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Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963Patricia Wachholz
Students research the 1960s to prepare for reading the book, The Watsons Go To Birmingham, by Christopher Paul Curtis. They watch a documentary, create a timeline, and listen to music from the 1960s.
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To Every Thing There Is A Season...
Students use the artwork by Robert Harris to examine the four seasons. In groups, they identify the clothing worn in the artwork and create a dance which resembles the painting. They also practice reading a thermometer and identify...
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Alfred Einstein
In this famous person instructional activity, students read a passage about Albert Einstein and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
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Beyoncé Knowles
In this Beyonce Knowles worksheet, students read about the life of the performer, them complete a variety of related comprehension activities. Answers are included.
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Coco Chanel
In this Coco Chanel learning exercise, students read about the life of the designer, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Haifa Wehbe
In this Haifa Wehbe worksheet, students read about the life of the model, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Kate Moss
In this famous people learning exercise, learners read about the life of Kate Moss and complete a variety of comprehension activities including but not limited to matching, sequencing, writing and spelling activities. An answer key is...
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Michael Moore
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Michael Moore and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Shigeru Miyamoto
In this famous people learning exercise, students read a selection about Shigeru Miyamoto and complete a variety of comprehension activities including but not limited to a synonym match, spelling, writing and sequencing activities.
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Steven Spielberg
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Steven Spielberg and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Sir Tim Berners-Lee
In this famous person activity, students read a passage about Sir Tim Berners-Lee and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches,...
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Minding the Media
Students reflect on the fairness of rating movies, television, radio, books, magazines, Web sites and other media. They submit their own entries for a media rating guide.
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"My Hero"
Pupils investigate heroism through the ages. They complete an online Webquest, explore various websites, compare/contrast different types of heroes, answer discussion questions, and locate newspaper articles about someone they consider...
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Using a Graphic Organizer to Critically Observe Televised News Broadcasts
Pupils compare two television news broadcasts. They discuss how to organize information when comparing two objects and read and discuss two books to create a Venn diagram to compare both books. After creating the diagram, they view...
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Business Practices and Competition
High schoolers identify the costs and benefits of large corporations and monopoly industries. Using the internet, they discover how businesses use different types of exploitation to maximize their profits. They read two articles about...
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Art--"Paper Pasting"--Doing Collage
In this art worksheet, students read a 1 page article on the history or art, prepare their background to making a collage, gather basic shapes, create their collage and then add in the finishing touches to them.
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Photo Editing and Photo Ethics
students investigate how to editphotos and understand the ethics of photo-editing in regard to photo-journalism. In this photo journalism lesson, students examine photos and photo spreads in various sources to identify editing components...
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Recognizing Advertising Techniques
Students explore advertising techniques. In this media awareness lesson, students read articles about foods and their links to childhood obesity. Students also discuss propaganda techniques that advertisers use to sell certain foods.
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Angela Merkel
In this Angela Merkel worksheet, students read about the life of the Chancellor, then complete a variety of comprehension activities. An answer key is included.
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Listening, Pronunciation and Vocabulary Practice
Students work together in reading groups. They practice pronouncing and spelling new vocabulary words. They listen to a recording to practice their comprehension skills.
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Underground Rails: The New York City Subway System
Students explore the New York Subway system. They investigate its usefulness as mode of transportation for the people in the city and study its history compared to other city subway systems. They examine how the subway connects the...
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Archaeology In The News
Learners investigate the different articles of archaeology that is found in a variety of research and news resources. They read one of the selections and complete the worksheet as a guide to writing a summary of the article. Students...
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Let's Sum it Up
Students review facts previously discussed about snakes and lizards and read pages in their science text book about snakes and lizards silently focusing on remembering important facts. They then complete a Venn diagram comparing snakes...
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What's Important To You?
Second graders discuss as a class the importance of silent reading and describe some examples when it would be inappropriate if everyone read out loud. They read silently along as an article called, "Fighting a Mystery Illness" is read...