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Philanthropy is Everywhere Lesson 4: Careers in Philanthropy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover career opportunities in the non-profit sector. They look at local business to determine compare and contrast for profit and non-profit businesses. They participate in a non-profit job fair.
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The Home Front - "Food Will Win The War"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers define and identify propaganda. They analyze the multiple sides of an issue (problem resolution skills), then discuss the racial environment of Alabama during World War I. They reate a poster reflecting the concerns of the...
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Mr.Bubble's News

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders use a double bubble thinking map to compare newspapers and magazines. They browse through magazines and newspapers to identify characteristics of each type of text and find 5 features for each type of text. They share...
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The Best Birthday Present Ever

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students view a PBS "In the Mix" video about smoking and identify cigarette ingredients, the physical effects of smoking and techniques used in tobacco advertising. They compose a letter persuading someone to quit smoking.
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From the Farm to Your Table: Where Does Our Food Come From?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover where the food they eat comes from. Using maps, they identify the agricultural areas of the United States and the products that are grown in each area. Using the internet, they research how food gets to America from...
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Hidden Messages: The Growth of Product Placement

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars identify product placements they see in TV programs and movies. They build awareness of the pervasiveness of advertising in their culture. They develop critical skills necessary to think independently in a media saturated...
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Credit: Taking an Interest in Credit

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students examine how credit works but looking at how credit cards and interest rates work. They use percentages to solve problems using credit card interest rates while completing a worksheets.
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A Hard Cell

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine appropriate and inappropriate uses of personal communication devices. They invent and critique new communication devices. They critique the communication technologies developed.
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Half-Truths Reading Comprehension

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about telling half-truths. Students answer 5 multiple choice questions.
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Completing a Piece of Text

For Students 5th - 6th
Here's a worksheet to help advanced ESL learners work on reading comprehension. Students read an article about Google and decide where in the article each of the missing sentences belong.  
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Unit 2: Subject/Object Pronouns Transportation

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this grammar worksheet, students fill in 7 blanks with the proper subject or object pronoun. They complete a dialogue about transportation with the proper pronouns.
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Visual Art and Music

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students examine how pop art compliments music. In this arts lesson, students explore the elements of pop art and replicate those elements in their own piece of art.
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Who Is Family? Analyzing Family Photos

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners examine families through photography. In this interdisciplinary lesson plan, students examine photographs of families and discuss the attributes of families. Learners select family photographs to analyze in writing.
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International Day In Support Of Torture Victims

For Students 7th - 8th
In this international day in support of torture victims learning exercise, students read or listen to a passage the match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order,...
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Day to Combat Desertification and Drought

For Students 7th - 8th
In this day to combat desertification and drought worksheet, students read or listen to a passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct words, unscramble words and sentences, write discussion questions and conduct a...
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Personal Stories and Primary Sources: Conversations with Elders

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students learn from their elders. In this oral and social histories lesson, students analyze primary sources to develop an understanding of the America in which their grandparents grew up. Students conduct interviews with elders in...
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Dishonesty

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students consider the impact of dishonestly. In this ethics lesson, students will discuss the pros and cons of dishonesty.
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Word Formation

For Students 4th - 6th
In this word formation worksheet, students choose the kind of words that the bold words are and fill in the blanks with words derived from other words. Students complete 35 problems.
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Shaping the News

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore television journalism. For this journalism lesson, students discuss the attributes of television broadcasting. Students then review their journalism code of ethics and then conduct research for stories that have a moral...
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Solving Percents Problems

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students solve problems dealing with percents. In this algebra lesson, students convert between decimals and percents using factoring. They solve one step problems involving percents.
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Graphing Linear Equations

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students graph linear equations. In this algebra lesson plan, students perform transformation on linear equations. They identify the slope and y-intercept of each line.
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Transformers

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students use transformation to move the graph around. In this geometry instructional activity, students observe transformation of symmetry groups. They use the TI to move the sides of the polygons around and make predictions.
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Presidential Campaigning

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders participate in a simulated presidential campaign by conducting research on the Internet. They define a party platform, run a campaign and write and deliver speeches in teams. Students can then act as the electoral college...
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Love And Marriage

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine and compare Indian and American culture in order to develop a better understanding of both.