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Our Endangered Resources: The Trees

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss the importance of trees, and characteristics of trees. They imagine themselves with their favorite tree. And discuss their imagery; the different trees, time of day, and location of trees. Student write a short story...
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Where is Flat Stanley?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a story map of the basic elements and significant events of the book Flat Stanley. Students brainstorm places they would like to visit if they had been flattened and then, write about an imagined experience. Students...
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Gluskap Story Skits

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and analyze a Gluskap (Algonquin legend) story. Together, they discuss the morals and values these stories demonstrate and in groups, create and perform an imaginative skit based on one of them. They perform their skits for...
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Monster Writings

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders practice descriptive writing by describing a fictitious monster they created.  In this language arts lesson, 4th graders illustrate an image of a monster character they imagine and practice using their vocabulary to...
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Drama: A Streetcar Named Desire

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine all the descriptions of costumes, props, movement, lighting and music in the stage directions of A Streetcar Named Desire. They begin to imagine this drama as a production, not simply a script. Students perform...
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Pirate Etiquette

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars conduct research into the lives of pirates and create a personal skit based upon the research as inspiration. The use of imagination is a key component to the type of writing to be done during the class.
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Waterworld

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students recognize poetry and the literary devices used to express the poem's meaning through poems about the sea. They use their imagination along with critical thinking skills in preparation for a creative writing assignment.
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Using Insects in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students identify and interpret the importance and diversity of the insect world. Students organize various insects into a classification system based on their characteristics. Students create tree or window ornaments utilizing their...
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Reader's Theater

For Teachers 1st
First graders imagine the house they live in. They think about the colors, materials, shape, size and location of their home. Students read and discuss the book "Houses." They perform this book as a Reader's Theater using a script.
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Paper Bag Puppets

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners create "paper bag puppets" using basic art supplies, construction paper, and their imagination in this awesome early-elementary Art activity. The lesson includes a resource link and suggests teaching a short history of puppetry...
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What is a River?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars study the various types of bodies of water: rivers, oceans, lakes and ponds. They observe models of each and then use clues to discuss how they are alike and different. They imagine they have found a new planet and draw...
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Roman Sea Power

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Roman history worksheet, students read an excerpt about Roman sea Power. Then they use the information from the story to respond to four short answer questions. In addition, students imagine that they are a Roman general briefing...
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Letter to Auntie Maria

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this writing worksheet, students write a pretend letter to their Auntie Maria. Students imagine that they were given a fantastic pair of boots and would like to describe them.
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African Music

For Students 6th - 9th
In this music worksheet, learners read an excerpt about African Music. Once completed, they respond to eight short answer questions related to the reading. Students also imagine that they are an African musician and suggest how they...
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My Virtual Adventure

For Teachers 4th - 5th
In this writing worksheet, students use their imaginations to plan a virtual adventure to a place they have never been or seen. First students answer 7 questions to plan, then they write the virtual adventure story.
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Intervals

For Students 5th - 12th
In this identifying musical interval numbers worksheet, student imagine the bottom note as 1 and count up each line and space from 1 to fill in the blanks with interval numbers learning how to recognize distances quickly.
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Introduction and Conclusion

For Students 10th - 11th
In this writing learning exercise, students read about how to write a successful introduction and conclusion. For example, students are encouraged to begin with an incident, real or imagined, which illustrates the point of discussion.
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Fill in the Background

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Tudor history worksheet, students examine a drawing of a Tudor man and woman and imagine what their lives might have been like. Students draw a picture of what their living conditions would look like and cut out and paste the...
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Sensing the Past

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this historical activity, students examine a full color picture of a Victorian street scene. Students imagine they are there and record details on a chart about what they see, hear and smell.
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The Story Within Worksheet

For Students 6th - 8th
In this reading artifacts worksheet, middle schoolers imagine they have arrived on earth from another galaxy and write a description of an object they have found. Function, form , and meaning of the object are revealed when students...
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An Alien Is Here!

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this alien writing activity, students imagine that an alien has come to visit. Students first make a list of 10 things that would show the alien about life on Earth. Then students rewrite the list, putting the things in order of their...
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Rent Controls And Affordable Housing

For Students 9th - 12th
In this economics instructional activity, students imagine that citizens are going to vote on a law to control rents. Students respond to 6 short answer questions in order to help them discern how they would vote on the issue.
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April 23rd Writing Prompt

For Students 5th - 8th
In this daily writing prompt instructional activity, students learn that April 23rd is Home Run Day. Students imagine what a day to honor themselves would be called and what event it would honor.
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Whitman and Lincoln

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars determine if Lincoln and Whitman ever met and write a dialogue between the two men. In this Whitman and Lincoln lesson, students read Whitman's poem "Beat! Beat! Drums!" and connect it to the events of Lincoln's...

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