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Council for Economic Education

Teaching Economics Using Children's Literature: The Giving Tree

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree is a great way to cover multiple concepts in an elementary school classroom. Throughout this lesson, they learn about economic principles such as scarcity and goods, science principles like renewable...
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McGraw Hill

Study Guide for Hatchet

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Use this packet as a companion to your study of Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. The resource breaks the novel up into several chunks, and for each chunk provides activities, background information, vocabulary, graphic organizers, and response...
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Curated OER

Christmas and New Year Past Tenses Mimes

For Students 9th - 11th
In this English instructional activity, students, working with a partner, practice acting out one of thirty-three mimes with each other to see if their partner can guess what the other one is miming.
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Curated OER

Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots study guide instructional activity, learners discover details regarding the 2 monarchs. Students read 4 sections of information and examine photographs.