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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Breaking of Charity

For Teachers 11th
The danger of mob mentality is on display in The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Get your class thinking with some challenging quickwrite questions, then assign characters from the play to be read aloud altogether. Links to worksheets for...
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Lesson Plan
Film English

Saving Grace

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Bring up the topic of world hunger in your class with two emotional videos. The short films are about a program for educating and feeding children around the world. Class members talk about poverty and pay close attention to the numbers...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What We Eat, Where We Sleep: Documenting Daily Life to Tell Stories

For Teachers 6th - 12th
This is not just a New York Time article to read, this is a set of amazing activity ideas all related to the slide shows "Breaking Bread Everywhere" and "Where Children Sleep." Your class can view each show, read about what they mean...
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Study Guide
C.S. Lewis Foundation

Study Guide to The Four Loves

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
This well-designed, and easy-to-understand study guide is a goldmine in understanding the ideas and philosophies of C.S. Lewis’s The Four Loves. The resource easily breaks down the four loves (affectionate, friendship, romantic, and...
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Activity
D-Day Normandy 1944

D-Day Normandy 1944

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
No study of World War II would be complete without an in-depth examination of the events of June 6, 1944. Pascal Vuong's D-Day Normandy:1944, is the perfect vehicle to convey the sheer magnitude of the events that have been called the...
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Lesson Plan
British Council

Shakespeare’s Idioms

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Lie low. Break the ice. He's a night owl. Idioms, in this case idioms created by Shakespeare, are the focus of resource that includes a PowerPoint presentation, an activity, and a brief lesson, all intended to give kids a chance to...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Junk Mail

For Students 5th - 10th
For this junk mail worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Hospitals

For Students 5th - 10th
In this hospitals worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: World Toilets

For Students 5th - 10th
In this world toilets worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
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Interactive
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Queen Elizabeth

For Students 5th - 10th
In this Queen Elizabeth worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write,...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Put More Babies into Care: UK Charity

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Put More Babies into Care: UK Charity," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 10 true or false questions about the selection.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Divorce And Stepfamilies: Breaking Apart, Coming Together

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students view a PBS "In the Mix" video about the challenges teens face when their parents divorce and/or remarry. They participate in a class discussion about the video, role-play related situations and explore media depictions of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Geldof Announces "Live 8" Concerts

For Students Higher Ed
In this ELL/ESL worksheet, students work with a paragraph about the "Live 8" concerts of 2005. They complete activities in which they write lists of famous people, give opinions about "Live 8", complete true and false questions, and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Bill Gates and Bono - Time's Persons of 2005

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English instructional activity, students read "Bill Gates and Bono - Time's Persons of 2005," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Organizer
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Breaking News English: UN Appeals for More Pakistan Aid

For Students 5th - 7th
For this ESL comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to the passage, then complete a variety of warm up, before listening/reading, while reading/listening, listening, after reading, homework and discussion activities. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Thousands March Ahead Of G20 Summit

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Thousands March Ahead Of G20 Summit," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: UK Hospitals Ban Cooing a Babies

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "UK Hospitals Ban Cooing a Babies," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: First Woman Swims Across the Atlantic

For Students 5th - 10th
For this English worksheet, students read "First Woman Swims Across the Atlantic," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Oprah Winfrey Most Powerful Woman

For Students 5th - 9th
In this English worksheet, students read "Oprah Winfrey Most Powerful Woman," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Advanced Sentence Completion Exercise 5

For Students 7th - 8th
In this advanced sentence completion exercise 5 worksheet, students complete 10 sentences interactively by choosing the correct word(s) with immediate feedback.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Teen Spirit

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students examine the attributes of teamwork. In this current events instructional activity, students compare and contrast gangs with teams. Students conduct their own school gang audit and discuss the implications of violence.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Keith Haring

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students experience a dance club-like environment one would find in Haring's 1980's. They dress in 80's clothes and learn break dancing moves. They relate the experience to Haring's artwork and explain his influences.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Fill-In-The-Blank Vocabulary Practice

For Students 4th - 5th
In this vocabulary worksheet, students complete sentences, filling in blanks with words from a word pool at the top of the page, 10 sentences total.
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Roald Dahl

Matilda - The Third Miracle

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
Magnus takes a visit to the classroom in the 20th chapter of Matilda. Or does he? After reading, learners interview the person in the hot seat to get a detailed account of what happened during this chapter. Then, they write individual...