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Thoreau, Emerson, and Transcendentalism

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
For this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 13 multiple choice questions based on the Transcendentalist literary movement. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Learning About Philanthropy With Hands-On Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students can combine state-mandated curriculum with philanthropic activities in these lessons.
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Dialogue Journals in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Using dialogue journals in the classroom can help you get to know your students and help them increase their writing fluency.
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What Color Is Your Apple?

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders spend time identifying the characteristics they have and ones they would like to develop for their own personal growth. As a class, they brainstorm ways they can tell they are growing up or being mature. Individually, they...
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Be a Problem Solving Star

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders observe a math problem and discuss what it is and what they should do with it. They are introduced to the STAR steps for problem solving and discuss how to use it to answer math problems as well as incorporating some of the...
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Respecting Differences

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders brainstorm what a relationship looks like in which both people respect each other. After completing a worksheet, they discuss the importance of respecting other beliefs. To end the instructional activity, they identify...
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A Picture Book of Helen

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students learn the meaning of tier two vocabulary words. In this vocabulary lesson plan, students read A Picture Book of Helen Keller, listening for 3 pre-selected, tier two vocabulary words. Words are defined by the teacher and students...
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Fishing for Success

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars listen to story Rainbow Fish to the Rescue, and identify strategies to assist those in need.
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Pakistan's 'Staggering Disaster': How Students Can Help

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the effects of massive flooding in Pakistan. In this global issues instructional activity, students read an article about  monsoons and flooding in Pakistan. Students respond to discussion questions based on the article.
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"The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle"

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders read Sherlock Holmes silently and work together to demonstrate an understanding of the story. They participate in small group and whole class discussions and analyze Holmes' method of deducing details about an object and...
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Your Neighborhood

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Internet activity page for social studies, students are directed to a specific Web site and links in order to complete 30 activities pertaining to the community and its helpers.
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Hunt the Fact Monster January #2

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this internet research worksheet, students use the Fact Monster search engine to answer five multiple choice questions. Questions are about random topics and facts.
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Adding 0-8

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this addition worksheet, young scholars solve a total of 35 problems, using numbers 0-8; a separate link is included for answers.
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Heroes, Kindness, and "To Kill a Mockingbird"

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the concept of heroism. In this character education instructional activity, students reflect on the actions of the characters in Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird as they create mission statements for Atticus Finch and...
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Health Grade 3

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore respect. In this instructional activity about respecting others and their property, 3rd graders learn hoe to be nice to other people. Students discuss different situations and whether or not it is being respectful....
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Tolerance Through My Eyes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore multiculturalism. In this visual arts instructional activity, students consider how visual arts may provide service opportunities and create artistic pieces inspired by service.
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Satyagraha, Its Origins and Applications

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders study the steps and methods taken by Gandhi.  In this World History instructional activity, 10th graders create illustrations to represent these steps.  Students write a persuasive essay on these measures taken by Gandhi. 
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Classroom Management Using Gandhian and Kingian Principles of Nonviolence

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders study the concept of civil disobedience.  In this Current Events lesson, 10th graders participate in a survey that nominates students for hard work and exemplifies nonviolence. 
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Dirk Williams and the Mirror of the Martyrs

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the person of Dirk Williams.  In this World History lesson, 9th graders analyze primary sources.  Students consider ways in which Anabaptist thought  and practiced. 
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Role Playing The Civil War

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students are divided into the Union and Confederacy of the Civil War and write a report and create recruitment posters for both sides. In this Civil War lesson plan, students then discuss each side and why they thought what they did.
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Great Britons

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students read an online article focusing on discussion work, and practice comparative and superlative adjectives.
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Anne Frank: Newspaper

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students research information about the Holocaust or a current example of prejudice. They create a newspaper to be used by future classes as a learning tool.
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Cooperation Course

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explain cooperation is vital in our relationship to the environment and with fellow human beings. They develop cooperation skills through group interaction.
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Class With Character

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in a variety of activities in order to promote the concept of being a good citizen. The foundation of this unit is found in the character trait of respect for self and others in society.

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