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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Dr. Seuss and Read Across America

For Teachers 5th - 6th Standards
What important facts about Dr. Seuss influenced the Read Across America movement...? This is the driving question of a research project that requires scholars to find information about Dr. Seuss' life and work. Class...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Leisure Activities

For Students 6th - 8th
In this social studies instructional activity, students find the words that are related to entertainment during leisure time. The answers are found by clicking the link at the bottom of the page.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Hollywood’s Top Ten

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this entertainment worksheet, pupils answer 6 questions about their top ten favorite movies. The questions have no right answer because they are subjective.
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Website
BBC

Bbc News: Arabic Language Version

For Students 9th - 10th
World news headlines in English with Arabic introductions and target vocabulary words, with vocabulary help in Arabic. Students can also listen to an English language broadcast of the story. Very handy site for upper level...
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spanish 2: Unit 8: El Entretenimiento

For Students 9th - 10th
In this eighth unit of an intermediate Spanish course, students learn about how Spanish-speaking peoples entertain themselves and they investigate a dance style. Includes modeling of oral Spanish pronunciation and conversation, games,...
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Lesson Plan
Media Smarts

Media Smarts: Teaching Tv: Enjoying Television Lesson

For Students 1st - 6th
MediaSmarts provides digital and media literacy lessons for young scholars. In this lesson, young students will become reflect about television programs they enjoy and analyze why they enjoy them.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Leisure and Entertainment at the Turn of the Twentieth Century

For Teachers 6th - 8th
For this lesson plan, students will consider "Having Fun: Leisure and Entertainment at the Turn of the Twentieth Century." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Website
Library of Congress

Loc: Home Sweet Home Life in 19th Century Ohio

For Students 9th - 10th
This site uses historically significant documents to paint a picture of family life in 19th century Ohio. Music plays a large role in this picture.
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Article
The Guardian

Guardian: The Death of Al Jolson

For Students 9th - 10th
Contains a newspaper article about Al Jolson's death.