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National Institutes of Health

National Library of Medicine: Using Our Senses

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan site delves into the senses of smell, touch, taste, sight, and hearing. Students will be able to describe the ways senses affect their lives and how a pediatrician uses his/her senses to examine patients.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Beginner's Avl (Alabama Virtual Library)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students will research the red fox using an online encyclopedia from the Alabama Virtual Library web site and answer questions provided by the teacher. This is a good lesson for students' first experience in using the AVL.
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Other

National Science Digital Library: Smile: Aesop's Arithmetic

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
A cross-curricular instructional activity integrating Aesop's The Crow and the Pitcher with an experiment testing the outcome of the fable using volume and displacement concepts.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Teacher Resources

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
This compilation of teacher resources has useful collections of primary sources, lesson plans, themed subject overviews, and ready-to-use presentations and activities to support the study of U.S. history at all academic levels.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Boston Public Schools Capstone Project

For Students Pre-K - 1st
The (Boston Public Schools) Capstone Project is an opportunity for students to engage in rigorous project-based learning. It is an opportunity for our students to develop skills to be life, career, and college-ready in a culturally...
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Folger Shakespeare Library

It's Elementary! Stomping and Romping With Shakespeare

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this elementary school-age instructional activity, children will learn about rhythm and meter through the lines of William Shakespeare. Young scholars will recite and "act out" the song lines from "A Winter's Song" found in Love's...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Recognizing Letters of the Alphabet

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan reviews the alphabet with very young learners and introduces the concept of shelving in the library. The lesson plan incorporates software, reading, and games to address individual learning modes of the students.
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Teachers' Domain

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Teachers' Domain is a multimedia digital library for the classroom that provides learning experiences in ways no textbook can. This ever-expanding library currently includes collections on: Science: Life Science, Physical Science,...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Introduction to the Dewey Decimal System

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson introduces the Dewey Decimal System of numbering used for arranging nonfiction books on the shelves of an elementary school library.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Where Can I Find That Book?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This lesson allows students to use current topics of study (e.g. the Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts) to learn about the Library of Congress Classification System (LCC).
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Article
Other

Podcasting 101 for K 12 Librarians

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article gets down to the basics, including what podcasts are, how to access them, how to create them, and why to use them. While it is specifically directed toward school librarians, the information is equally applicable for...
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Professional Doc
Library of Congress

Loc: Kindergarten Historians: Primary Sources in an Early

For Teachers K - 1st
If you've ever wondered how early elementary students develop historical thinking skills, check out this lesson with a group of kindergarten students. The Class of 2025 demonstrated their educational readiness while engaged in analyzing...
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University of Florida

Baldwin Library: The Everlasting Abc and Primer by Peter G. Thomson

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book The Everlasting ABC and Primer by Peter G. Thomson (c1885). This is a picture book of the letters of the alphabet with lists of spelling words and beginning reading...
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Website
Other

San Francisco Unified School District: Teaching #Blacklivesmatter

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A library research guide with a huge collection of links to articles, lesson plans, readings, poetry, and official documents. They explore the experiences of African Americans and the evolution and purpose of the Black Lives Matter...
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The Newberry Library

Newberry: Exploration and Encounter: Map 2: Indian Map of the Southeast, 1721

For Students K - 1st
K-12 lessons using historical maps from Newberry Library presents an Indian map of the Southeast, ca. 1721. Students use maps to understand how spatial relationships are represented. Links to supplemental resources and reference material.
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The Newberry Library

Newberry: Exploration and Encounter: Map 1: The World Columbus Knew in 1482

For Students K - 1st
Newberry Library presents historical map on the Age of Exploration with lesson plans for all ages k-12. Includes curator notes and a wealth of supplemental resource material.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Spine Labels

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
This is a first or second grade library skills unit, conducted by the librarian with help from the art, computer, and homeroom teachers. Students will create: their own book cover and title page containing title, author & slideshow...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Fishing for Facts!

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This instructional activity will involve a visit to the Library Media Center to research different sea creatures. Using an encyclopedia, students will find two facts about their sea creature. Using the Internet, students will work in...

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