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Independence Movements: India and Africa

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine the events of the independence movement of India. They listen to a lecture and complete a concept map of the independence movements of the 20th century, watch an excerpt from the movie "Gandhi," and answer...
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For Sale! Part 2

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use storyboarding software to create a storyboard for a movie about selling their school building. They use the storyboarding software as a tool to organize the different shots or scenes that will appear in their movie.
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Halloween: Arachnids

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in class discussion about the movie Arachnophobia. For this biology lesson, students find articles and photos of a species that interest them. They share it with their group.
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Goals -- Lesson 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students watch the movie "Rudy" and identify his long and short term goals. Individually, they develop a list of their own short and long-term goals and share them with the class. To end the lesson, they discuss how the goals we make...
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Introduction to Objects

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students are introduced to the concept of Objects in Programming and identifying the parts of an object. They view the radio objects movie and then brainstorm household objects that can be represented as a series of controls and displays.
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Pronouns

For Students 3rd - Higher Ed
While only 5 questions long, this pronoun review activity could be used to cement skills learned. If needed, a teacher could augment the activity by adding more questions.
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Non-Violence against Women Day

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students examine International Non-Violence Against Women Day in relation to the Mirabal Sisters from the Dominican Republic. They watch a movie, answer discussion questions, and write an essay.
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Life and Times, Developing a Chronology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review the career and life of Ernie Pyle as an example of a biography in context. They consider how a chronology maps out the events in the life of an individual in the context of other events that were occurring at the same time.
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Comparing and Contrasting Robots

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in a teacher led discussion contrasting robots they have seen in the media with real world robots. They observe a demonstration of several teacher-supplied robots. Students review the RoboLab software and explain...
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HIV/AIDS

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students in an adult ESL class review what AIDS is and how it is transmitted. As a class, they watch a video on the topic and discuss statistics on the number of deaths from a website. They complete a questionnaire and compare their...
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Frankenstein (Teacher Zone)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners are introduced to the life and art of Mary Shelley and consider the still-relevant themes of the Frankenstein myth. Also, students become acquainted with the nineteenth century fascination with electricity by reviewing...
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Visions of Pigs

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars examine the importance of silent reading before practicing the technique of visualization. They listen while the teacher leads they through a visualization exercise in which they imagine they are at the beach. Next, they...
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Holes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers watch the movie Holes. They list 5 key events from Holes and use a pyramid to rank the events in order of importance to the story. They determine cultural differences between the character and themselves.
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Competing National Stories in Tibet

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research the Tibetan conflict from the point of view of both Tibet and China. They review resources produced by both factions and then apply these skills to consider other competing national stories.
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Geology of Connecticut

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students examine the geology of Connecticut, including plate tectonics, glaciation, and fossil formation. After reviewing past lessons, they write essays about what life may have been like in the Mesozoic Period. Following a field...
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Relative Clauses

For Students 5th - 7th
In this grammar activity on relative clause, students review the proper use of the relative. Worksheet is an "instructional" page only.
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Commas and Semi-Colons

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students use commas and semi-colons correctly in sentences. In this commas and semi-colons instructional activity, students review a study sheet in which they go over the basic rules of comma and semi-colon usage. Students then insert...
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Raiders 1 Lesson Plan

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students review vocabulary words on the Internet. They watch a movie in order to sequence events.
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Make a Pinhole Camera

For Teachers 7th - 12th
With a little light and a lot of time, you can create some amazing images. This NASA-related task instructs pupils to build a pinhole camera. The lesson provides suggestions for different pictures to try with the pinhole camera and...
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Past Imperfect: Examining Secondary Sources of the American Revolution

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders respond in essay form to the following writing prompt. Mel Gibson, star of The Patriot, is quoted as stating, "If one were to adhere to historical accuracy all the way, you'd probably have the most boring two hours on...
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Are Gay Rights "Special"?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Inspire critical thinking with this activity, which prompts students to compare lesbian, gat, bisexual, and transgender rights with the rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. By collecting topical articles about...
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Persuasive Essays

For Teachers 11th
Follow this outline to write persuasive essays with your 11th grade college prep classes. Using the internet, they research a topic, citing their sources correctly. They work with a partner to peer edit their rough drafts, checking for...
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Fact Versus Opinion

For Teachers K - 5th
Students differentiate between fact and opinion. They define fact and opinion, then listen to and identify examples of each. Students identify different books where facts and opinions can be found, and cut out newspaper and magazine...
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School Newspaper

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write a website based school newspaper using a variety of literary forms to present the news of the school.

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