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Cartoons for the Classroom: Can We Can Bank on It?

For Students 8th - 12th
For this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the American banking system. Students respond to 4 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Government Snooping, Different Views

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about the collection of government intelligence and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Ok, What's the Next Crisis?

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon about recent world crises and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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The Cold War Warrior Defending: The Moral Beacon of the World

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify President Reagan's domestic and foreign policy, describe America's attitude toward communism, list characteristics which endeared Reagan to the American people, and explain why some Americans spoke out against...
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A Glimpse into the Past of Ancient Egyptian Culture

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore ancient Egyptian culture, and relate the lives of ancient Egyptians to their own.
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Good News - We're on the Rise!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners build and observe a simple aneroid barometer to discover changes in barometric pressure and weather forecasting. They graph changes in barometric pressure for two weeks and make weather predictions.
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Do As the Romans: Construct an Aqueduct!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore how the Romans engineered and built aqueducts. They read a manual, explore the Construct a Roman Aqueduct online activity, and construct an aqueduct that will transport two liters of water across a short...
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Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore area around schoolyard by participating in scavenger hunt, examine things that live there, such as noxious weeds, develop observation skills by using five senses, and find and identify ten to fifteen local, natural objects.
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Exploring Building Resonance Phenomenon through a Discrepant Event Demonstration

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders create a model of a city street with various sizes of buildings on it. They use the model to demonstrate the effect of building oscillation during varying degrees of seismic activity.
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Sky Stories

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students are introduced to the branch of science known as astronomy. They discuss stars and constellations and then view the night sky using a portable digital planetarium projector. They identify a variety of constellations and...
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Families: Are they all the same?

For Teachers K
Students recognize different types of families through literature. In this families lesson, students understand that all families have similarities and differences. Students complete a worksheet about the traditions in their family and a...
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Cartoons for the Classroom: 9/11 Revisited

For Students 8th - 12th
Political cartoons about the September 11 terrorist attacks provide an opportunity for class members to analyze the inferences embedded in the drawings.
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Family Newscast

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars report on family trends, functions of the family and various ways of selecting marriage partners. In this family lesson plan, students act as editors, commercial skits, and writers for a newscast about families.
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Pangaea Puzzle: Exploring the Tectonic Forces That Shape the Earth

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders follow in the footsteps of early scientists as they put the pieces of Pangaea back together and discovered the forces that create the variety of landforms and sea-floor features of our Earth.
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Redefining an Earthquake

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders build an "Earthquake Machine" (a manipulative model of a fault line) and use it to explore stick-slip behavior of some faults and to develop a more accurate definition of an earthquake and its causes.
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Collars, Curtains and Kings: Exploring the History of Lace

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students design to explore the world of objects as related to lace. Students will create a lace mural highlighting what they learn about the world of lace. Students brainstorm ideas via the internet websites.
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Integers and Words

For Students 4th
In this math worksheet, 4th graders will practice converting integer values to and from words. The teacher can select either or both directions. Additionally, the teacher can select the highest place value that is used in the conversion,...
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Creating Circles

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students make a circle graph. In this graphing instructional activity, the teacher conducts a class survey, then demonstrates how to make a pie graph. When students are comfortable with the material, they use a worksheet to create their...
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Washing Hands

For Teachers K
Students formulate questions about a germ book before it is read to them. In this washing hands lesson plan, the teacher gets glitter on each students hands that represents germs. Before the teacher reads a book about germs the students...
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Crossing the Street

For Teachers K
Students will identify situations on how to cross the street safely. In this crossing the street lesson plan, students participate in a discussion using positional and directional vocabulary on crossing the street. They listen to the...
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G'Day Mate

For Teachers K
Students understand that Australia is the smallest continent, locate it on a map and sing about the continents. In this Australia lesson, students listen to facts about Australia and complete a book about information they have learned.
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Circumference Review

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this circumference lesson plan, learners review how to find the diameter and circumference of a circle, they apply their skills to a real life application. Young scholars are presented with the task of determining the circumference of...
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A Question, Mr. Lincoln!

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss Abraham Lincoln. In this social science activity, students describe key events in Lincoln's life. Students practice using interviewing skills to gather information pretending to be Lincoln.
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Marbury v. Madison (1803)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine federalism and judicial review. In this Supreme Court lesson, students examine primary documents from Marbury v. Madison and discuss the implications of the decision.