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Literature And Human Rights: Questions to Apply to Literature, Other Texts, and Media

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Learners answer a variety of discussion questions about human rights and how they may apply to and influence formal literature, the media, educational textbooks, advertising, and commercial publications.
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Using the Simple Present

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this simple present tense instructional activity, learners answer a set of 39 questions that relate to a YouTube video; link is given for the video, questions focus on using simple present tense.
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Defining and Discussing Death

For Teachers K - 5th
Students participate in an imaginary scenarios that involves different ways to confront and talk about issues surrounding death. Students will write a letter expressing their emotions to a pet or person who has died.
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Racism and the Box

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine racism and how it relates to self-deception. They identify the effect of racism on society. They reflect on the lesson by writing a paragraph about discrimination and racism.
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My Rotten Red-Headed Brother

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Students discuss family relationships after reading Patricia Polacco's book, My Rotten Red-Headed Brother.
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Active Citizenship Project

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students work on a community service project.
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A Similar Look at Another Text

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read stories about relationships and record their thoughts using a "Before" and "After" organizer.
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Civil Engineering: Designing Bridges

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine the bridges of the United States. They discuss the concept of balance. They draw their own design of a suspension bridge.
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Family Centers

For Teachers K
Students participate in activities which help them with the idea of families. They discuss what characteristics make a good friend or family member. They rotate between centers focusing on different aspects of their family.
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Choose Your Own Adventure: Recycling

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students complete a variety of activities designed to encourage them to explore recycling. They complete a quiz and worksheet, sort recyclable items and discuss how recyclable goods are identified.
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Corn in Ancient America

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the importance of corn to the survival of early civilizations of the Americas. Through research and discussion activities, they read and describe how corn was used as food and currency in early civilizations. ...
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One Windy Wednesday

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read and discuss the novel, "One Windy Wednesday." They complete a variety of activity cards and assignments associated with this novel. Each student draws windy day pictures, make a kite and record weather and kite observations.
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Health Education: Peer Pressure

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine peer pressure. In this health lesson plan, 2nd graders demonstrate the ability to assertively refuse an unwanted item or pressure from a peer.
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Alliteration

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Help middle schoolers learnd about literary special effects using alliteration. They will review the definition for alliteration and complete several pages of activities that help them learn to identify and use alliteration. The word...
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Traveling Back in Time

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students recall memories from childhood and share them with the class. In this memory lesson, students listen to the book Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge and determine the types of memories people have. Students look for items from...
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What’s So Bad About “That’s So Gay”?

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore the concept of inappropriate language. In this prejudice in language lesson, students examine how the phrase "That's so gay" is language that hurts others.
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Should Hate Be Outlawed?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate hate crime legislation. In this hate crime lesson, students examine the St. Paul city ordinance that outlawed hate crimes. Students explore the fine between hate crime legislation and First Amendment rights.
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War and Remembrance: St. Crispin's Day speech from Henry V

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils discuss their opinions about war.  For this political science lesson, students use a video about war to analyze their own ideas about war.  They discuss the terminology Shakespeare used in reference to war, and examine the efforts...
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Energy Balance

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore energy.  In this health and nutrition lesson, students brainstorm a list of healthy foods that provide energy, and identify physical activities that burn energy.  Students complete a good nutrition worksheet.
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The Four Freedoms

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders consider the freedoms they hold dear. In this historical perspectives instructional activity, 7th graders identify 4 freedoms that they have and then compare them to the listed freedoms in Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four...
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Continue the Pattern

For Teachers 1st
First graders read a book about patterns and then practice reproducing patterns. In this pattern lesson plan, 1st graders continue patterns that are already established by using manipulatives.
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Search and Rescue Project

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Learners create a search and rescue party. For this geometry lesson, students simulate a rescue operation using math. They calculate the time, rate and solve word problems related to the real world.
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Caring and Compassion

For Students K - 5th
In this caring and compassion worksheet, students read a set of guidelines on how to be a caring person, then complete a set of discussion questions based on a referenced video. Suggestions for writing assignments and activities are also...
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Newton Must have Been a Sports Fan

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine Newton's Laws. In this law of motion lesson, students observe Newton's three laws of physics demonstrated by the teacher. They apply other examples to Newton's first law of inertia.

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