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Artlex Online Vocabulary
Students complete an artwork analysis and vocabulary activity. In this artwork and vocabulary instructional activity, students write definitions for the familiar terms from the worksheet. Students select a piece of artwork from the web...
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No Publicity, Bad Publicity?
Students examine the factors that can influence a celebrity's media image and marketplace viability. They read an article, answer discussion questions, role-play advisors to a studio head, and write a letter to a studio head.
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Women's Suffrage
Students investigate the changes of attitudes about Women's suffrage over the passage of time. They read a background on the fight for women's suffrage and its eventual success in the United States and also around the world.
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Spelling It Right
In this spelling worksheet, students will read about the word endings -er, -or, and -ar. Students will learn how to know which spelling pattern to use when writing a word with one of these endings.
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The Campaign: Issues and Strategies. What do you think?
Learners research a candidate in an election and discuss how the media portrays that candidate and how the media influences voters. In this candidate lesson plan, students also distinguish fact from opinion, look at political cartoons,...
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Local Heroes
Students investigate heroes in their community by presenting a story of a true hero to their class. In this storytelling instructional activity, students interview a local person who has performed a heroic deed and create a...
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Technology
Pupils create podcasts. In this technology lesson, students familiarize themselves with podcasts and develop their own podcast about a current event.
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Pictures of the Past
Students explore how women's roles in society have changed over time. They create a personal timeline using photographs and pertinent dates and complete a reflection paper sharing their views on the roles of women in society past and...
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Get To Know Your Local Philanthropic Organizations
Students develop appropriate interview questions, interview a philanthropic organization, and present information to the class. They use pamphlets and/or other materials gained during their interviews to mount a display about the local...
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Similar And Different
High schoolers take part in a lesson that is composed of team building activities. They work in small groups in order to interview others to find information to point out similarities or differences. Students then take part in class...
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Primary History - Kings and Laws
In this ancient history worksheet, students draw a diagram showing the social order in Anglo Saxon times. They write an account of the Sutton Hoo ship burial as if they were a newspaper reporter. They determine if their school is located...
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What is Honesty?
Students explore the concept of honesty. For this character lesson, students work in groups to brainstorm and discuss what it means to be honest. Each group shares their ideas with the class and they keep a list of keywords and...
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How Do They Do That?
Third graders explore different careers by discussing which community helpers might be considered local heroes. In this career exploration lesson, 3rd graders work in small groups to discuss why certain people are considered...
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens
In this biography worksheet, learners read a factual biography of Samuel Clemens, also known as Mark Twain. The students then answer 14 questions. Note: there is a grammar/spelling error in the title on this page.
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Extra! Extra! Titanic Sinks
Students investigate the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 before writing a newspaper page that includes facts about the event. They role play as reporters, editors, and survivors of the disaster while writing and designing a front page...
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Interview for Reflection
Pupils practice their interviewing skills using the elements of questioning. They write and illustrate a past experience of theirs doing a philanthropic act. They share their stories and illustrations to complete the lesson.
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Famous First Graders!
Students assume a variety of roles as they explore the nature of fame and practice interviewing skills. The sharing of information about themselves and the gathering of data about others forms the focus of this lesson.
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Journalism - The Attention Grabbing Topic Sentence
Young scholars act as journalists to grab audience attention with the topic sentence for their writing. They write paragraphs in quantities appropriate to grade level.
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Check Out Your Change!
Students examine a coin and write down details about the coin. They use appropriate tools and techniques to gather information. They employ logic to determine differences between the coins.
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Reporting Live From...
Students examine the many disasters in West Virginia. In this US history activity, students write about and give an oral presentation of one of the disasters as if they were reporters.
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Renewable Energy
Pupils identify how to study renewable energy from the standpoint of a news reporter or a concerned citizen. Then they approach art in a fun way through a journalism project that includes create a brochure for display. Students also...
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Breaking News English: BBC Producer Killed in Somalia
In this ESL comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to a passage, complete warm-up activities, then a wide variety of before, during, after and homework activities. Answers are included.
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Surveying Society's Attitudes About Crime
Students investigate how crime reporters do their jobs and how the news of crime gets reported.
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Ancient History Cyber-Journalists
Students research a major historical event from the ancient world and write a newsletter about the event.