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Interactive
Curated OER

Milkweed and Monarch Butterfly Mania

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this online/interactive worksheet comparing and contrasting Monarch and Great Spangled Fritillary Butterflies worksheet, students read an online comparison and contrast guide, use the graphic organizer, and record the similarities and...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Identifying Text Structure #!

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this identifying graphic organizers and their texts worksheet, students observe chronological, compare & contrast, sequence, cause & effect, and problem & solution graphic organizers, read short passages, and match them....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Poets Evoke Social and Historical Representations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how poems represent the social, historical, and cultural times that they were written in. In this poetry lesson plan, students compare and contrast poems with music of the time and explore implications of writing poems...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

ALIKE, DIFFERENT, OR BOTH?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students compare and contrast two characters from the play The Diary of Anne Frank on a Venn diagram and write a paragraph showing similarities and differences.
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Scholastic

Thanksgiving Lessons Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore the first Thanksgiving. In this holiday lesson plan, students create a KWL chart on what they know about the first Thanksgiving and conduct Internet research on this topic. Learners use a Venn diagram to compare and...
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Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

Drawing Conclusions Based on Literary Elements

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students compare versions of Cinderella and draw conclusions based on the story elements identified. In this literacy comprehension and story elements lesson, students read several versions of Cinderella, complete a "Comparing Folklore"...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Just Plain Fancy

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Just Plain Fancy. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short answer questions,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fall vs. Spring

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students compare fall and spring. In this seasonal changes instructional activity, students read the book Apples and Pumpkins and discuss the fall season. The students then read It's Spring and describe the spring season. As a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Poetry - Landscape, Comparison, and Critical Response

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Students compare and evaluate landscape poetry. In this poetry lesson plan, students read poetry by Owen Sheers that describes place/landscapes. They read and compare two similar poems before looking at visual images related to the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Around the Town

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore reading maps. In this map reading instructional activity, students compare distances fom place to place. Students work in groups and predict the distance then find the actual distance using string or rulers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Great Expectations

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students examine how Pip's inner thoughts are portrayed through the medium of film in "Great Expectations." After viewing the film, they answer discussion questions, and compare and contrast the differences between the portrayal of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Yummy Apples!

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students discuss apples and how they are grown. They listen as the teacher reads "Apples," by Gail Gibbons. Students discuss the story. They view several different types of apples and compare their characteristics. Students taste several...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Descendants on Ice

For Students 6th - 9th
In this animal worksheet, students use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast a prehistoric creature with an animal living today.
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Organizer
Curated OER

Venn Diagram: Beatrix Potter Books

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this using a Venn Diagram worksheet, students read two Beatrix Potter books and summarize their differences and similarities on the Venn Diagram. Students answer 3 questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rudyard Kipling's "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi": Mixing Fact and Fiction

For Students 3rd - 9th Standards
"Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," from The Jungle Book, offers young readers a chance to examine how Rudyard Kipling uses setting and personification to bring to life the brave mongoose who battles cobras to protect his family. Class members explore...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Magna Carta: Cornerstone of the U.S. Constitution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use the Internet to read a brief description of Magna Carta (link provided). They "walk through" the document with the teacher, identifying four major themes. High schoolers read and discuss "The Rhetoric of Rights:...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

A Christmas Carol

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders examine the life and times of mid-1800s England in Dicken's time. They compare/contrast Christmas today and during Dicken's day, discuss the book's characters, play a game from the 1800s, and read a Reader's Theater...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Michigan's Two Regions

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use internet websites to compare/contrast the upper and lower pennisulas of Michigan. They read articles the characteristics of each area. Also, 3rd graders view pictures to investigatge the region, incuding the Straits of...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Things Fall Apart Reading Guide

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart can present challenges even for experienced readers. Here’s a schedule and corresponding guide that will help readers focus on and record important events. The packet includes fact-based, interpretative,...
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Lesson Plan
Novelinks

Count of Monte Cristo: Concept/Vocabulary Analysis

For Teachers 6th - 10th Standards
Explore the complex themes of Alexandre Dumas' The Count of Monte Cristo with a concept and vocabulary analysis lesson plan. Lead your class in a discussion about the underlying social and historical issues surrounding the novel, as well...
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Primary
Cornell College

Dred Scott v. Sandford Supreme Court Decision

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Dred Scott was a harbinger of the Civil War. An enslaved man claimed freedom because his owner had taken him into free territory. Not only did the Supreme Court rule that Dred Scott and his wife were to remain enslaved, but it also ruled...
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Curated OER

Who Would Win? Killer Whale vs. Great White Shark Storia Teaching Guide

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Teacher guides are wonderful tools with tons of ideas that help you relate content in many different ways. Using the high-interest book, Who Would Win? Killer Whale vs. Great White Shark, learners hone their discussion and reading...
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Dr. Seuss Enterprises

Dr. Seuss in the Classroom

For Teachers 6th Standards
Explore the works of Dr. Seuss, such as Horton Hears a Who, Horton Hatches and Egg, The Sneetches and Other Stories, The Lorax, The Butter Battle Book, and Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories. Each story lesson includes reading...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Esperanza Rising - Anticipation Guide

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learn about Mexican culture while simultaneously strengthening reading, writing and computer skills. In order to get the most out of Esperanza Rising, pupils should have prior knowledge of Mexican culture. Therefore, there are links to a...

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