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Unleash your digital natives
Students create a multimedia presentation. In this multimedia lesson plan, students use sound and visual images to compliment the sound for their multimedia presentation in the subjects of science or humanities.
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Rhetoric and War
Young scholars examine the relationship between rhetoric and war. In this history of war lesson plan, students analyze paintings, photographs, movies, and articles that paint an opinionated picture of war. Young scholars discuss their...
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Pet Training
There are lots of pet owners who would probably like their pets to behave a little better. In this activity, students will learn how to train a pet and create a pet training guide that anyone can use.
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Tale of the Tooth Fairy
Students share social and cultural traditions and values. They develop listening strategies to explain what is heard.
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Searching For The American Dream
Ninth graders explore the meaning of the American dream and how it has been explained in various forms. After reading various immigrant accounts, 9th graders use poetry and writing to explain how different cultures view the American...
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Question Formation Exercise
In this question formation worksheet, learners fill in the 19 most appropriate question words (How, How much, Who, When, or Where) to complete the 19 sentences correctly.
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What I Didn't Know...
Students practice creating wikis. In this wiki lesson, students create a wiki about any math topic that they know nothing about. Students learn about their topic and create a wiki that explains the math topic in detail.
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Mixed Plate
Students locate a sample restaurant review in a newspaper or magazine. They examine the review to find the opinion of the reviewer and discuss reviews that convey mixed opinions. They compose an original review in a similar style to...
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Project Whistlestop
Learners conduct research and present a part of Kansas City history to the class. They develop questions and ideas to initiate and refine research. They use technological tools and other resources to locate, select and organize information.
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I Highly Recommend It
Sixth graders read, "The Watsons Go to Birmingham", and submit a critical review to Amazon Website online by copying and pasting their text onto the site.
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No Publicity, Bad Publicity?
Students examine the factors that can influence a celebrity's media image and marketplace viability. They read an article, answer discussion questions, role-play advisors to a studio head, and write a letter to a studio head.
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First Impressions
Students explore first impressions. They examine that many of the first impressions are based on one's outward appearance, such as body or shape. Students explore that these first impressions can be very misleading. They practice skills...
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Of Mice and Men
Eighth graders successfully create a newspaper that reflects the Great Depression Era using texts and clues from the literary work Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Something Permanent by Cynthia Rylant and Walker Evans.
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Cleaning Up
Learners demonstrate how to be a philanthropist. In this philanthropy instructional activity, students read the story The Wartville Wizard and discuss ways to become a philanthropist. Learners participate in a good deed by volunteering...
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Hatching Chickens
Students explain the importance of carefully observing and caring for eggs and chickens in the classroom.
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Recognizing Propaganda - Unreliable Testimony
Students investigate how product endorsements can be a form of propaganda. They analyze various shampoo ads, discuss celebrity endorsements and unreliable testimony, and create a written non-propaganda ad for or against a celebrity...
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Refugees
Students investigate the affect of refugees have one their host country. They examine where refugees go and decide on things that might be affected by their influx such as medical care, moral issues, economic issues, and language barriers.
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Pop Art-Reflections of the Mass Media
Students select a common object or a face, and draw or paint it on a flat surface making it larger than real life. They choose a common object or simple scene and repeat it horizontally or vertically as defined rows. They create a flat,...
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Cinematic Poetry
Eighth graders explore the genre of poetry through the creation of a multimedia presentation. Students write a poem and create an Avid presentation of their poem for the class. The poems and presentations are peer-reviewed.
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Verb Review 1, 2, 3 and 4 (Present/Past/Future)
In this verb worksheet, students complete the dialogues by conjugating the verbs in the parenthesis to make the statements grammatically correct. There are 50 verbs to conjugate.
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Verb Review 1 (Present/Past)
In this verb review worksheet, students respond to 29 fill in the blank questions pertaining to the correct usage of present tense verbs, past tense verbs, and future tense verbs.
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Verb Review 1: Present/Past
In this verb tense worksheet, students fill in blanks using the correct form of verbs in parentheses to complete a total of 10 sentences, then complete the same activity for short paragraphs.
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Verb Review 1 (Present/Past)
In this English verb review worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 41 sentences using the past or present tense forms of the verbs in parentheses.
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Verb Review (Present/Past)
In this verb usage learning exercise, students practice using verbs in the present and past forms. Students complete the sentences by placing the correct form of the verb provided in the blank. There are forty-one blanks in all.