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Goal Setting
Students practice setting goals that are short and long term. They look at the goals for the cost of resources like time to reach each goal, the pros and cons are then weighed to know the context. Then the students write a reflective...
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Road to Russian Revolution
Students discuss how historians can form a picture of a society based on primary sources such as diaries of people who lived through a period. They are explained that there is no proof that Nicholas II kept a journal at Ekaterinburg,...
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Ceramics: A Vessel Into History
Students review a previous ceramics lesson and journal about a personal clay vessel they will create. In this ceramics lesson, students recognize various ceramic forms created in different time periods and cultures and how ceramic...
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Steps to Responsibility
Sixth graders explore the steps in decision making and responsibility. In this lesson, 6th graders analyze a scenario and decide what actions should be taken. Students write in their journals.
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Getting To Know You: Lesson 5
Fifth graders share statements about themselves, seeing who else in their groups could write that statement, and then coming up with a true statement about the entire group. In this true and false lesson plan, 5th graders discuss the...
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Common Theme in Folktale: 900 Versions of Cinderella
Seventh graders examine various stories that have a Cinderella theme. In this Language Arts lesson, 7th graders compare and contrast stories. Students write various journal assignments in regards to the stories.
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Chihauhan Desert Journaling Activity
Students explore U.S. geography by completing an observational activity with classmates. In this New Mexico lesson, students research the Chihuahuan Desert by visiting several Internet sites. Students write the data they've collected in...
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Plants / Animals Seen by Lewis & Clark
Students conduct research to find references to plants or animals and their uses by Lewis & Clark's Corps of Discovery by using materials available such as journals, books, internet sources, library materials. Groups create a...
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Making a Family Newsletter: Using a Word Template
Students create a one-page family newsletter about a selected person in their family. They bring in a photo or use a digital camera to take a picture of their selected family member, and use a newsletter template to write and publish...
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Using My Senses
Students observe crickets in the terrarium. Have them record in their journal any evidence of crickets having senses. Then they answer questions like these: How do they use their sense organs? Where are they are located?
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Tate's Birthday
In this language arts worksheet, learners use the word bank in order to create a story related to a birthday suprise.
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Planting Seeds
In this literacy learning exercise, learners use a word bank to create a story about planting seeds.
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Diaries and Memoirs
Seventh graders analyze how personal diaries and memoirs record actual events. In this World History lesson, 7th graders compare and contrast diaries and memoirs from the Holocaust. Students write as a way to explore one's own feelings...
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George Washington: Our First President
Learners explore the life of George Washington. In this George Washington lesson, students consider the leadership qualities of the first president as they listen to a description of his life and the create responsibility journals.
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The Fight for Human Rights
Students explore the concept of human rights by developing and defending their own 'Bills of Human Rights' and by writing a reflective essay that compares their notions of human rights and the protection of them.
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What Is Cloning?
Students differentiate between reproductive and therapeutic cloning and then use research, discussion, and writing in journals to examine their own personal opinions on these subjects.
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Identifying Conflicts
Students examine different types of situations that involve conflict. They write about one type of conflict in their journal and share it with the class.
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His Story/Her Story/Your Story
High schoolers read a variety of biographies to gain insight on the experiences of an African-American's life. Individually, they try to determine the time period it was written and compare the event with ones that occured in their own...
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A Hard Cell
Learners examine appropriate and inappropriate uses of personal communication devices. They invent and critique new communication devices. They critique the communication technologies developed.
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Lesson 3: Vary Your Veggies and Focus on Fruits
Young scholars explore fruits and vegetables. In this nutrition lesson, students generate a list of all known fruits and vegetables. Young scholars cut out and compile pages for a weekly fruits and vegetable journal. Students complete...
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Arthropods At "Home"
Learners discover what an arthropod is and how they survive in our world. In this insect lesson, students read the book, A House Is A House For Me, and compare a home for a person with the type of habitat an arthropod lives in....
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An Introduction to the Season for Nonviolence
Fourth graders create a Venn diagram and a cause and effect graphic organizer on Gandhi and King. In this non violence lesson plan, 4th graders compare the two non violent leaders and discuss and articulate non violent protests and write...
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Descriptive Character Analysis
Students visualize a character or event and personalize it through drawings.
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Posters -- What's the Main Idea?
Students discuss the basics of poster productions. In groups, they follow written directions to make a poster about asthma, allergies, AIDS, or personal safety. They present their poster to the class and reflect on the process in a journal.