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Smelly Balloons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of diffusion through a membrane. They do this through the conduction of a simple experiment. Students make observations while determining if the smell of different chemicals seeps through the balloon...
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Women's Right To Vote

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the history of women's right to vote and identify two of the leaders of the suffrage movement, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. After completing readings and discussions, they write an article for the newspaper about...
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Runaway Indentured Servants

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students compare and contrast indentured servants and slaves. For this US history slavery lesson, students discuss the owners' perceptions of indentured servants and slaves, then view ads for runaway slaves to support their opinions....
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The Treaty Trail: U.S. - Clothing That Talks: Meaning and Material Culture

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars investigate the cultures of Native Americans and Euro-Americans through their clothing.  In this photograph analysis lesson plan, students observe historic photographs and analyze the style of clothes people wore and...
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A Fish Tale

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners conduct an experiment. In this fish lesson, students discover how fish cells respond to fresh and salty water and if temperature effect the movement of a fish's gills. Learners also identify the characteristics of a fish.
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Lewis and Clark in Columbia River Country

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this research skills lesson, students research the death of Meriwether Lewis using forensic evidence presented in primary...
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Dorothy Day and Mohandas K. Gandhi: Catalysts of Social Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore how Dorothy Day and Mohandas Gandhi were leaders for social change.  In this history lesson, students analyze the impact of these two leaders through several activities and group assignments.
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Shooting Civilians

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine world conflict issues. In this global conflict lesson, students listen to a story that puts them in the shoes of an army soldier ordered to shoot civilians. Students discuss the plight of the soldier and...
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Circle Compass Course

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice using a compass for directions. They use a compass to set and walk a designated course. In addition, they discuss careers and recreation that utilize a compass.
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Seeing Art in Historical Context: An Activity to Promote Visual Literacy

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students consider works of art in their historical context. For this art in historical context lesson, students are encouraged to think about and record their prior knowledge of the historical period and to make inferences about the...
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Let's Make a Mural

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners social skills blossom as they work together on this mural-making activity. In this early childhood visual arts instructional activity, students develop creative-thinking, fine-motor, language, and social skills as they work...
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Using the Thesaurus: Synonyms

For Students 6th - 7th
in this synonyms worksheet, learners use a thesaurus to look up 12 words. Students then read four possible choices and circle the word that is not a synonym for the given word.
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Using the Thesaurus: Synonyms

For Students 6th
In this recognizing synonyms and antonyms worksheet, 6th graders read a list of keywords and a group of four words to identify the word that is an antonym for the keyword. Students circle 12 answers.
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Road Safety- Alert Communications and Emergency Response

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Young scholars examine the effectiveness of road safety organizations. In this road safety lesson, students identify three road safety watch agencies that aid truck drivers to keep them safe. They look at the skills that truck drivers...
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Pumped Up Gas Prices

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students calculate gas prices. In this transportation lesson, students tally the mileage and gas costs of their car for one months. They figure out how much was spent on gas and create a graph showing average gas prices over time. 
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Reconsidering Malcolm X

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze the strategies and speeches of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Progressive Era: Public Pressure and Government Actions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read sections of the novel, "The Jungle". They identify the problems of the meat industry during the Progressive Era. They discuss food concerns of today and make connections between the two time periods.
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History According to Shakespeare

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read Shakespeare's, Julius Caesar while identifying a number of literary elements including simile, metaphor, personification, and hyperbole. As a response activity, they simulate a mock trial, and finally, compare and contrast...
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Business: Designing Business Cards

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars design and create business cards using Adobe Photoshop. Once they have applied techniques of typography and layout design, students identify redesign aspects and its importance in the design process. In a slide show,...
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The Smallest Metric Measurements

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this recognizing metric measurements worksheet, learners read groups of three measurements and identify the one that is the smallest. Students solve 15 problems.
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Spelling

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this recognizing the correctly spelled words worksheet, students read rows of words spelled four different ways, identify the ones that are spelled correctly, and write them. Students circle and write 15 answers.
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Compound Word Challenge

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this recognizing compound words worksheet, students read words in columns and use as many two words as possible to write compound words correctly. Students write at least 12 answers.
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Principal Parts of the Verb

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this recognizing the three forms of verbs worksheet, learners read the present tense verbs and write the past and past participle forms of them. Students write 18 answers.
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Phonograms

For Students K - 1st
In this recognizing the y and z sounds worksheet, students say the sounds the phonograms make, read sentences, identify the phonograms in the sentences, and illustrate the sentences. Students complete 4 activities.