Practical Action
Practical Action: Eco Design Web
Eco Design web is a useful evaluation tool that can help pupils from 5-18 years evaluate their own products, designs, or an existing product. The pupils can develop their own or use pre-developed evaluation criteria to assess one or...
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Alex: On the Farm With Wilbur and Charlotte
During this unit, students will explore many aspects of the book Charlotte's Web. Students will work as a group to develop a presentation, design a web page, and prepare a newsletter. They will also complete a WebQuest about Charlotte's...
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Alex: Using a Web Quest to Create a Persuasive Brochure
After reading Lois Lowry's The Giver, students use a WebQuest to research ideas and themes from the novel. Students use their research and persuasive writing skills to create a brochure designed to sell a way of thinking or way of life...
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Alex: My Most Memorable Experience
In this lesson, each student will write a narrative story about his/her most memorable experience. Young scholars will develop the narrative writing mode and create a brochure using desktop publishing software.
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Alex: Students Write a Newspaper
In this project-based language development lesson, English Language Learners learn about the newspaper publication and create their own newspaper that covers stories about their school year. The lesson format follows the Sheltered...
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Dirksen Congressional Center: Political Cartoon Analysis
This lesson, designed for students in grades 10-12, will develop an understanding of the messages that political cartoons communicate with readers. They will examine political cartoon primary sources as they investigate the question,...