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Business Cards
Students follow step-by-step instructions to create a business card. They experiment with a variety of fonts and word processing features to create a business card and then design and produce an original business card.
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Rosa Louis Parks
Students describe Rosa Parks' contributions and how they affect us today, and identify important events occurring at this time in history.
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One Word Posters
Students explore the universal themes they find in the complete set of One World Posters, including art, history, literature and music.
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Native American Music and the Flute
High schoolers study the role of the flute in Native American music while determining what an exemplary example of flute music sounds like. They develop a method of assessing a Native American flute performance. They perform a Native...
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It's A Blue, Blue Monday
Students create images that convey how the weather makes them feel. As a class, students discuss the way weather can effect their mood. After reading several passages describing the weather, students use vivid descriptions and...
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Famous Peacemakers ~ Creating a Declaration of Peace
Middle schoolers read about famous peacemakers and identify their characteristics. They reseach a peacemaker they are interested in. They create a Declaration of Peace to share with the community.
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A Beary Good Beginning
Students complete first day of school activities. Through instructor modeling and demonstration, they become acquainted with the rules and procedures for the classroom and school. Students create a book of their first day experience.
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The Millennium Promise in Africa
Students compete activities related to the viewing of a documentary film. After viewing the documentary, The Dairy of Angelina Jolie and Dr. Jeffrey Sachs in Africa, students participate in a discussion of the leading factors leading to...
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Simple Symbols and American Children
Students are introduced to a variety of symbols representing the United States. As a class, they identify places in which they have seen the various symbols and discuss what they mean. To end the lesson, they state the words from the...
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Parallel Lines and Proportional Parts
In this parallel lines and proportional parts worksheet, 10th graders solve 5 different problems related to determining whether lines are parallel and proportional in each figure. First, they refer to the figure shown at the top to...
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Addition Facts Hidden Picture
In this addition hidden picture worksheet, students solve the 30 addition facts 0 to 20. Students then use their answers to color a hidden picture according to the key provided.
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First and Then
In this Christmas problem solving learning exercise, students solve 7 mathematical problems by first doing the work in parentheses and then solving each problem.
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A Bishop's Description of the Christianized Indians of Spanish Florida, 1675
Students explore mission life in La Florida as observed by a Spanish bishop who visited in the 1670s. For this Spanish Florida lesson, students recognize the value of primary sources in illuminating the past and consider factors such as...
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Culture Ads
Students examine cultural differences in picture books. In this cultural diversity lesson, students identify cultural differences in picture books about children from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and minority...
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False Statements
In this false statements of history worksheet, students identify false statements out of a group of statements. Students identify 9 false statements.
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Matching Events and People
In this social studies events worksheet, students match important events in history with people that were involved at the time. Students complete 13 matches.
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American Personalities: Autobiographical Sketches
Students are introduced to American personalities whose fame and contributions have left, and continue to leave a mark in American history.
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Blast Off to Learning
Students explain the laws of volume and pressure, identify what a limiting reagent is and why it is important in a chemical reaction, and distinguish between fossil fuels and renewable energy sources.
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Bridge to Terabithia
Students read Katherin Paterson's novel, Bridge to Terabithia and participate in a variety of enrichment activities. Lesson provides study questions for each chapter of the novel.
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Snowfall Statistics for Snowboarding
Students use the Internet to collect the current daily snowfall amounts and also to find the price of a lift ticket for snowboarding at different ski resorts in the United States.
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The Struggle for Women's Rights in the 1800's
Pupils assist in preparing for debate as part of the group. They participate in the debate and the follow-up discussion, then write a letter expressing what they have learned and project their expectations for the future.
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Day you were born newspaper
Students construct a newspaper about historical events that happened on the day they were born. In this newspaper lesson plan, students write an editorial, create a visual, find a political cartoon, and insert an interview.
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Bench-Pressing Issues
Students examine some of the issues that may be facing the changing United States Supreme Court. With further exploration, they formulate their own opinions and deepen their awareness of these critical topics.
