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The "Write" Stuff: Strategies and Conventions for Expository Writing
Students develop their expository writing skills while integrating various other subjects. In this writing skills lesson, students complete 4 multiple activity lessons to improve their expository writing skills.
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Ancient China Project
Seventh graders examine and research the political, social, and cultural aspects of China. They conduct Internet research and write and develop a research paper.
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Using Journals in Writing Classes
Ninth graders develop brainstorming and stream of consciousness writing techniques. Using their journals daily, 9th graders develop their ability to write consistently in their journal without concern for grammar, usage and punctuation.
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Narrative Writing
Students complete activities to learn narrative writing. In this narrative writing lesson students are given writing prompts in order to better understand how to write in a narrative format.
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Prairie Voices: Community Development, Investigating Local History
Students investigate local history. In this research skills lesson, students examine historic landmarks, tax records, fire maps, town plans, historic photographs, newspapers, and other primary sources to learn about local communities in...
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Writing Strategies: A Writer's Notebook
In this writing worksheet, students read 12 strategies for keeping a writer's notebook. Worksheet is designed to be signed by student and parent when completed.
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Creating Life Maps (Elementary, Reading/Writing)
Students create a personal life timeline to better explain how a historical timeline is effective in studying history. They also write a poem about themselves.
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Lesson 11: Illinois History 1800's Dual Timeline
Middle schoolers identify and research key event in the history of Illinois during the 1800's and create a dramatic skit or oral report based on the event.
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Lessons for Women's History Month
Students appreciate the life and writings of celebrated author Alice Walker. They encounter new perspectives and diverse views through the characters in one of her essays. Students explore the issue of cross-species communication.
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Writing a V-Mail Letter
Students investigate the challenges of delivering vast amounts of servicemen mail during World War II. In this historical perspectives lesson, students determine how to solve the problem that the postal service faced during the war and...
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Writing Bug- Famous Parents
In this writing prompt worksheet, student write an open response essay in response to the prompt, "If you could choose two famous people to be your parents, who would you choose? Your chosen parents can be alive today, or they might have...
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Primary History Worksheet: The Romans - Tombstones
In this primary history exploratory instructional activity, students read about Roman tombstones, examine 3 vocabulary words, and complete a short answer research question.
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Primary History: The Romans A bulla
For this Roman history worksheet, students read a description for a Roman bulla. Students then follow the directions to create their own bulla.
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Primary History: Roman Defense of Britain
In this Roman history worksheet, students complete 4 extension activities to learn about Roman Britain. Students research Roman life in Britain, learn about their forts, locate Roman roads on modern maps, and plan a design for a fort.
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Primary History Children of Victorian Britain Extension Activity: An Introduction
In this primary history worksheet, students sharpen their research skills as they study Victorian Britain. Students select 1, 2, 3, or 4 extension projects to complete.
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Out and About: The History of Medicine
Students investigate the history of medicine. In this medicine instructional activity, students may visit the Thackray Medical Museum, the Old Operating Theatre, or the Edward Jenner Museum in Britain online or in-person to discover...
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History of the Americas – Mexican Revolution
For this Mexican history worksheet, learners read the noted textbook pages about the Mexican Revolution and then respond to 3 short answer questions.
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Women’s History
Students examine the "Cult of Domesticity." In this women's history lesson plan, students visit the specified Web sites to engage in research related to the characteristics that were thought to represent true womanhood as well as...
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Adjectives - Writing Sentences
In this grammar worksheet, 4th graders write 10 original sentences using the adjectives that are given in a word bank at the top of the page. They use words such as magnificent, smart, frigid, and sincere.
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History of the Americas – Mexican Revolution
In this Mexican history worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer questions about the Tragic Ten Days of the Mexican Revolution.
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What We Learn From Women and Girls
Role models are all around us! Young learners celebrate Women's History Month by selecting two female role models in their lives, and writing or drawing a short description about why they admire that girl or woman.
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This Day In History
Sixth graders act out dramatic scenes in history. In this historical events lesson, 6th graders choose a historical event to write a skit for. Students then perform and video the scene.
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Writing Exercise: The Spanish in North America
Bring writing into your history course with this exercise on Spanish development and conquest in North America. Five short-answer prompts get students writing about various aspects of Spanish influence. They consider the origin of the...
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In Search Of Wisdom: An Interview With An Elder
The key to writing a good narrative is having good material to work with; and the key to getting good material is asking good questions. Working in groups, class members brainstorm questions that might result in the most interesting...