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Preventing Forest Fires (Elementary)

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Students complete activities to learn about the importance of fire prevention and protecting the diversity of the forest. In this forest protection lesson, students discuss forest fires and work in groups to research the species count in...
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Preventing Forest Fires

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine how forest fires burn depending on the slope, tree density, and forest arrangement.  In this Environmental activity, 11th graders observe and record different burn patterns.  Students analyze contemporary fires...
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Stakeholders Lesson

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students discover stakeholders in life situations.  In this personal responsibility lesson, students ask and answer questions about real life scenarios, discussing who is at stake if things aren't handled correctly.  
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Good Citizen Interviews

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students interview adults they think are good citizens. For this good citizens lesson plan, students interview adults they look up to and then discuss their interviews with their class.
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Hero Stories Teach

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a slogan. In this heroes lesson, students identify traits from hero stories that match traits of real life heroes. They discuss what lessons they can learn from heroes about courage and come up with a one line slogan that...
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Respecting Diversity

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this service learning instructional activity, students read and respond to The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss. Students discuss self-respect and respect.
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Hang in there! Endurance: A Secrect to Success

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students have a discussion on how to overcome struggle and create endurance. In this endurance lesson plan, students talk about how they can become winners in life even during hard times and not be discouraged by failures. They also fill...
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Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary

Benjamin and the Way to A Good Life

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore American history by reading biographical text in class. In this Benjamin Franklin lesson, students research the famous inventor by reading assigned text and answering reading comprehension questions afterwards....
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Facing Obstacles with Creativity and Humor

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore how to overcome obstacles. In this perseverance lesson plan, students discuss effective strategies that could be used when faced with an obstacle. Students discuss why having a plan, teamwork and perseverance are...
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Dodging Responsibility

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students examine what makes people be responsible. In this responsibility activity, students chart the good and bad things that happen if you take responsibility and if you don't.
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Was That Fair?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discuss the concept of fairness. In this fairness instructional activity, students look at different scenarios and see if the behavior seems fair. They talk about their answers with their classmates.
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Phenomenology Lesson Plan #7: Theme Part 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars summarize the Phenomenology unit in this lesson. They identify character and universal themes from different films. They create a ten question survey for reviewer responses.
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Alien Visitor's Rewrite

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils role play the role of an alien who analyzes how the media represents the different social groups. In groups, they write their own story in which they add or revise a character to make it non-stereotypical. They share their...
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Travel Buddies

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
A travel buddy is some sort of animal or stuffed character that is transported from one school to another and another. A journal accompanies the buddies and the students make journal entries as if they were written by the buddy at each...
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Alien Story:

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students choose 10 aliens (or any character) from the alien palette in Kidspiration. Have students write what the aliens are saying to each other in the text boxes. Use the listen tool to actually hear them talk to each other.
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Harry S Truman National Historic Site

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine the early years of Harry Truman to determine how his upbringing influenced his character. His political career from county judge to president is explored and some of the decisions made as a politician, evaluated.
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Fictional Biographies

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read and discuss the fictional biography, "Strega Nona: Her Own Story" by Tomie dePaola. They compare the characters of the story to other fictional characters then choose their own favorite fictional character to write a...
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Model Professionals

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students learn about one scientist's quest to make her field of canopy ecology accessible to a wider audience and to synthesize their knowledge by developing toy figures that could potentially educate children about different scientific...
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Alien Story

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars practice correct punctuation when writing a conversation by using clip art "characters" and the Inspiration or Kidspiration educational computer software. This great language arts lesson plan is intended for an...
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Anna's Dilemma

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read a scenerio about people who lived in Germany during Nazi rule. As a class, they discuss the situations the character finds herself in and identify her responsiblities to her family. They answer discussion questions and...
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Othello's Predecessors: Moors in Renaissance Popular Literature

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars gather textual citations from Othello, discuss stereotypes that they hold, examine primary source materials, and write character profiles.
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The Witch of Blackbird Pond

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Pupils read and analyze the novel, 'The Witch of Blackbird Pond.' They list choices they have in society today, conduct a debate on freedom, role-play interviews with characters from the novel, create a timeline of a character, and...
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Color Theory & Using Layers

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars practice layering colors while creating three distinct backgrounds using the educational software TealPaint in this High School Art and Technology lesson. A slideshow, a quiz, and a color PowerPoint Slide show are included.
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Self-Management Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explain how self-concept is built and preserved and how it relates to the perception of individual strengths and weaknesses. They explore self-concept, character & integrity, labeling, values, goals and decision making.

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