Keller and discuss the differences in her life and theirs. Students discuss which...
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World Telecommunications Day

For Students 5th - 10th
In this World Telecommunications Day worksheet, students complete activities such as complete activities such as reading a passage, phrase matching, fill in the blanks, correct words, multiple choice, spelling sequencing, scrambled...
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Lewis and Clark Review

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students play games.  In this comprehension and recall lesson, students play Give Me A Break, Bingo and Jeopardy to reinforce the knowledge they've learned about Lewis and Clark.
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Flight Dreams: Birds Flew First

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students observe how bird flight and machine flight are similar. In this aerodynamics lesson, students observe how birds fly and the shapes of their wings, and investigate how observing birds helped develop the concept of machine flight....
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Ben Franklin's Inventions

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discover the life of Benjamin Franklin by studying his inventions.  In this biography instructional activity, students identify the inventions of Benjamin Franklin and their impact on society today.  Students create a...
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Calculus Exam

For Students 11th
In In this calculus learning exercise, student solve 6 multi-step problems involving volume, intervals, acceleration, and graphing. A graphing calculator will be necessary to complete the learning exercise.
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Lessons from the Holocaust

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Learners prepare a reaction statement about what they read. In this Holocaust lesson plan students read several personal accounts from the Holocaust. The learners answer a series of questions related to the Nazis and their concentration...
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Enough About I — Let’s Talk About Me

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students review parts of speech and share informative usage presentations to their classmates. In this grammar instructional activity, students discuss the importance of using appropriate speech and then read "The I's Have It." Students...
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Calculate Rates Using Appropriate Units

For Students 9th - 11th
In this Algebra I/Algebra II worksheet, students solve verbal problems in which they calculate the indicated rate and choose the appropriate unit of measurement.  The three page worksheet contains a combination of nineteen multiple...
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Harriet Tubman: An Informative and Impressionistic Look

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine artwork depicting Harriet Tubman. In this Harriet Tubman lesson, students review her life and how she impacted the Underground Railroad. Learners view impressionistic artwork showing her life. Students then create their...
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Pioneer America: Journey West

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders experience pioneer life on the Oregon trail. In this pioneer instructional activity, 4th graders research the reasons for moving west and what life was like on the trail. They create a map, complete an oral presentation,...
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Disposing Garbage

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners explore environmental cleanliness by completing a worksheet in class. In this waste management lesson plan, students identify the technological advances in society and how they increase waste production our planet is unable to...
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Classroom Secret Santa

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Secret Santa activities in the elementary classroom.
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Natural Selection and Evidence Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
Matching and fill-in-the-blank exercises give biology whizzes a chance to practice vocabulary associated with evolution. Terms to be reviewed focus on evidence for evolution, natural selection concepts, and some genetics words. You could...
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Contour Map Worksheet #4

For Students 7th - 12th
There are only four questions here. There is a contour map of Cottonwood, Colorado and the creek that crosses it. Earth scientists tell in what direction the creek flows, identify the highest elevation on the map, draw a topographic...
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The Universe

For Students 6th - 8th
In this space science worksheet, students use the clues given at the bottom of the sheet to complete the crossword puzzle relating to the universe. There are 16 clues to solve in the puzzle.
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Counting Corners and Sides of Shapes

For Students 1st
Kids count shapes, corners, and sides. They locate the corners and sides of each given shape, then count and record them in the space provided. Here you will find a worksheet that provides a step-by-step process for how the problems...
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A Peek into the Lives of Stars!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students create a model of the birth of a star and demonstrate the stages of the star's lifecycle.  In this star lifecycle lesson, students mix flour and water in a jar to model the birth of a star, then role-play the entire...
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Vocabulary Words of the Southwest

For Students 4th - 6th
A simple vocabulary definition worksheet has young geographers of the Southwest putting term meanings into their own words. The fifteen words include (but are not limited to) adobe, butte, canyon, economy, erode, fossil, and landform....
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Planets of the Solar System

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students use the internet to research the planets in the solar system. Using the information they collect, they design and create a webpage with the data. They present their material to the class and answer any questions presented to...
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Graphs, Three-Dimensional Coordinates

For Students 10th - 12th
In this three-dimensional graphing worksheet students identify the coordinates of the vertex of shown figures. The first three shapes show all answers. The following 8 shapes are on coordinate dot paper, with all three axis shown and...