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RESPECT -- A Basic Skill
Seventh graders are shown a variety of advertisements and commercials and note the product being sold. As a class, they compare and contrast their answer to the actual product. To end the lesson, they discuss whether or not they would...
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President LBJ
Here's a quick look at the Johnson presidency. Each of his major acts are discussed with images and video web links. The Voting Rights Act, Tet Offensive, Civil Rights Act, and War on Poverty are defined.
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Reaganomics: A fix to the unemployment and inflation of the time
The 1980's was an interesting time for the American economic system. This presentation relates the lead to and the effects of Reaganomics, Trickle down economy, and Clintonomics. Embedded links, works cited, and images are included. A...
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The Represented World: Communication—Packaging
Challenge your classes to design and market a new product. Collaborative groups use geometry skills to create packaging for their products. Finally, they plan a marketing strategy to present to a marketing specialist.
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The Art of Persuasion
Students analyze images using several perspectives or entry points. They create images and develop accompanying texts that support a specific purpose or function. Students assess the effectiveness of collected images and those of their...
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Business 90 Midterm 2: Probability
In this probability worksheet, students examine given business situations and determine the probability of an event. They create tree diagrams and contingency tables. This nine-page worksheet contains 7 multi-step problems.
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Cause and Effect
Students examine the role of the Prince's Trust. In this British charities lesson, students research selected websites to determine the type of charity work that is performed by the Prince's Trust. Students also research the work of...
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Appositive Exercise
In this appositive worksheet, students are given ten sentences containing appositives that they must correct using the appropriate punctuation.
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Reading Comprehension
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage and answer questions based on the main idea of the passage. Students answer 4 questions about the passage.
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It All Adds Up
Students brainstorm reasons for politicians to expand recycling programs and find statistics to support recycling programs. They design posters, displaying a compelling statistic about recycling, to convince students at their school to...
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Self-Esteem, Advocacy, Media Literacy
Students recognize their strengths and personality traits. As a class, they discuss and brainstorm qualities a professional organization may look for in a company representative. They observe a commercial and determine the intended...
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Make Patterns With Ice Cream
In this ice cream patterns worksheet, students cut out ten scoops of ice cream and two cones. Students team up with a partner and exchange matching different patterns for the other one to model.
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Personal Development (Substance Abuse Prevention)
Tenth graders demonstrate an ability to access support in the home, school, and community to deal with substance abuse problems. They also evaluate responses to pressure regarding substance use and abuse.
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Census Sensibility
Students examine the importance of the census and census data collection methods. They gather statistical data, create graphs comparing state and national populations, and compose written reflections on why the census is necessary.
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Baseball - America's Pastime
Students complete Internet research about baseball and baseball players. They complete a variety of activities including writing an epitaph for Jackie Robinson, a news article about him, and make graphs displaying salaries of a number of...
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Greek Mythology -- Part II
Young scholars use the internet to gather information about Greek Mythology. They discover the role of the snake and shamrock and the history of St. Patrick's Day. They compare and contrast their culture to another.
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Anti-drug Shock Tactics
Students evaluate the effectiveness of 'shock tactics' to discourage drug abuse. They view a video about the death of a 21-year-old heroin addict. In small groups they discuss the video and complete comment sheet.
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23 Cause Effect and Contrast
In this technology worksheet, students practice writing some e-mails that focus upon informing others of some changes for a business.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: The Power of Persuasion
In this gerunds and infinitives practice worksheet, students complete 10 sentences as they fill in each of the blanks with a gerund or infinitive. Students then complete 8 sentence starters with the appropriate gerunds or infinitives.
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Art and Influence of Theatre
Students examine an 18th century drawing and produce a skit based on the drawing. In this art analysis lesson, students analyze the story depicted in a drawing and create a skit inspired the scene. Students research the 18th century...
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Virtual Reality
Students consider the implications of playing violent video games. In this current issues lesson, students visit selected websites to research virtual violence and video game censorship.
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Paris Hilton
In this famous person worksheet, learners read a passage about Paris Hilton and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Penelope Cruz
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Penelope Cruz and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Election Scavenger Hunt
Students examine newspapers and other resources for articles about the election. They collect articles and photos from both presidential candidates. They also search for political cartoons and discuss what they find.