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Twain's Hannibal

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use primary resources to examine the context the writings of Mark Twain. They criticize the resources for reliability, accuracy, perspective, relevancy, and authoritativeness.
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Play: It's Not Just For Kids

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners realize that play is an important part of life and in the effort to staying healthy. They explore the role of play in society. In addition, they illustrate listening and speaking strategies for different purposes that pertain to...
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Miss Rumphius

For Teachers K - 5th
Students engage in a literature study in order to appreciate the world around them and create an innate instinct of working for the cause of conservation for the environment. They answer guided questions that use the story as a resource.
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Sexual Development

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Pupils identify what puberty is and what changes they can expect during this period of time. Students discuss the challenging aspects of puberty and celebrate the best and most exciting aspects. Pupils record the best/easiest things...
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The Pianist

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Do you play any musical instruments? Consider using this question to interest readers in this short passage. Then, have them read the passage and answer the multiple-choice questions that follow. 
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Where Are the Dinosaurs?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore the concept of extinction by studying dinosaurs. In this dinosaur instructional activity, students distinguish between extinct creatures and those that still exist.
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Features of Culture

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine features of cultures. In this cultural diversity lesson, students explore 5 features of culture as they compare their cultural traditions to the traditions in other cultural groups.
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Uniform Design

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners investigate the military by examining their uniforms.  In this design lesson, students analyze the military uniforms from different locations and time periods.  Learners create new ideas for current military uniforms.
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Bud, Not Buddy: Anticipation Guide

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Hoover flags? Hoover blankets? Hoovervilles? Drawing upon prior knowledge of the Great Depression class members respond to the prompts on an anticipation guide for Bud, Not Buddy, Christopher Paul Curtis’s tale of Bud Caldwell’s quest to...
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Anticipation Guide

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Start off your study of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer with a lesson plan spent exploring some of the concepts that will be present in the novel. This anticipation guide focuses on honesty and lying. After learners decided if they agree or...
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Deciding the Mode

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Are your young writers having difficulty distinguishing between expository and persuasive writing? Discuss the difference between the two, and how some prompts can be responded to in either fashion. Included here is a simple lesson plan...
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Biography of Abraham Lincoln

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
One skill essential to reading comprehension, is learning how to summarize a text. After reading a biography of Abraham Lincoln, readers demonstrate this ability by crafting a brief summary of Lincoln's life.
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Understanding the Roots

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students investigate the parts of a flower. In this earth science lesson, students read the book The Magic School Bus Plants Seeds and identify various plant parts. Students construct a model of a flowering plant from various art supplies.
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Microscopy Exercises

For Teachers 2nd - 7th
Students explore organisms and botany by utilizing microscopes. In this microscopic research lesson, students define many plant and organism related vocabulary terms such as conifers, moss and spores. Students view spores and other...
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Conflict Corner

For Students 4th - 6th
In this conflict resolution worksheet, students act as a host to a radio show where people with conflicts call in to get advice. Students are given 4 situations to write a response including a description, why resolving is important and...
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Class Rules (Responsible Personal Conduct)

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students consider the necessity of rules. In this citizenship lesson, students consider the reasons for rules as they are introduced to their classroom rules and procedures.
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Mandarin Mountains: Get a Job

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners consider career options. In this career lesson, students use a selected Internet source to explore various jobs as well as the skills required for them. Learners also consider the contributions of workers to the communities they...
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Tolerance Quilt

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read stories about giving and poverty and discuss why it is important to give to others. For this giving lesson plan, 5th graders make quilts to give to those in need.
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Plant Life Cycle

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this exploring the processes from seed to reproduction of a plant online interactive worksheet, students read a passage explaining the plant life cycle and answer multiple choice questions about what they read. Students choose 8 answers.
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Seed Dispersal By Animals

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this seed dispersal by animals instructional activity, students read for information and complete comprehension activities. In this short answer instructional activity, students answer nine questions.
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Show Me the Story

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the elements of a story, read a review of Chris Rock's new sitcom, "Everybody Hates Chris" and create original sitcom episodes based on their own lives.
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Elephants

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this elephants interactive worksheet, students read short passages of information about elephants before answering 10 multiple choice questions. They check their answers and start again if needed.
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The Beautiful Works of Georgia O'Keefe

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners discover the art of Georgia O'Keefe.  In this art history lesson plan, students investigate the influential power nature has on art.  Learners create their own works of art by observing local nature.
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Using The Complete Maus to Enhance the Student's Understanding of Maus

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read The Complete Maus to explore how Maus is actually three books in one. In groups, they evaluate the book as a tale of surviving the Holocaust and a tale of impacting future generations. They examine the conditions at...

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