Annenberg Foundation
The Progressives
The Progressive Era brought about a word that often leads to turmoil—change! Learners research the late 1800s in American history to uncover societal issues gripping the nation back in the day. The 15th lesson of a 22-part series...
Digital Forsyth
Civil Rights and Active Citizenship
As part of a study of the American Civil Rights movement, class members search the Internet to find important facts, people, events, and pictures that they use to create a timeline of events between 1955 and 1970.
University of California
re:Write Journaling as Healing
Sometimes a person needs an ear unattached to a mouth, a place to vent or clarify emotions. Journals are a great way to offload or gain insight into mixed emotions. The trick is to find a starting point. This list of 30 journal prompts,...
Curated OER
Henry VIII
Designed for young learners, this lesson plan helps them recognize features of famous people - most notably, Kings and Queens. After a class discussion about Kings and Queens, groups of learners create images of Henry VIII. Their...
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Going Fishing More or Less Worksheet
Take your class on a hypothetical fishing trip! This word problem gives a data set describing how many fish each of the nine contestants in a fishing derby caught. The numbers range from zero to ten. Learners examine the data and answer...
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Georgia Vocabulary
In this Georgia worksheet, students match vocabulary words having to do with Georgia's famous people, places, and history to sentences that describe them. Students match 10 words.
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Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab
In this vocabulary worksheet, students decipher the best word choice to complete the sentence. All words begin with the letter "D."
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Collective Nouns and Verb Agreement Practice
Break down subject and verb agreement with this exercise. This activity only deals with present tense verbs and collective nouns. Pupils learn how to make the verb of a sentence agree with the collective noun by reading sentences and,...
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Where People Live- Neighborhoods
Students use a map. In this neighborhood instructional activity, students describe a neighborhood, emphasizing the common characteristics between all neighborhoods. Students locate a neighborhood on a landscape picture map and discuss.
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#14 Riddles
Students listen to riddles and identify Dolch sight words in the riddles. In this sight words lesson, students listen to riddles and guess the sight word for the riddle. Students solve sight word riddles.
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Council/Counsel
In this council and counsel activity, students choose the correct word to complete each sentence. Students choose council or counsel for 6 sentences.
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Writing Prompt "Living With Fame"
Fourth graders practice their creative writing skills by describing fame. In this writing prompt lesson, 4th graders identify fame and how their life would be dramatically different if they were wildly famous. Students...
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Noun Modifiers
In this nouns to modifiers worksheet, students choose the correct word to complete the sentence by changing the noun to a modifier. Students complete 20 sentences.
Project Noah
Writing Goes Wild
Young scientists develop their observation and writing skills as they craft and then post a detailed description of a plant or animal they have spotted and photographed.
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Writings on a River
Students identify words that can be used to describe Mark Twain's character Tom Sawyer. Students explore stage production of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by reading and discussing "An Older (and Calmer) Tom Sawyer". They develop their...
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Crossword Puzzle
For this crossword worksheet, students complete a crossword puzzle by different solving clues. For example, "Term used to describe a broad range of cultural differences."
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Diversity
Students work in groups to research and prepare an oral report about a region. In this regions lesson, students find out about the geography, population, state capitals, and landmarks. Students assign attributes to the people...
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Adjective Riddles
Students create a riddle using adjectives to describe an unknown edible substance to their classmates.
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Read a Map ... It's a Snap!
Students are introduced to map and globe skills. They use grids and are able to construct their own simple maps of familiar places. Students are able to define a map, globe, and symbol and use the direction words north, south, east,...
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Folk Music
Students explore Folk Music in Iowa. For this folk music lesson, students discuss different types of folk music and how it relates to life in Iowa. They take the tune of a song and write their own lyrics to describe their life.
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Half Man, Half Limping Rabbit
Students examine the possible advantages of mortality over immortality. They explain how or why change can be a powerful and positive force and that sometimes the beauty of a country, or of a culture, is not always obvious to the people...
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Franklin Says "I Love You" Lesson Plan
Young scholars listen to the story Franklin Says I Love You by Paulette Bourgeois in order to discuss the meaning of the story and to focus on the concepts of love, kindness, and giving. In this lesson on manners, students discuss...
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Applied Science - Technology (KA) Pre Lab
Students explore tools. In this tool lesson plan, students see how tools and machines were invented to help people work easier. They see different types of simple machines such as wheel and axle, lever, and wedge.
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Group Initiatives
Students explore the names and qualities about members in the group. They each say their name and something about themselves. Students gather around in a circle. They listen to the teacher as he or she says the name of someone and throws...