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American Literature, The Earliest Days

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students prepare for and respond to literature selections. This package includes eleven lessons from the American Literature, The Earliest Days: Prehistory to 1750 each covering a different reading selection. Pre-reading and response...
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The Panorama Of The European Union

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders investigate the existence of the European Union with the help of a map publication. They also brainstorm to think of terms related to the Union. Students write a summary that should conclude the European Union is a...
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Identifying Logical Fallacies

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students discuss and identify "logical fallacies and basic vocabulary to define the common falacies. They work in groups and write one refutation paper in which they counter argue one professional writer's claims.
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Avoiding Sports Injuries

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students research sports injuries and how to deal with the injury. In this injury prevention lesson, the teacher introduces several exercise risk factors and prevention techniques, then students work in small groups to conduct research...
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Water: Naturally Cleaned

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use stream trays covered in different types of rocks or soil to investigate infiltrates and runoff. For this water pollution lesson, students work in groups with stream trays that have different substrates. They write a...
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Working Out Word Problems

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students study word problems and learn to identify key words to solve the problems. In this word problems lesson, students role play as detectives to find key words in addition and subtraction word problems. Students then create a poster...
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Poetry IV--Similes and Metaphors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners solve and write riddles using similes and metaphors.  In this similes and metaphors lesson plan, students work in groups to solve descriptive riddles for famous landmarks.  Learners are given pictures of landforms and write own...
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Southern Puritanism and Tennessee Williams

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils write an essay comparing Arthur Mille's The Crucible and one of Tennessee Williams' plays. In this Tennessee Williams lesson, students discuss the influence of Puritanism on modern American drama. Lesson includes a vocabulary...
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The Memory Play in American Drama

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students take a closer look at a memory play. In this American drama lesson, students read Tennessee Williams's The Glass Menagerie and analyze it as a memory play. Students discuss the linear and non-linear aspects of the play prior to...
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Trees In Nature And Art

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students study the use of trees in art.  In this investigative lesson students create art using leaf rubbings and develop a classification method for trees. 
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Determining the Age of Fossils

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the concept of radioactive dating. In this radioactive dating instructional activity, students investigate how to determine the ages of fossils and rocks as they learn about half-life radioactive decay.
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Celebrating the Legacy of Ella Baker

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students research the life of Ella Baker and examine the importance of Civil Rights through citizen mobilization. In this rights lesson, students read the biography of Ella Baker and make suggestions of things to change in their own...
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Create a Volunteer Spirit

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students evaluate how volunteering helps others. In this philanthropy lesson, students define what a volunteer is and brainstorm a group volunteer project to implement in the school. Students write an essay describing how volunteering...
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Bingo Brown and the Language of Love

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners study credit and interest in a novel and consumer math activity. In this credit lesson, students read the book Bingo Brown and the Language of Love. Learners discuss the book and the ideas of credit, interest, and loans....
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Preventing Forest Fires

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine how forest fires burn depending on the slope, tree density, and forest arrangement.  In this Environmental lesson, 11th graders observe and record different burn patterns.  Students analyze contemporary fires and...
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Human Rights Violations

For Teachers K - 12th
Students explore how human rights are different in each part of the world.  In this freedome lesson, students define human rights, research how human rights in one country ultimately affect other countries, and share their findings...
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Veggie Quesadilla Recipe: Possessive Nouns

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify nouns and pair them with a possessive noun. For this possessive noun lesson, students read a recipe and identify the nouns. Then, students pair each noun with a possessive noun and use them in a sentence.
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Sonnet Form

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the sonnet form. In this lesson on sonnet form, students explore various sonnets and how a sonnet can range from conventional to experimental.
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Hawaiian Hot Spots

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars describe how plate tectonics contribute to the development of volcanoes. In this earth science lesson, students examine the map of Hawaii and explore the physical and biological environment there. They write a story about...
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The Fox and the Goat

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate characters' traits in a specific fable by noticing what they think, say, and do. They study key vocabulary and complete a vocabulary worksheet. They work in groups to discuss how you know if a person is kind.
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Gender Separate Dialogue Groups

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students complete studies to learn about tolerance for gender groups. In this gender study lesson, students are divided into gender groups and discuss how it feels to be grouped that way. Students brainstorm messages about what it means...
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Mmmmm, I'm Good! But Am I Good For You?

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the nutritional value of the potato, its role in the food pyramid, and how it can be a part of a balanced diet. In this potato nutrition instructional activity, students read about the nutritional value of potatoes....
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Moving Out

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students determine their cost of living.  In this determining their cost of living lesson, students think of ten necessary things they would need if they moved out of their parents house.  Students research the cost of renting an...
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War in the News

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students consider the portrayal of war in the news. In this instructional activity on Journalistic perspectives, students will work in groups to critically examine news articles written during war times throughout history.