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Being an Insider/Outsider to Judaism

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students explore and analyze the history of Judaism with all its ups and downs throughout history as well as its traditions and cultures that have survived a lifetime of ridicule and controversy. They relate the feeling that the majority...
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Jewish Diversity: Travels of Jewish Foods and Jewish Families

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students are introduced to Jewish history thorugh food and various ingredients. As a class, they read a passage from the Bible about the exodus from Egypt and answer discussion questions. They make traditional Jewish meals with their...
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Ray Frank on Gratitude and Repentance

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Learners explore Ray Frank's biography and achievements in relation to expressing gratitude and repentance. They create a list of the things they are grateful for and what repentance means to them. After listening to a Talmudic story,...
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Elders as Resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students participate in an oral history project where they interview a person's valuable insights to their life stories. They gain personal experience in an interactive process that brings history alive all over again. Students conduct...
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Clues From the Past: Daily Life

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers discover the ways different cultures gathered and made food. In groups, they read excerpts from primary sources about the food people in Mesopotamia liked to eat. They work together to make a batch of goat stew and a...
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What Does The Preamble of the U.S. Constitution Mean?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars begin the lesson by comparing and contrasting two state constitution's preambles. After identifying the themes in the state preambles, they compare the U.S. Constitution's preamble to the states. They work together to...
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A Comparison of Indentured Servants and Slaves

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine and compare the lives of slaves and indentured servants using primary sources and the historical fiction books, "Molly Bannaky and Barefoot." They analyze and compare advertisements for runaway slaves. Students...
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Jack / Kate and the BeanStalk

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students compare/contrast "Jack and the Beanstalk," by Steven Kellogg to "Kate and the Beanstalk," by Mary Pope Osborne. They discuss their character traits, stereotypes and "Bend Stereotypes" by modeling and demonstrating them within a...
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A Meeting of World Leaders

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study some of the background, motivation, and philosophy that shapes political strategies proposed by world leaders to address the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. They determine that there is a complexity of issues and viewpoints...
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X Is For Wonderment

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars engage in a lesson that is concerned with the "X" chromosome and how ti is part of genetics with the use of Punnett squares. They use this tool in order to predict future genetic outcomes while focusing upon specific...
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CTBS Reading Practice #4

For Students 7th - 8th
In this reading practice worksheet, students read four different passages and answer nineteen total multiple choice questions related to the plot, meaning, and information from the passage.
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Gender Roles Business Case Studies

For Students 9th - 11th
In this grammar activity, students, in pairs, discuss the best solution to seven scenarios ranging from managing a warehouse, working with colleagues and the best applicant for a job.
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Action Verbs

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students determine which action verb completes nine sentences grammatically correct. Students share their answers with their classmates.
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Choosing the Correct Verb

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, learners review all different types of verbs and then circle the appropriate verb in twelve sentences. Students check to make sure that each sentence is grammatically correct.
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Grammatical Analogies

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this analogies worksheet, students choose the appropriate word out of a choice of four to complete each of the seven grammatical analogies listed.
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Auschwitz

For Teachers 6th - 9th
In the Auschwitz worksheet, young scholars respond to 36 short answer questions as they visit and research websites pertaining to the infamous concentration camp of World War II.
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Letter Pronunciation- The Letter W

For Students 1st - 2nd
For this letter W worksheet, students analyze 7 pictures and four words that begin with W. Students circle the word that best describes each picture and use that word in a sentence.
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Four Weddings and a Funeral Activity Worksheet and Progress Test

For Students 9th - 12th
In this Four Weddings and a Funeral activity and progress test learning exercise, students respond to a total of 17 multiple choice, matching, and fill-in-the-blank questions pertaining to Four Weddings and a Funeral.
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Population and Urbanization

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this population and urbanization worksheet, students match 15 terms with the appropriate descriptions and respond to 8 short answer questions regarding these sociological themes.
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Too Much Information

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this math practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems and identify the information that is not needed to answer each.
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"Little" Brothers Share Big Bond

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students listen to the story Little Brothers Share Big Bond and answer comprehension questions. In this lesson on acceptance, students use various areas of reading (vocabulary, fluency, comprehension) to promote compassion and an...
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Grammar: Possessive Pronouns

For Students 4th - 5th
In these possessive pronoun worksheets, students review definitions and examples for singular and plural possessive pronouns. Students complete three pages of activities for the pronouns.
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Fragments

For Students 5th - 6th
In this sentence correction worksheet, students read the sentences for each example. Students find the fragment and circle it.
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Nouns

For Students 3rd - 5th
For this nouns review worksheet, students practice their grammar skills as they identify all of the nouns in 42 sentences.