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Dream Houses

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners explore different types of homes and how the environment effects the types of houses people construct. In this houses lesson plan, students learn about environmental factors and cultural factors that play in to why people build...
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Pigment Plucking

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine pigments found in different fruits and vegetables and practice the processes for extracting the pigments. Pigments are used to create artwork and a class PowerPoint presentation is made on the different types of plant...
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Making Lowell Our Place

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate a community through different types of educational experiences. They use short field trips to experience the community in real life. they also conduct research using a variety of resources. Then students build the...
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Limerick

For Students 9th - 12th
In this secondary mathematics worksheet, students determine the solutions to a numerical limerick.  The one page worksheet contains one problem with the solution. 
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Haikus for All Seasons

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers venture outside and take notes on what they observe through their five senses. They use the Olympus D-545 digital cameras to capture pictures that they feel best represent the current season. Students write one to the...
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It's Thanksgiving

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students complete a variety of activities related to poems from the book "It's Thanksgiving" by Jack Prelutsky. They create a Thanksgiving turkey using construction paper, identify what they are grateful for, and create a Thank You...
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Recycling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read or listen to a story, and discuss how it relates to them. In this personal event writing activity, students write about recycling. Students read "The Giving Tree" a Shel Silverstein poem and discuss the poem's meaning....
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What is a Shark?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners discuss their knowledge of sharks. In this shark lesson, students read about various sharks and look up shark sightings in an online newspaper. They create Shark-shaped poetry. 
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Language Arts: Stylistic Devices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars are able to define given literary terms, such as metaphor, simile, imagery, personification, symbolism, etc. They are able to identify the use of literary elements in a given text. Students are able to interpret weather...
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Figurative Language

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students interpret figurative language.  In this language lesson, students are read the poem "I Love the Look of Words" by Maya Angelou and are to find examples of hyperbole and personification in the poem.  Students then...
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Gargoyles, Black Death, and Scary Music

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research the Dark Ages using books, the Internet, and other media. In this Dark Ages lesson plan, students study poetry, music, art, and the architecture of the Dark Ages.
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Audience Appeal

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students learn that authors create books aimed at a particular audience of a certain age and interest. Learners read the names of 10 kinds of books and write the name of someone they think would enjoy it, and why.
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Silhouettes and Interiors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners create a multimedia piece that integrates drawing and collage. Students learn about metacognition and the discovering of self through genres of art and literature by using these steps: inspiration, brainstorm, application,...
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Coming to America: U.S. Immigration

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students study immigration in the late 19th and early 20th century. In this immigration lesson plan, students participate in activities including creating maps, responding to non fiction text, memorizing and analyzing poetry, and...
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Heroes, Legends and Folktales

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders read classic stories including "The Magic Brocade" and "St. George and the Dragon". They complete a series of lessons in which they compare stories and produce original narrative legends.
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Life in the Trenches

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine changing military practices. In this World War I lesson, students explore the conditions, health, routine, spare time, and communications associated with trench warfare. Students also analyze the Defense of the Realm Act...
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Stargirl

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students create a manual for sixth graders entering middle school.  In this Stargirl lesson, students read the story and discuss middle and high school issues found in the book. Students create a list of topics students need to...
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Exploring a Galaxy

For Students 9th - 11th
In this galaxy worksheet, students use the Internet or other resources to answer 13 questions about the galaxy NGC-1232. They are given a photograph of the galaxy to help determine the width and diameter of certain regions of...
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"Very tragical mirth:" Romeo and Pyramus, Juliet and Thisbe

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students analyze and compare the poetic tools Shakespeare uses in the death scenes of Romeo and Juliet to those of Pyramus and Thisbe in Midsummer Night's Dream.
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Translucent, Transparent and Opaque Objects

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine different objects. In this appearance instructional activity, students watch a video about translucent, transparent and opaque objects. Students work in pairs to examine a bag of objects and then discuss the results.
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Understanding Ethnic Labels and Puerto Rican Identity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers brainstorm a list of stereotypes associated with the Hispanic or Latin culture. In groups, they use the internet to research issues of importance to the Puerto Rican community. They focus on the cultures that speak...
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Story Mapping A Favorite Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a diagram of a story by using the computer program Kidspiration. In this diagramming lesson plan, 1st graders will pick a book to write about. They then will plug in story elements of the book into the computer...
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Celebrate A People!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore African-American students literature as an integral building block in empowering all students to a better awareness when reading and writing. They use as a productive Social Studies tool for overall understanding of the...
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Has the Wall Truly Tumbled Down?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine the events behind the destruction of the Berlin Wall and the continued struggles to truly unify the former East Germany and West Germany.

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