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Lost Worlds
Students, while using the strategy of identifying the main idea and supporting details, explore the three nonfiction selections of the lost worlds of Machu Picchu high in the Andes Mountains, Great Zimbabwe, and Anasazi. In addition,...
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Word Groups 4
In this word groups activity, students put words that are together into a group. Students put 9 problems of words into a group on this activity.
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A Tale of Two Girls
In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students read the short story, "A Tale of Two Girls". Students answer 11 short answer questions.
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Do You Really Know What Wealth Is?
Students explore what it means to have wealth in Mali and in the United States. For this economics lesson, students read "Music in the Fields." Student groups answer discussion questions. Students reflect on the purpose music...
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Geography A to Z: The Letter G
Using clues to answer questions is a way to increase deductive reasoning skills. Kids answer seven geography clues with answers all starting with the letter G. A great way to test world geography or warm up the class.
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Where Is Rome?
Third graders discover Ancient Rome through maps and worksheets. In this world history lesson plan, 3rd graders locate Rome on a world map and identify the scope of the Roman Empire. Students label an entire map of Italy...
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Using Effective, Evocative Writing as a Model
Young scholars analyze the author's style to learn techniques for strengthening their own writing. They re-read "Music in the Fields" and highlight images that create vivid pictures in their minds-places where Young "shows, not tells"...
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Breaking News English: Campaign Against Poverty Begins
In this English worksheet, learners read "Campaign Against Poverty Begins," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Geographic Terms Glossary
In this geography worksheet, students learn 60 common geographic terms. Students read the words that are arranged in alphabetical order along with the meanings. There are no questions to answer; this is a glossary.
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The Commonwealth Games
Students study the history, form, and function of the Commonwealth Games. Groups work to design an inclusive sporting event to add to the Games, and develop an advertising campaign for the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
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Nouns- Proper and Common
For this proper and common nouns worksheet, learners read 14 sentences and underline the proper nouns and circle the common nouns.
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Breaking News English: Campaign Against Poverty Begins
In this English instructional activity, students read "Campaign Against Poverty Begins," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Breaking News English: BBC Producer Killed in Somalia
In this ESL comprehension worksheet, students read or listen to a passage, complete warm-up activities, then a wide variety of before, during, after and homework activities. Answers are included.
Lizard Point Quizzes
Lizard Point: Africa: Country Capitals Quiz
Try this interactive geography quiz which tests your knowledge about the capital cities of the African countries.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Edo
"Edo" is the name that the people of the Benin Kingdom give to themselves, their language, and their capital city and kingdom. Renowned for their art of brass and ivory and for their complex political organization, the Edo Kingdom of...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Zaramo
"Wazaramo" is the preferred name for the people who live in the coastal area of Tanzania, in the vicinity of the capital city, Dar es Salaam. "Wazaramo" refers to the ethnic group, "Mzaramo" to an individual, and "Kizaramo" to the...
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Unesco: Morocco: Rabat, Modern Capital and Historic City: A Shared Heritage
Located on the Atlantic coast in the north-west of Morocco, the site is the product of a fertile exchange between the Arabo-Muslim past and Western modernism. The inscribed city encompasses the new town conceived and built under the...
CommonLit
Common Lit: "Kenyan Discovery: Let There Be Lights to Save Lions" by Nina Gregory
Kenya is a country in East Africa; the capital city, Nairobi, is well-known for its National Park: the world's only game reserve found within a major city. The park's large wildlife population includes baboons, rhinos, gazelles, zebras,...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Colonial Africa, 1904
A map of Africa shortly after the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established the European colonial territory claims on the continent. These European and independent boundaries include Algeria and the Saharan Sphere of French Influence,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: European Possessions of Africa, 1906
A map of Africa after the Berlin Conference of 1885, which established the European colonial territory claims on the continent. This map shows the Belgian, British, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish claims, and the Turkish...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Africa Before the Berlin Conference, 1882
A map of Africa as it was known in 1882 before the Berlin Conference of 1885, when the most powerful countries in Europe at the time convened to make their territorial claims on Africa and establish their colonial borders at the start of...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Africa, 1919
A map from 1919 of Africa showing the territorial changes made after World War I. The map shows the areas ceded by Germany, including Togo and Kamerun to be decided by British and French mandate, German East Africa under British mandate,...
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Etc: Maps Etc: Political and Physical Africa, 1901
A map from 1901 of the political and physical features of Africa. The map uses color-contouring to show highlands above 2000 feet in buff tints, lowlands in greens, and the submerged part of the continental plateau in light blue. The map...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Maps Etc: Africa, 1901
A map from 1901 of Africa showing political boundaries and capitals, principal cities and towns, mountain systems, rivers, lakes, and coastal features. The map is color-coded to show the European possessions of the British, French,...