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Federal Reserve Bank

Market Basket SMART/ActivInspire Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Inflate your knowledge, not the economy! Pupils learn more about inflation with detailed worksheets and exciting activities such as role play, an interactive PowerPoint presentation, and a project in which they design a podcast on...
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Curated OER

Idioms

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
Use this podcast lesson plan to familiarize scholars with the characteristics, history, and cultural implications of idioms. As part of the Walking Classroom curriculum, kids listen to a 12-minute podcast as they walk around campus. If...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Color This Polynomial Simplified

For Teachers 8th - 10th Standards
Help learners use a variety of methods to identify, visualize, and simplify polynomials with like terms. Several different visuals are used to introduce the instructional activity, such as colored pencils, overheads, interactive white...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Good Litter, Bad Litter

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Which ones can be thrown on the ground? Discover the difference between natural litter and unhealthy trash, helping scholars by using several examples. Use the information here to give them a basic background, but also encourage prior...
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Curated OER

In Trouble in Islamabad

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils create a podcast about a current event in global politics. After reading newspaper articles concerning the state of emergency in Pakistan, students, working in groups, conduct an interview style podcast segment to be edited into...
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Curated OER

State History Acting and Podcasting

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners participate in a play. For this historical figures lesson, students choose a person from history and take on their role. Learners research the character, create historically accurate costumes and work in groups to prepare a...
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Curated OER

Technology that Makes Phonics Fun

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discover the Internet by participating in on-line educational activities.  In this educational technology lesson, students utilize interactive story books, podcasts, and games to help expand an understanding of phonics....
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Curated OER

I Have a Dream Podcasts

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Young scholars write dream speeches and record them as Mp3's. In this speech lesson plan, students watch Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, "I Have Dream Speech." They use the writing process to develop a dream speech which they rehearse. They...
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Curated OER

Understanding the Debt Ceiling Debate and the Budget Control Act of 2011

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Upper graders listen to a podcast on the EconTalk website featuring economist Keith Hennessey. The podcast focuses on the Budget Control Act of 2011, the national debt, and government spending. They read specifics about the BCA, then...
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Council for Economic Education

China - Where Will They Fit in the World Economy?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Teach scholars why China is so crucial to global economics through an informative resource. Activities include using databases to search for information, watching a video or listening to a podcast, and reading about China's economy as a...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Float or Sink?

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Experiment with mass and density as scholars figure out what makes things float or sink. First, they watch a podcast introducing these concepts. Be sure to use the comprehension question to test their understanding. Young scientists...
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Curated OER

Exploring Owls

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
What can young scientists discover from dissecting an owl pellet? Explore the owl food chain, beginning with an introduction to these predatory birds. Suggested strategies here include creating a podcast and purchasing a poster, however...
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Columbus City Schools

Poetry Speaking and Listening Standards

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Celebrate April's National Poetry Month or enrich a poetry unit with a wealth of language arts material. Class members develop an oral interpretation of a poem and/or develop a podcast interview with a poet. 
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Facing History and Ourselves

Free Press Makes Democracy Work

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A unit study of the importance of a free press in a democracy begins with class members listening to a podcast featuring two journalists, one from a United States public radio station and one from Capetown, South Africa. The lesson plan,...
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Facing History and Ourselves

Responding to Difference in Democracy

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Disagreements happen in a diverse democracy. It's what people do about these differences in a diverse society that the resource models. After listening to an eight-minute podcast about a woman who collaborated with people who have very...
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Utah Education Network (UEN)

Know Your Literature Genres

For Teachers 7th Standards
Open the library for young readers by introducing them to the main genres and sub-genres. A podcast and two presentations identify the characteristics of the different genres. Groups then sort through a box of books and, using evidence...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Nature's Life Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Become a member of the Pollution Patrol and stand up to litter! After discussing the life cycle of seeds and discussing how plants figure into the food chain, young conservationists engage in several activities involving podcasts,...
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Curated OER

Hero Highlights

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students create documentaries. In this Vodcast lesson plan, students in high school interview elementary school students regarding highlights of their lives. High school students create Vodcasts of the interview sessions.
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Curated OER

Unit Plan Template

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Use this U.S. History unit plan as a template for creating your own! Simply download the resource and edit the text fields with your own customized unit plan. This is a great jumping-off step, especially for newer teachers. 
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Curated OER

Literature Circles

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Literature circles can be so enjoyable and enlightening, but it's tough to make it around to each group in a short amount of time. This instructional activity suggests that each group records their discussion, and a different reading...
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Curated OER

Reading Blog Log

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Bring technology to your novel unit with this lesson, which prompts readers to analyze a book they are reading in a Socratic discussion with their classmates. They create a live blog online in which they can give their opinions and...
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Visa

Bank or Bust: Selecting a Banking Partner

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Why shouldn't we just save all our money in our mattress? Couldn't our money disappear? Pupils discover the benefits of utilizing banks and credit unions for saving money, as well as how to evaluate different types of institutions by...
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Curated OER

Super Science Sleuths Explain It All: Circumnavigating the Circulatory System

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students access prior knowledge of the circulatory system.  In this circulatory system lesson, students participate in experiments related to the circulatory system and  film for a podcast. Students work in pairs to create their podcasts...
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Curated OER

Worm Family Needs A New Home

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars examine different types of soil. In this soil lesson, students research different types of soil. Young scholars create a podcast about a worm family looking for a new home using storyboarding or graphic organizers.

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