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Japanese Music Study

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Gagaku is music traditionally played in the Japanese imperial courts of long ago. Learners listen to this and other traditional Japanese music to gain an understanding of culture and music history. They work to identify Japanese...
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Drama/Theatre

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discover how setting, props, and character-action communicate information about the characters and the story. Access to videos and a video camera are important to make this lesson a success.
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Political Party Manifesto

For Students 7th - 12th
For this political party manifesto worksheet, students work collaboratively to respond to 5 short answer questions regarding party platforms and then write their own manifesto speech.
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Cut Up Painting

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students work on color planning and painting skills and reinforce principles of design. They alter a work of art to create a low relief assemblage.
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757 Glider Kit

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students work together to complete a 757 Glider kit. They use a GPS to discover how it operates in all weather landings. They complete different obstacles with the glider as well.
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Valentine's Day Themed Math Word Problems

For Students 2nd
In this Valentine's Day subtraction and addition worksheet, 2nd graders work out and solve 2 word problems involving subtraction and addition.
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Winter Themed Math Word Problems--Up to 100

For Students 2nd
In this winter theme subtraction worksheet, 2nd graders work out and solve 2 subtraction word problems dealing with the theme of winter.
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Mystery Puzzle Race

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners work togeter and work on fitness by playing a game with 36 dome cones, 36 index cards, 6 jump ropes, tally sheets, 6 small clip boards and pencils, 6 hula hooops, and 6 regular cones.
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Rallying to the Cause

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners study the role of volunteering during the Civil War, the Reconstruction, and today. In this volunteerism lesson, students work with a partner to read biographies of volunteers while looking for their Core Democratic Values. They...
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Guest Check

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders practice math computation with a guest check. In this computation lesson, 9th graders work with a partner to write up a check for ordered food. They practice adding the money and coming up with change.
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BIOASSESSMENT OF STREAMS

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students work as a team to gather organisms from a stream to evaluate if the water quality is excellent, good, or fair to poor.
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Use of "In Spite of / Despite" Oral Review

For Students 6th - 8th
In this oral review worksheet, students work with a partner to change sentences. They change sets of sentences to include "in spite of" or "despite." They say the sentences orally while their partner checks them.
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Place Value: regrouping

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders work on regrouping. In this regrouping lesson, 3rd graders use base ten blocks as manipulatives to add or subtract numbers with regrouping. They focus on place value and correctly reading their answers.
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Summer Activities

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students work together in groups and pretend they are stranded on a desert island. In this desert island lesson plan, students write messages in a bottle, work together to give compliments, and talk about their feelings.
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Phonemic Awareness Through Music

For Teachers K
Students identify rhyming words in Raffi's song, "Down By the Bay." In this phonemic awareness lesson, students highlight rhyming words displayed on a chart of the song. Students work in pairs to match rhyming word cards.
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Making Movie Storyboards

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the importance of images in telling a story in film, analyze movie clips and identify some visual cues that help them explain the story; students work collaboratively to storyboard a passage from a book and present them...
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Debt Slavery and Children in India, A Case Study

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the child labor situation in India. Using the internet, they research the conditions these students work under and how they are part of the debt slavery system. They read the Human Rights Watch and determine if this is...
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Career Skills

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders work together to focus upon the skills needed for career development. They work together to find the kind of responsibilities that are needed in the contexts of home, work, and school. They create a poster based upon the...
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Family Activity: Adding and Subtracting Decimals

For Students 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students work at home with a family member to add and subtract decimals in a sample check register. Students add deposits, subtract withdrawals and determine the balance of the account.
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Soccer Tennis

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils work together in teams to play a variation of tennis and soccer combined.
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Grammar Lesson Plan Focus on Paired Conjunctions

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students engage in a lesson plan which is a straight forward, teacher centered, grammar lesson plan focusing on written and oral production of the target structure. After a lecture/demo, students work individually on an exercise imbedded...
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Planets And Moons Web Quest

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students work with a partner using the Internet to find the answers to a web quest about space exploration. They work in cooperative groups to discuss information and evaluate its importance to space exploration.
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Seismology in the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars work together to use a sample seismograph. They role play the position of an engineering firm that is to analyze the machine. They discover how engineers develop new machines to take measurements.
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Vocabulary: Variety and Venture

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners work to increase their vocabulary in their written work. They locate definitions and synonyms through a variety of activities. Students create programs that enhance others' studying.