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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab

For Students 9th - 10th
In this vocabulary worksheet, learners select the best choice to complete the sentence. All words begin with the letter "J" and challenge students with their originality.
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The Book Thief: The Power and Influence of Words

For Teachers 7th - 12th
To culminate a study of Markus Zusak's The Book Thief, individuals craft a persuasive essay in which they assume the voice of a member of one of the political parties during the early 1920s, and advocate that their party offers the...
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A Ship in a Storm

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Give reading comprehension a boost with a two-page activity featuring an informational text about ships at sea during stormy weather. After reading, scholars show what they know through four short-answer questions. 
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The Road Map & the Middle East

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Will walls help? Read to learn how Prime Minister Ariel Sharon proposes to build walls around Isreal in hopes of isolation from Palestine. Complete an online Webquest, analyze maps, listen to audio clips, answer discussion questions, and...
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Sentence Order: "Tell Me Why!"

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this sentence order worksheet, students rearrange words to correctly put sentences together. Then they complete sentences in their own words. There are sixteen questions to complete.
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Religion in Social Change: What's God Got To Do With It?

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students determine how religion influences social change. In this religion and social change lesson, students examine how the religious beliefs of Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. were inspirational as they worked to reduce...
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Breaking News English - India Rushing to Save Commonwealth Games

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this ESL/ELL Commonwealth Games instructional activity, students read a selection about "India Rushing to Save Commonwealth Games." They discuss the passage, identify the problems and solutions, and talk about their own favorite...
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Thanks Be To You

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research U.S. history by completing a worksheet activity in class. In this historical figure instructional activity, students identify the contributions and risks taken by the former African-American leader Martin Luther King...
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Desertification

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers investigate the process of desertification in the Sahel region of Africa. They discuss photos from a National Geographic magazine, analyze the physical/political map of the Sahara, identify the causes and effects of...
Worksheet
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Humor Helps Hammer a Point Home

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events instructional activity, students analyze a political cartoon about the use of ridicule in cartoons and respond to 3 talking point questions.
Worksheet
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Articles

For Students 5th - 6th
In this article review instructional activity, learners add, edit, or change articles to correct usage in sentences. In this short answer/article recognition instructional activity, students answer thirty corrections.
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Color Wheel Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify and describe the primary, secondary and tertiary colors. They also identify the order in which these three categories of colors fit on the color wheel. Students then create a color wheel using any medium available...
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Using Innovative Approaches To Explore Functions

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Use student-directed resource sheets, multiple approaches, and group work instead of drill and kill.
Interactive
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive philosophy activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich Nietzsche. Students may check some of their answers on the...
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Anger, Aggression and Adolescents

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students examine the relationship between anger, aggression and teenagers. As a class, they share a difficult situation in their own lives and review the techniques to properly deal with it. In groups, they discuss how they feel about...
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The Fable of Franny And Her Fabulous Fainting Goat

For Teachers 3rd - 6th Standards
Mix the art of reading comprehension with the skill of telling time. Children in grades two and three will discuss the importance of goats throughout history based on the provided background information. They'll create cute goat...
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JFK, LBJ, and the Fight for Equal Opportunity in the 1960s

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the presidencies and John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. In this American history lesson, students specifically analyze the civil rights support of the 2 presidents and their support of civil rights legislation....
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Conflict in"the Interlopers"

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Young scholars read "the Interlopers" and define the four conflicts in the story.  In this conflict lesson, students write an original story about three of the four conflicts in the book.
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Missing Toy Writing Activity

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students listen to Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale, by Mo Willems. In this listening and writing lesson, students listen to the story and create a poster for their favorite toy if it were to go missing. They work independently to...
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"The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" Lesson Plans

For Teachers 4th - 7th
"The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" provides a great way for students to delve into literature, history, and the imagination.
Lesson Planet Article
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Writing Worksheets Can Help Students Organize Their Thoughts

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Teachers can help their students organize their ideas with the use of writing worksheets.
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Team Building Activities

For Teachers 4th - 8th
You can try these fun team building exercises to encourage class spirit and unity this fall.
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The Making of the Declaration of Independence

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students can delve into how Thomas Jefferson's words in the Declaration of Independence changed history.
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Geometry in the Real World

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete a unit of lessons on basic geometry concepts. They participate in a variety of activities, culminating in a project that involves publishing a booklet or a poster that presents the major geometry concepts from the...