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Documenting an Historic Journey
Students read and analyze journals written by Lewis and Clark. They watch and discuss a video segment, complete a graphic organizer, and write a journal entry written from the point of view of someone involved with the Lewis and Clark...
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Yearbook Video
Learners brainstorm ideas for creating video yearbook, practice taking digital pictures and using Graphic Converter, complete interviews of students and staff members, and create movie using Avid Cinema.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
Young scholars work in groups to imagine, research and simulate a dinner party involving an author, a fictional character, and a significant historical figure as dinner guests. The activity uses Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and...
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Nureyev: After Petipa
Students examine dance and choreography in Russian history. In this Russian history lesson, students discover details about Russian ballet and the work of Marius Petipa as they conduct independent research and present their findings to...
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Government Policy and Its Impact on HIV/AIDS
Students examine "President Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief", identify important U.S. policy events related to AIDS/HIV from the last 25 years and hold a policy debate on the funding for AIDS/HIV programs.
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Renaissance Man Comparison Poster
Learners watch a PBS video entitled Suleiman to help them identify characteristics associated with Renaissance notables. After watching the video, individually or in small groups, the students will research a notable Renaissance figure...
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Poetic Analysis
Young scholars write a poetic analysis on a poem by Carl Sandburg. They take their previous knowledge of poetic devices and apply them to a piece of writing that displays their knowledge on a specific poem. They explain what they know...
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Smoking: Grades K-2
Students navigate websites to discover the reasons not to smoke. In this smoking lesson plan, students research and answer questions about the bad effects of smoking.
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The Dance of the Butterfly
Young scholars explore butterfly life cycles and movement. In this integrated fine arts and biology life cycle instructional activity, students listen to the book The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle and identify the related...
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Students participate in a recycling campaign. In this recycling instructional activity, students create an Earth Day display for a local store. Students design a mural as a reminder to people of ways to reduce, reuse and recycle.
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Creating Comic Strips
Students recognize the elements needed to create a comic strip. In this comic strip lesson, student understand that comic strips need words and pictures. Students find differences and similarities in comic strips. Students describe how...
Facing History and Ourselves
Emmett Till: Choosing to Remember
Mamie Till, the mother of Emmett Till and civil rights activist, believed that her son's murder was the last straw before public outrage over racial injustice spilled over into the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century. A history...
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Opposing Views on the Vietnam War
Students consider opinions regarding the Vietnam War. In this Vietnam activity, students compare Nixon and Johnson's policies about the war. Students also research the anti-war movements as well as the sentiments of the those how...
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Decision Making and Teen Parenthood
Students analyze psychology by completing worksheets in class. In this decision making lesson, students identify the important choices they will need to make as they enter adulthood and discuss appropriate methods to communicating with...
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Understanding Communism Past and Present
Students can learn about communism by exploring the countries where this political system was established.
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Using Alliteration in The Z was Zapped
Students discuss alliteration and how it is used in the book The Z Was Zapped. Students choose a letter and create alliterative sentences and illustrate the letter.
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ICT Activity 3
Students use KidPix to draw pictures, they are shown how to select and use different tools. They become aware of to use the keyboard to enter text. Students comprehend that their work can be saved and retrieved. They are introduced to...
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Between the Lions: Exploring Short-Vowel Sounds
Students review the short sounds of a, e, i, o, and u previously discussed in class. They read and be able to identify words that have short-vowel sounds and become familiar with the basic navigational features of a website.
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Wonderful Waves
Students read about water, waves and the sea. They experiment with the action of water by pouring water into baking pans and watching how it moves. They build and examine a 'wave bottle' by adding colored water and vegetable oil to a...
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Break It Down!
Students explore the everyday implications of system failure and to challenge students to identify the causes of system failure.
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I Am Special, You Are Special Too #2
After being read a story, the students attempt to identify one individual difference, and one thing about themselves that is similar to other students in the class and one thing that makes them special. For the art lesson, students...
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The Lewis and Clark Expedition
Students discuss their prior knowledge of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Using the internet, they research the personal, political and economic influences that made an impact on the expedition. They also discover how the expedition...
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Beginning With Writing
Students brainstorm what it means to "convey ideas in writing" They review the standard graphic clarify vocabulary and Discuss the importance of having a standard definition for writing and making sure everyone is in agreement of that...
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My First Number Word Search
In this basic mathematics worksheet, students find and circle the numbers shown in the puzzle box. They identify and spell correctly the first ten numbers.
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