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A Trip Down Memory Lane- Memoir Lesson Plans
By teaching memoir lesson plans, teachers can help students expand their awareness of different languages and cultures.
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Learning Theories
Students access the ERIC database and search for the resources on learning theories. They use the features of ERIC to bookmark sources and then use Excel to create a summary of the database search.
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Beyond the Soup Can, Thermal Screen Printing for Classrooms
Fifth graders study self-portraits done by Andy Warhol and other artists. They define Pop Art, printmaking vocabulary, and create a series of screen prints using the art principle of repetition.
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Wave Equations
Students manipulate a model of a wave in order to solve the wave equation in 1 dimension. By using a model of a wave on a string the student is able to change the tension, length, and mass of the string as well as fix either end of the...
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Beyond the Checkbook: Choices of Payment Methods
Young scholars explore different payment methods. In this math lesson, students discuss the difference between writing a check and paying online. They will compare and contrast and present their data to the class.
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School Newspaper Unit
Students assemble and format their stories and layout their electronic newspaper.
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Credit as Currency: Ancient World History
Students examine use and principles of currency as it relates to the establishment and continuation of credit and banking systems.
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Golden Door Book
Students use the Golden Door as a theme to search for historical and aesthetic content. They create a paper collage containing relevant images, text and expressions.
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Vocabulary: Going Out To a Restaurant
In this vocabulary worksheet, students learn the importance of specific, powerful vocabulary by completing 10 sentences with the best word choice. All sentences pertain to dining in a restaurant. More than one answer may be correct but...
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How Many? How Much?
First graders recognize and learn the value of coins. In this instructional activity on money, 1st graders read the book Monster Money by Grace Maccarone, discuss the role of money in society, identify various coins, and explore making...
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Mixed Prepositions
In this interactive prepositions instructional activity, students practice using prepositions in sentences. Students choose the correct preposition for each blank in the passage. There are fifteen in all.
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Tin Can Sculpture
Students create art from recycled materials. In this visual arts lesson, students follow the provided steps to create their own tin can artwork.
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Celebrate the Arts
Students explore the responsibilities of people working in advertising. They create a campaign to support the arts including advertisements in several different media. Length of unit depends on number of projects completed.
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A Day in the Life
Young scholars examine the various roles people played on the 19th century Texas frontier. Using the internet, they get to know five residents of Fort Griffin and take notes on their characteristics. They choose one person to research...
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Surveying Our Media
Students participate in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of examining the use of media in society. They create surveys to measure the presence of the media in everyday life. The results are collected and represented in the...
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Outdoor Explorations: Mystery Plot Vacant Lot
Students utilize observations skills as they work together in groups to solve a mystery. They discuss and perform strategies to solve mysteries that occurred on a vacant lot. Students use a field guide to identify plants and animals...
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Tantalizing Tangrams
Fourth graders participate in what is considered to be a model lesson. The lesson focuses upon polygons and basic geometry. The lesson addresses national standards and displays how others should be done.
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Research Project
Students identify the components of the Results section of the project and technical paper.They also identify appropriate ways of presenting data and write the Results section of the technical paper.
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Blood Analysis
Young scholars reconstruct a crime scene to produce the blood spatter pattern. In this forensic science lesson plan, students describe the events that lead to produce such patterns. They explain the importance of blood analysis in...
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Majority Rules
Students practice the voting process by taking a group vote using fractions or percents. In this voting process instructional activity, students review the voting process and vote using hands or a private ballot. Students tally the...
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Twelfth Night: Thrusting Greatness Upon the Television (Series of 4)
High schoolers incorporate language from Twelfth Night into their own skits. In this Hamlet lesson, students use a handout to assist them as they dub over the skits created earlier with specific language from Twelfth Night.
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Medium: Helping Students Ask Better Questions by Creating a Culture of Inquiry
We want to see kids asking tons of questions. This is how students grow into creative, critical thinkers. This article by John Spencer gives multiple ways teachers can foster an environment in which students feel comfortable asking...
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Vocaboly: Vocabulary Test: Multiple Choice
This is an index of vocabulary tests designed for SAT, TOEL, GRE, GMAT, or VOA Special English prep. They come in three levels based on the number of questions: Quick, 10; Medium, 20; and Thorough, 40. For each test, the student may...
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Activities for Esl Students: Grammar Quizzes Medium
Self-scoring quizzes tests developed for English language learners by ELL teachers to reinforce intermediate English language learners on all aspects of English grammar. Fill-in-the blank, multiple-choice, and other quiz formats included.