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You Mean I Am Part of History?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders open the lines of communication between family members and to gain a historical understanding about family history. They research and interview their grandparents and parents and create a research paper.
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Pre-WWII European Jewish Life Photo Project

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the individuality fo Jewish lives affected by or lost in the Holocaust and how their communities were affected.
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Newspaper Knowledge

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read the local newspaper and interpret the written information.
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The Tale of Scale

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, using a range of data, produce three bar graphs for various scales along the y-axis.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 4, Lesson 13: Where, Oh Where, Can the Geo Be?

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Learners listen to a story "My Crazy Dream" with an intent to identify shapes in ordinary objects. They raise their hands when they've heard an object whose shape they can identify. They discuss their findings.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 4, Lesson 15: Geo Jingo Jivin'

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore how musical instruments h ave varying geometric shape, and how those geometric shapes correspond to three-dimenaional shapes that students have studied.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 5, Lesson 16: Capturing "Lions" of Poetry

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders participate in the Author's Chair, which is placed in the front of the room. The puppet, Geo George, asks students to take out their poems, then brings them to the Author's Chair individually to share their poems with the...
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Geo Jammin' - Day 5, Lesson 18: By George!

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students handle geometric shape puppets and answer specific questions about dimension. They write from the shape's point of view comparing themselves to everyday objects.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 6, Lesson 20: Hail, Hail, the Gang's All Here

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students use shape puppets to review geometry content. They take turns singing songs, reading students poems, reciting class bulletin board notes and choral poems. They prepare for their summative assessments through play and interview...
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There's a Writer Waiting Inside Me

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders are introduced to the concept, What Makes Good Poetry? They are asked to explore the writer within.
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Travel Back in Time

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make a timeline of their life beginning with the year that they were born and progressing until this year.
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Mind over Matter

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders create new devices out of everyday objects.
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What Do We Need for Our Picnic?

For Teachers 1st
First graders group objects according to physical characteristics.
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Did We Know?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read text on Pearl Harbor and discuss their opinions as to whether the U.S. knew of the attack before it happened. They debate different positions and write an essay with their observations.
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Great Britain vs. Europe

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the reasons for the Industrial Revolution and its effects on France.
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Great Britain's Greatest Queen

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the reign of Queen Victoria and the significant political developments in the 19th century.