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Lesson Plan
Kentucky Educational Television

Ket: Lincoln Bicentennial: I, Too, Am a Kentuckian: A Lincoln Travelogue [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students prepare for and present a play, I, too am a Kentuckian: A Lincoln Travelogue. The play showcases stops on the Kentucky Lincoln Heritage Trail, incorporates music and dance, and shows the strong influence of Kentucky and...
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: A Tricky Monkey

For Students 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a little monkey who tells stories to get attention and then learns the importance of being honest. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in understanding theme.
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Website
US Department of Education

Helping Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Helping a child become responsible isn't always an easy process. This comprehensive site is directed towards parents (and can be easily adapted for educators) who would like to teach their children to become responsible citizens.
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: The Gift [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"My The Gift" is a one page, fictional, reading passage about a little girl who wanted to buy an apple for her sick mother, but they had no money. A man gave her a dollar when she returned the wallet he had dropped. The storekeeper saw...
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Lesson Plan
Live Wire Media

Good Character: The Six Pillars of Character: Trustworthiness (Spanish)

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How can you be trustworthy? Use this Spanish version to find simple ways to be a trustworthy person, discussion questions, and activity ideas. This website accompanies a video from "The Six Pillars of Character" video series, but can be...
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Lesson Plan
Common Sense Media

Common Sense Media: Education: Trillion Dollar Footprint [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners learn that they have a digital footprint, which can be searched, shared, and seen by a large, invisible audience. Students then learn that they can take some control over their digital footprint based on what they post online....
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
These lesson plans help young scholars evaluate Abraham Lincoln's actions during his presidency. Related links assist students in this evaluation.
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Handout
University of Groningen

American History: Biographies: Abraham Lincoln

For Students 9th - 10th
What can one say about what many average American citizens and American historians consider to be the finest president we have ever had? Abraham Lincoln has long been endeared in the hearts of all of humankind-including those southerners...
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Handout
Childnet

Childnet: Online Safety: Talk It Over

For Students 9th - 10th
A research-led resource designed to support educators in facilitating empathetic, honest, and evidence-based conversations on online hate and how to tackle it with secondary aged pupils. Talk it over includes a slide presentation with...
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Article
Other

Tragic & Comic Visions in the Brothers Karamazov

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features an article entitled "Tragic and Comic Visions in The Brothers Karamazov" written by contemporary author Joyce Carol Oates. The article originally appeared in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Winter 1968-1969.