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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Idea-Noun Definition: Source Searching

For Teachers 11th - 12th
A great idea for showing language arts pupils the universality of themes, even in the real world! Have class members choose an idea-noun (peace, justice, war, love, etc.) at the beginning of the year or semester. They complete weekly...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Words That Hold Court

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students recognize the importance of the Supreme Court. In this legal terminology lesson, students define a list of words to understand the Supreme Court and the language used in cases. Students revise a case summary.
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AP Test Prep
College Board

AP® Calculus: Special Focus - Infinite Series

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Read a series to develop an understanding of series. The special focus professional development on infinite series consists of eight articles. Articles contain information strictly for teachers along with aspects to incorporate into the...
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PPT
Weber State University

Quoting, Paraphrasing, & Summarizing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Tattoos and piercings. Here’s a PowerPoint that uses an article on the tattoo and piercing craze to engage viewers in a presentation about citing sources. The 14 slides focus on how to add credibility to writing by including and citing...
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Article
PBS

Sherpas on Everest

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Every successful climb of Mount Everest can be attributed to the assistance of the local Sherpas. A short, informative article explains the history behind the Sherpa's involvement in Mount Everest expeditions, the physiological reasons...
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AP Test Prep
College Board

Balance of Power Between Congress and the President

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Three branches of government help create a system of checks and balances. A helpful resource provides a series of articles regarding the balance of power between the legislative and executive branches of government. Historians answer...
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Handout
Mountain View High School

The Big Religion Chart

For Teachers 9th - 12th
This resource includes a list of over 40 world religions and their major features, such as brief summaries of their origins and history, beliefs in god and an afterlife, practices, foundational texts, etc.  The document also includes an...
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Lesson Plan
Penguin Books

An Educator’s Guide to Chraisma by Jeanne Ryan

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Often, science fiction makes a lot of connections to real life. An educator's guide for the novel Charisma by Jeanne Ryan, has readers discuss many of the real-life issues that come in the text. A brief summary helps garner interest in...
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Lesson Plan
Newseum

Am I Being Fair?

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed Standards
Young journalists use four strategies from an "Am I Being Fair?" tip sheet to check for and counter personal biases about a topic. Scholars apply the strategies to an article about the best pizza as guided practice. Participants then...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sum Stuff

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students are introduced to informational text. Students explore nonfiction as a genre. They identify the components and text structure of text nonfiction. Students read a nonfiction passage and write a summary of the passage.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Long and Short of It: Summarizing Important Details

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students practice their summarizing skills while listening to a brief biography of Amelia Earhart. Students take notes while the teacher reads the article and write a paragraph that summarizes the important events from Amelia Earhart's...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Summarize This!

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students explore how to summarize a reading passage. They read non-fiction books. Students use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two animals they read about. They write a summary using the information in their Venn Diagram.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Sum It Up!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students practice summarizing information from a reading using their own words. They take notes while reading using a guided worksheet. For the written summary they have a budget of two dollars with each word used costing ten cents.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Found Poems

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students summarize articles found in the newspaper and use key concepts to write a poem. In this reading comprehension and writing lesson plan, students work with a partner to choose a current newspaper article. Key concepts and...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Chunks, Chunks, And More Chunks!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners summarize a selected piece of text nonfiction text. After reviewing the process for summarizing, students read a nonfiction article, highlighting important information as they read. They write a summary paragraph using the five...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exercise for Writing a Summary Paragraph

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine how to write article summaries of abstracts. In this writing skills lesson, students edit the noted sections of an abstract that is already written on the Old Testament Abstracts.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Who Am I?

For Students 4th - 9th
Your budding journalists need to understand the five W's for writing a news story. They read a story, complete several graphic organizers to help them organize and write their article, and then use a self-assessment worksheet to edit and...
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Activity
Curated OER

Express Yourself Lesson Seed 17: Obituary

For Teachers 6th Standards
The Cay has been criticized by groups such as the Council on Interracial Books for Children because of the way race is portrayed. Explore the argument against the book while taking the author's perspective into account. Class members...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

News Quiz | May 11, 2012

For Students 9th - 12th
Take a news quiz! Find out how much your learners know about the events of May 11, 2012 according to the New York Times. They read the paper from that day and then take a five questions quiz.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

News Quiz Dec. 23, 2011

For Students 7th - 9th
Has your class read the paper today? Check what they read and remember from the pages of the New York Times using an online interactive quiz. They read the paper then take this five-question comprehension quiz.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

News Quiz| Nov. 30, 2011

For Students 9th - 10th
Here is a five question multiple choice quiz that is focused on events as told in the New York Times published, November 30, 2011. Learners read the paper then answer the questions. A good option for practice with primary source analysis.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

News Quiz | Sept. 30, 2011

For Students 9th - 12th
World affairs and current events are the name of the game. Today your class can read the Times, published on September 30, 2011 and then take a five question quiz to test their recall abilities. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

News Quiz | Jan. 17, 2012

For Students 9th - 10th
Read to get informed! Kids scan a copy of the New York Times from January 17, 2012 to answer five multiple choice questions. 
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Worksheet
Curated OER

News Quiz | Dec. 8, 2011

For Students 9th - 12th
Kids take a five question multiple choice quiz to see what they know about December 8, 2011. They read the New York Times from that day and then take an online quiz.

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