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- Making Metaphors with Munchies

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars brainstorm independently first, then ask their best friend on the team, or seat partners, depending on the year & student mix, to add to their list of personal characteristics and/or to name three words they think of...
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Picturing Hemingway: A Writer in His Time

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze portraits of Ernest Hemingway to see how his private and public personalities are revealed through them. In this "Picturing Hemingway" lesson plan, students complete a variety of activities to investigate public and...
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Getting to Know You

For Teachers Pre-K
Students read a book about understanding differences.  In this getting to know you lesson, students sit in a circle, roll a ball to each other and tell one thing about themselves when they get the ball.  Students read the book One and...
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Quilting Our Diverse Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore diversity and race by creating art. In this ethnic background lesson, students discuss their family history, where their relatives lived and how it affects their life today. Students create pieces of a quilt representing...
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What I Like to Do

For Teachers K
Students state their likes and dislikes to others in their group.
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Career Interest Record Update

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete a Career Interest Record and compare it to their record from the previous year to see how they have changed.
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Looking At the World Through Different Eyes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars 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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Famous People

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine how characteristics relate to achieving goals. They discuss positive and negative role models.
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Outsiders Unit Plan

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students complete novel analysis activities for the The Outsiders. In this novel analysis lesson, students complete three weeks of lessons that help them analyze the text and character education lessons within the novel.
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GENDER ROLE DEVELOPMENT

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Pupils explore gender bias and identify some examples of it.
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I Am . . .

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders read Eloise Greenfield's novella, 'Sister'. They write their personal responses quickly, foregoing concern about usage, spelling, and punctuation at this point. They write about their day, or may write about any...
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60's Pop Art: Multiples of Me

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students discover characteristics of Pop Art through slides and discussion of the 60's era and produce a pop art portrait of themselves using Clarisworks paint program and Hyperstudio.
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Dramatic Dilemmas

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers read The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost, and develop skits that deal with projecting possible long-term impacts of decisions, and taking risks.
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Spain and France Influence in Europe and in the New World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the conditions in France and Spain during the Middle Ages and the Discovery of America. In groups, they compare and contrast the political situations in both countries and what effect they had on the New World. To end...
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Heroes

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders participate in research and class discussion before attempting to write a traditional five paragraph essay. They use the examples of 16 other hero stories to consider. Students use examples and descriptive details to...
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Food and Languages of the World

For Teachers K
Pupils listen to the story "No Blue Food" in this lesson. They then discuss Allegra, the main character, and her hesitation to try new foods. They participate in a matching game in which they match cards to determine a fruit topping...
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Life Shields

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create shields representing what they value most. For this art lesson, students observe shields in the book The Legend of the Bluebonnet and create their own shields depicting the four things they value most in life.
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Journey Home: The Active Learner

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners discuss focus questions prior to reading and preview the book, "Journey Home." In this language arts lesson, small groups present vocabulary words. Students complete after-reading discussion questions and choose writing...
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Andy Warhol and Silkscreen Pop Art

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore art history by researching famous paintings on-line. In this Andy Warhol lesson plan, students discuss who Warhol was, his impact on popular art and methods of painting. Students examine his use of silk screen printing...
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The Autobiography of a Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use digital cameras to document school experiences. Afterwards, they use computer software to manipulate their photos and write poetry, essays or biographies to compliment the pictures. Finally, students create an...
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Body and Media Introduction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss body image as a group. They discover how the media affects how one sees their body. They analyze different media messages about this topic.
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???Autumn in the Palace of the Han??? by Ma chih-yuan

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read and analyze a play that takes place in the late 1200s under the Yuan dynasty of the Mongols. They examine the structure of Yuan plays, participate in performing sections of the play, write a three page essay, and analyze...
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Myths and Folk Tales

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders perform research in order to appreciate stories taken from the genre of myths and fables. The examples of the stories create a context for students to create their own myths.
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The Outsiders

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore middle section of S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders, and complete eight analytical questions to demonstrate understanding of messages in story. Students then watch portion of movie that coincides with chapters read.

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