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International Festival: Venezuela

For Teachers K
Students become familiar with the Venezuelan culture and geography.  In this Venezuelan Festival lesson, students compare and contrast themselves to the people of Venezuela.  Students participate in activities to understand the...
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Digesting the News

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the editorial concepts, site designs and business models of online news digests. They propose detailed plans for Web sites that demonstrate their own areas of expertise.
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Math Investigations

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners brainstorm how math is used in daily life. They develop a class list of different topic areas in which math is used and work in small groups to think of specific examples of how math is an important part of their lives.
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National First Ladies' Library

Opening the Olympic Games

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners examine the history of the Olympic Games, including the opening ceremonies. In small groups, they create Olympic flags using symbols that represent their country and communities. In phase two of the lesson, young scholars work...
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How Can You Stay Fit?

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify ways that cardiovascular fitness is achieved and maintained. In this cardiovascular health lesson, students discuss what aerobic exercise is and list various activities which address cardiovascular fitness. Students run...
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Mohandas Gandhi: Changing the World One Step at a Time

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners illustrate pages of a book.  In this famous historical icon lesson, students are read a story about Mohandas Gandhi, illustrate the pages in small groups, assemble a class book to read to younger learners, and act out a...
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Creating a Personal Resume

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders be asked to write down information about themselves from questions on the board. They take this information and type it in a program from the computer lab. The resume will be kept in their expandable file for future reference.
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Other kinds of groups- part 4 of 5

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students compare and contrast characteristics of groups. Students create graphs using various symbols of different groups. Students make maps of their neighborhood 'groups'.
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Recycling for Raptors

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students write persuasive letters in support of the Recycling for Raptors campaign. They review raptor groups and names and categorize the raptor species and the groups which they belong. They research businesses, schools, and...
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Where will "Brave Irene" take us today?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
The students listen to and discuss the book "Brave Irene." The students then participating in creating a class web about a snowstorm. The students then independently journal about bravery. They conclude the lesson by creating an...
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Summarizing the American Flag

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders brainstorm and write summary of things they learned about American Flag, edit another student's summary, rewrite their own summary, and conference with teacher before writing final copy.
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Sonics Math

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners multiply whole numbers by fractions. They see one way that decimals apply to the real world, and possibly consider more.
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Correcting Mental Mistakes

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students recognize common mental mistakes to improve their critical thinking. For this thinking skills lesson, students complete various activities to analyze mental mistakes.
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Groups We Belong To

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students think about and identify different kinds of groups. They see that people are born into certain groups and that they join others. They explore the circumstances that surround group affiliation and participation.
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Groups We Belong To

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the kinds of groups they are born into and join.
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Unity Through Understanding

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify skills and attitudes that allow individuals to form functioning groups within the Canadian Parliament. The issues examined are applied to national unity concerns.
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Do Clothes Make the Man?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils discuss the Shakepeare play "The Merchant in Venice" to examine if dress makes a person who they are. They discuss certain situations and the dress required for them. They role-play different roles in the play to examine the point...
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Immune System Function

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students study the different facets of the Human immune system, including the functions of all the different organs in the immune system.
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Life and Times, Developing a Chronology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review the career and life of Ernie Pyle as an example of a biography in context. They consider how a chronology maps out the events in the life of an individual in the context of other events that were occurring at the...
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Michigan Symbols

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to the symbols of the state of Michigan. Using the symbols, they discuss how they represent the differences in Michigan's environment. They use various websites to collect their information and share it with...
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Salt Lake City, Utah

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students research the history of the Salt Lake City. In this geography lesson, students select an activity in Salt Lake City to research, such as snow skiing. Students write a research report.
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South Asians in Canada: Unity through diversity

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the elements of culture and their role in a multicultural society.  In this World History lesson, 9th graders examine the concepts of diversity. 
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Mystery Puzzle Race

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work togeter and work on fitness by playing a game with 36 dome cones, 36 index cards, 6 jump ropes, tally sheets, 6 small clip boards and pencils, 6 hula hooops, and 6 regular cones.
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Volleyball Playday

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders observe and demonstrate basic volleyball skills by participating in a volleyball clinic. In small groups, they rotate around to different volleyball stations, observing and demonstrating setting, forearm pass, overhand...

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