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Causes of the American Revolution

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students access websites for background information and learn how to interpret political cartoons. They incorporate higher-order thinking skills to determine if the information presented in the cartoons is accurate, what the colonists...
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The Greek Gods

For Teachers 5th - 6th
What were the early Greek myths? Have elementary students examine the Persian Wars and read various Greek myth in order to identify the cause and the results of the Persian Wars. Myths, activities, simulations, and a unit plan are links...
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Civil War: The North History Lesson

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students demonstrate their reading comprehension skills, including reading strategies, inference, literal meaning, and critical analysis.
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What's That Relic?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders listen to a read aloud of David Mc Cauley's book Motel of the Mysteries. They discuss an unknown artifact and decide what it might be used for. They research other artifacts and play "What's that Relic?"
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"The Block": Romare Bearden's and Mine

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students study Bearden's style of collage and create their own collage that reflects their neighborhood. They are read "The Block" and poems about neighborhoods and write one about theirs.
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Solid Waste and Our Natural Resources: Utilizing the Story THE LORAX

For Teachers K - 12th
Students gain an introduction to our planet's solid waste problem and our personal responsibility in curbing and solving said problem through the use of Dr. Seuss' book, The Lorax. After hearing the book, class discussion follows.
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Headin' West! The Life of a Pioneer

For Teachers 5th
Students explore the life of a pioneer and the relationship between the concept of Manifest Destiny and pioneering. Students complete activities, maps, writing and reading to experience pioneer life. Handouts and worksheets are included...
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Why Do We Need Limited Government?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study how limited government protects individual rights and identify the limits that are placed on US authorities. They investigate the meaning of discrimination and individual rights as they complete the attached worksheet.
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Now Let Me Fly -- A Black History Reader's Theater Script

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Young scholars study African American history, Jim Crow laws, and seperate but equal statutes by performing a Reader's Theater script. They perform Marcia Cebulska's, Now Let Me Fly, which may be requested online.
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Universal Myths and Symbols: Animal Creatures and Creation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the role of mythology in their own lives. After reading stories, they discover the various theories on the origins of the universe and compare the symbols used by different cultures. To end the lesson, they research a...
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Examining the African American Family through the Eyes of Women Authors

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read stories by women authors on the characteristics of the African-American family. Using the internet, they research the history of issues that have affected African-American families from the Civil War to the Civil Rights...
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Poetry Creations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students produce iMovies to share their thoughts of friendship along with poetry creations in this technology-based lesson for the upper-elementary classroom. The lesson includes a link to a "create a poem" site and requires computers...
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Crayon Resist Fall Leaves

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create examples of fall leaves using crayons, paints, and white paper in this fall Art lesson for the early-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed upon a class lecture/discussion about why leaves change color prior to the...
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Log Cabin

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners create log cabins out of strips of construction paper in this Art lesson for the early-elementary classroom. Emphasis is placed on the study of how people live today versus in the distant past. A resource link is included for...
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Understanding Seasons

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners study the four different seasons: fall, winter, spring, and summer. They match the seasons with pictures that relate to them developing an understanding of the differences. They then complete the worksheet about the seasons.
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Show Me Economics - Families Have Needs

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the four basic needs. Through discussion, 1st graders discover that all people need food, clothing, shelter and love. They create a collage representing the four basic needs. Students sing songs about basic needs.
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The Human Body

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners research information about the human body. They read books and explore the Internet to gather information about the human body. Students create graphic representations and models of the body systems. Working in groups, they...
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W Is for Water

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders gain appreciation of water by watching online video, "Weather Smart: The Water Cycle and Clouds," exploring how water cycle works, comparing and contrasting three states of water as solid, liquid, and gas, and discussing...
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Total English Advanced: Our Points of View

For Students 7th - 10th
For this discourse markers and colloquial expressions worksheet, students identify the writers and artists in the box and match them to the colloquial phrases listed. Students also choose a subject from the provided list to organize a...
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Total English Advanced: Get the Right Adverbial!

For Students 7th - 10th
In this adverbials activity, students read the 8 sentences and replace the incorrect adverbials with the correct words or phrases from the box. Students also write original sentences using 6 adverbials.
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Total English Advanced: Vocabulary Challenge!

For Students 7th - 10th
In this key vocabulary crossword puzzle learning exercise, students practice key vocabulary as they read the 12 clues to correctly fill in the word puzzle.
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Weather

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study a map and locate cities, read information and create a chart.  In this weather lesson plan students place appropriate weather information on a map and write a script using their information to relay the weather to...
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Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students study how things are stored and how information is retrieved.  In this investigative lesson students play a game that helps them to see how things are sorted in a library. 
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Volcanoes: Shield or Composite?

For Students 5th - 8th
In this volcano worksheet, learners read a 1-paragraph selection regarding shield and composite volcanoes and then identify the 8 errors in the paragraph.