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Ancient India

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create a travel brochure highlighting the accomplishments of the Indus Valley civilization. Group work allows students to create brochures illustrating the location, government, religion, agriculture, cultural and...
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Vietnam Revisited

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore the impact of the Vietnam War. In this Vietnam and popular culture lesson, students research and plot major events in the conflict. Learners interview people regarding their memories of the war and watch the movie " The...
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Exodus: History Writ Large

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the history of the Exodus and life of Moses. In this Exodus lesson, students watch "Exodus: History Writ Large", research the life of Moses, and author books that depict scenes from Mose's life.
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Rivers for the Common Good

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore what effects improper waste disposal and water pollution have on the water cycle. They explore how philanthropic acts can help protect the water cycle and keep our water and planet clean.
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Biodiversity - Who Cares?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students articulate some of the impacts of loss of biodiversity. They play a game that demonstrates why having a rich variety of life is important to the survival of ecosystems and how invasive species are threatening local biodiversity.
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Salinity

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students take a provided ocean Trivia Quiz in order to start a discussion of the ocean. They then perform an experiment on how the amount of salt in the ocean affects it and varies from ocean to ocean.
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Soil Runoff Challenge

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Young scholars find ways to decrease soil runoff for an African Village as a part of a Peace Corps project. In this soil runoff lesson, students play a soil runoff challenge online. Young scholars complete online activities and view a...
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Ancient China

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Unveil the mysteries of ancient China in this presentation, which includes photographs of historic relics from the Neolithic and Bronze Ages. Slides detail the Hsia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties; especially helpful is the final slide, which...
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Which Article? (Part 3)

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Use this worksheet to have learners fill in thirteen blanks in a descriptive paragraph with the grammatically correct articles for each one.
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Winter Olympics Vocabulary

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Winter Olympics vocabulary skills worksheet, students match the 12 Olympics-related terms in the word bank to the appropriate definitions.  
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Capitalization

For Students 6th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, learners proofread, edit, and correct all the capitalization mistakes found in ten sentences. Students share their findings with their classmates.
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Inverness and Highlands Heritage box

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore, experience and study the rich cultural heritage that Inverness and the Highlands has to offer to young people and takes a look into the future. They assess certain aspects of Highland culture through the expressive arts...
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What Sharing Really Means

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students examine the meaning of generosity and how sharing can be a cultural trait. In this cultural trait lesson plan, students read a text about the culture of generosity in Africa. Students complete a discussion activity and journal...
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Freshwater on Earth

For Students 8th
In this freshwater on Earth learning exercise, 8th graders color and complete 2 graphs as described in the given information. First, they color the non-drinkable water portion red and the freshwater portion blue in the top graph. Then,...
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GeoHive Information Hunt

For Students 6th - 10th
In this geography skills worksheet, students respond to 30 short answer questions about world geographic features and locations.
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Lights On ! Lights Off! Exploring Human Settlement Patterns

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write informational paragraphs based on the settlement patterns of the United States. In this settlement lesson plan, 3rd graders read about population and how it affects where people settle next.
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Water, Water Everywhere

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students recognize that all of the water on earth cannot be used for drinking and that the percentage of ground and surface water is a small percentage.  In this water lesson students identify ways to conserve water. 
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Water Cycle Adventure

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students take an imaginary journey through the water cycle. For this water cycle lesson, students identify the various parts of the water cycle, listen while their teacher leads them on an imaginary journey through the water cycle, and...
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The Water Cycle

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
When homeschooling parents and children tackle the water cycle, the results can be a fascinating exploration of our environment.
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Surrender at Yorktown

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the start of the American Revolution. In this American History instructional activity, 8th graders analyze primary sources. Students prepare a narration of events leading up to the revolution. 
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China Quest

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Read and research information on China. Young researchers complete a knowledge hunt about China then locate and describe each location using directional words. They recognize the word meaning through context clues and application practice.
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Natural Wonders of China And Japan

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students identify some of the attributes of China and Japan and compare and contrast the way Chinese, Japanese, and American artists represent nature in art. The instructional activity is for upper-elementary classrooms.
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"Across Oregon On The 45th N Parallel" A Transect of Oregon

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore the physical geography of Oregon. In groups, students collect weather and elevation information on Oregon. They organize the data and create maps and graphs of the information. Afterward, students compare the...
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A Tale of Two Reactors

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders role-play as members of the food chain. Sticky tables acting as polluting factors are introduced and members of different trophic levels suffer varying degrees of damage due to those pollutants.