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Oh, Baby!

For Teachers K - 4th
Learners explore one's goals and dreams using a combination of research and imagination. They produce a web site that portrays a vision of one's future. They plan, conduct and write up an informal journalistic interview.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners 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 the time...
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Heroes and Heroines: King David, Julius Caesar, Cleopatra and Napoleon

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students identify and examine four heroes from history and imaginative literature. They discuss the characteristics of a hero and share perceptions of what makes a hero. By comparing and analyzing a few historical and literary figures,...
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The Other Roman Empire

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interpret their findings from resources and explain each Eastern Roman Emperor's policies. They compare Eastern and Western Roman Empires and explain how the transfer of power from the Western Roman Empire to the Eastern Roman...
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A Turkey's Last Plea-- Story Starter

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, young scholars imagine that they are a turkey who must convince the people not to serve him for Thanksgiving dinner. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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Island Sinker

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students perform various locomotor skills while practicing cooperative teamwork. In this locomotor skill lesson, students move from "island" to "island" using the designated motor skill. Imaginative components such as escaping a "shark"...
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5 Vector Geometry

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students imagine the way lines look. In this vector lesson, students recognize how to find a vector equation, Cartesian equation or perpendicular distance. Students find angles between planes. Students complete an activity with...
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My Pyramid: Preparing for a Journey

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders imagine and record what a pyramid they might create would be like. In this pyramid instructional activity, 6th graders construct the contents of their pyramid which would include a hieroglyphic of their name, drawing of the...
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Discovering Fall

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars explore the American landscape during fall. After viewing paintings of fall, learners imagine themselves there and what it would be like. They then build an understanding of the painter's use of detail and color before...
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Food Without Oil

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss the oil crisis and how it affects the food they eat. In this food production lesson plan, students look at the foods sold in their grocery store and imagine which would leave if there was no oil to ship the food....
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An Imaginary Trip

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners use their imaginations to write about an imaginary trip. In this creative writing instructional activity, students write about an imaginary trip. Learners brainstorm writing ideas as a class and use past tense words in their...
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From a Pet's Point of View

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students explore the concept of point of view.  In this point of view lesson, students discuss the point of view of a pet and write an imaginative story.  Students then create a power point presetation for the class to view. 
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History is a Series of Decisions

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine cause and effect. In this American Revolution lesson, students analyze primary source documents regarding the Stamp Act, the Boston Massacre, and George Washington. Students imagine if the events had unfolded differently...
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East Meets West: Americans on the Move

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students imagine what it was like to be part of the Lewis and Clark expedition. In this Lewis and Clark Expedition lesson, students watch "East Meets West: Americans on the Move," and then write journal entries from the perspective of...
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Analyzing Plot Conflict

For Teachers 5th Standards
Fifth graders examine plot conflict. In this plot analysis lesson students study conflict between two characters in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Students imagine themselves as a news reporter watching the combating in Narnia.
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Weird Science

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students design their perfect friend. In this adjectives lesson students imagine having a super-computer that analyzes people. Students work to solve personality description word puzzles. Students choose adjectives that describe their...
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Friendly Dragon-Flies

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Learners listen to a story about, and visualize, fanciful dragons with wings. They create imaginative paper dragons that can fly. Students write fictional stories about the adventures of their flying dragons. They imagine if dragons...
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Gather 'Round And Hear My Tale

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Learners listen to a story about a tragic and amazing Civil War battle. They draw what they imagine the scene looking like and write a reaction paper to what they heard.
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Anything Fabric

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Young scholars participate in a circle activity in which a piece of fabric is passed from student to student. They each tell something that the fabric could be such as a bonnet or turban. They use their imagination as they determine what...
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Super Adventures

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students examine the various styles cartoonists use in their favorite cartoons. Individually, they use their imagination to create their own scenes to create a full cartoon. To end the lesson plan, they use Crayola markers to color their...
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Talking With the Animals

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students simulate a conversation with an animal. Using watercolors and markers, they draw a picture of their favorite animal. Students imagine a conversation with their animals about their thoughts and feelings.
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The Land of Pebbles

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students, after researching and comparing a variety of ecosystems and environments on the earth, create a unique landscape scene of an imaginary environment depicting pebbles. They then write about their imagined environment and its...
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Forced Relationships

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Although it is sometimes difficult to see, one can almost always imagine a relationship between two items. Best of all, a potential relationship could help people create improvements for basic tools. Here, fourth and fifth graders...
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Picture Writing Prompt

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this picture prompt worksheet, students look at a picture and try to imagine what is being said, where people are going or have come from and choose a character to write a story about.

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