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Workbook
Research & Education Association

Total Solution for the GED Test

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Searching for GED test prep materials? Look no further, as this resource is the ultimate, comprehensive package of GED practice tests.
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Writing
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Teacher's Corner

Tanka

For Students 3rd - 7th
The Tanka, another fix from of Japanese poetry, is featured in the final exercise in a 10-part series of poetry writing activities.
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Lesson Plan
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Poetry Society

Simile and Metaphor

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young poets use word cards to prompt a metaphor poem comparing to very dissimilar items.
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

The Anxiety Workbook For Teens

For Students 7th - 12th
Teens often face a great deal of worry in their lives, and can be at a loss with how to anticipate and handle their emotions. This workbook is an exceptional resource for both educators and learners alike as a way of supporting teens in...
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Unit Plan
Children's Museum of Indianapolis

Anne Frank: Facing Hatred, Daring to Dream

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
The stories of Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges, and Ryan White illustrate the power of children to make a difference. The three lesson in this must-have resource are designed to inspire young people to make a difference in their world....
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Rocks: Anatomy of Granite

For Students 9th - 12th
Get earth science students excited about the formation of rocks with an engaging interactive resource. Learners analyze the composition of granite, then study the various processes that work together to make igneous, sedimentary, and...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Math Resource Studio: Fractions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this fractions worksheet, students practice their overall fractions skills. Students complete twenty five problems where they find equivalent fractions, multiply fractions, and simplify problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The ABCs of the Holocaust

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The ABC book format is used to organize information found in a Holocaust research project. Class members use the library and/or online resources to collect information and organize their findings under key terms, places, or names. Before...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Immigration Explorations, Part 2

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students conduct secondary source research using the internet and library resources to learn more about the backgrounds of their family's cultural and ethnic heritages. Students can work together in research groups that have common...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Immigration

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and discuss selected library resources (both fiction and non-fiction) about children and immigration. They discuss some of the historical trends that have occurred in patterns of immigration to America.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Immigration

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars read and discuss selected library resources about students and immigration.
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Lesson Plan
University of Wisconsin

BEAM: Background, Exhibit, Argument, Method

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Thinking of assigning a research paper? Get writers off on the right foot with a lesson that introduces the BEAM research model. Writers brainstorm the background of their topic, explicate the aspects of their topic, consider the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Individualizing: What Does Your Name Mean?

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students access Internet (links provided on thsi lesson plan) and library resources to find the meanings of their first and/or last names. They also discuss the evolution of the concept of naming individuals.
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Department of Archives and History

A Cry for Help in Alabama - 1934

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
What should be the role of the federal government during an economic crisis? That is the question at the center of this introduction to a study of the New Deal. Class members examine letters to the state government asking for help,...
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Curated OER

Research a Poet and Explicate a Poem by that Poet

For Teachers 7th
Using your school's media center, internet research, and a SMART board, 7th graders research a chosen poet and write a research report. Additionally, 7th graders explicate one poem by the poet within their report. Several resource links...
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Worksheet
Federal Reserve Bank

Time Inconsistency: Today’s Actions = Tomorrow’s Regrets

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Why do we choose instant gratification over maximizing lifetime satisfaction? How is this reflected in government and macroeconomics? Learn how one research analyst proposes individuals and governments can accomplish greater lifetime...
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Worksheet
Federal Reserve Bank

Financial Regulation: A Primer on the Dodd-Frank Act

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
Get the lowdown on the most sweeping financial regulatory reform since the Great Depression: the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010.
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Lesson Plan
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TPS Journal

Sourcing a Document: The First Thanksgiving

For Teachers 3rd - 7th Standards
How reliable is a painting of the first Thanksgiving if it was created 300 years after the fact? Learners assess the validity of a primary source image to determine what it can actually reveal about this event. 
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Unit Plan
Queen's University

The African-American Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 11th
Every once in awhile a resource comes along that has all the materials you could ever want on a specific topic. Here's such a resource; an amazing collection of primary sources, photographs, posters, handbills, articles, and even the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Nuts for Peanuts: Peanut Plants, Peanut Timeline, and Peanut-s-timation!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students complete a timeline. In this peanuts instructional activity, students read A Short Peanut History and use this resource to make a timeline of the history of the peanut. Students can grow peanuts in the classroom or make various...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Race and Crime in the United States: Are We Victims of Discrimination or Antiheroes?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Using methods adopted by Public Policy Analysts (PPA) class groups define a social problem, gather evidence to document the existence of the problem, identify causes, evaluate existing policies designed to deal with the problem, develop...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Warm Thoughts About the Cold

For Teachers 6th - 11th
“What do you think life is like at the South Pole?” After responding to this journal prompt, class members read and discuss the New York Times article, “At South Pole, New Home for a New Era.” Using resources available from the Times’...
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Activity
Computer Science Unplugged

Divide and Conquer—Santa’s Dirty Socks

For Teachers 4th - 12th Standards
The story "Santa's Dirty Socks" provides learners an example of a search algorithm that uses a divide and conquer system similar to a binary search algorithm. The included questions expand upon the concepts that follow the story.
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Chicago Botanic Garden

Greenhouse Gas Emissions — Natural and Human Causes

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
What impact do humans have on greenhouse gas emissions? What are the natural causes of these gasses? Thanks to the carbon cycle, carbon dioxide eats away at the earth's atmosphere with the intensified help of humans. Young scientists...

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