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Skyline Vocabulary

For Students 5th - 6th
In this skyline vocabulary worksheet, students list, define and use each of the twenty four words in a complete sentence and then memorize the spelling words for a test.
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Advanced Sentence Completion: 11

For Students 6th - 8th
In this sentence completion learning exercise, students fill in the blank for the correct words for each sentence. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions. Click on "show all" to see the rest of the learning exercise.
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Minding the Media

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners 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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Responsibility

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders brainstorm and share ideas of how they can behave responsibly by respecting the rights of others. This is lesson one of seven in the unit, A Television in My Room. After a discussion, 2nd graders break into groups which...
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Identifying an Author's Purpose

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners read, "Research Shows TV PSAs Effective In Reducing Teen Marijuana Use", discuss the article with questions imbedded in the lesson and write their own PSA.
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Conservation 'Ad'vice for National Parks

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners discuss ways that the public can damage as well as preserve our natural and cultural resources. Small groups are each assigned one of the national parks and must design a poster or TV commercial that celebrates the importance of...
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How Does It Move?

For Teachers K
Students listen to the song, The Wheels on the Bus. They attempt to sing the song again, but change it for a tractor. They watch the book, A Visit With Grandma, through a projector, LCD panel, or big screen television and develop their...
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Slave Resistance in Natchez

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine various ways that slaves in the Natchez area resisted bondage, consider the price of resistance, and write television news documentary.
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Survivor Vs. Canterbury Tales

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders participate in activities that compare and contrast The Canterbury Tales with the television show, Survivor. They write a compare and contrast essay, and create a festival table and PowerPoint presentation.
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Power and Impact of Radio as a Broadcast Medium

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students compare radio coverage of news events with coverage of 21st century new stories. They analyze various forms of media as they relate to news coverage. They write an essay comparing the impact of radio versus that of television
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Chinese Lantern

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students examine a TV episode about a young girl who is upset that she may have to move to Hong Kong. They watch as a friend tries to make her comfortable with the move by introducing her to Chinese New Year's celebrations. They make...
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Lost Peace

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils view a television program that chronicles the failure of the League of Nations as a deterrent to further war. They create a timeline of events that led from WWI to WWII and hold a mock town meeting in which they discuss the pros...
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Killing Fields

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Pupils view a television program that explores people's perceptions and expectations in war prior to and after WWI. They discuss the effects of trench warfare and write a journal entry or short oral report reflecting on their...
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On the Line

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers view a television program that traces the use of the assembly line in mass production and the subsequent conflict between workers' rights and management. They analyze and discuss the portrayal of the American worker over...
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People Power

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers view a television program that explores many Eastern European residents' discontentment with communism. They work in groups to research living conditions in an Eastern European country before communism, under communism and...
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Guerilla Warfare

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students view a television program comparing conventional and guerilla warfare. They compare and contrast guerilla movements in Cuba, Vietnam and Afghanistan. Students also consider the American Revolutionary War from the perspective of...
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Similarities Between African Folktales And French Folktales

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the importance of the Storyteller in ancient times as well as in modern times. They realize that this is an art essential to the development and evolution of the mind and that today more than ever we need to rely on...
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Effects of the Enlightenment

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore the Enlightenment and its historical effects. As a class, they discuss the characteristics of kings, queens and monarchies. Pupils design political cartoons to illustrate vocabulary words. Using a graphic...
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A Day at the Ancient Olympics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how athletes from various ancient Greek city-states behaved at the Olympic Games. They conduct Internet research, take notes on a worksheet, and write a screenplay for a television drama about the Olympic Games in...
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My Commercial

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students analyze television commercials. They listen to audio tapes and view video tapes to answer questions about the content. They answer questions related to the products, images, characteristics, and presentation. They rewrite the...
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The Call of the Wild

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students work with educational software based on literature selections that introduce them to exemplary works of fiction. They read the novel and use the software to respond to different levels of questions. They design creative...
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Ethnic Stereotypes in the Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the existence of stereotypes and how various forms of media help to reinforce them. Groups discuss common stereotypes on a list of popular television shows. Student groups design a storyboard for an autobiographical...
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Role Models, Fantasy vs. Reality

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars explore the qualities of a hero. Through a class discussion, they compare and contrast a reality hero to a fantasy super hero. Students watch television commercials and identify the influences in them. They determine...
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Literature: Plot Patterns

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and analyze "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" for plot patterns. In a plot summary pyramid, they organize the story elements in sequential order. To illustrate plot summary techniques, students cite examples from...

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