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Eyewitness Accounts

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students use eyewitness accounts to gather and evaluate information about the events of the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens. They play the following roles: reporter(s), eyewitnesses, and scientists who are investigating the...
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Colonialism/The Arab/Israeli Conflict

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Investigate critical historical issues using primary source documents then gather and evaluate information regarding the Jewish and Arab claims to land in Israel. Learners use their findings to prepare detailed timelines of events during...
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Writing A Storybook

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners create a storybook using vocabulary from the topic "urban and rural life". They write about past events in a children's story. They present their story to the class at an author's tea.
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Writing an Autobiography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use their Life Map to write a strong introduction for an autobiography. They apply the Life Map to a written sequence, use guided imagery to visualize the writing process and experience peer editing.
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The Effects of Photosynthesis on Plant Growth

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the process of photosynthesis; its products and reactants, and the sequence of the process. They diagram the light reactions, record observations of plants, and discuss how difficult it is to measure plant growth as it...
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A Walk Around the School: Mapping Places Near and Far

For Teachers K - 1st
After reading Pat Hutchins’ Rosie’s Walk, have your young cartographers create a map of Rosie’s walk. Then lead them on a walk around the school. When you return class members sequence the walk by making a list of how the class got from...
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Acrostic Book Report

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners read the story Wild Horse Winter and construct acrostic poems. In this poetry lesson, students use adjectives and events in the text to develop an acrostic poem.
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Civil War Essay

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Upper graders explore equality by writing an essay. They read the story Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco, and discuss the meaning of the story and its relevance to Civil War events. Learners investigate the five writing process steps and...
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Networking for Nonprofits

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate how important networking is to businesses and non-profit organizations. They examine fundraising options and design a flyer advertising a fundraising event.
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The Gift of the Magi

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Test the true meaning of giving - and irony - with this lesson about "The Gift of the Magi." Using textual analysis, details, and text organization, middle schoolers make predictions about future events in the story and determine the...
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Narrative Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A basic lesson on personal narrative writing is here for you. In it, learners are asked to imagine they're going to share an experience of their own with someone who did not participate in that experience. They verbally tell the story to...
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Lesson Six: Story Elements/Inferring

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders practice the use of various story elements. In this story elements lesson, 2nd graders listen to the story All I See by Cynthia Rylant and look for the problem and solution in the story. They reread the book to create...
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Grade 2 Language Arts: Reading 4

For Students 2nd
In this sequential order worksheet, 2nd graders read a short passages from 2 nursery rhymes and then put 3 statements from each one in sequential order.
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Exploring United States vs. Hirabayashi

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students research the case of Gordon Hirabayashi vs. the United States. They research the case by completing a timeline activity and review the charges against him. Students review the entire case and discuss it from the perspective of...
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Eensy Weensy Spider Lesson Plan

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Students create their own versions of The Eensy-Weensy Spider. In this creative writing instructional activity, students read The Eensy-Weensy Spider and imagine what else the spider could do. Students then draw a picture depicting the...
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Teaching Guide: Can You Make a Piggy Giggle?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore the book Can You Make a Piggy Giggle?. In this language arts lesson, students focus on a variety of aspects within the book. Students study the illustrations, listen for rhymes, and attempt the tongue twisters in the text.
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Picture This!

For Teachers 1st
First graders watch the teacher model how to draw pictures and write words in a First, Next, Then, Last - 4 block graphic organizer. They write and draw in their own 4 block papers.
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Timeline of Events

For Students 2nd - 8th
In this blank timeline template worksheet, learners fill in the 9 blanks with pertinent information regarding a particular time period in history of their choice.
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WINTER-STORYTELLING

For Teachers K
The student evaluate illustrations in a book, identify a story or book as distinctly Native American, draw original illustrations for a story, create a flip book, listen attentively to stories from a known storyteller, act out a story,...
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Organized Centers

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students are challenged to make three-dimensional time lines of story events from stories they have read. They practice sequencing events and writing sentences correctly. In addition, they write sentences that correspond with pictures...
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The Civil Rights Movement

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students learn about the civil rights movement and create a timeline to understand events in chronological order. For this history lesson, students work in groups to choose one activist from the Civil Right era to research. Students then...
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Baby Boom and the Culture of the 1950's

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the ripple effect of the baby boom generation on history and on their lives today. They discover how the rules and conformity of the 1950's set the stage for the rebellious, anti-establishment sixties. They study the...
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To War Or Not To War?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research the political, societal, and economic factors of World War I, World War II, and the 2001 war against terrorism. They participate in class discussions, write journal entries, and conduct Internet research. ...
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Summing Up the Disaster

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars are introduced to news writing being a concise, factual, and informative type of writing. They assess that publishing an article in a newspaper style utilizes a word processing program. Each student researches the Titanic...

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