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English Literature Circle Discussion

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students participate in literary circles to analyze characters, critique writing, discuss events, and  story elements.  In this literary circles lesson, students take responsibility for their learning as a member of the group.  Students...
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Orange County Department of Education

Black Cowboy, Wild Horses

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read the selection Black Cowboy, Wild Horses and identify characteristics of self-discipline shown by story's main character, Bob Lemmons. Students then identify some of their own traits of self-discipline and reflect upon...
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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in African American Students: Exploring African American Achievers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to ways to increase their self-esteem. As a class, they share their specific talents under three categories. In groups, they use the internet to research the lives of various African Americans making sure...
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Family Origins and American Cultural Pluralism

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore, analyze and discuss family origins, special legacies, and racial/cultural groups in literature and art that exposes them to positive examples in African-American history and culture. They encounter examples from dance,...
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Self-Determination

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Learners explore ways to improve self-determination. Using classroom activities, role playing, and small group simulations, students practice and exercise self-determination. They discuss the importance of self-esteem, personal values,...
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What is Culture?

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Students discuss "culture." In groups, they discuss and share things about their culture, recording everything they discuss on butcher paper to be hung around the room. They choose a way to share something about their own family...
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Nemours KidsHealth

Eating Disorders: Grades 6-8

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Raise awareness of eating disorders with a two-activity lesson with middle schoolers reading articles to gather background information and then create audio messages and advertisements that promote healthy self-esteem and body image.
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Overcoming Obstacles

Coping Skills

For Teachers K - 2nd
A lesson brings awareness to a variety of emotions. After discussing the many types of emotions, scholars create a list sorting emotions as easy and hard and then brainstorm coping skills. Pupils draw a picture depicting a scenario that...
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Health Smart Virginia

Summative Assessment

For Teachers 7th
As a summative assessment of the Health Smart unit, middle schoolers create a five-chapter autobiography demonstrating what they have learned about self and social-awareness, decision-making, and communication skills.
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Emergency & Community Health Outreach

Breast Cancer: Prevent, Detect, Treat

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Odds are, most of the members of your class know someone who has been affected by breast cancer. Teach them more about prevention through healthy lifestyles, detection with self-testing and mammograms, and the most effective treatments...
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Missouri Department of Elementary

A Stranger Among Us

For Teachers 8th Standards
The final lesson plan in the R.E.S.PE.C.T series asks eighth graders to expand their vision beyond the walls of the classroom and to consider how they can promote acceptance and respect of others within in the global community. "A...
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Nebraska Department of Education

Where I'm From

For Teachers 9th
We are a tapestry woven of the threads of our family and its history, our environment, our ethnicity, and our culture. High school freshmen reflect on how these threads influence their goals for the future. After reading George Ella...
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Purdue University

Well-Being: Dimensions of Wellness

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
New ReviewA unit on well-being begins with participants completing a self-assessment worksheet. After reflecting on the results, individuals set well-being goals for themselves that are SMART (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, and...
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PBS

Gratitude and the Environment

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
A class discussion begins a two-part lesson about gratitude and the environment. In part one, learners watch a video then share their feelings about its most memorable moment. Delving deep into the meaning of gratitude, scholars create...
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Nebraska Department of Education

Coat of Arms

For Teachers 8th
After discussing the significance of a Coat ofArms, eighth graders design their own to represent their strengths, values, goals, and culture.
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Juggling New Opportunities

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders develop skills needed to maintain a positive self-concept. They recognize increased roles and responsibilities of the individual student within the family, school, and local community. They identify activities the...
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Cultures

For Teachers K - 4th
Students research different cultures around the world. They discover that each culture is a way to express oneself. They compare and constrast how different cultural events are celebrated and draw their own conclusions about them.
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"Where's Waldo" About Me Drawing - Self "Portrait"

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify the cultural clues found within art forms by producing a work of art based on their personal experiences and create a work of art about themself. They recognize how technical elements affect art and how to implement...
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Awareness OF Self And Others

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students engage in a activity that attempts to convey information about self and others. The activity teaches them about diversity and attempts to heighten the awareness of respecting it. They become engaged in the activity with the use...
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Cultural Mapping

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners are introduced to the cultural diversity in Australia. Using new vocabulary, they define multiculturalism and explore their own cultural backgrounds. In groups, they complete a series of worksheets to develop a better sense of...
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Native American Cultures for Grades 4-5

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners investigate Native American culture by researching the Internet.  In this U.S. History lesson, students read online field reports about exploration and the history of Native Americans in the United States.  Learners create a...
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Self-esteem Builder

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students recognize and acknowledge each other's strengths as well as becoming more aware of their own through this activity. They write positive comments about each other and turn them into positive paragraphs.
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Health Education: Self-Control

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify healthy methods of self-control. In this health lesson plan, 3rd graders take control of their own actions as they take part in a creative activity in which they learn healthy ways to monitor and control themselves.
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Cultures of Our Nation

For Teachers K - 4th
Students bring in family items that represent their culture and present them to the class. In this culture lesson plan, students can bring in food, music, dance, pictures, and more.

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