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Truman's Foreign Policy Decisions
High schoolers examine foreign policy decisions of former President Truman which still affect us today, review factors to be considered in making foreign policy decisions, closely explore specific major foreign policy decisions, and...
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The Fourth Quadrant of Proportiona
Students experiment with scale to solve a problem presented in a video clip. They determine the correct size to use when constructing a model and evaluate the use of proportions in real life applications.
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Your Body's Building Blocks
Learners study the elements of the Periodic Table as they relate to the building blocks of the body. They experiment to measure the amount of iron in the body.
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Reading
Students participate in a jungle run in which they must group with the same people who hold the same cards with pictures of a tree, mushroom, deer or insect. In these groups, they read the definitions of sustainable development. Using...
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Background on Uyghur Society
Learners are introduced to the history of the Uyghur society. In groups, they read various chapters of their text, they summarize the material, write down any questions they need answered and create an outline. They present their...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Pedagogy in Action: Jigsaws
This resource provides a comprehensive look at the jigsaw technique. This teaching technique is known to be one the most popular cooperative learning strategies.
Other
Social Psychology Network: Jigsaw Classroom
The "official web site of the jigsaw classroom",- a cooperative learning technique which was developed by Elliot Aronson. The jigsaw approach is considered to promote better learning, improve student motivation, and increase enjoyment of...
AdLit
Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Jigsaw
Jigsaw is a strategy that emphasizes cooperative learning by providing students an opportunity to actively help each other build comprehension. Use this technique to assign students to reading groups composed of varying skill levels....
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Jigsaw
This strategy helps students refine their understanding of texts to meet reading expectations and engage in group conversations to meet speaking and listening expectations.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: A Language Arts Grammar Jigsaw
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a cooperative grouping strategy. This site explains how to engage students using the Jigsaw method for grammar study.
Daily Teaching Tools
Daily Teaching Tools: Cooperative Learning: 7 Free Jigsaw Activities
Step by step guidelines explaining how to use seven different Jigsaw Activities in the classroom.
Reading Rockets
Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading
The highly-respected Reading Rockets program offers both teachers and students a toolkit of ways to connect more actively with the materials they read. Some of these techniques are specifically for fiction-reading, others are designed...