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Narrative vs. Expository Texts
Young scholars use examples of narrative and expository text to analyze and compare the two styles. Students read articles on life in Lesotho and Madagascar and use graphic organizers and discussion to compare them. Young scholars write...
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High Profiles
Students research and write newspaper articles about current world leaders, using a New York Times International article as a model. They research a current world leader's personal background and political history.
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Life Inside Castle Walls
Students use their creativity with the knowledge learned about the Middle Ages. A.D.400-1500. They use their information and creativity to design a castle and a personal coat of arms, then plan a medieval feast.
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Picture This
Students create a descriptive paragraph conveying ideas utilizing a personal photograph as a prompt for their writing. This concept includes the writers emotions, personal issues, education, art and photography. They share insights to...
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Elements of Art iMovie
Students are introduced to how to use the iMovie software. Individually, they write down their personal beliefs and feelings to use in their movie. To end the lesson, they use the elements of design to develop and create their movie to...
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Paws in Jobland: Role Play
Students think and talk about the world of work. In this career lesson plan, students communicate effectively with other students and work as part of a team to become familiar with database exploration.
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Finding Percentages 6A
A list of 20 two to three-digit numbers asks math whizzes to determine specified percentages for each. The publisher has linked the assignment to CCSS.Math.Content.6RP.3, and it is targeted at the discreet skill of finding a percent of a...
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I, Robot: Chapter One
Students discuss literature about technology in the 20th century. In this book study lesson, students read I, Robot by Isaac Asimov and compare the fiction to technology in the 20th century.
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Arthur's Eyes
Students learn about the parts of the eye. In this eyes and vision instructional activity, students the story Arthur's Eyes and create a KWL chart about eyes. Students label the parts of the eye, examine the eyes of different animals...
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Satyagrah: Social Change vs. Social Transformation
Students examine the difference between social change and social transformation. they learn through discussion in order to be able to research and analyze a systematic social injustice. Students identify their part in a wider social...
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Officer Buckle and Gloria; How to Stay Safe
Students listen to the teacher read a book about a police officer and his trained dog and make connections to their own personal safety habits. In this safety activity, students create a classroom bulletin board of safety tips, and then...
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First Lady Fashions
Sixth graders research and explore the fashion of a certain time while identifying with the personal convictions and tastes of the famous first ladies of the past. They practice what they explore adjectives to describe what they see and...
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Picture a Character
How would Jean-Etiénne Liotard paint the characters from "The Little Mermaid?" What would the main character from "The Little Match Girl" look like from Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes' point of view? After examining various paintings...
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Life size figures - Moveable Murals
Students create life-size human figures and decorate them in a collage style with torn colored pieces of pictures from magazines. They display them around the school, creating life-size murals.
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Variations of Pain
High schoolers listen to the song :King of Pain" by the Police. They identify different instrumentation and different rhythmic accompaniments to the opening vocal phrase and explore the text in-depth, discussing the various poetic...
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Who Am I?
Students create a graphic timeline depicting who they are, where they've been and where they think they are going in their lives. They analyze and reflect upon the important events of their lives, and then use this as a starting point...
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1920s Images and Ideals PowerPoint Project
Learners explore Teaching the American Twenties, noting fashion, life styles, Hollywood, key authors, key people, and key events. They explore the sites and note what they can identify from the time period for this collection. They write...
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6260 Atoms Test
In these chapter test worksheets students will multiple choice questions on atoms. Students will complete 77 questions on atoms to complete the chapter test.
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Exile: Cuba and the United States
Young scholars gain an understanding of U.S./Cuban Relations. In this world history lesson plan, students examine the events of the Cuban revolution and their effect on U.S.-Cuban relations and U.S. foreign policy.
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Pen Pals
Students write to a pen pal and learn about their lives. In this pen pal lesson, students learn about a person from another country. Students develop an understanding that they have many things in common with people from other parts of...
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School Handwriting Worksheet
In this online handwriting learning exercise, students personalize the letters that spell school and then print off their worksheets. Students trace the letters to the word school and then write the word school on the lines provided.
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Handwriting Worksheet
In this online handwriting worksheet, students personalize the letters that spell pepper and then print off their worksheets. Students trace the letters in the word pepper. Students write the word pepper on the line provided.
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Stadium Handwriting Worksheet
In this online handwriting worksheet, students personalize their worksheet online and then print off their worksheet to finalize. Students trace the letters that spell the word stadium and then print the word underneath it.
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Pirate Ship Handwriting Worksheet
In this online interactive writing worksheet, students personalize the letters to the words pirate ship and then print off their worksheets. Students trace the letters they chose and then write the words on the line provided.