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Dancing and Singing Through the Bill of Rights

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study the Bill of Rights. In this Bill of Rights lesson, students read and analyze the Bill of Rights before performing The Amendment Song, and a dance associated with the concepts. They work in small groups using a Frayer...
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Counseling

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students read a book as a group about bullies and being mean to one another. They answer questions as a class and discuss what to do instead if you are ever in this situation.
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Knowing Self- Self-Esteem

For Teachers 6th - 8th
As a group, students read a book about self-esteem. They answer questions as a class about having high self-esteem and discuss it.
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Prejudice and Discrimination

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
As a group, students read a story about prejudice and discrimination. They answer questions and discuss the topic. They accept everyone.
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It's A Blue, Blue Monday

For Teachers 11th - 12th
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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Terrorism: What's in a Word?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read selected articles and discuss various definitions of terrorism. They create a chekclist of their definitions. Students listen as the teacher reads several scenarios aloud and decide if the incident would count as terrorism....
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It's All in the Family with Mother's & Father's Day

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students interview family members to make a family tree for a Mother's or Father's Day card. In this family tree lesson, students read Love You Forever and discuss love within families. Students view Genealogy Resources on the Internet...
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KNUD RASMUSSEN – "THE OLD AND THE NEW"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider Inuit culture and point of view. In this Native land encroachment lesson, students read "The Old and the New" to examine the position of the Inuit tribe on the establishing of trading posts in the Arctic.
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Doll Making

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners discuss folktales and read Tiger and The Big Wind, listening for animal characters for later discussion. In this language arts lesson, students complete a T chart on characters and make a doll for one either chosen or assigned....
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"My Friend's Got This Problem, Mr. Chandler," by Mel Glenn

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars read, "My Friend's Got This Problem, Mr. Chandler," discuss it and write a response to one of the poems.
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Reproductive System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students view and discuss transparencies and worksheets of the male and female reproductive systems. They read the key vocabulary terms, complete a homework assignment, and label and identify the various reproductive parts.
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Write a Letter to Jesse Owens

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine the accomplishments of Jesse Owens and the views of the Nazi Party in 1936. They read and discuss two handouts, conduct research on the Nazi Party's views and the Civil Rights Movement in American in 1936, and write a...
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What Makes Us Different?

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Young scholars 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...
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Pronunciation of Final Consonants

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students in ESOL classes discover how to recognize and pronounce final consonant sounds. With partners, they read passages aloud and practice the correct pronunciation. Students emphasize pronouncing the final consonant and attempt to...
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Family Pictures

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, after reading the story, "Family Pictures," discuss the format of the story and then recall a favorite family experience of their own. They then write a paragraph as modeled by the author describing that experience with...
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How Do We Remember We Are Free?

For Teachers 4th - Higher Ed
Students examine the Jewish enslavement and Exodus from Egypt to gain their freedom. They read and discuss the story, "The Reminder" and work in small groups to discuss the symbols and rituals of Passover and the Fourth of July. After...
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Test Your Speaking & Listening Skills: Sound-Alike Words 1

For Students 4th - 6th
In this listening and speaking activity, students will read 20 sentences each containing a misspelled homophone. Then students will circle the misspelled homophone and write the correct sound alike word on the line.
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Here Comes the March!

For Students Pre-K - K
In this word recognition worksheet, learners call out the final word in a poem that is read to them. The students focus on the rhyming words at the end of each stanza.
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Introduce Word-form Recognition

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students demonstrate automatic word recognition. In this sight word practice lesson, students sound out the words on the board to themselves and then read the word aloud.
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Hanukkah

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Students learn about the holiday of Hanukkah by making a milk box dreidel, playing the dreidel game, and lighting a menorah. In this Hanukkah lesson plan, students also read Hanukkah books.
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Dialogue: Male and Female Roles

For Teachers 9th - 11th
In this male and female roles worksheet, students discuss the roles of males and females in society by reading a dialogue.
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Political Systems

For Students 8th - 10th
In this political systems worksheet, students read the dialogue examples in pairs to explore political systems within Britain.
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The President’s Cabinet

For Students 8th - 12th
In this presidential cabinet worksheet, students read the 15 descriptions of Cabinet positions and match them to the appropriate titles.
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Wanted Dead or Alive

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Wanted! Pests are on the loose! Here, class members create a wanted poster highlighting one pest. Posters includes a picture, description, and signs of pest activity.