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This Spring Turn Over a New Leaf

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Spring is the time to focus on social skills and stress management.
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Spring Cryptogram

For Students 5th - 6th
In this spring cryptogram instructional activity, students unscramble 12 words pertaining to spring. Students then use their answers and the key to decipher the hidden message about spring.
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Spring Vocabulary

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this spring vocabulary worksheet, students analyze 20 words pertaining to the season of spring and match them to the correct meanings in another column.
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Springbreak Trip

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders plan and calculate the cost of taking a specific Spring Break trip, with a certain budget and given set costs. they determine miles traveled, gas costs, hotel expenses, etc.
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Start Planning for the Fall Now

For Teachers Pre-K - 12th
Spend some time reviewing the current school year in order to give yourself a break this summer.
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Second Semester's Biggest Struggle: Motivation

For Teachers 6th - 10th
How to induce teenagers to stay engaged and learning despite the arrival of spring.
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Getting to Know Trees

For Teachers K Standards
Celebrate the beauty of trees with a packet full of activities designed to help kindergarteners get to know about their leafy nature friends. Covering a variety of subjects, scholars go on a nature hike, read Shel Silverstein's The...
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The Settlement of the Chesapeake

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Focusing on the Virginia and Maryland settlements in the 1600's, this presentation is a complete and thorough resource during a unit on Colonial America. It includes pictures, maps, and interesting discussion points for you to address...
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Jim Crow Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Jackie Robinson's attempt to earn a spot on the 1946 Brooklyn Dodgers provides learners with an opportunity to examine the Jim Crow laws and revisit issues of segregation and integration. "The Unconquerable Doing the Impossible: Jackie...
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The French and Indian War

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Sharpen those pencils and get to writing with a series of document-based questions about the French and Indian War. High schoolers focus on maps, letters, and other primary documents from the 18th century before answering writing prompts...
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Breaking News English: Romantic Love Lasts Only a Year

For Students 5th - 10th
For this English worksheet, learners read "Romantic Love Lasts Only a Year," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Colonial North America

For Teachers 8th - 11th
This 54-slide PowerPoint outlines the significant events in the history of Colonial North America, beginning in 1603 with the ascendance of James I to the throne of England. Designed to accompany a lecture on this time period, the...
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Keeping Students Focused During the Holiday Season

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
There are easy ways to make the day before a school break fun, exciting, and productive.
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A RELEVANT APPROACH TO HISTORY (AT-RISK LEARNERS)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners do many activities which assist in teaching them individuals and societies in order that the student develop an awareness of the differences and likenesses of people. This many help the learner to realize his potential.
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NEws Quiz | April 5, 2012

For Students 9th - 12th
April 5, 2012 is the date of this online copy of the New York Times. Your class will read or scan the paper and then take a five question multiple choice quiz on what they've learned.
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End of the Year Lesson Plans and Activities

For Teachers K - 6th
End of the year lesson plans can help you and your students finish the year right.
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Ozark Karst: A Fragile Landform

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young geologists become familiar with the Karst Topography in the Ozark Mountains. They study how human activity has affected the cave ecosystem. They conduct a simulation in which a large development is proposed in the area, and they...
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Revolution in Tunisia

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How much do your pupils really know about the revolution in Tunisia? In order to inform your class and spark discussion, first create a country profile, comparing and contrasting Tunisia with the United States. Learners then analyze the...
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Easter Treats

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students celebrate Easter. In this current events lesson, students visit Fountains Abbey, Cadbury World, The Big Pit, Madame Tussaud's, and Natureland online or in person to participate in Easter activities.
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Diversity of Colors

For Teachers K - 5th
Students investigate color diversity by experimenting with jelly beans.  In this color spectrum lesson, students observe colored jelly beans through different filters and light sources to change the existing look of the bean....
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Diversity Stereotyping

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the concept of stereotyping and using "diversity beans" process an activity that allows them to examine the negative aspects of strereotyping through candy.
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The Diary

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore history using a story of a boy finding a diary and reading it until the last entry suddenly ends. The end of the story is the focus of the instructional activity as students answer guided questions to find the truth.
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Stay in the Mix ...With Summer Service!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning lesson, students consider community service work they may complete when school is not in session.
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We're All The Same on the Inside

For Teachers K - 5th
Students discuss prejudice around the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. They use brown and white eggs to discover that they are both the same on the inside even though they look different on the outside.

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