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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: 3 Tips to Boost Your Confidence

For Students 9th - 10th
Ted Ed discusses three easy tips to boost your confidence. [4:17]
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Lesson Plans on Summary Writing Skills

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This article focuses on how to help teachers write lesson plans that will aid students in learning to write clear, concise summaries of movies and literary works.
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Other

Bare Bones Lesson 7: Basic Search Tips

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
These quick tips will work with almost any search engine. Do the assignments to practice the techniques that are presented.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Adventures in Math: Lesson 1: Saving Money for Your Future

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Tips for learning the value of saving money to achieve your financial goals.
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: Lexington and Concord: Tipping Point of Revolution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson where students examine primary texts from 1775 and 1776 to explore the impact of the Battles of Lexington and Concord on people's attitudes towards the British. Up to that point, protests against the British had not been violent,...
Website
Other

Dps:13 Lessons to Teach Your Child About Digital Photography

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site offers 13 lessons on teaching digital photography to kids.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Once Upon a Fairy Tale Teaching Revision as a Concept

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for five lessons that teach the difference between revision and editing using fractured fairy tales. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: What Did Oskar Schindler View From the Hill?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Righteous Among the Nations is a non-Jew who risked their life during the Holocaust to save Jews. What criteria was used to decide who was bestowed this great honor? Using Oskar Schindler as a case study, students will analyze his...
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: A Childhood Ensnared in Tears

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Chava Wolf is a Holocaust survivor whose paintings and poetry can be used to study the difficult subject of the Holocaust. Young scholars will analyze her art and gain an understanding of art related concepts as well as her experience...
Study Guide
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Test Day Tips: Praxis Core Reading Test

For Students Pre-K - 1st
On this Khan Academy resource, advice is provided for future teachers who will be taking the Praxis Core Reading Test.
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TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: What's Below the Tip of the Iceberg?

For Students 9th - 10th
It's a well-known fact that the majority of an iceberg lies below the surface- but just as stealthily hidden are their fascinating qualities. Camille Seaman gives homage to these icy isles. [4:51]
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Yad Vashem, The World Holocaust Remembrance Center

Yad Vashem: Chiune (Sempo) Sugihara Righteous Among Nations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A Righteous Among Nations is a non-Jew who risked their life to save Jews from the Holocaust. Chiune Sugihara is one of these men. Read his story and answer/discuss critical thinking questions. Additional materials and tips for the...
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Other

We Are Teachers: What Is Genius Hour and How Can I Try It in My Classroom?

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Genius Hour is inquiry-based, student-directed learning. It gives students an opportunity to look at the big wide world around them and explore their own unique interests in a loosely structured, but supported way. This article gives...
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Building Research Skills, Grades 4 8

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Students in Grades 4 through 8 will benefit from these research skills activities. This resource provides several learning activities and tips. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 Conduct short research projects
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Creating a Safe Persona on the Internet

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Contains plans for five lessons that explore naming conventions and safety on the internet. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites used in the lessons as well as assessment and reflection...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Shared Spelling Strategies

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Contains plans for a lesson that will provide students with strategies for spelling unfamiliar words. Students are asked to use phonological awareness and visual recall, analyze alternative spellings, and use a variety of resources...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Speaking in the Real World

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan focuses on providing practical tips for speaking in a non-academic setting such as a wedding, charity event, or interview.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Research Process: Finding Sources

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on how to find sources including information on research strategies: preliminary, intermediate, and advanced. It provides a variety of resources available in each level including videos: " How To Google Like A Pro!...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: The Importance of Audience Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on analyzing your audience including the benefits of understanding your audience, what to look for, how to identify with your audience, and tips for the speaker.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Enhancing Your Listening

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on ways to improve your listening skills including resisting distractions and listening actively, suspending judgment, and exercising empathy. It also provides tips for being a more open-minded listener.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Rehearsing the Speech

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on the importance of rehearsing a speech and the methods of rehearsing a speech including rehearsal through analysis and synthesis, simulated experience, mimic timing and context, practice with all the parts in place,...
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LD Online

Ld Online: Giftedness and Learning Disabilities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"How does one identify the learning disabled gifted?" "What are the major classroom problems and how can they be solved?" Find the answers to these questions and also find tips for parents and resources for parents and children.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: I Am What I Learn Video Scholarship Essay Contest

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson provides students with the opportunity to explore a variety of available scholarships to determine which scholarships may be sources of funding for college. Students will create a video essay which will be used to apply for a...
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Divisibility Test Game "Nullo"

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
The lesson plan for two to four players engaged in an active card game to determine the divisibility of a number. The materials needed, the rules of the game, and the methods of scoring are all explained for the teacher.