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Agriculture and the Government
Students study the government's involvement in the U.S. A's food production and make connections relating to farm programs. In this historical agriculture lesson, students read content and research significant information. Students then...
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Working in your Cubicle: Critical Thinking and Writing
Explore informative and explanatory writing with this lesson. Using a cube labeled with directives to describe, analyze, compare, associate, apply, and argue the topic, middle schoolers work individually or in groups to answer questions....
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Reading Critically
Develop the techniques needed to analyze and synthesize literature well. No matter what students read, they need to be able to think critically about the material. Give thinkers these tools to effectively ponder and consider the world...
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Look Into My Eyes!
Students explore collecting, analyzing, and graphing information. They collect data on the various eye colors of their classmates. Students tally the results and create a graph.
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Natural Inquirer
Learners explore the research process. In this scientific method lesson, students analyze data from an article, write their own informational article and express what they have learned. Learners create their own article using the given...
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Following the Footsteps of Einstein
Students inquire about creating inventions. In this inventions lesson plan, students read the biography of Albert Einstein and discuss ethics. Students brainstorm ideas that will change their community.
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Reading Articles for Meaning
Third graders read and analyze an article. For this interpretation and summarizing lesson, 3rd graders listen to an article and identify the who, what, where, when and why of the article. Students pick their own article, switch with a...
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The Ogre Bully
Second graders read the story The Ogre Bully and complete language arts activities connected to the story. In this language arts lesson plan, 2nd graders complete activities including discussion, reading, writing, sequencing, analyzing,...
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Hidalgo's Fight for the Independence of Mexico
Tenth graders study and examine the life of Miguel Hidalgo while working to identify major themes. Small groups create sequence of event chains, analyze and label maps of Hidalgo's travels, and work together to create giant chalk maps...
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Storytellers: Dave Matthews Band
Pupils listen to the music of the Dave Matthews Band in order to discuss and analyze the lyrics. They examine how the songs are presented and determine if the Dave Matthews Band does a good job of presenting the meaning of the lyrics in...
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Basketball And Mathematics
Eighth graders collect and analyze data about foul shots taken at basketball games.
Colorado State University
Colorado State Writing Center: Critical Reading
In-depth instructions on critical reading with lots of links to more reading guides and activities. A good site to help improve reading skills to become a better writer.
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Class Flow: Egypt Horizons
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces the ancient Egyptians' use of symbols to represent their letters and numbers. It refers to the Rosetta Stone and links us to some websites for further information. Activote...