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Health, Hygiene, Sanitation, and Privacy

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine articles to find out about the relationship between sanitation and disease.  In this personal hygiene and home economics lesson, students diagram areas for personal hygiene in their homes, read articles about health...
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Gender Equity in Jobs

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discuss jobs/roles in everyday life. In this social science lesson, students examine the fact that jobs or roles that were once gender specific no longer are. Students realize that any gender can have any job as long as that...
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Huey Long-"Every Man a King"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the governorship of Huey Long. They view and discuss Ken Burn's documentary, "Huey Long," read and discuss a speech, conduct Internet research, and create a visual display of their research information.
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Robert Frost Learning Stations

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners, while utilizing learning stations, read and analyze Robert Frost's poems from his "Frostiana" collection. They are encouraged to experience and explore poetry through different means via small groups. Within each station they...
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Housing: Types of Shelters

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Learners experiment with the construction of shelters and the various types of architectural designs.  In this shelters lesson, students draw the building they live in.  Learners compare and contrast buildings made today and...
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Designing Samples/Simple Random Samples

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the advantages and disadvantages of various sampling techniques. They define a simple random sample and identify possible sources of bias in other types of samples. Answer Key included.
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We Care About Fire Safety

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students investigate the hazards of fires and how to best protect themselves and their family.  In this home safety lesson, students examine the importance of a smoke detector and discover how many homes are missing them among their...
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S'More Mores

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students consider social practices common to their target language. They work in pairs to research social practices common to the target language society that differ from those in the United States. They prepare a three-minute...
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Reporting Live From...

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the many disasters in West Virginia. For this US history lesson, students write about and give an oral presentation of one of the disasters as if they were reporters.
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Exploring Greek Spelling Patterns

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate Greek spelling patterns. In this Greek words lesson, students complete an oral spelling activity with their teacher and then a worksheet to learn about Greek spelling patterns.
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Globalization – The Indian and American Connection

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the economic relationship between India and the United States. For this globalization lesson, students research business with bases in both nations and discuss the impact of the economic dependence between the nations....
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Science Safari: Energy Resources

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students pick a topic that is related to energy and power companies, tools, and careers. They organize information, photos, illustrations, video, or other graphics into a presentation.
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Create A Business and A Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students look through a phone book and pick a business they think they would enjoy. They brainstorm ideas about the needs of a business. They set their prices to payback their investment into the new business.
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What Is That Bubblin¿¿¿ In My Back Yard?

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars create a map plotting local sites the Environmental Protection Agency has on its EPA Regulated Sites list. They discuss the need for citizens to, at a minimum, be aware of potential pollution hazards in their community.
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Resume Worksheet

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In these resume worksheets, students complete the information listed on the resume as a part of a job application process.
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Provide His/Her Gender

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students write, speak and read his/her gender and the stress the importance of communicating this information accurately especially when completing forms or n various kinds of interviews. Included is a Gender Pre-Test, Gender Grammar...
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Secret Stories: Exploring the Elements of Folktales and Fables

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students are introduced to the characteristics of fables and folktales. In groups, they read and identify the various elements in the stories they read from around the world. For each story, they analyze the setting and the various...
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A Balloon Dance

For Teachers All
Dance offers several components and the two that are involved in this activity are creative expression and artistic perception. In this dance activity children are given movements with which to build and formulate and help them make wise...
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ADULT ESOL LESSON PLAN--Safety and Security

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students, after reviewing and drilling on a unique vocabulary list of terms, analyze the proper procedures for fire, crime or medical emergencies. They examine how to stay calm and collected during such emergencies and why its important...
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Sound

For Teachers 1st
First graders investigate sound and recognize the importance of hearing. They listen to and identify sounds in the environment, classroom, and on a pre-recorded tape. The students classify each type of sound and participate in a Sound...
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The World's Columbian Exposition

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this technological advancements instructional activity, students research and share information regarding technologies and inventions featured at the...
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It's All in Your Mind

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students recognize diminishing cognitive abilities. affect independence. In this health instructional activity, students explore the struggles older people have so to their diminishing cognitive abilities.
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Philanthropy and Philanthropists' Qualities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the meaning of the term "philanthropy" and the qualities that philanthropists share, especially good character and personal virtue. They list and describe how three volunteer groups act for the common good and summarize...
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Choosing a Career in Health

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners describe the role of hand washing in prevention of disease transmission, explore various careers in the health field, and describe a health career that is of interest to them, and explain why.