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Disturbing the Peace?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the impact of the 2007 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks in Annapolis on George W. Bush¿¿¿s presidential legacy. They study the 2000 Camp David and the 2007 Annapolis peace talks by reading and discussing the...
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Rhyme Around Baseball

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students use word family endings to create rhyming words for that word family. In this rhyming lesson, students divide into teams and play a game of word baseball where they create rhyming words for a specific word family.
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Freckle Juice

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read Freckle Juice as a shared literature experience. This lesson plan has many good ideas of extensions you can do as your students go through the story.
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Becoming Comfortable with the Navigation Features

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, while in the computer lab, log in and go to the American Education System to complete a lesson on the American Education System unit. They review all the terms they may see pop up on their screens (link, save, shift, space,...
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Exploring the Personal Narrative

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pupils define the characteristics of a personal narrative, explain the difference between a 'memoir' and an 'autobiography', and create a reading journal in which they will log their reading activities. For this personal narrative lesson...
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Esperanza Rising-Inferences

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders make inferences while reading. For this inferences lesson, 6th graders read Esperanza Rising and ask questions about the text. 
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On the Leading Edge

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write an op-ed piece concerning presidential leadership. After reading an archived article from The New York Times, students compare and contrast the leadership styles of former Vice President Al Gore and President George W....
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You Can Do It, Mr. And Mrs. Mallard!

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students watch the video "Make Way for Ducklings" by Robert Mc Closkey. They write letters to Mr. and Mrs. Mallard and make a map for the mallards. They talk about the importance of animal habitats.
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TV Without the Television

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider their own understanding of advertising on the Internet and examine the latest form of advertising online to create "How it Works" posters for a variety of Internet technologies. They reflect on how these technologies...
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Curious About Creepy Crawlies?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create oral presentations and visual aids to assist their inquiry about various insects. They reflect on the importance of learning about insects while working in small groups.
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Our Monster Travels...

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students write emails to their parents and locate specific places on a map. In this email lesson, students email their parents from the teacher's account and map locations of their parents.
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School Forest Lesson- Looking at Literature

For Teachers K
Students compare what they learned though literature to the school forest. In this environment lesson, students visit the forest surrounding their school to listen to literature and identify objects in nature.  Students create a...
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Lights Out on Broadway

For Teachers 6th - 10th
How do you write arguments that articulate the views of opposing sides? Through concentrated research, investigation, and critical analysis, leaners become more knowledgable on the opposing argument. The class fills in a KWL graphic...
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Three Visions for African Americans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the plight of African Americans in post-Reconstruction America. In this African American history lesson, students discover the visions of African American leaders Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Marcus...
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A New Look at Romeo and Juliet

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore life and language development in the Elizabethan Age. In this English instructional activity students complete web-quests and other activities surrounding Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
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Outside interview

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students refine their fieldwork skill by conducting interviews. From the position of an outsider, they conduct research and interviews. Student interviews are maintained as a part of a portfolio. Interview kits and assessment...
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(In)fringe Benefits?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the "Copy Left" movement, then analyze and discuss the key legal issues regarding intellectual property and copyright legislation in the context of global communication and the Internet.
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The Art Of Persuasion

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars engage in a instructional activity that focuses upon the use of persuasive speech. They conduct research into the famous sayings used by sideshow owners and performers from the Old West. Students then create advertisements...
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Alphabetic Acting

For Teachers K - 1st
Students recognize the short vowel a in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /a/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify...
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Out of the Fire

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share ideas about a lead for a breaking news story regarding the California wildfires. They brainstorm angles for a series of news items and write analysis papers that address the tone and content of a piece published in The New...
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Real or hoax?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders brainstorm a list of criteria that makes a webpage useful for research and not useful for research. They complete the activity, "Real or Hoax," and discuss fiction and non fiction stories and determine which websites are...
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Up Close and Personal with Black Bayou Lake

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers get up close and personal with Black Bayou Lake. Visiting web sites and taking virtual tours, they write multi-paragraph essays using descriptive words and literary devices.
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Scholastic: Informational Text: Reading Response: Main Ideas & Details [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This graphic organizer can be used with students when they read informational text. Students will write the main idea in a central oval and then write four details that support the main idea of this reproducible graphic organizer.
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Nz Ministry of Education: The Bell Jar

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
This lesson discusses Sylvia Plath's works including The Bell Jar. It has learners look at biographic information and commentaries about Plath. As students read the novel, they complete response logs and write essays. They debate topics...

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