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K20 LEARN

Summarizing and Sorting Details from an Informational Text: Identifying the Main Idea

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Scholars participate in two activities that teach them to identify the main idea and key supporting details in informational text. Partners create a visual that reflects the main idea and key supporting details in an informational text...
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Shmoop

ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.11-12.8

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
It is no easy feat to wade through legal and political documents. And incorporating this type of informational text into a literature class can also be a challenge. Here’s a resource that includes suggestions for how to address this...
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Curated OER

Fun in the Sun

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students learn about safe summertime play and responsibility. In this Clifford-themed lesson plan, students read Clifford Keeps Cool, use a time line to discuss the story, and participate in a summertime picnic activity.
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Curated OER

Shadows

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars read books, learn about the letter s, and eat raisins all to learn about shadows. In this shadows lesson plan, students also go outside and look at shadows and sing songs about shadows.
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Curated OER

A Theme Is...

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Colorful contemporary images contained in a PowerPoint presentation will capture the attention of class members and model for them the how to distinguish between the subject and the theme of a work. A great want to introduce this...
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Curated OER

Extraordinary Women in the Great Plains

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders write what they predict were the roles women played in the Great Plains. Using the internet, they research and identify the roles they did play and use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast their predictions to the...
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Curated OER

Art as Advocacy for Social Change

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
“Humanscape No.65” by Melesia Casas and Ester Hernandez’s “Sun Maid Raisins” launch a study of how works of art can advocate for social change. After examining these two works and discussing the human rights issues raised, class members...
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Interactive
Curated OER

I know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Essay Questions

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this literature worksheet, students respond to 15 short answer and essay questions about Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Students may also link to an online interactive quiz on the novel at the bottom of the page.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

4-H Nutrition/Health/Fitness- Intermediate Leader's Page

For Students 4th - 7th
Have some fun with healthy living in 4-H! Through several activities, young members learn about healthy eating, basic first aid, and fun exercise options. Of course, service ideas are outlined to extend learning. Students use websites to...
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Curated OER

Rooster's Night Out

For Teachers Pre-K
Students explore folktales. In this folktale lesson, students listen to a story from another country and discuss the characters. Students retell the story using puppets and do coloring sheets. Students do a sequencing cut and paste...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Parts of Speech Matching

For Students 5th - 8th
In this parts of speech worksheet, students read sentences and match them to the part of speech that they represent including similes, personification, metaphors, and more. Students complete 8 matches.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Harlem (Dream Deferred) Questions

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students respond to 6 short answer and essay questions based on the Langton Hughes poem.
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Curated OER

Healthy Teeth

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students discuss how unhealthy teeth and gums affect health. In this adult health lesson, students identify foods that are harmful to teeth. They share ways to keep the teeth and gums healthy and disease free.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

A Dream Deferred

For Students Higher Ed
In this English grammar learning exercise, students focus on the poetry of Langston Hughes. Students complete 5 fill in the blank questions using the interactive drop down menu for each.    
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Intermediate Crossword Puzzle - Fruit

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this crossword puzzle learning exercise, students use the clues to find the fruit vocabulary words to complete the crossword puzzle. Students complete 8 clues.
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Curated OER

Flying Through the Solar System

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create a model of the solar system out of candy. They write a book about their travels through the Solar System, beginning at age ten and reaching Pluto at age seventy.
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Curated OER

A Well Balanced Meal

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are given paper plates and pictures of food. They are to glue the foods they would eat that would make a balanced meal.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: L. Hansberry: A Raisin in the Sun: Jim Crow, Home Ownership, American Dream

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how Jim Crow laws impacted home ownership and the pursuit of the American Dream in this series of videos from the American Masters film, Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. Lorraine Hansberry's family was at the...
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun.
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SparkNotes

Sparknotes: Study Guide: Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a comprehensive study guide for Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry. It includes a plot summary, character list, analysis of major characters, summary and analysis of each scene and act, themes, motifs, symbols, explanation...
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: "Raisin in the Sun" Teacher Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"Raisin in the Sun" (screenplay) teacher guide includes in-depth introduction and synopsis. Also featured are tips for reading a screenplay. Masterfully explores themes, symbolism, and film techniques. Consists of 16 pages. This is a...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Drama: A Raisin in the Sun Act Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Act II of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry including the symbolism in the play. It features links to a study guide, Spark Notes and Shmoop summaries of the play, and an NPR: A Raisin In the Sun Broadway...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Drama: A Raisin in the Sun: Act Iii

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an introduction to Act III of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry which focuses on major conflicts. It features links to a study guide, a character analysis assignment, and Spark Notes and Shmoop summaries of the play.
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Unit Plan
Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Contemporary Drama: Introduction to a Raisin in the Sun

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson is an introduction to the play "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansberry, which is set in Chicago in the 1950s. It features links to two of Langston Hughes's poems that influenced the title of the play and a Lorraine...

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