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Curated OER

Fair Housing and Diversity

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students study the civil rights law of the fair housing act and reinforce learning by playing different intriguing games like Minority Monopoly, which teach diversity adn equality.
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Curated OER

Human Features of Our Community

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Young scholars investigate the human factors that create a community. They conduct research using a variety of sources. Students then create dioramas that depict a typical scene found in a community.
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The Regions In Which I Live

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Learners investigate different regions. Beginning with the idea that a neighborhood is a region, students explore maps to discover that towns, states, and countries can also be considered regions. Learners create a book, with...
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Lesson 1-I Live in a Community

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders brainstorm the concept of a community and all the elements involved in the make up of one. They pull from the resources on the community that they already live in or have lived in. In addition, they share their reflections...
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Culture Areas Of Native North America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners investigate the different cultural areas of Native North America. They process information using critical thinking skills while conducting research on the internet. They record information found on a graphic organizer to help...
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First To Float

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students determine how to float on their backs in a swimming pool. They participate in swimming lessons at a community pool. While working in small groups they practice floating on their backs to increase their safety around the pools....
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Library of Congress Learning Page: The Historian's Sources Lesson Overview

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study techniques for analyzing primary sources. Finally, students apply these techniques to analyze documents about slavery in the United States.
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Advances in Civilization: A Car or a Horse?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate the ways in which horses made transportation, hunting and agriculture much easier for the native peoples. They then compare advantages of a horse "back then" to the ease transportation (mainly cars) make on our...
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Did you know....?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students share their prior climate change knowledge and work in groups to extract and present key information from large colorful climate change posters. They understand the science of climate change, appreciate its impacts in their...
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Watch Over Wild Wanders

For Teachers K - 12th
Learners collect and organize data relating to migratory species and habitats; undertake a habitat action plan, then maintain planting and building projects for continuing benefit to wildlife; understand the unique needs of migratory...
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Math: Checking Scale Drawings for Accuracy

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students critique their own drawings for accuracy and make constructive suggestions prior to reworking them. They discover how scale in maps and drawing relate to relative size and distance. In addition, students comprehend the...
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The Witch of Goingsnake

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students interpret proverbs as part of an analysis of the book The Witch of Goingsnake. In this literary analysis lesson, students interpret a proverb and complete a KWL chart for the proverb. Students then research the proverb and write...
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Preventing Picky Eaters

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students list the normal eating habits of children. In this health lesson, students identify common problems experienced during mealtimes. They discuss ways to better manage a child's mealtime experience.
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International Reading Association

Reading Online: Reading Alone Together

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this educational research article, the use of reading partnerships in the context of classrooms where some students are learning a second language. The first part of the article discusses the benefits of adding extensive reading to...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: Youth/adult Partnerships

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article looks at the components of creating a youth/adult partnership and what needs to be in place for a partnership to develop into a sustainable relationship.
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Other

Partnership Against Domestic Violence: Survivor Success Stories

For Students 9th - 10th
Read inspiring personal stories about women who have successfully escaped the cycle of domestic violence.
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Other

Partnership for a Drug Free America: Marijuana

For Students 9th - 10th
Read brief responses to several questions concerning marijuana, its characteristics, it short-term and long-term effects, and its federal classification.
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International Reading Association

Reading Online: "Side by Side": A Technology Education Model

For Teachers K - 1st
This article from Reading Online's Electronic Classroom encourages practicing and future teachers to advocate for professional development programs that will allow for pairing inservice and preservice teachers for the purpose of...
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US Department of Education

The Partnership for Reading: Childhood: Teaching Approaches: Fluency Instruction

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
A short explanation of why fluency instruction is important and how fluency develops in a child.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: The Role of Teachers and Schools in Communication

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
What is the role of teachers and schools in regards to communication with parents? Come and explore this informative article revealing how important open communication is for students.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Help Your Kids Do Great in School

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article focuses on how parents can be more involved in their child's education. Teachers will benefit from this informative article and can pass it along to parent's as a valuable resource.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Help Your Kids Do Great in School

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article focuses on how parents can be more involved in their child's education. Teachers will benefit from this informative article and can pass it along to parent's as a valuable resource.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Helping Your Child Succeed in School

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How can you help your child succeed in school? This article offers some important tips to making success a reality for every student. This is a terrific resource to pass along to parents.
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Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: Helping Your Child Succeed in School

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How can you help your child succeed in school? This article offers some important tips to making success a reality for every student. This is a terrific resource to pass along to parents.