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Human Nature- Good or Evil?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the philosophical nature of good vs. evil. In this literacy/philosophy lesson, students read and discuss media articles that illustrate human nature as inherently "good" or "evil." Students practice debating skills and...
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Un-Presidented Election

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the results of the 2000 presidential election. They look back at important issues in the campaign and write newspaper articles which cover specific angles on the election.
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Identifying Implications

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students read a variety of reading passages and articles. They investigate how to make implications and assumptions using the information provided.
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Creative Writing Prompt - New Inventions

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this creative writing activity, learners pretend they are writing and illustrating an article for "New Inventions Magazine." They label the new weekly invention, draw it and write an entry about it.
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The Social Sciences

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students search for examples of social science in and around their school. They create a Social Science scrapbook of the eight social sciences, that includes news articles and summaries that focus on each social science area.
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Visualizing School Equity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the funding gap in school systems. In this diversity education lesson, students read an article regarding the inequitable school funding. High schoolers research information pertaining to school funding in their...
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Middle East Related

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders find a current event related to the Middle East. In this current event lesson students write a brief summary of a new story related to the Middle East. They give their opinion and tell how it affects their life or who it...
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Designing the Experiment and Answering the Question

For Teachers 4th - 10th
Young scholars investigate scientific methods by analyzing an article from the Natural Inquirer.  In this data analysis instructional activity, students read an article from the magazine and discuss at least 2 scientific methods that...
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Current Events

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
In this current events worksheet, students find an article in a newspaper, magazine, TV or Internet. Students write a summary and an opinion about this article.
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Expository --Writing

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students investigate the writing process, especially in expository articles. Students examine a piece written for a children's magazine about dinosaurs. Students read about the steps taken to generate it:...
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Publishing History

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create an issue of a magazine. They work collaboratively to write articles for the magazine, design a cover and develop advertisements. Students complete their page layout, and create the magazine using information form each...
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Can you Summarize?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write summaries of non-fiction articles in this lesson plan. They read the article silently and then pick out the main points. Students list the main events as a whole class activity, and then they individually write a summary...
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Super Summarizers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine the process of summarization by creating an event map. They discuss the process of summarizing text, then silently read an article from "Time For Kids" magazine. Students observe the teacher create a map for the...
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Who's Got Page 10?

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students participate in an activity that is aimed at increasing their organizational skills. They reorganize magazines that have been taken apart and scrambled.
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That's a Fact

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use various media (newspapers, magazines, brochures, catalogs, etc.) to distinguish fact from opinion
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Technology and the Great Depression

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students examine how technology affected the Great Depression era. They view a video, conduct Internet research, and write articles for a class technology magazine.
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Ten Cents a Word

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students recognize the importance of summarizing in this lesson. They "sum up" an article about monarch butterflies. Students practice writing summaries of the article charging themselves 10 cents/word. They try to write the least...
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War Stories

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore their feelings about the United States' invasion of Iraq. Using newspaper headlines and articles as a starting point, students express their emotions through creative writing.
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"Beary" Super Summarizing!

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students practice the the strategy steps of summarization to assist them in remembering what they've read. They read and analyze a copy of the article "Hey, Bear' Beware" from Ranger Rick Magazine for content and important details.
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Scientific Graphs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students organize data collected from their experiments using graphs. In this statistics and biology instructional activity, students organize their scientific data from an article into readable graphs. They define the usefulness of...
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Introduction to Biology

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Pupils examine the study biology and explore the relationship between biology and daily life.  In this nature of biology instructional activity students study articles and answer the given questions. 
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Find the Error

For Students 4th - 6th
In this find the error worksheet, learners read and analyze an extract from an article in a magazine and then proof the article for mistakes in apostrophes, articles, punctuation and spelling.
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Reading Retake Practice: Lego

For Students 7th - 8th
In this worksheet about an article from The New Yorker magazine titled, "Lego" students read the article and then answer 7 comprehension questions.
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A Chat with Dog Trainer Gail Mirabella

For Students 6th
In these reading comprehension worksheets, 6th graders read a story from an article from Time for Kids Magazine. Students then answer 5 reading comprehension questions.

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