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Whimsical Wooden Santa

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students create wooden Santas using small blocks of wood, paint, holiday materials, doll hair, glue, and berry leaves in this Holiday art lesson for the elementary classroom. The lesson includes resource links and a finished example of...
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Too Many Tamales

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students investigate Mexican holiday celebrations and compare them to American Christmas holidays. They conduct a Mexican Christmas Scavenger Hunt. The lesson uses a streaming video in order to engage students in the main objectives.
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Expressive Linear Sculpture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students develop skill in utilizing line in a 3 dimensional context. They explore a variety of techniques for mounting sculptures to a base.
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POP! Goes the Popcorn!

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students complete a variety of activities based on examining corn and popcorn as one of the major crops of Kansas. They journal the results of the multidisciplinary activities in this unit.
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Nature's Polyhedrons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to polyhedrons through using straw models to explore geometric solids and constructing Christmas tree ornaments using Epsom salt crystals. Students will view interactive videos and investigate and retrieve...
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At the Crossroads

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore where South Africa is and then research details about the country to fully assess the background to the book, "At the Crossroads." They receive a map of Africa and color in the country of South Africa and list five...
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Families, holidays, and the United States

For Students 4th - 6th
In this families, holidays, and the United States worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences about families, holidays, and the United States. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Louisa May Alcott

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine the life of author Louisa May Alcott. In groups, they analyze the book "Little Women" discovering why she worte it and identifying the characters and settings. They use the internet to examine how the books can...
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Presents

For Students 7th - 10th
In this short-answer learning exercise, students answer 14 questions about giving and receiving presents with a partner.
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Making Valentine's Day Cards

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students construct Valentine's Day cards. In this holiday activity, students use felt, construction paper, markers, and glue to create unique Valentine's Day cards.
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Fun with Word Shapes

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word shapes worksheet, students put words into the word shapes above and below the center line. Students put 16 words into the word shapes on 6 pages.
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Seasonal Notepad Gift

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use technology to create a notepad gift. They practice following directions and helping each other. They share their notepad with the class before giving it to a relative as a gift.
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Snowman in Winter Sequence Writing

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students develop a creative snowman using step-by-step stickers. They write a short story about the snowman they have created, explaining the sequence they used to create their snowman. Students present their completed story in front of...
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Travels With Charley

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders engage in a literature study that uses a variety of texts in order to maximize their exposure to different reading situations. They examine each book in order to practice skills of reading comprehension. They recognize the...
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Needs of the Homeless

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the needs of the homeless. In this philanthropy instructional activity student read chapter 1 of Trevor's Place and discuss facts regarding homelessness. Students write their impressions about homelessness in journals.
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Digital Storytelling PowerPoint Lesson

For Teachers K
Students investigate traditions by creating a PowerPoint Presentation.  In this holiday tradition lesson plan, students research their favorite holiday tradition using a computer.  Students utilize their data to create a multimedia...
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Jacob the Great

For Students 5th - 8th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a 1 page passage titled Jacob the Great and complete comprehension, inferential, and story element questions about it. Students complete 22 multiple choice questions.
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What is April Fool's Day?

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students explore humor by creating their own practical joke. In this April Fool's Day lesson, students read different situations in which practical jokes were taken too far. Students discuss their reactions to the jokes and identify when...
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Word Formation

For Students 4th - 6th
In this word formation worksheet, students choose the kind of words that the bold words are and fill in the blanks with words derived from other words. Students complete 35 problems.
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Techno Celebrate

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners explore world traditions by utilizing computer programs. In this Internet research lesson, students utilize the TechnoCelebrate digital database to locate information regarding cultural celebrations. Learners utilize Microsoft...
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Exposes in Different Eras: The Work of Dorothea Dix and Burton Blatt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover that Dorothea Dix was the first to make the pubic aware of the terrible living conditions of people with mental illness in the 1800's. They evaluate the influence of citizen action on public policy.
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The Extra Place Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars take up the challenge of deciding what to do when confronted by a difficult and awkward situation. They read the story and highlight sentences or phrases that have particular meaning to them and think about and discuss a...
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Dr. Seuss Word Search

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Dr. Seuss learning exercise, students find and circle/highlight the underlined words in nine Dr. Seuss book titles in a word search puzzle.
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ABC Order

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this literacy worksheet, students look for the correct order for the list of words. They copy the list in alphabetical order to correspond with the numerical order.

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