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Graphic Organizer: Venn Diagram for Briar Rose

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Compare and contrast the characters of Gemma and Becca from Briar Rose. Using a Venn diagram (not included but easy to create), readers will explore the characters. Not much direction or explanation is included here. 
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Lesson Exchange: Introduction to Research Papers (Senior, Literature)

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Although unlikely in today's English classroom, this lesson focuses on introducing research papers to seniors in high school. It briefly reviews the parts of an essay, and mentions showing learners example essays, but no examples are...
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Early Champlain Valley History

For Teachers 9th
Class members use primary sources to craft an essay about early Champlain Valley History. I would use this as a homework assignment.
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Half Lives

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students investigate the concept of half-life by conducting an M&M experiment. In this chemistry lesson, students differentiate nuclear fusion and fission. They present investigation findings to class.
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Introductions and Conclusions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The format of the introduction and conclusion paragraphs in an expository essay are the focus of short presentation that details how to craft these all-important sections of a paper. No specific examples are included.
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The Myth and the Reality: Pioneering in the Midwest

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Pupils examine the myth and reality of settlement in the Upper Midwest during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Have You Seen Sasquatch?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a newscast documenting sightings of SasquatchBigfoot. Working individually, students research information on Sasquatch using traditional and electronic sources, including e-mail. The class produces a newscast based on...
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The Tudor's True Story

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students take effective notes from a video documentary, create an oral report about an assigned aspect of the video, and express an understanding of the King's six wives' lives.
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Beyond the Story: A Dickens of a Party

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders collaboratively research the life and times of Charles Dickens as it relates to a character from the story, and write and present a first-person character analysis.
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Judy Garland: By Myself

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate Judy Garland's life create a media campaign focusing on the role of drugs and alcohol in her life. Students watch a video and conduct Internet research to find out about Garland's life. Groups write a newspaper...
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DNA Sequencing Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars simulate the Sanger method of DNA sequencing using color pop-beads as a representation of nucleotides and dideoxynucleotides. Students assemble DNA sequences and run their sequences through a "sequencing gel" and sketch...
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Environmental Health Impromptu Talk

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Young scholars learn the criteria for and create the framework of an impromptu speech about an environmental health issue that is especially important to them. Students write a speech about an environmental health problem based on the...
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Social Studies: World Cultures and the Library of Congress

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the Library of Congress Website to locate information for a world cultures project. They select countries to research, investigate visa information, currency, climate, and accommodations. Students follow the directions on...
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Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine wealth including analyzing and interpreting the sources of it.  In this social responsibility instructional activity students create their own political cartoon.
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Dirty Thirties: The Dust Bowl

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the events and reactions surrounding the Dust Bowl crisis during the 1930's. They discuss how the events of the Great Depression affected America's democracy and how it transformed America.
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A Turkey for Thanksgiving - Lesson #2

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders investigate realistic fiction, holiday celebrations, making tally charts. In this multi-disciplinary lesson, 2nd graders listen to a story about Thanksgiving and one about the Chinese New Year to develop an understanding...
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Balanced Literacy Project

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders review all the materials they've studied about the rain forest and begin to organize their research paper by choosing a topic. They begin by rereading the introductory book, "The Great Kapok Tree," by Lynne Cherry as well...
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When Old Meets New

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore how to compare and contrast characters.
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To Be Or Not To Be... (Hamlet)

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students complete a unit of lessons on William Shakespeare's Hamlet. They analyze the plot, themes, and characterization, relate songs to thematic issues, develop plot summaries and translations, and compare the play to a movie version.
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Researching an Author

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils research works by a contemporary author of their choice, choosing one in particular upon which to focus, conducting research relating to that work. They create a brochure utilizing Microsoft Publisher then share their brochure in...
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Today We Encountered the White Man

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze and interpret artifacts and a timeline to get specific information.  In this timeline lesson plan students work in groups to research an Indian tribe and write an information piece of their research. 
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Scavenger Hunt for Ancient Egypt

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders do a scavenger hunt in order to investigate Ancient Egypt.
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On Stage Tonight . . .

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore the World Wide Web for information concerning the period known as "The Harlem Renaissance." They study the contributions made by African Americans in the areas of literature, art, and music during this period in...
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The Civil War in Art and Literature

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine art related to the Civil War. They participate in activities that allow them to write poetry and drawings. They create their own journal and collect their work in a binder.

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