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Surviving the Hatchet

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students read the book, Hatchet, and write their thoughts and reactions about the events in their journals.
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Synthesizing Content on a Continuum: Developing Effective Communication

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students take a short quiz on what they already know about HIV/AIDS. In groups, they read an article on the disease and place the information from it on a timeline. They role-play different scenerios in which they have written the...
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Physical Differences

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners examine physical differences amongst themselves. In this diversity lesson plan, students read the book We're Different, We're the Same. Learners name things about their appearance that is different from the person next to them.
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IB History of the Americas Historiography: Limits of the Historical Record

For Students 9th - 12th
In this historical record worksheet, students read about analyzing primary sources and then complete the 3 listed activities to create their own historical accounts.
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Civil War: The North History Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students demonstrate their reading comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis.
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"The Home Secretary Resigns"

For Students 7th - 9th
For this grammar worksheet, students read the short article "The Home Secretary Resigns" and fill in the gaps using the correct form of the word given in bold.
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Clauses and Conjunctions

For Students 9th - 10th
In this grammar instructional activity, students read about clauses and conjunctions. Students read about the different kinds of clauses, such as dependent and independent.
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Collocation Pelmanism

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students read and analyze the article, "Lexical exploitation of texts," and become aware of the concept of recycling new words. They practice this concept several times in class before they take on the memory game pelmanism in the follow...
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Oxymorons

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this vocabulary worksheet, students read 100 English oxymorons. They include "absolutely unsure" and "hone hundred and ten percent."
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Choosing All of the Correct Completions: Adjective Clauses

For Students 5th - 6th
In this adjective clauses activity, students read ten sentences with a word or phrase missing. From four choices, students mark any answer that would correctly finish the sentence; there may be more than one.
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The Oblate Sisters of Providence and Early African American Education in Baltimore

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the educational system for free African-Americans in Baltimore in the early 19th century.  In this American History lesson plan, 8th graders read a handout and answer focus questions.  Students analyze photographs.   
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Bringing the Past to the Present

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders work in pairs and read a primary source artifact. They create a PowerPoint slide that will be part of a "museum" presentation for the rest of their class. Students select artifacts from a group of digitalized artifacts...
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The Roaring Twenties

For Teachers 8th - 11th
In this Roaring Twenties Era worksheet, students review a chapter as they identify 5 vocabulary terms or individuals quotes, eliminate 4 false statements, and identify 2 themes from the era of great change in the United States.
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Note Study of the Giver

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students, after reading The Giver, create a PowerPoint presentation, a Web page, and a newsletter or brochure demonstrating their understanding of the novel?
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Breaking News English: Israeli Troops Kill Aid Activists

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, students read "Israeli Troops Kill Aid Activists," 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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Mathematicians and Scientists Treasure Hunt

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students match a fact with a mathematician or scientist using the Internet. They read about a mathematician or scientist that happens to be female or a person of color.
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Experience the Challenge of Being Pete Gray

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students view films, photographs and engage in an empathy-building exercise to become familiar with Pete Gray, the first one-armed major league player. They read an interview and write an essay about Gray's career.
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Defending Political Positions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read an article on a major issue and identify the position of the author. Individually, they use the article to support the author's position and critique it. They develop their own argument in support or against the...
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Latitude & Longitude Bingo

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars practice map reading skills through a reinforcement game of bingo. They select any 24 of 30 listed cities to write on blank bingo cards. Then using atlases, locate a city based on the latitude and longitudinal...
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100 Great English Oxymorons - Phrases That Contradict Themselves!

For Students 6th - 8th
In this oxymoron worksheet, students test their vocabulary skills by reading and identifying the contradiction in each of the given phrases.
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Doing Science: Computer Models

For Students 8th - 9th
In this computer models worksheet, students read information about how scientists use computer models to advance the work of science. Students also answer a critical thinking question comparing computer simulations to direct observations.
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Students as “Grammarians”: Discovering Grammatical Rules Lesson on the Causative “Have”

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Groups examine a series of examples, identify the common elements, and work together to discover "the causative" grammar rule represented.
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Greek, Latin and Anglo-Saxon Roots to Better Vocabulary

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Practice vocabulary skills with this word analysis lesson. Middle schoolers examine the roots of unfamiliar words and use their knowledge of roots to discern meaning through word analysis.
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Conditional Sentences "If" Clauses

For Students 7th - 9th
For this conditional sentences worksheet, students learn how to write conditional sentences. They then use what they learned to write 4 conditional sentences.