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Family Quilts Keep us Warm

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students explore families and culture. In this family and culture lesson, students discuss their families and their similarities and differences. Students read the book The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco and create their own quilt...
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Compare and Contrast

For Students 6th - 7th
Practice comparing and contrasting with this straightforward worksheet. Young writers compose several different compare and contrast paragraphs about several topics (transportation, sports, relatives, subject areas, a dog and cat). The...
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Chinese Calligraphy

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore Chinese culture and Chinese calligraphy. In this Chinese calligraphy lesson, students create paintings using Chinese techniques. Students describe the differences in Chinese art and other culture's art. Students listen...
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Early Explorers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders give a presentation about one of the explorers. In this explorers lesson, 5th graders research an explorer and give a presentation to the class. While students are presenting the others are taking notes on a graphic organizer.
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Variation

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars recognize similarities and differences in plants. In this plants and animals lesson plan, students begin to classify living things by observable characteristics. Young scholars watch clips from the Internet and play online...
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Conquest of the Americas

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars study the Aztecs and Incas. In this Aztecs and Incas lesson, students discover their similiarities and differences and how the Spainards defeated both. Young scholars create a picture book about one of these empires.
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Alaska's Native Population: Eskimos, Indians and Aleuts

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore the unique population of Alaska. In this Native people of Alaska lesson, students discover the three groups of people who live in Alaska. Students describe the similiarities and differences between the three groups....
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Classify Machines that Fly!

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore flight and the dichotomous key. In this flight lesson, 8th graders gain understanding of the dichotomous key and create one of their own. Students then use their dichotomous key to classify types of aircraft.
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What is Different?

For Teachers K - 2nd
In this visual interpretation worksheet, pupils look at the top and bottom pictures. Students find one thing that is different in the bottom picture and circle that item.