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Around the World with First Lady Pat Nixon

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Travel the world with the First Lady!  Academics study images from Pat Nixon's travels as First Lady to discover her role in Richard Nixon's presidency. Historians match images to world locations, complete a worksheet, and participate in...
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US House of Representatives

Hispanic Americans in Congress During the Age of U.S. Colonialism and Global Expansion, 1898–1945

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
To be Puerto Rican, in the words of one politician, is to be "foreign in a domestic sense." Young historians consider the American role in colonialism and its impacts on Hispanic Americans through the first part of the twentieth century...
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Center for History Education

How Did the Public View Women’s Contributions to the Revolutionary War Effort?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Calling upon the legacies of Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, and Catherine the Great, Esther Reed rallied Southern women to support the American Revolution. Using a broadside by Reed and other primary sources, such as poetry, young historians...
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Center for History Education

Civil War Weaponry and Medicine: A Disastrous Mismatch

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Ironically, science was the reason why the Civil War was so deadly. Despite the use of medical practices now considered barbaric—such as conducting surgery with bare, dirty hands—developments in weaponry meant that more men died on and...
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Health Smart Virginia

Let’s Talk Emotions

For Teachers 1st
A presentation guides a discussion and opportunity for role-playing about identifying and talking about emotions. To begin, scholars share memories of happiness and unhappiness and how they responded to specific feelings. Then, learners...
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Health Smart Virginia

Conflict Resolution

For Teachers 3rd
A lesson introduces the Peace Corner—a safe place to communicate feelings and problem solve. To gain practice, scholars role-play scenarios that require conflict resolution. Peers speak, listen, brainstorm solutions, shake hands, then...
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Livaudais-Baker English Classroom

Lord of The Flies Chapter Questions

For Students 9th Standards
Chapter-by-chapter worksheets ask readers to find specific examples of characterization, symbolism, setting, conflict, themes, and main ideas in William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Also included in the packet is an assignment sheet that...
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Newseum

Fake News — What's the Big Deal?

For Teachers 5th - 12th Standards
In a time of fake news and alternative facts, young people must have the ability to identify it and its role. Scholars watch a video of teens reflecting on the concept of fake news and the impact of sharing fake news stories. They then...
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British Council

Forced to Wear a Skirt

For Teachers 6th - 11th Standards
What's the dress code? Scholars read brief texts about school uniforms and discuss opinions for and against them. Pupils then work with a partner to role play a conversation about school uniforms. 
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Overcoming Obstacles

Establishing What's Important

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Being true to oneself can be difficult when faced with pressure from others. In this instructional activity, participants first list what they value and then role-play a series of scenarios that test these values. To conclude,...
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Penguin Books

A Teacher's Guide to the Signet Classic Edition of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed Standards
A night in the forest, a fairy king and queen, adolescent rebellion, magic potions, love triangles, a funny play about a tragedy, a plot that, rather than running smooth, runs amok? Of course, 'Twould be a guide for teaching...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Introducing Conflict Resolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Conflicts come, and conflicts go, but it's how to resolve those conflicts that learners need to know. After identifying the states of conflict in a news article and engaging in a role-play activity, class members reflect on recurring...
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Overcoming Obstacles

Formalizing and Finalizing the Action Plan

For Teachers 6th - 12th
It's time to get to work! Groups assign roles, duties, and due dates for their Service Learning action plan. They then identify the approvals they will need to complete their project successfully.
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Core Knowledge Foundation

Unit 8: Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac Teacher Guide

For Teachers 7th Standards
Joseph Bruchac's Code Talker tells the remarkable story of Navajo Marines' role in battles of the Pacific Theater during World War II. As scholars read the novel, they also engage in activities that expand their knowledge of Navajo...
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Curated OER

Consequences Role Play

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners take on the role of being another person in order to create an appreciation for different people. They fill in the answers to a survey and use the answers to swap papers and pretend to take the role of the other person with the...
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Curated OER

Test Your Speaking and Listening Skills: Role Play-Shopping: ESL

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL role playing worksheet, students role play taking merchandise back to a store. Students read 9 lines of script, a conversation between 2 students.
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Curated OER

Role Playing: Shopping

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this role playing worksheet, students collaborate with a classmate to read a dialogue between two men about shopping for a sandwich.
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Curated OER

ESL Role Playing: Going To A Cafe

For Students 2nd - Higher Ed
In this ESL activity, students collaborate with classmates to role play going to a cafe to order coffee. Students use the dialogue provided. The vocabulary in the dialogue is typical of UK citizens and may be confusing to others.
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Curated OER

Heroes At Home

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Young scholars present information on a Native American role model in the community to the class. They gain an understanding of what a role model is. They discuss role models and choose one to interview for their presentation to the class.
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Curated OER

Relationships, Day 3: Families

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine roles of family members and why families are important. They view magazine pictures and define family, describe their own families, draw a picture or diagram of their family, and pair pictures of family members to their...
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Curated OER

Infusing Equity by Gender into the Classroom

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students discover the biases between the two genders by comparing males and females in different species.  For this gender identity lesson, students research National Geographic Magazine and view videos demonstrating the differences...
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Curated OER

Women in India: Tradition vs. Modernity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore cultural aspects such as gender roles and their impact on Indian culture and compare and contrast issues associated with those roles in America through literature.
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Curated OER

Build A Tree

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the different parts of a tree and the significance of each part.  In this build a tree lesson, students use role-playing theater to reinforce what they are learning. Students use their imagination to become tree parts with...
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Curated OER

Family Album: ESL, Social Studies, Art, Bookmaking, Literacy

For Teachers K
Students construct a personalized book with their own family members to practice family vocabulary and literacy in English. This activity would benefit any kindergartener; but is especially aimed at the English Learner.

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