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LBJ and Voting Rights
Challenges to voting rights is not a new thing. Using President Lyndon B. Johnson's 1965 "The American Promise" speech on voting rights as a starting point, young historians research current voting rights laws and challenges.
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Halloween Sing Along
First graders get ready for Halloween while engaging in a spirited sing-along. They sing the song "Halloween" along with the teacher as they clap to keep rhythm with the music. Note: This song or song lyrics are not included.
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Defining Conflict
Before there can be peace, we have to understand conflict. Introduce the concept of conflict through a two-part activity that combines discussion, collaboration, and writing. The first in a 15-part series examines the multiple meanings...
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Tell Me A Story -- Feelings
Practice using feelings as a way to reflect on past experiences. The poem The End and the text Tell Me a Story Mama are used to identify feeling words. As an extension, pupils participate in a service learning project and...
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Three Branches of Government
Fourth graders listen to a lecture about the government of Indiana, and the three branches of government. They discuss the reasons for the three branches and read from their text the information on government. Students play a game to...
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Who Are the People in Your Family?
In this family members worksheet, students view and study eight pictures in order to choose the appropriate answer to eight multiple choice questions involving naming specific family members.
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My Feelings!
In this feelings learning exercise, learners view ten pictures of people showing different types of feelings the left of the learning exercise and match the pictures with the actual words on the right.
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Jobs
In this occupations worksheet, students match up ten pictures of people doing various jobs to their actual professions in writing.
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Global Music: Steve Reich – Ghana, Bali, America and Germany
Students explore the music of Steve Reich. In this global music lesson, students compare the music compositions of Steve Reich to African and Balinese music. Students discuss their personal comparisons.
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Group Initiatives
Students explore the names and qualities about members in the group. They each say their name and something about themselves. Students gather around in a circle. They listen to the teacher as he or she says the name of someone and throws...
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Hispanic Rhythmic Patterns and Drums
Students imitate rhythmic patterns created by the teacher or taken from the drum performance of "Oshossi." They study and perform some of the layered and interlocking rhythms of the drum ensembles of Brazil, Haiti, Cuba, Suriname, and...
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ESL Where Are You From Flag Identification Worksheet
In this ESL international flag identification worksheet, students examine flags from different countries. They answer the question, "Where are you from?" on the blank line next to each flag.
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Christmas Vocabulary
In this Christmas word worksheet, learners examine 7 pictures that depict holiday activities. Students match these to the words or phrases that describe them.
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ESL Transportation Multiple Choice Worksheet
In this ESL transportation words worksheet, 4th graders examine 8 clip art pictures of modes of transportation. They choose the name of the vehicle from four choices.
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ESL Identifying Foods- What Is It?
In this ESL food words fill in the blank worksheet, 4th graders examine 7 colorful clip art pictures of different types of food. They write the name of the food item on the blank line under the question, "What is it?"
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ESL Merry Christmas Matching Worksheet
For this ESL Christmas word matching worksheet, students examine small clip art pictures of items associated with Christmas. They match the pictures to the word or phrase that name them.
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Merry Christmas!!
In this holiday worksheet, students view seven pictures of items or things that represent the Christmas season. Students match the pictures to their actual English names as they complete seven multiple choice questions.
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Christmas Matching Worksheet
In this Christmas worksheet, students analyze how to match up ten Christmas pictures on the left to their appropriate descriptions on the right.
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ESL Christmas Multiple Choice Worksheet
In this ESL Christmas worksheet, students examine a small picture of an item associated with Christmas. They choose the name of the item from those given in each of 8 questions.
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ESL Picture/Location Matching Worksheet
In this ESL places/locations matching worksheet, students look at small clip art pictures of places in a town. They match the pictures with the words that name them, such as a school, an ice cream shop, and a supermarket.
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Music in Nature
Students research the Incan civilization. In this Incan civilization lesson, students study the geography of the Andes mountains and play an Andean siku. Students discuss how the sounds of nature influenced their musical piece.
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SONGS IN JAPANESE
Students become familiar with the sound of Japanese by singing familiar songs in Japanese.
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Conjunto Music from South Texas
Students listen to conjunto music and identify the instrumentation. After discussing the the history of South Texas, they examine lyrics of several songs and interpret them. As extensions, students can learn to partner dance to the...
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Halloween Survey
In this ESL conversation survey worksheet, students examine 7 pictures of Halloween scary creatures. Students ask each other if they are scared of this thing and record the answers of their classmates.