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Folk Genres

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students classify folk life traditions into folk genres. They create folk genre museums by laying down their images or postcards wherever they see a relationship. They give each an image to examine in depth and decide which folk genre...
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State Information

For Students 3rd - 5th
In these research worksheets, students will discover facts about one of the fifty United States. They are asked to research seven facts about their state including the state bird, state motto, and state flower. Students then create a...
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Letters from the Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of Japanese internment. In this Japanese internment lesson, students examine primary sources that enable them to discover what internment camp life was like and its implications, Middle schoolers...
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Buying, Selling, and Trading in Antebellum South Carolina

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the role of general stores in the development of communities. In this South Carolina history lesson plan, students study the economic development of early U.S. communities. Students write essays and create...
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Virginia Department of Education

Weather Patterns and Seasonal Changes

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Get your class outside to observe their surroundings with a lesson highlighting weather patterns and seasonal changes. First, learners take a weather walk to survey how the weather affects animals, people, plants, and trees during...
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EngageNY

Using Peer Feedback and Summarizing Our Research In Informational Text Boxes

For Teachers 5th Standards
Insert text box here. Learners use index cards to create their own informational text boxes. The text box includes information about an insect in the rainforest. Scholars also complete the draft of their research science journal entries.
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Tellagami Labs

Tellagami

For Students 2nd - 12th Standards
Bring the world of video messaging into your classroom with this creative communication application. Offering the ability to create animations with customized characters, backgrounds, and recorded messages, this resource is guaranteed to...
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PBS

Around the Block

For Teachers K - 4th Standards
Arthur and his friends help children explore the concepts of family, community, and diversity in a fun series of activities. From performing peer interviews to mapping out the different places learners have lived or visited, this...
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Word Perfect

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the value of personal written communication as compared to the use of e-mail or text messaging.
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Walking Down Main Street: The Changing Times of a Railroad Town

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore the historic district via a scavenger hunt. In this community history lesson, students complete a scavenger hunt using historic postcards and clues as guides. Students create a timeline demonstrating changes of the area...
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PowerPoint Postcards

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use the internet to research three facts about a country, state or habitat of their choice. Using this information, they create slides in PowerPoint to connect the information. They share their slides with the class and...
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Postcard places

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders research, discuss and analyze some of the places where Civil Rights events took place in history. They interpret information and data collected from travel cards about the significance of the site in relation to the Civil...
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THE LIGHT HOUSE KEEPER

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders interpret historic images to develop empathy with individuals who lived in the past. They imagine what life in coastal Alabama was like at the beginning of the twentieth century and work on writing skills.
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USA Quilt and Cookbook Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students share information about themselves and their surrounding area through postcards, quilt squares, and recipes. Students use a digital camera to take pictures of their community and create postcards using desktop publishing. They...
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South American Gauchos

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the culture and background of the South American Pampas and Gauchos. Through reading and discussion activities, 4th graders gather information about the Gauchos. To conclude the lesson, students create a postcard...
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Choosing Plymouth - Pilgrim Study Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students identify the principal physical features the Pilgrims considered when choosing the location of Plymouth. They create a postcard to send to a friend in Europe as if they were a Pilgrim; illustrating one aspect of the settling in...
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Count on Tens to Add: Problem solving

For Students 3rd - 4th
For this addition word problems worksheet, students work on counting on by tens. Students are given a story problem where they can count on by 10's to solve the problem. Students are also asked to draw or write to explain their answer.
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Weatherman Phil

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine the life of a groundhog and their role in predicting weather. They write a postcard or a letter to Punxsutawney Phil on the Internet.
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"The Pianist" As A Tool For Classroom Instruction About the Holocaust

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students watch "The Pianist" to gain insight on the Holocaust and World War II. They write an essay based on ideas from the film and read a variety of poems and writings from the time period. In groups, they discuss the diffuculties of...
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Dream Streets

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders conduct research on the internet to discover the principles of drawing using one and two point perspectives. After examining street scenes by Edward Hopper and postcards of Main Street USA in Disney, they write about and...
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Fractions of a Set

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this problem solving worksheet, students write a fraction for the parts of 4 sets of shapes and answer 1 word problem involving a set of fractions.
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Propaganda and Its Effects on WWI

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students learn about propaganda. In this WWI lesson, students define the term propaganda. Working in groups, they are given a packet of postcards and posters used during WWI. They answer questions about their uses and write a summary on...
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Railroad Advertising: Let's Go for a Ride!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine advertising from early to mid twentieth century.  In this advertising techniques instructional activity, students assess the different ways advertisers "sold" the concept of railroad travel.  Students examine a...
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The Jones Family Express

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book The Jones Family Express. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have...

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