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School District of Palm Beach County

Framed Paragraphs characterization, problem and solution, symbolism, conflict

For Teachers 4th - 10th Standards
Support your learners as they work on writing paragraphs by providing graphic organizers, outlines, and frames. Sift through this packet to find the perfect organizers and templates to prepare pupils for writing. The resource...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Department of Archives and History

A Lifetime of Responsibilities: Child Labor in Alabama

For Teachers 6th - 11th Standards
Imagine children working long hours in factories, coal mines, and in the fields. Class members examine a series of pictures and read about early attempts to regulate child labor and current child labor laws.
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Teach Engineering

Skeletal System Overview

For Teachers 10th - 12th
It is best to know all about the skeletons in the closet. The third segment in a five-part series focuses on bone structure, development and growth, and functions. Class members connect what they learn to their study of osteoporosis.
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Lesson Plan
Main Memory Network

Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith" and Whitman's "Song of Myself"

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Although the work Americans do has changed over time, the plight of the American worker has largely remained the same. Facilitate a class discussion aboutAmerican workers using Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's "The Village Blacksmith" and...
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Social Media Toolbox

Social Media Usage

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Is there a difference in the way organizations present news via social media and in print? The third in a series of 16 lessons from The Social Media Toolbox explores news outlets and their delivery methods. Groups follow a story for a...
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WindWise Education

Can We Reduce Risk to Bats?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
It is just batty! A resource outlines a case study scenario of reducing the risk to bats. Teams learn about the bat populations in the area of the wind farm, then research and propose a solution. 
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App
Oddrobo Software

King of Math Junior

For Students K - 6th Standards
Do your students have what it takes to be the king of math? Find out with this fun skills practice game that covers a wide range of topics from counting and basic operations to measurement and fractions.
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University of Kentucky

The Great Spider Debate

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Poor, misunderstood spiders! They are feared, disrespected, and detested by many people, yet they do so many positive things. A great addition to any insect unit, learn about some of the more common spiders, while hopefully dispelling...
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eBook
Rice University

Calculus Volume 2

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Delve into the middle of calculus. The resource is the second eBook of three that covers the complete calculus content. Seven chapters begin with integrals and different methods of integration before moving on to differential equations....
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Curated OER

Cruise the News

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students utilize newspapers as a resource to complete various tasks. They read articles, write summaries, investigate the classified section, write commercials, and circle spelling words.
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Curated OER

My Reading Words in My Social Studies Book?

For Teachers 3rd
Connect social studies and language arts using this resource. After studying root words, have learners locate five words from their social studies book that have a prefix, suffix, or root word. This puts a new twist on practicing basic...
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Haut Gap Middle School

Root Words

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Scholars demonstrate their knowledge of root words aqua and aud, and develop vocabulary skills by completing of a chart, handout, and worksheet using creative thinking skills, a dictionary, and a thesaurus.   
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Unit Plan
The Digits

Telling Time: The Digits

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Time to teach your students how to read a clock? This resource is here to help! Engaging young mathematicians with two fun videos and a series of hands-on activities, these lessons offer a multimedia approach to teaching this important...
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Curated OER

Who? What? When? Where? Why? How? So What?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders master the SQ3R method. They begin reading for a purpose and organize thoughts through categorizing them. They write in their notebooks what they think about the lesson and the classroom for the day and write a...
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Curated OER

Introduction to the United States Map

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students identify a map of the United States. In this United States map lesson, students study a map of the United States and find various locations on the map. Students then locate and list the state that touches their state.
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Curated OER

Introduction to the Globe

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners investigate how to use a globe. In this map skills lesson plan, students define what a globe is and locate the various continents on the globe. Learners are also asked to locate the four oceans on the globe.
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Curated OER

United States Map- State Capitals

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars explore map skills. In this state capital lesson, students view a United States Political Map and identify and use post-it notes to label the state capitals.
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Curated OER

Country Capitals

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students locate country capitals on a world map. In this map skills lesson, students review the definition of the word country and discuss what a capital is. Students locate and label capital cities on a world map using a map marker.
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Curated OER

Blending Fiction and Nonfiction to Improve Comprehension and Writing Skills

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars explore a content area by reading both fiction and nonfiction texts on the topic. They do more research online about the topic. After comparing the texts, they create their own written original work, using both narrative...
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Curated OER

Monsters

For Teachers 12th
Do monsters really exist? Find out what your class thinks with these discussion questions prior to reading Beowulf. Incorporate music and a video clip into the anticipatory set to engage your learners. Take a day to search online for...
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The Kennedy Center

Fairy Tale Variations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here are two great lessons that work together and are inspired by the Stephen Sondheim musical Into the Woods. Young writers and actors will retell the story of "The Frog Prince" through games, improvisational script writing, and song....
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Activity
Japan Society

A Remade Environment

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Art is a wonderful way to express feelings of social unrest or change. Learners will examine the works of two contemporary Japanese artists, and how they each have used art to say something big. They analyze the work of Katsuhiro Saiki...
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Curated OER

Reading Clues

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Critically Evaluating Alarming News students use a guided reading strategy to explore news articles about the Washington-area sniper attacks, and conduct a roundtable discussion to investigate public reaction to the case. October 17, 200
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Curated OER

Treasure Hunt

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Learners find lost "treasure" using a treasure map after being shown a map that you have created where terms and symbols are discussed. The class is divided into small groups where they locate your treasure and then read a section from...