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Springtime Flower Fun

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Pupils study directional skills and participate in a scavenger hunt to find flowers. They compare, group and classify the flowers by their similarities and differences.
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What Makes Us Different?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students read the book "Tacky the Penguin," and examine how they are different from each other. They discuss what makes Tacky different from his friends, develop a list of ten ways they are different from one another, and examine how...
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What Do You See?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners listen to a passage out of the book, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe and close their eyes to try to make a picture of what was being read; describing it in their mind. They then read a passage out of the book that is very...
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Blick Liquid Watercolor

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students explore the use of watercolors in the making of paintings that incorporate the use of shapes and overlapping them into new ones. The skills of using positive and negative space is strengthened as they are applied in these...
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Belt-Abouts Lesson 4

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students continue to examine the importance of wearing a seat belt. After identifying new vocabulary, they discuss the ways in which wearing a seat belt can better people's lives. They write a letter to the newspaper to state why the...
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Problem Solving Use a Table: Practice

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this math tables worksheet, students use a table to solve the word problems. Students determine which operation to use to solve the problem, draw a table to help them solve it, and then solve the problem.
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Subtract from 14 Through 20

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this subtraction practice worksheet, students use problem solving skills in order to solve 6 math word problems that require them to subtract from the numbers 17, 18, 19, and 20.
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Different Ways to Add

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this adding practice learning exercise, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems using any method they wish.
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The Story Of American Freedom

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of American freedom with the use of primary sources of images in order to derive meaning. The images are used to inspire research and writing about historical scenes. The writing and analysis of the...
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What is moral courage?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars look at "Anne Frank Trust" winners' profiles and discuss what it means to have moral courage. They choose someone they would nominate for the Anne Frank Awards for Moral Courage.
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Needs & Wants

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders determine the definitions of needs and wants. They write the definitions down and make a personal list explaining their own wants and needs. They cut out pictures from magazines showing their wants and needs which they...
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National First Ladies' Library

Executive Order 9066: Japanese-American Internment

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students analyze conditions under which sections of United States Constitution are superceded, research history of Native Americans, African Americans, and Japanese Americans, and debate policy of reparations for various minority groups...
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Present Continuous (advanced)

For Students 4th - 6th
In this present continuous activity, students fill in the blanks to sentences with the verbs given in the correct form. Students complete 3 exercises.
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The Night Before Christmas

For Students 2nd
In this reading worksheet, 2nd graders read the story The Night Before Christmas and illustrate a concept from the story. Students read 5 pages total on this worksheet.
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Immigration to the United States

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders search TDC database for images of immigration from other countries, maps, and diaries. They identify why immigrants came to the United States and engage in a role-play simulating an experience the immigrants might have had.
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African Myths and What They Teach

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students identify and locate the continent of Africa on a globe or map. They locate on a classroom map of Africa the place of origin of the myths/stories being read in class. They discover that the peoples of Africa and their stories are...
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Butterfly Baggies

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create Butterflies out of sandwich baggies in this interesting Art lesson for the early-elementary classroom. The lesson can be connected to a science lesson about butterflies, can be used with other Butterfly art lessons...
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Bullied Girls and Boys

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students study and verbalize positive qualities about themselves and others. They work on interpersonal skills by encouraging others and finally they reflect and evaluate on how their behavior affects others.
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Circles

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate the concept of finding the circumference of a circle. They demonstrate why the formula works with a hands on experiment. There is detailed instructions for carrying out the technical portions of the experiment.
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What Size Are Your Feet?

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this personal facts worksheet, students explore why it's important to treat everyone equally. Kids read and fill out a questionnaire with 10 questions relating to all the different students in their classroom.
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Use a Bar Graph

For Students 2nd - 3rd
For this bar graph worksheet, learners use data from a bar graph to solve an addition sentence. To help students solve the problem they use the problem solving strategies of understand, plan, solve, and look back.
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Reasonable Answers

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this reasonable answer worksheet, students estimate and circle the answer that make sense for a set of 6 word problems. Students choose from 2 possible answers.
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Add Equals to Equals

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this number comparison worksheet, students compare numbers and monetary amounts in order to solve 6 word problems. They use addition and subtraction to solve the problems.
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Rabbits Rhymes and Finger Plays

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students sing songs about bunnies and pick out the rhyming words. In this rhyming instructional activity, students develop an understanding of rhyming words at the end of each verse of a song or poem.