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University of Northern Iowa

Additional Folklife Information

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Use a packet packed with ideas for how to celebrate the traditions of your country, state, community, and pupils's families. Suggestions for how to draw on oral and material traditions, customs, beliefs, music, and stories all find a...
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Indian Land Tenure Foundation

Sharing Resources: The Nuts Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
The land has always provided its inhabitants with resources that allow them to survive. However, sometimes resources run scarce and sharing becomes an important task. Help little ones understand why and how people have shared resources...
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Write to Read

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover how to write to improve their reading skills. In groups, they take pictures of a variety of school events and compile them into a PowerPoint presentation. To end the lesson, they add a narration to the slides and share...
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Veteran's Day Word Search

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this word search worksheet, students complete the word search worksheet by locating the 10 words related to Veteran's Day.
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CULTURAL COMPARISON OF NATIVE AMERICANS AND PILGRIMS

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore the practices and products of the two cultures. They build log cabins and teepees or Hogans, make costumes, use vocabulary and Native American symbols to write stories, create art products such as pinch pots and...
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An Amusing Speech

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students think of something amusing that happened to them in their lives. They then write down specific notes on note cards and practice their speech at home so they can present it to the class.
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Winter Picture

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this writing prompt worksheet, students look at a picture with 2 penguins and then write a story about the picture on the lines provided.
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Four Dollars and Fifty Cents

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students use the book, Four Dollars and Fifty Cents, to discover ways that creditors can obtain payment from reluctant debtors
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Little Red Hen

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the story of the Little Red Hen. They listen to and discuss the story, create puppets and retell the story, and make bread using a bread in a bag recipe.
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Book Week

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students discuss favorite books. They listen to the teacher tell how Book Week started. Students participate in a variety of activities designed to help them focus on books and reading. Some may create covers for the older books,...
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Giving a Persuasive Speech

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how to plan their own thoughts, write down specific notes, and prepare to give their speech on a topic from the list. They take a specific side and present their arguments to the class.
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Months of the Year 2

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this capitalization worksheet learners see the months of the year. Students write them using capital letters. Learners then correct 5 sentences which have capitalization errors.
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Winter: Find All Words

For Students 4th - 6th
In this winter vocabulary instructional activity, students define, review and discuss ten key terms associated with winter. Students circle each key term in a word search puzzle.
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New Year: Find All Words

For Students 4th - 6th
In this New Year vocabulary worksheet, students define, review and discuss the eleven key terms associated with the New Year. Students circle each key term in a word search puzzle.
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Spring: Find All Words

For Students 3rd - 6th
For this spring terminology/key terminology worksheet, learners define, review and discuss the eleven key terms associated with spring.
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Worksheet
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2nd Grade Sight Words: Find All Words

For Students 2nd
In this second grade sight words worksheet, 2nd graders define, review and discuss the ten key terms associated with second grade sight words.
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Worksheet
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Groundhog Day: Find All Words

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this Groundhog Day terminology/key terms worksheet, students define, review and discuss the nine key terms associated with Groundhog Day.
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Family: The Circle of Life

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students brainstorm family meal traditions and the meaning of "The Circle of Life" while viewing artifacts. They plan a traditional family Thanksgiving meal and write/discuss their own Thanksgiving family meal traditions. Students listen...
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Harvest Festivals Around the World

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Students examine and compare/contrast various harvest festivals from around the world. They read books, sing songs, and create various art projects about the harvest festivals from Ghana, China, Korea, Vietnam, and India.
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Lesson Planet Article
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"A Christmas Carol" Novel Study

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Lesson plan ideas for the story "A Christmas Carol."
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Lesson Planet Article
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Taste the Learning

For Teachers All
Lesson and activity ideas to Incorporate National Blueberry Month into all content areas.
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Kindergarteners Study the Four Seasons

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Examine the weather of the four seasons, look at seasonal activities, and tell which months are part of each season with this lesson. Your class will play a game, sing a song, and write additional stanzas to seasonal poetry.
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Keeping Students Focused During the Holiday Season

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
There are easy ways to make the day before a school break fun, exciting, and productive.
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Tis the Season for Turkey Math

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Put a mathematical twist on the classic turkey-related projects.

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