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Faith in Wartime
Young scholars explore World War II and the people of that era. Numerous activities allow students to examine conscientious objectors; why it was difficult for people to maintain their religious faith while experiencing the horrors of...
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Berlitz Spanish
Students use a CD-ROM that offers a combination of listening, reading, writing, and speaking activities for the beginner Spanish student using a repertory of learning strategies.
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Sequencing Events
Using The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, pupils practice sequencing events in a story. After reading the story, they head to the computer lab to use Kidspiration to sequence events. Then they create their own books to demonstrate...
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Ultimate Writing and Creativity Center
Third graders engage in a writing lesson on constructing an introductory paragraph and is also a literature extension activity to be used after reading Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.
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The Little Prince (Chapters 1-4) by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Students read Antoine de Saint-Exupery's The Little Prince and complete reading and vocabulary activities. In this reading and vocabulary lesson, students review vocabulary for the story and identify story elements for the text.
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Tense Buster
Students, after using the "Intermediate" selection of the Tense Buster software, recognize and practice using passive voice in their writing. As a result of this task, they correctly use five new vocabulary terms with passive voice in...
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Bill Gates's Car
In this passive verbs worksheet, students complete a 10 question on-line interactive quiz. Students read the sentences about Bill Gates's car and fill the blanks with the correct passive form of the verb in parentheses.
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Family Ties
In this vocabulary activity worksheet, students read the sentences and finish each one with the correct term about family. Students complete 10 sentences.
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Early German Axis Successes and Failures
In this Axis successes and failures worksheet, students read about the Axis Powers and Allied Powers. Students read the dates of Axis successes, and about the Battle of Britain, Operation Barbarossa, the Battle of Midway, and El Alamein....
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Dr. Seuss For a Day
Second graders brainstorm words to describe Thing One and Thing Two characters from Dr. Seuss computer program, use variety of adjectives to create descriptions, and create new set of characters, Thing Three and Thing Four, by drawing...
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Draw the Three Little Pigs Houses
Pupils conduct Internet research on The Three Little Pigs. They explore various websites, and create a drawing of the house they think is the strongest using Kid Pix software.
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Quick Quiz: Present Simple Versus Present Progressive
In this verbs worksheet, students complete a 10 question multiple choice on-line interactive exercise about the correct use of the present simple or present progressive word forms.
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Learning with Technology and Literature
Students practice their reading comprehension by utilizing computers. In this education technology lesson, students utilize a drawing program such as Microsoft Paint to draw pictures based upon the story they read, The Very Quiet...
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Global Diversity Through Literature
Students investigate Southwest Indian Reservations. In this Native American instructional activity, students research Southwest Indian tribes on the Internet and by reading the book, Arrow to the Sun.
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Alphabet Sensation
Students research different websites to obtain information about the alphabet. In this Internet lesson plan, students use their knowledge of the alphabet to navigate certain websites.
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A Good Time To Be Away: Past Tense Passive
In this past tense passives activity, students read the sentences and select the correct form of the verb to complete each one. Students complete 20 sentences.
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Carrie's War by Nina Bawden
In this Carrie's War instructional activity, students analyze each chapter through word level, sentence level, and text level evaluations for ten chapters. Students respond to short answer questions about six characters in the book.
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Political Cartoons
Students explain that a political cartoon is very much like an editorial--both present personal opinions. Each student writes an editorial that supports the political cartoon. They must analyze the cartoon in order to write about the...
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Teaching the Class about Community Helpers
Students use the computer to research information about community workers on the Internet. For this technology lesson, students pretend they are the teacher and that they have to share what they know about the community member chosen....
Birmingham Museums Trust (UK)
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery:world War Ii: Timeline
Examine a timeline of Britain's involvement wih World War II beginning in September of 1939 and ending on VE Day, May 8, 1945. Deepen the study with use of the printable activities and digital display of artifacts.