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Make a Time Capsule

For Students 6th - 8th
In this making a time capsule worksheet, students collect a variety of family items to place in a container to be buried and then reopened in a year. Students write why what they chose to bury was important to them on the lines provided.
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What's in the Time Capsule? A Technology-Connected Lesson Plan

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders use computers and the Internet to research a specified area, word processors to prepare an essay, a digital camera, a video camera gather visuals, and a scanner to add visuals to a PowerPoint presentation as they discover...
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Time Capsule - Show What You Know, Project

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this time capsule worksheet, students follow the directions to make index cards and write draft ideas on paper about tips to think about when studying a particular unit. Students complete 3 sets of directions for the students of next...
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The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Practice comprehension skills using the story, The Man Who Went to the Far Side of the Moon by Bea Uusma Schyffert. Learners answer questions, fill out graphic organizers, and engage in extension activities involving writing and...
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Themed Time Capsules

For Students 5th - 8th
In this making a time capsule worksheet, students choose 3 topics from the list that interest them and respond to 3 short answer questions regarding the topics for time capsules.
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My Brother Sam is Dead: A study of the Revolutionary War

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete an analysis of the Revolutionary War through literature. After "My Brother Sam Is Dead," students create a time capsule containing items that would be relevant during the Revolutionary War. They identify key...
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Time in a Capsule

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze the meaning and process of categorizing items, people and events as 'the best.' students then defend pieces of literature, images, and sounds that they feel most represent 'the best of the 20th century.'
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The Important Thing

For Teachers 1st
First graders create time capsules with "The Important Thing About Me" picture and information.
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Getting Teenagers ToTalk

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students/Teachers exercise how to keep the conversation peer centered. They focus in pairs and keep to fairly short discussion activities. Students compile a teenage time capsule.
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Time's Up

For Teachers 6th - 12th
How was your year? Create an individual timeline that document learners' personal history from the previous year. After reading an article about celebrating New Year's in Japan, pairs interview each other to gather information about...
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Back To School Ideas_Compiled

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Help your class participate in hands-on activities to get them back into the swing of going to school everyday. This list is designed for all grade levels with unique ideas for each (note that many ideas are geared for elementary, but...
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Putting Away Your Inner Editor

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Personify your Inner Editor. After making a richly detailed paper doll of your Inner Editor, put him or her in your locker, under your bed or buried in a time capsule in your backyard, but not near where you like to write. Refuse to...
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Dear Future Writing Assignment

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students write a letter to future residents of their town to complete a time capsule activity. In this letter writing instructional activity, students discuss the ideas of past, present, and future and review writing conventions....
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Industrial Light and Magic

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners investigate early mass production in various industries, and then create presentation posters outlining how a typical 19th-century factory, mill or refinery worked.
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Movies for a Nickel! The Nickelodeon

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students identify and participate in this activity to identify and learn about the early history of the film industry, and consider the impact of movies on society ever since. Then they use the websites listed to study various aspects of...