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Worksheet
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Can I...?

For Students 7th
In this can I worksheet, 7th graders view, analyze and discuss twenty different cards with twenty different questions or directives for each students to answer.
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Worksheet
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Clashes on Israel's Border

For Students 9th - 11th
Here are 11 questions intended to guide learners as they read a New York Times article about the violence and conflict between Israel and Palestine. They can review the questions and then read the article to help answer them. A link to a...
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Lesson Plan
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The East Fork Project

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students identify possible sources of health risks, types of exposures, routes of exposure, and populations that could be affected after discussing water pollution and environmental health hazards. After discussion, students conduct a...
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Mark Twain and American Humor

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
“The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County” is famous, in part, because it established a uniquely American form of humor. For this famous story, Mark Twain combines the tall-tale, the dialect story, and satire. Here is a resource...
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PPT
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New Nations, New Problems: 1914-1922

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Take a moment between your World War I and World War II units for this presentation, which focuses on the territorial implications and changes after the end of World War I. Your class will appreciate the radical loss of land and power of...
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Worksheet
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Line Up Balls

For Students K - 6th
At times special needs or Autistic children have a difficult time disengaging from a lesson to line up at the door. This brief strategy overview employs mini-porcupine balls and a pocket. It was developed to help pupils...
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PPT
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English Basics: The Jargon You Need to Know

For Teachers 7th - 9th
These functional slides first show a list of parts of speech then a few sentences. In each subsequent slide, nouns are first highlighted, then pronouns on the next slide, and articles on the next slide, all using the same basic...
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Worksheet
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Above, On, Below, part 2

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Prepositions describe where something is in space or time. Little learners discover the prepositions about, on, and below. They locate and count objects in each position as they are located in relation to the ground. They then record the...
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Figurative Language Project

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Want a handy way to remember the difference between metaphors and similes, or allusions and alliteration? Individuals craft their own figurative language booklet, complete with definitions, examples, and illustrations, following...
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Activity
Aunt Annie's Crafts

Trick or Treat Bags

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Trick or treating can be even more fun when kids make their own goodie bags. A materials list, illustrations, templates, and complete directions are included in the resource
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Activity
Aunt Annie's Crafts

Treat or Cookie Bags

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Have kids make their own treat or cookie bags using the directions available from this resource
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Values Written as Powers: Binary Numbers 1 to 8

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
A six-question interactive tasks scholars with adding binary numbers one through eight. A tool acts as a visual aid to showcase the patterns made when working with base—2, digits zero and one. Question types include fill in the blank,...
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Facing History and Ourselves

Teaching Strategy: Contracting

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The final lesson in the First Days of School series focuses on how to build a classroom community where all class members can feel safe, heard, and valued. The resource includes step-by-step directions for engaging pupils in developing...
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Lesson Plan
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Finding Your Way

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students work in small groups to practice basic map skills. They take turns giving directions and tracing a path from one location to different destinations on the map.
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Lesson Plan
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Laurence of Arabia

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students critically examine the life and contributions of Lawrence of Arabia to the modern Middle East. They view a video on Laurence of Arabia. Students discuss the movie. Students create a propaganda posters or stories identifying...
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Lesson Plan
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Turkey Color Page

For Teachers Pre-K
Students work on an art project. In this following directions instructional activity, students must listen carefully and follow the teacher's instructions in order to make a picture of a turkey.
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Lesson Plan
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Silk Roads Big Map

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Learners create an oversized map from Europe to East Asia. They include information such as Silk Roads, geographical features, major cities and cultural information on their map.
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Lesson Plan
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Stereotypes: More Than Meets the Eye

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the concept of stereotyping. They observe images and media that portray the Middle East and its inhabitants. Students make determinations about the impact of the images on their perceptions. They consider ways to...
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Lesson Plan
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Weather Report Chart

For Teachers K - 4th
Students complete a weather report chart after studying weather patterns for a period of time. For this weather report lesson, students measure temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, wind speed, and wind direction for a month. Students...
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Sitti's Secrets

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students identify geography by analyzing a story in class. In this global culture instructional activity, students read the book Sitti's Secrets which is based upon a story set in the Middle East. Students compare the cultural...
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Worksheet
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Student Exploration: 3D Eclipse

For Students 4th - 8th
In this eclipse worksheet, students complete a hands on activity where they simulate an eclipse and answer short answer questions about it. Students complete 19 questions.
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Learning
School Mathematics Project

Resource Sheets

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This extensive and far-reaching collection of worksheets puts a new twist on many basic concepts. Learners use multiplication to trace a path from one point to another, tile a plane by converting between improper and proper fractions,...
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Lesson Plan
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Map Directions and the United States

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders search TDC database for images of a compass rose, a miles marker, and a US map. They identify cardinal and intermediate directions to help identify their state and other states on a US map.
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Lesson Plan
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"A Magic Trick" (Understanding Verbal Directions)

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Learners practice their listening skills by listening to the teacher give directions for a magic trick and trying to complete it successfully.