Teaching Tolerance
Journalism for Justice
Roll the presses! Or at least have your class members participate in the time-honored tradition of the student press by creating their own newspapers or journalist pieces on a social problem. After conducting research and collaborating...
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Physical and Human Geography Review Worksheet and Study Guide
In this geography skills worksheet, students respond to 30 short answer questions pertaining to physical and human geography.
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Most Troublesome Exotic Invasive Plant Species Web Quest
Students participate in a Web Quest activity in which they identify common exotic invasive plant species of the Southern Appalachian Region. After identifying the top 10 exotic invasive species, they choose one to research in depth.
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School-Home Links: Reading Common Words
In this reading words learning exercise, students practice reading the word list of common words from top to bottom and bottom to top. Students then create flashcards to practice reading the words again. Parents or guardians must sign...
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The Young Virginia Gardener: Garden Pests and Problems-Weed Display
For this gardening worksheet, students read a short passage about creating a weed display, then make a list of the 10 weeds they will you and tell where they found their information.
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Graphing Grazy Crayons
Children create crazy crayons they made to sort and construct a floor bar graph. Then, using technology resources, they make a simple bar graph to compare the top four colors produced. Students will then interpret the printed graph by...
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Lesson Plan: (Stock Market Investigation)
Students simulate making a $100,000 investment in the stock market following a specific set of criteria. They track the stocks for two months, buying and selling stocks in a diversified portfolio.
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Shadows and Skyscrapers
Eighth graders explain the relationship between the position of the sun, a city's latitude and shadow length. Ratio's, geometry, and algebra are used to determine the shadow lengths and building heights. A sun angle (altitude) charts to...
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Decision Making Worksheet: Careers
In this careers worksheet, students use the decision making chart to list and compare three possible career choices. Students use the provided formulas to help narrow their career choices.
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Max's Math Adventures
In this math riddle learning exercise, students read through the rhyming math poem about the 'Card Castle Addition.' Students list all the ways they can come up with 14 using two numbers. Students then solve the final number sentence...
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Mind Your Business
Students explore how to identify the range, median, and mode in a list of numbers by using concrete materials.
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Kitchen Cleaners
Students, in groups, select two cleaning agents that they feel solves their cleaning problem.
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Graphs
Students list their favorite cars and create graphs of their favorites. Students determine how the graphs would change as their choices change.
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Teachers: Citizenship: Criminal Justice System
Pupils, in groups, study Asbos and their conditions. After watching a 10-minute video, they answer questions in the Asbo hotseat. Also, they develop arguments that are not necessarily their own.
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Pronouns Practice 3
In this pronoun activity, students complete sentences, choosing a pronoun from a list of 12 given at the top of the page.
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Let¿¿s Go Job Hunting!
Students use the internet to research careers that use foreign languages. Focusing on one career, they discover which jobs play an important role in society. They complete a worksheet on the careers they find and share their...
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Rice Wreaths
Students create rice and glue holiday wreaths in this Art instructional activity ideal for the 1st or 2nd grade. The instructional activity can be adapted for older or younger students and includes an ingredient list and step-by-step...
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Number Families
In this math worksheet, learners practice the number families using a variety of activities listed on the top of the sheet and then they complete the partner search.
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Adjectives and Synonyms 1- Test Your Vocabulary Skills
In this vocabulary skills worksheet, learners read the definitions of the word "synonym" at the top of the page before looking at a list of 15 words. They choose an adjective from the word bank that is a synonym for each word and write...
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Catapults
Ready, aim, fire! Launch to a new level of understanding as scholars build and test their own catapults. Learners explore lever design and how adjusting the fulcrum changes the outcome.
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“Everyone Else Does It!” Ethics Project
Do you have good ethics? How about good morals? Scholars investigate the role business ethics, morals, and values play in society. Through role play, group work, and readings, they uncover the basis behind the importance of being...
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Critically Surfing the Web
The New York Times article “Online Diary,” launches this study of websites and how to assess them. Richly detailed, the lesson includes warm-up activities, procedures, journal prompts, discussion questions, and links to valuable...
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Science Notebooks
Teachers can use science notebooks and other forms of writing to help students improve their understanding of scientific concepts.
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Africa: Economics And Change
Young scholars examine the gold-mining industry in Africa. In this geography skills lesson, students watch "Africa: Economics and Change," investigate the challenges of working in mines, research attributes and production of gold and...