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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Titanic

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
  As the class moves through the 'Titanic', they are exposed to the various nautical terms: port, bow, stern, starboard, crow's nest. They practice locomotor skills such as: skip, hop, leap, jump, slide, and crab walk, when the nautical...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Canoe and Kayak

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students explore canoes and kayaks. In this canoe and kayak lesson, students research the history, parts, and sport of the canoe and kayak.  Students then practice how to use a paddle for each boat, and go on a field trip in order to use...
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Organizer
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Poetry Reading: Analysis Worksheet

For Students 7th - 9th
Explore poetry by reading the poem "The Walloping Window Blind" by Charles E. Carryl, and completing an analysis with your class. The worksheet provides the entire poem, a graphic organizer to help with summarizing and paraphrasing, and...
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Lesson Plan
National Sailing Hall of Fame

Introduction to Sailboats

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The left part of the boat is called what? An informative lesson and accompanying slideshow presentation introduce middle schoolers to the terminology and parts associated with a sailboat.
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Worksheet
Great Books Foundation

The Glass of Milk

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
It's not easy to ask for help. Learn why a boy on a ship struggles with accepting help in "The Glass of Milk," a short story by Manuel Rojas. Six discussion questions prompt class members to make inferences from the text about character...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Words Beginning with SC

For Students 10th - 11th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word choice to complete the sentence. They are challenged with words that have sc-blends.
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PPT
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An English-Speaking World

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
An overview of the development of English as a global language fills out these slides. Beginning with statistics regarding how much of the world speaks English and to what capacity, a brief history is then given mostly pertaining to WWII...
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Lesson Plan
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"Taming the Bicycle"

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss invention of bicycle and early obstacles to riding, listen to and discuss short story "Taming the Bicycle" by Mark Twain, define vocabulary words from story, and create and present humorous "how to" project to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Barn Owls and Owl Pellet Dissection

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars explore birds of prey and food chains. In this ecosystems and birds of prey cross curriculum science and literacy instructional activity, students brainstorm characteristics of birds after viewing photographs. Young...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rollin’ on the River: Identifying Jargon

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify jargon in poetry, prose and fiction. In this literature instructional activity, students will read selections from Mark Twain and identify figurative langauge, focusing on jargon.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

E3 Project Instructional Plan

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students will build a solar panel. In this physics lesson plan, students will begin with a lecture on energy and proceed into research for their solar panel. The solar panels will be field tested and problems and solutions will be shared...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poetry Slam

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders write a poem and participate in a poetry slam.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Missing Words: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

For Students 7th - 8th
In this missing words worksheet, learners fill in the blanks in two passages from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" from the word list given.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shipwreck Mystery

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils study web pages on a shipwreck then locate where this took place on a map.  In this marine archaeologist lesson students examine what clues archaeologists use to find the location of a shipwreck and  what they might find.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

The Titanic - Timeline Activity

For Students 5th - 6th
In this Titanic timeline activity, students read the timeline about the events of the Titanic disaster. Students read about 19 events in the timeline.