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Women in Afghanistan

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners investigate the role and status of women in Afghanistan. They listen to Laura Bush's radio address, complete a Webquest, explore various websites, answer discussion questions, and read newspaper articles about the status of...
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Could trade replace aid?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students read and discuss the story "Thirst for Tea Takes Away Childrens' Choices." They work in small groups to role play the roles of shopper, tea picker, and manager of a company that imports and sells teabags. Students write a...
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What Your Signature Means to You and Others

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss significance and value of writing their signatures on various documents, recall times they have signed their names, and demonstrate understanding that signatures are important representations of people, and symbols of...
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Electrophoresis Analogy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers participate in a simulation of electrophoresis separation of DNA fragments. They link arms to form DNA fragments with each student representing a nucleotide. As they move through an obstacle course they discover how...
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Football Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd
In this football facts worksheet, 3rd graders will read a passage about American football and answer eight multiple choice questions about the sport.
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The First Marathon/The Declaration of Independence

For Students 4th - 6th
These worksheets could be used if you want learners to explore The History of the First Marathon or The Declaration of Independence in a fun and concise manner. Learners view a cartoon and read a few facts about each event before...
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Which Number is Greater?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this number sense worksheet, students compare three digit numbers and identify the greatest one. Students complete 12 problems.
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Daytona 500

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students use pedometers to help track distance goals while participating in a team scooter race modeled after the Daytona 500.
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Brainstorming for Consensus

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students practice brainstorming ideas about different topics. They discover how to come to a consensus about a given situation, by evaluating their brainstorming ideas.
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Phonetic Skill 4

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In these phonetic skills worksheets, students complete several activities that help them learn to recognize phonetic patterns in words. Students complete 6 activities.
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The Joy of Community Field Day

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students engage in community related activities to recognize and thank local merchants. Merchants raise awareness regarding what resources are available in the local and neighboring area for students and their families.
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Scoot Shoot

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers practice moving to an open space to receive a pass.
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Getting to Know Our Elected Officials

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research an elected official of their choice. They complete a Five-Paragraph Boogie Test worksheets.
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Teachers: Citizenship: Government Central

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students research about the Queen and examine the arguments for and against having a Royal Family. They study the function of a monarchy and hold a debate.
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Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research and chart the shortest course to circumnavigate the globe.
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Escape The Hangman

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate the concept of probability. They use the game of hangman to create engagement and context for conducting the lesson. They create a spreadsheet with data that is given. Students make predictions based on data.
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Powerful Signatures

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students experience famous historical documents that were initiated and propelled by signatures such as Declaration of Independence, U.S. Constitution. They create a school amendment using the information gathered.
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Orfeo: Sinfonie e Ritornelli

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students identify the dramatic expression made by performance and how it relates to the content of the story L'Orfeo. They determine the form of orchestra and each instrumental group within the orchestra for this piece.
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This is a test.

For Students 2nd
multiple resources from various sites. I am, needless to say, frustrated, and don't understand why the programmers say they have tested and do not experience this. I have the problem with both Internet Explorer on a PC and Safari on a...
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University of Ottawa (Canada)

University of Ottawa: End Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Resourceful site which includes information about periods, question marks, and exclamation marks. Also provides examples and addresses abbreviation rules for periods.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Question Mark

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from the Capital Community College contains information regarding the correct and incorrect usage of the question mark. Includes some examples.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Question Mark

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
Rules and examples for using question marks correctly in sentences.
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University of Calgary

Univ. Of Calgary: Periods, Question Marks, Exclamations

For Students 9th - 10th
This excellent resource provides information about rules, uses, and misuses of these three end marks (period, question mark, exclamation mark). Also, includes examples and short quizzes at the end of each section.
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Sta: Punctuation and Capitalization Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this handy guide for a quick reference to punctuation and capitalization rules. Includes rules for end marks, apostrophes, capitalization, commas, quotation marks, and many more!