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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Am Special and You Are Special Too #4

For Teachers K
The students listen to a book about being different and investigate that everyone is different, but special in their own unique way. The students draw a picture of themselves using multi-cultural markers. Along with the drawing, the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rhyme Brainstormers

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students identify words that rhyme and realize that this literacy skill is engaging. Then they prepare their own language game props. Students also monitor each other in following rules, erasing duplicate words, and scorekeeping....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Gullah People of the Sea Islands

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the lives of the Gullah-Geechee people. In this unique cultures lesson plan, 8th graders explore music, language, and slavery of the Gullah-Geechee people from the southern low-country in the United States....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

This is A Day in My Life: A Photo Essay

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Studenty create a photo essay of a day in their lives. In this photographic story lesson, students take pictures throughout their day and use the images to tell a story.  Students create an album with an online account. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Alien Outlook

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students discuss the characteristics that make animals and or people unique. They discuss what characteristics could they combine to make a truly unusual creature, such as an alien or fantasy animal. Students choose at least one point of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Getting to Know You

For Teachers Pre-K
Students converse with each other while playing a game in order to discover things that are alike and things that are different about themselves. The students gather data about themselves, organize and display data on the graph, and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Am Special

For Teachers K
Students conclude and acknowledge that each person is unique and special. In this I Am Special lesson plan, students compare their digital photograph to pictures of people in magazines to determine likenesses/differences. They describe...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

AWP 3 Unit 3 Word Search

For Students 9th - 10th
In this history worksheet, students locate and identify various vocabulary terms related to history. There are twenty words/phrases located in the puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

All About Me

For Teachers 2nd - Higher Ed
Students use writing and research strategies to explore their interests and reflect on what makes them unique. They use the website "Shutterfly" to create a classroom profile. They create a personal collage highlighting what makes them...
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Weather through the Seasons

For Teachers K
Students examine the year's cycles by observing the four seasons, their distinctive weather patterns that affect our activities and the weather changes that each brings. The fourteen lessons of this unit offer a good opportunity for the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

I Am Special and You Are Special Too

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover how everyone is special in his or her own way. For this character traits lesson, students demonstrate how they are special by drawing a picture or writing. Students listen orally to the book We Are All Alike...We Are...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How We Feel

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read and discuss a simple rhyme. They are taught how their feelings make them unique. Students are taught ways to be healthy. They are shown what to do when they don't feel well. Students use drawing and writing skills to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

My Favorite Birthday Story

For Teachers K
Students are taught that most people have different birthday days, and realize it is something that makes them unique and special. They bring in a photograph of their favorite birthday. Students write or dictate a story about their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Your Local Area

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the meaning of regional differences as they study a survey written about the different ways people like to eat chips and design and make a poster to show what makes their area unique.
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Curated OER

Fingerprints

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore how they are unique from others around them.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Celebrate You

For Teachers 1st
First graders locate place of birth on a map. They identify their birthdays and place a graphing square with their birthday written on it under the corresponding month. They compare birthdays on the graph. They read "P.B. Bear's Birthday...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Sesame Street: Autism

For Students Pre-K - K
Share the amazing by celebrating and supporting the uniqueness of every child, including those on the autism spectrum. All children experience the world differently, and those differences are even greater for children with autism. As a...
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: Underwater Astonishments

For Students 9th - 10th
David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a color-shifting cuttlefish, a perfectly camouflaged octopus, and a Times Square's worth of neon light displays from fish who live in the blackest depths of the...
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Unit: Grade K: Chrysanthemum

For Teachers K Standards
Young children are naturally interested in their names, and it is usually the first written language they recognize. Thus, using students' names is a powerful tool for introduction of the alphabet. Students explore their names and the...
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eBook
LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: The Golden Balloon [Pdf]

For Students K - 1st
A story about a golden balloon that is a different color and a different shape from the other balloons. At first it only notices that it is different, but eventually it realizes that it is unique and special.