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Growing Gold

For Teachers K - 1st
Students read and explore a folktale from India. In this folktale lesson, students read the book Growing Gold and discuss the events from the tale. Students complete a phonics worksheet which incorporates the rhyming words from the text.
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Should, Shouldn't, or Mustn't

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online/interactive verb worksheet, students read incomplete sentences and choose the verbs should, shouldn't, or mustn't from the pop-up menus to fill in the blanks and complete the sentences. Students choose 23 answers.
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Language Arts, Music, Poetry: Blues Style

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
This lesson focuses on how the blues both operates as poetry and informs the poetry of many prominent African American poets. Young scholars consider the poetic devices and recurring themes in blues lyrics and the significance of the...
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Migrating Across Borders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners research and map the migratory patterns of the golden-winged warbler. They develop a strategy to protect this species and, in teams representing different countries, negotiate treaties with each other to protect the bird.
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Exploring Neighborhoods through Art

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore neighborhoods. In this color and social studies cross-curriculum lesson plan, students listen to Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson, then compare and contrast neighborhoods. Students mix primary colors to...
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Teaching Child Safety

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Learners explore safe and unsafe choices in different environments. In this safety lesson students discuss safety rules they know. The teacher reads the learners different scenarios and the students decide if it is a safe behavior or an...
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Commonly Confused Words - Quiz 24

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this confused words worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences by choosing the correct confusing word. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Johnny Appleseed Day Research Activity

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students research the life of Johnny Appleseed. They research a person of their choice and create a holiday for them. They share their new holiday with the class.
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United Kingdom Flag

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this social studies worksheet, students read details about, and the history of the flag of the United Kingdom. They color a black line picture of the flag using a small picture as a model.
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Worksheet 6 Vocabulary Practice: Sentence Completion

For Students 5th - 6th
In this vocabulary learning exercise, students use the words in a word list to fill in the blanks in ten sentences. There is no connection between the words.
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Homonyms- Quiz 28

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the use of homonyms in sentences. Learners read a sentence online and choose the correct homonym from the answer choices. Students click on the answer box to see the correct answer.
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False Friends Exercise

For Students 5th - 7th
In this appropriate answer worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the most appropriate answer out of 2 words. Students fill in 23 sentences.
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America Responds to Terrorism: How Youth Can Help

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the opportunity to educate others. In this response to terrorism lesson, students explore 12 service learning opportunities that they may choose to implement in order to take positive action in response to terrorism.
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Countdown to Disaster

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students discover the potential dangers of weather in their hometown.  In this environmental lesson, students research Hurricane Hugo and the devastation it caused South Carolina in 1989.  Students record weather data from...
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Basic Human Inheritance Patterns

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the stages of the cell division (meiosis) which results in the formation of gametes and study topics as crossing over, gene linkage, and human inheritance patterns in certain diseases.
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Stitching Truth Lesson One: What is Civil Society?

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders create a working definition of civil society.  In this US History lesson, 9th graders create a list of terms that help make up the term civil society.  Students examine the case study of life in Pinochet's Chile.
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Portrayals of Women in World War I

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the contributions of women to the war effort. In this World War I lesson, students examine posters from the era that their instructor has gathered and analyze the message in each of the posters. Students then share their...
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Idioms

For Students 5th - 10th
In this idiom skills worksheet, students read about 7 commonly used idioms and then answer 6 short answer questions regarding the meaning of idioms.
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Reflection

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine how some transformations, such as reflections and rotations, do not change the figure itself, only its position or orientation.
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Reflection

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use a stencil to make a figure with which they discover the horizontal line of reflection, the vertical line of reflection, and the diagaonal line of reflection using coordinates.
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Solid Rocket Boosters

For Students Higher Ed
In this rocket worksheet, students calculate the burn rate for solid rocket boosters depending on exposed fuel area and burn depth. This worksheet has 2 problems to solve.
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Middle Ages Traveler

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this map worksheet, students are given three maps of France to use to answer multiple choice questions. Students complete an activity from the perspective of a Middle Ages traveler.
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Virus and Bacteria Worksheet

For Students 3rd - 10th
In this viruses and bacteria worksheet, students circle all the places that viruses and bacteria can hide in a picture of a classroom. Students do this for 1 picture.
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What Does a Philanthropic Organization Do?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the work of a local nonprofit organization and define "nonprofit" and "profit" organizations. They identify examples of three local philanthropic organizations and work together to draw conclusions about a non-profit...