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Learning Festival ~ Book Buddies Visit High School

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work together to develop a festival for book lovers. High schoolers work with young children and practice their reading. Traveling between reading stations, they focus on different reading standards. They act as role-models...
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Research Project

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners research a given topic and organize information in order to write a report or make an oral presentation. They design and create a visual aid (poster, model, PowerPoint, etc) to help clarify the concepts of their...
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A Timeline of Canada's Constitutional Evolution

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research and make a time line illustrating the evolution of the Canadian Constitution.
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A Timeline of Aboriginal Treaties in Canada

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Using guiding questions, students analyze various treaties signed in Canada over the years between aborigines people and the Canadian government. Students later present their findings to the whole class in a creative fashion.
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Secrets Beneath the Waters

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students work in small groups and design a ship out of balsa wood. They hypothesize what happens when the ship is placed in water then make predictions as to which ship stays afloat the longest with the greatest amount of weight added.
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Social Studies: How Did Native Americans Live?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine Edward Curtis' photographs and Robert Griffing's paintings to analyze Native American culture. They present research information on specific tribes, using the photos and paintings to uncover information about the...
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Business Geography

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders identify the various types of industry involved in the production of a product. Using various methods and activities, 10th graders working in groups explain the function of each individual industry and their contribution...
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Commemorations Across Cultures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore how different cultures commemorate people and events. They research how commemorations are created through music, painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and poetry. In collaborative, students create a...
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Dwellings Around the Globe

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore dwellings around the globe and conduct collaborative research on cliff dwellings, igloos, longhouses, and yurts. They then explore how different dwellings reflect environmental and cultural conditions, and they...
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5th Grade Social Studies

For Teachers 5th
In this social studies worksheet, 5th graders answer multiple choice questions about important court cases, World War II, Abraham Lincoln, and more. Students complete 14 questions.
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Professional-like Multimedia Slide Show

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners chose a topic from the current curriculum to develop a PowerPoint presentation about. They present the PowerPoint in a professional manner which includes the way they are dressed and the way they interact with the audience. Each...
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Technology-commected Folklife Lesson Plan: Fables

For Teachers K - 6th
Students discuss ways the stories were alike and different. The teacher demonstrate how to draw a Venn diagram using Microsoft Word. They label the two circles and enter the likenesses and differences on the diagram.
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Passport To Parliament

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Canadian parliamentary system through the investigation of various learning centers that address the issues using a variety of learning preferences.
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Utilizing Art, Literature and Film to Teach Black History

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders are introduced to different aspects of African-American history through literature, art, and films. As a class, they are read a story about the Underground Railroad, identify the main characters and put the events into...
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ESL Poetry Unit

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Learners complete a twelve lesson unit on poetry. They read and respond to different forms of poetry, write a bio poem, complete an online WebQuest, and in small groups present lessons to the class on various types of poems.
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Snow Day

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the effects of a snow day on various people in the community. They listen to the book "Snow Day" by Betsy Maestro, complete a graphic organizer of people affected by the snow day, and write a story from the point of...
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Opinion Polls And Surveys As Research Tools

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders determine, evaluate, and use resources that are most appropriate and readily available for investigating a particular question or topic. Examples include knowledgeable people, field trips, prefaces, appendices,...
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Rebus Writing

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write rebus stories using technology. They share the rebus stories with younger students
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Juvenile Delinquency

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders analyze and interpret historical research by examining, analyzing, and forming opinions regarding primary resources. They compare/contrast social conflict, its causes and effects, in regards to continuity and change over time.
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My "I Spy" Book

For Teachers K
Students create an "I Spy" book. In this book writing lesson, students work in groups to come up with a topic for their page. They create individual pages in the "I Spy" format. 
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Smoke and Mirrors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students develop a persuasive peer-to-peer case against smoking. They read two scenarios, perform a skit, and prepare a factual presentation.
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Folktales: Oral Traditions as a Basis for Instruction in our Schools

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers visit their school library to read a variety of folktales. While they read, they identify the trickster or hero in each and discuss how the character represents the chaos in the real world. In groups, they write their...
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International Research Project and Feast

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Learners research countries around the world. They develop and write a research paper that includes maps, photographs, and diagrams. They describe the culture, society, economy, religious beliefs, government structure, and history of...
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Designing Scavengers

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a headline that captures the most important aspects of the People's Design Award. In this design lesson, students are introduced to The People's Design Award and collaborate to create a headline for a newspaper article....

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