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Woman Power!!! Mathematics Camp

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Young scholars explore mathematics by researching stereotypes. In this gender bias lesson, students participate in discussions where they identify traditional careers according to their own gender. Female young scholars attend summer...
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An Experiment With the Cuisenaire Rods

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Here you'll read about a teacher who conducted several experiments to determine the effectiveness of Cuisenaire Rods. Each activity is described along with the teacher's findings. Are cuisenaire rods effective? Try using them and find out.
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Let's Make A Deal

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students conduct a Swap Day to determine how bartering to exchange goods works. They trade something that they do not want for an item that they prefer.
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Magnify The Monster In Me

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars gradually develop fine-motor movement skills with the mouse, while building on the gross-motor movements they are already able to make with the mouse. It encourages students to look at the same painting different ways, and...
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Muscle Movements

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in a game to identify major muscle groups in the body and gain an understanding of muscle functions.
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Breaking News English: Iran Resumes Nuclear Work

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Iran Resumes Nuclear Work," 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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Photo Talk!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students communicate with Epals. They write letters with photo exchanges and create a website for presentations of 3,000 words or less and one photo. They tell their life stories and illustrate with photos in the target language. V
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Down And Dirty

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students practice reading and review holiday language. They practice comparatives and superlativies, and the language of persuasion.
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Why Break the Bank?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students practice reading and review holiday vocabulary. They review comparatives and superlatives.
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ESL: Money Quiz

For Students 4th - 6th
In this ESL money quiz instructional activity, learners choose the word that has the closest meaning to a description of money given. Students may click on an answer link.
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Thanksgiving (ESL)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate a traditional American Thanksgiving. They recreate the first Thanksgiving in the classroom complete with food and appropriate decorations.
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Personality Assessment

For Teachers 8th - Higher Ed
Pupils participate in an activity about personality perceptions. They take a personality survey for themselves. Then students take the same survey with their impressions about their partner, and discuss their findings.
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Teaching the Dialog

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students are introduced to and practice high-frequency patterns of language that will help them perform in real life situations. They enact in a role play situation with the teacher and then with partners.
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Cross-Cultural Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars in an ESL classroom identify and locate the states on a United States map. Using the internet, they research to compare the holidays in their home country and the United States. They share their findings in an email to...
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Saving Money On Household Items

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use sale ads to compare and contrast prices on groceries, electronics, appliances and other goods. Working in groups, students brainstorm ways to save money on these items. This lesson is intended for students acquiring English.
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ESOL Alphabet and Number Recognition

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students review the alphabet and numbers using flash cards. They work in pairs to list words and numbers from newspaper headlines or sales ads on a piece of paper then they read each others list and shre it with the class.
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Getting Acquainted Dialog

For Students 5th - 6th
In this dialog worksheet, students complete an 8 sentence dialog between two women. Students choose the correct words to complete the sentences. This is an on-line interactive worksheet, intended for ESL students but usable by others.
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Breaking News English: McDonald's Pulls Out of Iceland

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "McDonald's Pulls Out of Iceland," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 10 true or false questions about the selection.
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Life's a Beach And It's on Your Doorstep

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students practice reading for details and review holiday vocabulary. They practice comparatives and superlatives.
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The Euro

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students practice listening and speaking.
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ESOL Telephone Communication

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss the importance of leaving an appropriate message on an answering machine or voice mail system. They write a message for a friend and in pairs take turns reading their message while their partner writes it down.
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Consumer Education, ESOL

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss types of housing, cost, location and terminology used in classified ads. They write a paragraph describing their image of the ideal home then exchange papers and edit each other's work.
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Holidays; Valentine's Day

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this foreign language worksheet, students select the best choice from two options to fill in blanks in eleven sentences. Each sentence is about Valentine's day.
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Obtaining Emergency Medical Assistance

For Teachers 1st - 10th
Students discover how to get emergency medical help. In this life skills lesson plan, students discuss how to respond to emergencies and role play a conversation between a phone caller and 911 operator.