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Food Chain Game

For Teachers K - 5th
Students explore animal characteristics by participating in a role-play activity. In this food chain lesson, students discuss the order of life and how animals must eat other animals to survive. Students conduct a food chain game in...
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Clothing and Social Change in America

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine how clothing for men and women has changed over time with their changing roles in society. Students work individually and in groups to complete the tasks in this lesson.
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Statistical Drug Abuse and Adolescents in the U.S.A.

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine statistics of teenagers using alcohol and marijuana. In groups, they brainstorm the reasons why they believe usage is higher than in years past. As a class, they role-play different roles in scenerios to help them...
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Building Character: Remaining Resilient, Resourceful, and Responsible in the Face of Adversity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the different types of adversity African-Americans face. As a class, they role-play different roles in scenerios in which they discover the importance of facing their fears and taking responsibility for their actions. ...
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Environmental Health Hazards and Children

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students are introduced to the environmental hazards their community is facing. In groups, they develop a list of the ways humans have changed the Earth and how these changes have lead to environmental hazards. They record their...
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The Sparkplugs: Special Occasions for Writing In the History Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students are to discover ways in which to spark their interest in writing. As a class, they examine the purpose and function of political conventions. Individually, they role-play they are a page at a National convention and identify...
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Teenage Boys: Perspectives on the Adolescent Male's Development in an Urban Setting

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the effects of an urban setting on the development of male adolescence. After watching a film, they identify the problems in the relationship of the characters. They discuss the impact of becoming a teenage father and...
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Introductory Lesson on Multiplication

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate the role of addition in mathematics by participating in this role play. The teacher dresses up like a squirrel and chooses students to dress as baby squirrels. The class uses multiplication to determine the...
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Splatter Spread

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students assemble a potato cannon following directions. In groups, they analyze the spread pattern of paint soaked projectiles and discover the relationship between scatter and distance. They role play the role of a forensic scientist...
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Critic's Corner

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students role-play the role of book critics in their classroom. Individually, they write an evaluation on each book they reading along with a book review. In groups, they examine a variety of professional book reviews and share their...
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The failure of Diplomacy, September-December 1941

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate four main issues of concern between US and Japan prior to US involvement in World War II. In this role play lesson, students will take the role of US and Japanese negotiators trying to find a diplomatic...
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Serfs and Lords

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students determine what the roles of serfs and lords were in feudal society. In this feudalism lesson, students examine what life was like for the different classes by looking at farm and manor life. They listen to Till Year's Good End,...
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Young Learner's Writing Workshop 2

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students choose a short story and role play one of the characters in the story. They interview each other about the character they are playing to research them.
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Don't Fence Me In

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Ensure that your class has a well-rounded understanding of new inventions, in this case barbed wired. Class members, after researching the history and development of barbed wire, assess its impact on cattle and the development of the...
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Respect for Animals

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss importance of acting responsibly when caring for pets, reflect upon quote, "All Living Beings Have the Right to Respect and Kindness," read story Anastasia Wants a Rabbit and answer comprehension questions, role play...
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Money Management

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students role play buying and selling items. In this economics lesson, students are given play money with which to purchase items, as well as value their own items for others to buy. Each student in the group works together to decide...
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Water Cycle Voice Thread

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students understand the water cycle through a role playing activity. For this water cycle lesson, students become familiar with the water cycle through a play about the water cycle. Students illustrate their parts and create a...
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Theater Game: "The Good, the Bad, and the Bountiful"

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students play a game to demonstrate the detrimental effects of an algal bloom on the environment. In this microorganism lesson plan, students discuss microbes and algae. They dramatize the effects of an algal bloom using a role-playing...
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Go Fish! Exploring The Tragedy of the Commons

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars discover what happens when people take advantage of shared resources. In this ecology instructional activity, students explore "The Tragedy of the Commons" by playing a role playing simulation game in small groups. Young...
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I See a Coyote

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students role-play coyotes looking for natural resources.  In this natural resources lesson, students examine the relationship between animal life and the environment.  Students play a game that demonstrates how natural resources affect...
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Jabberwocky: A Lake and Island Board Project

For Teachers 4th - 6th
A mathematical role play using Lake and Island Boards where students plan to move from Jabberwocky to their new planet
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Understanding a Legislator

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Using a videoptaped segment of a Connecticut legilative session, young scholars role-play designated legislators, researching positions, and making presentations. They compare their class votes with the actual outcome.
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Upstream And Downstream

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students gain an understanding of how elevation affects the flow of water. They discuss issues that can arise when residents and industries upstream pollute or irrigate a river, in opposition to those downstream. They role play opposing...
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The Egg Drop

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students design and create a container that allows a raw egg to drop from the second floor of a building without breaking. They develop and compute an invoice for project expenses using spreadsheet software. Students role-play a proposal...

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