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Reading, Writing, and Rhyming

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students listen to four different nursery rhymes and list characteristics that are common among nursery rhymes. They access the Internet to find ten nursery rhymes and record the web address. They choose a nursery rhyme and re-tell it...
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Woman Walks into a Bar

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students create an imaginative response to a book title as a way to anticipate what the book is going to be about. They explore the use of humour to make a serious point. Students are asked what they think that statement 'Woman walks...
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Important Rivers of the World

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders become familiar with names of the different parts of a river, define and locate drainage basins, locate six of the continents and explore the major rivers on each one, conduct research on a river of their choice.
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Yoruba Naming Ceremony

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students, after identifying the history of their own names, write a sentence describing how their name is similar or different to Yoruba studenT names.
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Perspectives in Writing

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students consider various perspectives in writing and write a short story. They view a painting and discuss its theme and the idea of personification as perspective. Choosing three different viewpoints, they write a story about the...
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Australia

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students identify animals that are unique to Australia, study their habitation and how they fit in their environment.  In this exploratory lesson students research a topic to find out specific information about it. 
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Scientific Advances Could Bring Back the Dodo & Mammoth

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners reflect on the possibility of bringing extinct species back to life.  In this ESL lesson, students debate the pros and cons of extinction reversal then complete several activities centered around the topic.
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Theodore Roosevelt: Rough Rider to Rushmore

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders study and answer questions about Theodore Roosevelt.
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Following in Their Footsteps

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss earlier lessons on tikkun olam. They plan their own tikkun olam project and set deadlines for its completion. They reflect on the project after it is finished.
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Season Fairies Get Sacked

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write poetry based on the seasons.
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San Francisco Explodes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate why San Francisco grew so quickly during the Gold Rush. They
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Solving a Community Problem Through Education

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine and compare Indian and American culture in order to develop a better understanding of both.
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What's in a name?

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students learn the history of their name, and create a biopoem. Students learn the pronunciation of native language names, cultural identify and pride in home language and culture.
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Hyperbole

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students define the term hyperbole and determine when it is appropriate to use hyperboles in writing. They work in pairs to develop short stories and poems with examples of hyperboles.
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Working for What You Want

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write a story about someone who works in order to earn money for something they want.
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Rain Forests

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the animals and plants of the rainforests. They define rainforest, watch and discuss a National Geographic video, and write a short story.
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A Guided Journey Into the Past

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use guided imagery to discover and judge an alternative way to enjoy artifacts without removing them from archaeological sites.
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Introduction to a Unit on the 1930's Depression in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners view and discuss photographic images of the Dust Bowl by Dorothea Lange. They discuss who Dorothea Lange was and why she took the pictures, the conservational factors that contributed to the Dust Bowl and migrant workers and the...
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Making a Time Line

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders read along with chapter 3 audio tape and answer comprehension questions orally. They retell some of the events they read about and list them as a class and tell what the purpose of a timeline and what it does. Students then...
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Cool School Tools

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students outline several objects such as glue bottles, large paint brushes, scissors, etc. They add a few details to each object such as labels, handles, etc. and then draw two vertical lines and two horizontal lines across the page.
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The NHS: Central Government Spending

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explore England's National Health Service (NHS). They identify problems and suggest solutions to an imaginary incident. Students plan the hospital budget. They discover that spending decisions are political.
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Meet Cecilia, Gilbert and Kate

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experience the experiences of several ESL students. They view there journeys in life. Students encounter first hand their joys, pains and hardships. They begin to feel what these young people feel everyday of their lives.
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Vamos a Granada

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars research and study about the city of Granada in Spain. They go on virtual tours and fill out a journal about their travels Some things they are looking for are famous spots, meanings of certain Spanish words, who lives...
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Technological Developments

For Teachers 1st
First graders discuss household tasks, and identify differences between how things are done now, and how they were done when their parents and grandparents were little. Students then predict how tasks will change in future, and visit...

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