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Novelinks

The Little Prince: Concept/Vocab Analysis

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Focus on the literary elements of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince with a concept analysis sheet. With suggestions and explanations for many of the book's concepts, vocabulary, and other issues that may arise in...
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Curated OER

I Belong to.....(The Senses)

For Students 5th - 8th
In this neuroscience for kids worksheet, students identify whether each of the 20 body parts listed belongs to the eye, ear, nose, or mouth.
Worksheet
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Carloads of Rules

For Students 4th
In this number sense learning exercise, 4th graders determine which box each division sentence belongs. Students are also asked to make up their own division sentence.
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Curated OER

Lord of the Flies Intensely Important Quotes

For Students 11th - 12th
For this Lord of the Flies quotes worksheet, students explain how the 11 given quotes contributes to the development of each of the targeted literary elements.
Interactive
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Getting Together - a Groupings Crossword Puzzle

For Students 5th - 8th
Introduce your class to words for groups of animals and people. This is a crossword puzzle that includes 25 clues for collective nouns. The puzzle is online interactive and learners can receive immediate online feedback. Answers are not...
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Perkins School for the Blind

3-D Task List

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Staying organized is a part of growing up, and it can be as easy as making a list. Here is a set of instructions for making a three-dimensional task list especially for learners with visual impairments or blindness. After making the task...
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Curated OER

Addressing Student's Questions in the Aftermath of the Terrorist Attacks

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Students discuss peacemaking. For this political policy and emotions lesson, students explore ideas for expressing feelings in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Students reflect on punitive and restorative justice.
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Curated OER

Make Sense of Nature

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in this program that heightens their awareness and curiosity of nature as well as their sense of adventure and exploring new surroundings. They identify and choose an object from nature after exploring it with other...
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Perkins School for the Blind

Kitchen Clean-up

For Teachers 4th - 12th
If you make a meal, you must clean up the mess. Foster a sense of independence while having learners practice a skill they can use in the workplace. Teens with visual impairments practice cleaning, organizing, stacking, and sorting a...
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Curated OER

The Uncertain Future of Kosovo

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate the ongoing peace process in Kosovo through thorough discussion of the underlying issues of the Kosovo conflict and the evolving resolution.
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Delegation of the European Union to the United States

Cultural Identity

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How does cultural diversity impact political identity? That is the question researchers face as they continue their examination of the European Union and the programs it has developed in its attempt to achieve unity in diversity. To gain...
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Curated OER

Making Sense of the Census

For Teachers K - 4th
For this unit of lessons, students make sense of the Census. They examine why a census is taken and participate in activities.
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Curated OER

A Quilt of Many Colors

For Teachers 1st
First graders learn the "Quilt Song." They brainstorm items they could draw that would remind them of the person in the song. Students work in groups to complete a "Person Outline" page (included with the lesson). They draw one part of...
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Curated OER

The Influence of Jazz Music in Twentieth Century Art

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine the effect of music on society. While listening to music, they identify the beat, rhythm and write down their reaction to it. Listening to longer selections, they assign a color to the music and share it with the...
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Curated OER

The Physics of Flight

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students discuss how the invention of flight changed the way people live today. In groups, they compare and contrast the differences between weight, lift, thrust and drag. Using these principles, they create a glider and propeller with...
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Curated OER

Preservation and the Power of Light

For Teachers K - 6th
Students identify the effect of light on objects. For this scientific inquiry lesson, students use a chart to write a hypothesis about what will happen when colored construction paper is left in sunlight. Students observe and discuss the...
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Smithsonian Institution

Art to Zoo: Life in the Promised Land: African-American Migrants in Northern Cities, 1916-1940

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
This is a fantastic resource designed for learners to envision what it was like for the three million African-Americans who migrated to urban industrial centers of the northern United States between 1910 and 1940. After reading a...
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Penguin Books

Core Curriculum Lesson Plans for Jefferson's Sons

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Thomas Jefferson lived a controversial life. A series of lesson plans shares information about Jefferson's Sons, a novel about the infamous founding father. Discussion questions and other tasks explore different points of view and cover...
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Bully Free Systems

Bully Free Lesson Plans—Ninth Grade

For Students 9th
"Bullying and Prejudice" and "Do You Cyber Bully," two lessons from a complete Bully Free program, serve as samples of the approach used in a unit designed to bring awareness to and to combat bullying. Each instructional...
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Bully Free Systems

Bully Free Lesson Plans—10th Grade

For Students 10th
Two lessons, "What Does Cyber Bullying Look Like?" and "Factors Influencing My Reporting the Bullying of Others," serve as examples of the 12 included in a Bully Free curriculum. Each plan includes discussion questions, an activity,...
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Curated OER

Sue Uses Her Senses

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this using senses worksheet, students draw a line from the objects on the left to Susan's eye, ear, nose, tongue, or hand.
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A Place for Each Number

For Students 3rd
For this number sense worksheet, 3rd graders look and analyze 4 different shapes joined together with a box of specific numbers next to them. Students read 11 clues and place each number in the right shape.
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Common Sense Media

Care and Maintenance Poster

For Teachers K - 6th
Working with tablet computers in your class? Ensure that your pupils take care of their devices or those that belong to your school or district. This poster lists five easy guidelines for kids to follow when using a mobile device...
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Institute for Humane Education

I've Been Branded!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How many pairs of Nikes® or Apple® products are in the average American home? What makes someone buy one particular type of laundry detergent over another? Scholars grapple with these questions as they develop a list of brands they use...