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Steamers Lesson 1: Routes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the useage of steamboats in North Carolina. In groups, they research the routes of steamers and discover how they were used. They draw an illustrated map and a timeline of the routes. As a class, they...
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Steamers Lesson 1: Design and Construction

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the use of steamboats in North Carolina. In groups, they design and contruct their own small models of steamboats using simple materials. They test their models in water and share how they were built and why. They...
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The Biography of Robert Boyle

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students research and chronologically sort written information about Boyle's life. They create a time line of importand events in Boyle's life and write a biography on Robert Boyle.
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Migration and Refugees

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore issues relating to refugees. Using the internet, they gather facts about refugees. Students discuss the range of situations which turn citizens of one country into refugees of another.
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Telling the Stories the Past Tells Us

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Young scholars create historical stories based on factual evidence. In this Telling the Stories the Past Tells Us lesson, students write historical stories using strategies such as characters, plot, setting, and voice. Young scholars...
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Homophones dictation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students notice their problems with a particular listening activity or even with spelling a word wrongly. They write 8 to 10 homophones and check what they have written down. They say the spelling and also the meaning and discover the...
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A poem about India

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read and discuss the poem Khwab before writing poems of their own. Students get the opportunity to explore impressionistic poetry about place.
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"Water, Water Everywhere and None to Drink"

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders discover the importance of maintaining an unpolluted source of water for the city. They brainstorm ideas they can take to make their communitie's water better. They can also write letters to their local politicians for help.
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Coping with real situations

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students practice the skills of coping with real situations. They act out and role play various sceanarious dealing with real life situations. Students access how to protect their skin from the sun as well.
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An Ancient Egyptian Journal Entry

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars, after watching W?hat Does This Show, describe everyday life in ancient Egypt by writing an entry in the journal of an ancient Egyptian man or woman.
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Count Your Pennies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze and compare imagery and symbolism in ancient Greek and contemporary U.S. coins.
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The life of William Ah Ket - Building bridges between East and West

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils read the story of William Ah Ket, an Australian-born Chinese man who became a respected leader in the community in the early twentieth century. This story is used as the context for research, vocabulary development and creative...
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Empty chairs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students sit in the middle chair and describe (for a minute or so) the clothes they are wearing. Alternatively, or in addition, members of the group fire questions at the protagonist to get her to describe her clothes.
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Them Damned Pictures

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine and gather information from primary sources about events during the Revolutionary War. They identify and place the political cartoons. They respond to a cartoon from the point of view of someone who lived at the time.
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Heartmines

For Teachers 3rd - 10th
Students think about danger and resolving conflict. They compare and contrast our lives with those of people in different countries. They access a website imbedded in this plan which leads them through a simulatiojn/roles play.
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Researching Another country's Holiday: Organizing and Recording Information

For Teachers 5th
Prior to this lesson, 5th graders will have collected notes from several sources. Students extend their note taking to include at least one example each of summarizing and paraphrasing. They record bibliographic information for each...
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Music to My Ears - Figures of Speech and Stylistic Devices

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners know the meaning of a given list of figures of speech and stylistic devices. They identify examples of these terms in the music and songs with which they are familiar. They examine how to apply the knowledge of these terms to...
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Persuasion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the characteristics of a persuasive letter. They label each characteristic and they create a persuasive letter using the correct business letter format. Students recommend a school rule or change of a rule and justify...
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Free Speech Comes At a Price

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use communicative activity strategy, Go, Ask and Tell, or more traditional whole text comprehension activity to read, discuss and explore issues in article, Free Speech Comes at a Price, by Hugh Mackay.
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Using Authentic Texts to Teach Vocabulary

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students read an article identifying any new vocabulary words they are unfamiliar with. Using the text, they discover antonyms, synonyms and word families. They answer comprehension questions and review the vocabulary to end the lesson.
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That was Then, This is Now-House and Home

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders discover the appreciation of the importance of visuals in exploring different aspects of society past and present. They collaborate on comparing and contrasting information. Students look at what life was like during the...
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Gender Equity--Cinderella: An Adaptation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify characteristics common to heroines in a fairy tale and list ways images affect males and females.  In this gender bias lesson, students see an adapted version of "Cinderella" and write a journal response. ...
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The Art of Subtle Persuasion

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine a scene from "Julius Caesar." After watching commercials and political ads on TV, students explore the intention of the commercial. They compare and contrast the forms of persuasion used. Students share their writings...
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Social Studies: War and the Media

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the impact of the media on various wars, especially the Iraq and Vietnam wars. By examining cartoons and popular music as primary sources, they suggest motivations for the conflicts and propose reasons for public...

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