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PPT
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Texas, Our Texas

For Teachers 1st
Students watch a PowerPoint slide show of the symbols of Texas and discuss what they see. They color in coloring book pages that corrolate to the slide show. They listen to and sing along to a state song as they color.
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Interactive
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Dig Magazine Archeology Quiz #103

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Dig Magazine archeology quiz, students answer 12 multiple choice questions complementing the May 2009 issue. Page contains answer and additional resources link.
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Lesson Plan
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Phenomenology Lesson Plan #7: Theme Part 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students summarize the Phenomenology unit in this lesson plan. They identify character and universal themes from different films. They create a ten question survey for reviewer responses.
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Worksheet
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Breaking News English: Tom Cruise's Son Makes Movie Debut

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English instructional activity, students read "Tom Cruise's Son Makes Movie Debut," 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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Lesson Plan
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Bringing Tolerance to Our Beaches

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students relate tolerance and discrimination within a Biblical context. They read "The Sneetches" and apply it to situations occuring now. They write a letter to Congresss speaking out against discrimination.
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Lesson Plan
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Celebrate You

For Teachers 1st
First graders locate place of birth on a map. They identify their birthdays and place a graphing square with their birthday written on it under the corresponding month. They compare birthdays on the graph. They read "P.B. Bear's Birthday...
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Lesson Plan
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Soul Legend Wilson Pickett

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students analyze the lyrics to the soul music of Wilson Pickett as a step towards the exploration of the life and talents of the man. The language and expressions utilized in a descriptive article about the composer form the basis of the...
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Lesson Plan
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Alex Schlotsky: "Full Court Miracle"

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Learners view a film about a young man on a basketball team who is tired of being called a loser. They examine Jewish traditions as the young man in the film relates to his hertitage. They also examine the holiday of Chanukah.
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Lesson Plan
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What Would You Take to Sea? Instructions for Teachers

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, who are teachers, discover the hazards facing sailors hundreds of years ago as they prepare a lesson to use in their classroom. They examine what each group of students will investigate, and how the findings will be discussed.
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Lesson Plan
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Japanese Festivals and Celebrations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the importnce of celebrations anf festivals in Japanese culture and then create a story based upon an image from the lesson. Resource links are provided for images of events.
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Lesson Plan
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Boys' Attitudes To Work

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine the notion of what are students' images of manliness. Students test what represents success for students through a survey. Students ponder the issue can doing school work help you be manly.
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Lesson Plan
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Hang a Million

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students hang 200 sheets of paper, each with 5000 X's, around the classroom. When completed, this gives them a concrete example of 1,000,000 which will be useful in getting a feel for the lengths of time involved in evolution.
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Lesson Plan
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African American Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this African American music history worksheet, students research the history of African American music. Students then answer the fifteen questions.
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Worksheet
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The Flat-Out Truth

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Earth's shape worksheet, students read an article about a gentleman who believes the Earth is flat. Then students complete 5 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
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The Crew of Titanic

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Titanic crew worksheet, students read about the crew of the Titanic. Students learn about 11 crew members and the bandsmen.
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Lesson Plan
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Who Am I and Who Are You?

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students document their unique characteristics through photography. In this self-discovery activity, students take photographs of themselves and others. As a class, they discuss similarities and differences, and sort, graph, and find...
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Lesson Plan
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Weblog Lesson Plan

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders include a brochure in a blog entry. For this blogging lesson, 4th graders design a brochure about a tourist attraction. They include the brochure in a blog and share it with the class.
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Lesson Plan
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Nurturing Children

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students identify the importance of nurturing children. In this child development lesson, students define what it means to nurture a child. Students research the importance of the topic and discuss the findings. Students write a...
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Lesson Plan
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Graphic Novel/Comics with Josh Elder

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students read about graphic novels and complete related activities. In this graphic novels lesson, students read about the genre and author Josh Elder. Students complete novel analysis activities for the lesson.
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Website
University of Oregon

Determining Properties of Stars

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent website detailing how a star's properties can be determined, and how these properties lead to the way a star is classified.
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Activity
PBS

Pbs: History Detectives: Investigations: Black Star Line [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
PBS had a series called "History Detectives." The video is no longer available for this episode, but this transcript of the video is. Read about the Black Star Line, envisioned by Marcus Garvey as a shipping company in which African...
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Website
Institute for Dynamic Educational Advancement

Web Exhibits: Calendars Through the Ages: Announcing the Sky

For Students 9th - 10th
Well-organized website depicts the "Fascinating history of the human endeavor to organize our lives in accordance with the sun and stars." Gives an overview and specifics of the basis of calendars through the ages.
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Website
NASA

Nasa Star Child: Stars

For Students 3rd - 8th
This page details the life cycle of a star, and includes information on medium-sized and massive stars, plus a glossary and a question.
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: Barbie Through the Ages

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a look at Barbie's cultural revolution through the decades. Barbie's official birthday is March 9, 1959 -- the day she was officially introduced to the world. Handler always saw Barbie as a reflection of the times, with the first...