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Looking At the World Through Different Eyes
Middle schoolers are introduced to the concept of reframing as a problem-solving alternative. They present the value of incorporating adults into their suport system. Students draw what they think Creep Face and Maggie saw when they...
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Theme 5: Doers and Dreamers Propaganda
Seventh graders create and perform one act scenes that use the strategies of advertising. in this propaganda study activity, 7th graders watch a commercial and are assigned a propaganda strategy. Students plan a scene that illustrates...
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The constitution and The Bill of Rights
Students explore an Internet site that introduces the Framers, court cases, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and even games and quizzes.
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Emily Dickinson: Luminous Letters
Pupils analyze the dimensions of Emily Dickinson's poetry and persona. In this Emily Dickinson instructional activity, students read the example letters and analyze a chart of the poems. Pupils present their findings from the poems in a...
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Australia
Students discover and write stories from the past. In this lesson on Australia, students conduct interviews of family or friends to discover stories and legends from the past. Students then create a brochure for Australia.
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Looking For Triangles
Students solve problems with triangles. In this geometry lesson, students analyze shapes to find different triangles. They name the shapes created by putting triangles together.
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Personal Safety
Fifth graders design an accident chain to show indoor and outdoor safety precautions. In this safety lesson plan, 5th graders also take a quiz that is not provided.
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Percentages On A Grid
Fifth graders show percentages on a 10 x 10 grid. For this percentages lesson plan, 5th graders color in the squares to show a percent.
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Lessons from History
Students review key vocabulary in history and review a specific website. They write a paragraph summarizing an event they read about on this website. They analyze the importance of studying and learning from history.
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Impromptu Speech
Students explore something that they consider to be their favorite. In this speech making lesson, students select a topic and have two minutes to prepare a speech. Students suggest three main points about their topic
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Positional Words
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson uses positional words to place objects on a background.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Oscar's Rotten Ride
Learn spatial relations with Oscar the Grouch as you collect trash that is over, under, or between different objects!
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Fresh Pick Challenge: Pantry Search
Put children in charge of building a pantry that Corporal Cup would be proud of. This activity will help them use direction, distance, and location, visualize placement and positioning, and describe relative positions, such as "next to,"...
PBS
Pbs Kids Afterschool Adventure!: Operation: Animal Assistants Activity Plan
The animals need help! In this week's Afterschool Adventure, children will take the role of Animal Assistants and use their spatial skills to help save the day. Each section of this weeklong adventure is introduced by a video clip or...
Education.com
Education.com: k.g.a.1 Worksheets
[Free Registration/Login Required] These worksheets help students practice describing objects in the environment using names of shapes and describing the relative positions of these objects using terms such as above, below, beside, in...
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Lingolex.com: Learn Spanish: The Church/ La Iglesia
Lingolex provides this Spanish-English reference for words relating to the church, church functions and sacerdotal duties.
BBC
Bbc News: Karzai Ends Us Visit With Promises to Deliver
A review of the May 1010 Washington meeting between President Obama and Afghan President Karzai. The consensus was that both men were positive and both agreed to make things happen in Afghanistan. Concerns were voiced if there would...
Arizona State University
Alberto Rios, Arizona State U.: Glossary of Rhymes
This is a very extensive list of rhymes that "Occur frequently in discussions of poetry and critical writing, but not with absolute consistency." All have definitions, and many have examples. They are organized into five categories:...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rosetta Stone
In 1799, the Rosetta Stone was found and gave the first key to the reading of hieroglyphics. On this stone the same inscription was given in three different sets of characters, -the hieroglyphics, the demotic text (a briefer and more...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Philippine Islands , 1906
A map from 1906 of the Philippine Islands, showing the province boundaries at the time, the capital in Manila and other major cities, railways, terrain, rivers, and coastal features of the island group. The map includes an inset of the...