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Artist & Attitude
Students understand the importance of tone in a piece of artwork. They become more aware of purpose before they evaluate any form of art. Students use tone to help establish the success of a written story.
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Destructive/Constructive Communication
Students are introduced to the characteristics of destructive and constructive communication. In groups, they send I-messages to other groups of examples of each. To end the lesson, they participate in role-play activities to practice...
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Fantasy Fusion
Students create a fantasy/fairy tale book, with them and their reading buddy as the main characters. Using the Olympus digital cameras available, the older students photograph the younger students and have pictures taken of them reading...
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Health: Emotional Effects of Segregation
Students examine the emotional effects that African Americans experienced in the 1960's and make a connection between segregation and racism. In this segregation lesson students divide into groups, discuss the movie then complete and...
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Vocabulary for Robin Hood
In this vocabulary worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences from the story Robin Hood. Students complete 24 problems on this worksheet.
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Scientific Inquiry
Middle schoolers make inferences about what activities occur at different places in school. They form a hypothesis as to how space is used. They simulate how archeaologists explore past people by designing and conducting a research project.
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The Power of Words: Male Bashing and Gender
Students brainstorm words that typically describe men or women. They also brainstorm words that are insulting to both genders. They answer questions about the activity and discuss their answers.
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Misplaced Blame
Students, after researching a variety of resources, paraphrase examples of how it feels to be wrongly blamed or accused of an incident today, yesterday and in the future. They list the consequences of such actions. In addition, they...
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"Carnival Overture"
Students assess that music can be used to express feelings and create a story portraying many different feelings based on "Carnival Overture," by Antonin Dvorak. They become more educated listeners as they listen to and interpret...
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The Supreme Council of the Treaty of Versailles January, 1919
In this Treaty of Versailles worksheet, 10th graders take the parts Wilson, Clemenceau, George, and Orlando, as well as ambassadors, to read the parts in the play based on Versailles negotiations.
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Then and Now: Tolerance as a Casualty of War
Students compare terrorist attacks on the US. In this instructional activity on tolerance and war, students use various resources and links to examine the concept of toleration during war. Students will focus on the attacks of Pear...
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Non-verbal Cues
Students distinguish between verbal and nonverbal communication. In this communication series lesson plan, students identify the emotions portrayed by photos shown. They role play examples of good and bad listening skills.
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Day of Kindness
Young scholars examine and discuss the different types of violence and anger present in their daily lives. As a class, they share their experiences of violent situations they have been in or witnessed. They develop non-violent...
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What Can I Do?
Here is a good way for children to identify ways to handle conflict. They discuss the connection between feelings and conflict. Everyone listens to a story about a conflict between two friends and they discuss what they could have done...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne's—The Scarlet Letter
Designed for teachers, this guide to The Scarlet Letter is divided into background information about Hawthorne and Puritan New England, suggestions for teaching various ability levels, and ideas for extensions that include current events.
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Definition Poems
“Hope is a tissue, wiping away your problems and fears.” Use a Definition Poem Web worksheet to model for your class how to craft a free verse poem based on an emotion. After brainstorming topics, groups use the sheet to make comparisons...
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Four Immigrant Groups: Their Lives and Music
Fourth graders examine the experiences of four immigrant groups. Class members brainstorm a list of misconceptions of those groups and discuss if these perceptions are still present today. Using maps, groups locate the countries of...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Showing How to Deal With Anger
Molly Bang's book, When Sophie Get's Angry-Really, Really Angry, provides learners with positive ways of dealing with anger. When students explore their own methods of dealing with anger and then talk and write about new ways of...
Committee for Children
Second Step: Grade 1: Lesson 14: Calming Down Anger
For this Second Step lesson, 1st graders will learn how to calm down their anger.
Committee for Children
Second Step: Grade 1: Lesson 14: Calming Down Anger
For this Second Step lesson, 1st graders will learn the Calming-Down Steps that will help them use when they are angry.
Committee for Children
Second Step: Grade K: Lesson 17: Managing Disappointment
In this lesson from Second Step, students will learn how to handle their disappointment constructively.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Teaching Guide: Controlling Anger
A collection of activities and discussion questions to assist young students in learning to control their anger.
Live Wire Media
Good Character: Teaching Guide: Controlling Anger (Spanish)
The Spanish version of a collection of activities and discussion questions to assist young students in learning to control their anger.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Scheming Against an Adversary
Enemy Pie by Derek Munson makes readers think seriously about this question: "What if I had to spend an entire day with someone with whom I had a conflict?" This question presents young writers with a great launching pad for developing...