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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Truman's Foreign Policy Decisions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Fourth Quadrant of Proportiona

For Teachers 4th - 5th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Your Body's Building Blocks

For Teachers 10th - 12th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Background on Uyghur Society

For Teachers 9th - 12th
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...
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Handout
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Pedagogy in Action: Jigsaws

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This resource provides a comprehensive look at the jigsaw technique. This teaching technique is known to be one the most popular cooperative learning strategies.
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Professional Doc
Other

Social Psychology Network: Jigsaw Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Professional Doc
AdLit

Ad lit.org: Classroom Strategies: Jigsaw

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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....
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Lesson Plan
Louisiana Department of Education

Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Ela Guidebooks: Jigsaw

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This strategy helps students refine their understanding of texts to meet reading expectations and engage in group conversations to meet speaking and listening expectations.
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Activity
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: A Language Arts Grammar Jigsaw

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides a cooperative grouping strategy. This site explains how to engage students using the Jigsaw method for grammar study.
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Professional Doc
Daily Teaching Tools

Daily Teaching Tools: Cooperative Learning: 7 Free Jigsaw Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Step by step guidelines explaining how to use seven different Jigsaw Activities in the classroom.
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Article
Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets: 103 Things to Do Before/during/after Reading

For Students K - 1st Standards
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...