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Communicating Who I Am

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice their Spanish grammar, vocabulary, punctuation and pronunciation skills by creating a personal portrait and personal narrative, and sharing it with native Spanish speakers via email.
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Landforms

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students begin their examination of landforms. Using a map, they locate and identify the major landforms on Earth. They discuss how landforms affect the lifestyle of the community and determine which goods and services the community...
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Turning Points of the American Revolution

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students identify the major events of the American Revolution. Using the internet, they research the Patriot cause and complete a chart discovering the strengths and weaknesses of each side. They also analyze the contributions of...
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Systems of Equations

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars solve problems using systems of equations. In this algebra lesson, students find the point of intersection of two lines. They use the TI Calculator to graph and see the point of intersection.
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The Gingerbread Boy Comes Alive

For Teachers K
Students make cut-out gingerbread cookies. After reading "The Gingerbread Boy", their cookies "disappear" and students must make predictions and draw conclusions about what happened to their cookies.
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Holes-Outdoor Adventure Camp

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read the book and watch the movie, Holes. They create a brochure (containing specific information) that advertises Camp Green Lake as a newly refurbished outdoor adventure camp. They display the brochures for the rest of the...
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Lesson: Nikhil Chopra: Performing Memory

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Film imitates life; that's what they say. Using performance theory to tie the lesson together, learners attempt to understand memory and daily rituals as seen in art, film, and life. They read two chapters from the book, watch the...
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Media Literacy in Presentations

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers study the three types of mass media messages: visual media, written media, and audio media. After a class discussion which has them list examples of each, learners get into pairs and work on analyzing the "Four A's" in...
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Creating Historians: Giving Scholars the Answers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
How allowing index cards on tests can empower critical thinking; part one of a series on approaching social studies as a group of historians.
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Keywords: A Memorization Strategy

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is a fabulous, five-page lesson plan on how keywords can help a reader with his/her reading comprehension. After a teacher-led discussion, pupils pair off with each other and work together to identify the main idea in a passage of...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Language Experience Stories

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Here is a great way to bring core content to your special education classroom. Included is a set of instructional ideas intended to help learners increase their verbal and written expression through storytelling. Tape recorders, story...
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Pretend Memoirs

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Elementary schoolers explore the concept of a memoir. The teacher tells a story from his/her childhood as an example of what a memoir is; a written account of one's past. The kids are asked to pretend that they are now adults, and are...
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Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island: Lesson Plan 2

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
After watching West of the West's documentary The Lone Woman of San Nicolas Island, class members imagine how Juana Maria/Karana may have felt about living alone on the island for 18 years and craft a blackout poem or a narrative in her...
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We All Scream for Ice Scream

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers explore the formulas for volume of three-dimensional objects. They participate in various activities involving ice cream, ice cream cones, small candies, and gum balls, recording their calculations on a lab sheet.
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A Second Visit To Old Sturbridge Village-The Story Tour

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners conduct research on 1830s families and early New England culture. They conduct research on the Old Sturbridge Village website, participate in an online chat with a costumed interpreter, and continue to develop possible plots to...
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Classroom Adventures Program

Creating Characters

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Examine character in depth. Over the course of these six lessons, learners explore their own character traits, determine the traits of characters in the books they read, practice comparing and contrasting, and collaborate in small groups...
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Ruling Out Chance (part 3)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Pupils analyze group data to identify significant differences. They use simulation to create their own random assignment data for comparison. 
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Final Performance Task: Presenting Graphic Novelettes

For Teachers 5th Standards
Let's get graphic. Serving as the final performance task of the unit, scholars complete their graphic novelettes and design covers based on their sketches. Finally, they present their hard work to classmates. 
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My, How the World Has Changed!--Architecture from the past to the future

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students explore how structural forms adapt to evolving world cultures. In groups, students examine posters from the past and write about the picture. Students make predictions about what the picture will look like in the future....
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Roosevelt's Tree Army

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars access prior knowledge of the Civilian Conservation Corp. In this trees lesson, students understand how each of the trees parts are helpful to society. Young scholars participate in the planning of a tree planting project....
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Understanding Narrative Poetry

For Students 5th - 7th
In this poetry activity, students learn about narrative poetry. They then answer 7 questions about one of the poems they read, practice writing their own narrative poem, and complete a research project using the internet. The answers are...
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First Grade Writing Lesson #1/ Narrative Prompt

For Teachers 1st
First graders write a descriptive paragraph about a friend.
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Everyone Is Special

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners discuss tolerance. In this philanthropy lesson, students read the book A Very Special Critter by Gina Mayer and discuss the character's disability. Learners role play how to be tolerant of a new student with a disability.
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar: A Sequencing Lesson

For Teachers K
Students listen to "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and summarize to story to demonstrate comprehension. They review the days of the week and create their own book.

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