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You're Hired!

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners participate in a simulation of being a speech writer for the President. They listen to and analyze speeches and present one of their own.
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Wish Boxes

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
I love these are lesson ideas! Young artists practice the art of Calligraphy and Origami. They make gift boxes with good wishes. This plan includes an excellent component that shows exactly how to fold the paper in order to make the box,...
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Introduce Others to a Woman Who Changed the World

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students research an important woman and share her story with others. The report can serve as a public service announcement to be read over the school public address system, or a short, informative speech delivered in one of your classes.
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Weather Reporter

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the components of a weather map, mark cities on the map and place the appropriate temperatures and weather conditions occurring in the cities on the weather map created.
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Circles to Spheres

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate circles and spheres. In this space shapes lesson, students compare and contrast two-dimensional and three-dimensional shapes. Students investigate the relationship between plane and space shapes.
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Fourth Grade Earning and Learning Podcast

For Teachers 4th - 5th
While this lesson plan is connected to social studies curriculum that is not identified, the activity could be used as a template for a review of any material. The lesson plan focuses on a review of vocabulary relating to the economy....
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Careers in Television

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss and research how a news program is produced. They watch a web based video before working in small groups to produce a news program. They role play different jobs as they produce the program to share with at least one...
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Fraction and Decimal Review Podcast

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students create podcasts of information for reviewing fractions and decimals in this math-based creative project. The lesson uses GarageBand, iTunes, iTalk, and Keynote to accomplish tasks.
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Contraception: Communication

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate human health by completing a worksheet in class. In this sexual activity lesson, students identify the importance of contraceptive devices and birth control. Students complete role-play scenarios in which two people...
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Book Report Bingo

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students choose books based on their interests. They complete book reports and share their ideas with the class. They participate in a book bingo game to complete the lesson.
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Poetry

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read several poems by famous poets and identify what about their style makes them unique. They then analyze and compare poetic style, use of forms and themes. Next, 5th graders investigate and collect different examples of...
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It's About You

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the U.S. Census and come to understand more about it. In this census lesson, students build reading confidence, explain who is counted in the census, and recognize the connection between census information and community...
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The Rosetta Stone: Where Does It Belong?

For Students 7th - 12th
In this Rosetta Stone worksheet, students read a 6-paragraph article on the Rosetta Stone. Students respond to 4 short answer questions regarding the article. Vocabulary words from the article and their definitions are also...
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BBC Learning English, Vague Language

For Students Higher Ed
In this conversational English worksheet, students choose vague words and phrases to complete the dialogue provided. This exercise explores language to use when one can not or does not want to be precise.
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Animal Farm - The Rest of the Story

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students participate in a reader's theater using farm animals in the novella Animal Farm. For this Animal Farm lesson plan, students evaluate interpretations using the text, personal experience, and historical events.
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What's All the Fuss?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate why air quality is important. In this environmental lesson, students research air quality and create an infomercial that explains why air quality is important. Students use video cameras to record their presentations.
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Reader's Theater

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students act out and interpret the story for their peers. They study the simplest form of an organized reading to a more elaborate activity involving props, costumes, or a reinterpretation of the narrative into another art form.
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Making Magic

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students assess the elements of J.K. Rowling's 'Harry Potter' series that have made it such a success. They incorporate these elements into a short film, incorporating such concepts as pop culture mythology, urban legend and archetypes.
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Mummies: Tales from the Egyptian Crypts Part III

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the world of the ancient Egyptians through the discovery of the Rosetta stone, the ancient tablet that unlocked the meaning of the hieroglyphs for modern scholars.
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Discovering Aristotle's Three Forms

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students, working in small groups, role play different kinds of governments--oligarchy, monarchy, dictatorship, and democratic republic. They portray their form of government in a skit, while other groups guess which kind of government...
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Movie Project: "Living History...Saul, The King of Israel"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a movie about King Saul. They are evenly split into "production groups" composed of 5-6 students.
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Telephone Messages

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students practice having telephone conversations. They create their own phone message after practicing with each other. They also identify the different parts of a telephone.
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Invasion of the Germs: We Fight Back!

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students fight off germs. In this technology skills lesson, students create claymation videos with accompanying podcasts that educate others about the H1N1 virus and methods to fight germs.
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Literary Tour of California via Podcast

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore California's authors and their lives. In this author study, students research different authors from California. They create podcasts about their authors, walking the audience through the author's life and points of...

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