Rationale - to supplement the study of Langston Hughes’s poetry (especially “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”) and the Harlem Renaissance, students will view and respond to Jonathan Green’s Crash Course lesson about the Harlem Renaissance and Langston Hughes. The Harlem Renaissance mini-unit supplements Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby.
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A lesson plan based on a quick video overview of "The CRAAP method for evaluating sources of information" by Kallie Gay.
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This is an integrated mini-unit in which students explore dystopian literature through the lens of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights. It combines math, literature, and social studies with a focus on the First Amendment.
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This lesson is designed to help with coin identification and counting coin sums.
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Needing a quick book talk library lesson for children K-2? This book talk for Go, Dog. Go! P.D. Eastman’s Book of Things That Go by P.D. Eastman will have children following all types of dogs on an adventure to a dog party. Later, they can apply what they've learned and thought about to create a party of their own.
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Students will create a Prezi tour of 7 of the battles of the American Civil War, justifying why they chose each battle as one of their 7.
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A checklist in student language used by middle school students to self-assess their biography reports.
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IntroductionThis lesson seed includes lesson plans and resources to assist Social Studies teachers in elementary classrooms. These is a section dedicated to grades 1-3 that focuses on map skills, modes of transportation, how goods are transported and how people change the earth. There is also a section dedicated to grades 4-5 that focuses on the physical features and grography of Maryland and the United States. At the bottom of the resources is an academic vocabulary word list for key concepts to consider providing visual support to assist you in tailoring your lessons to ELL students within your classroom, along with link to WIDA CAN DO Descriptors.Lesson Seeds:Lesson seeds are ideas for the standards that can be used to build a lesson. Lesson seeds are not meant to be all-inclusive, nor are they substitutes for instruction. This lesson seed provides a compelling question and a bank of sources to use to drive an inquiry based lesson or a potential Evidence Based Argument Set (EBAS). When developing lessons from these seeds, teachers must consider the needs of all learners. Once you have built your lesson from the lesson seed, teachers are encouraged to post the lesson that has emerged from this lesson seed and share with others.
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Objective: Using Explora Teens through the South Dakota State Library, students will gather and cite information from multiple texts and diverse media and draw on information from multiple print or digital sources.Instructions: Use the Explora Teens BINGO card and one of the three worksheets to teach students how to use Explora Teens to find academic sources. The worksheet introduces students to the Explora Teens.1. Distribute the Explora Teens BINGO Worksheet for Grades 6-8.2. Encourage students to read all directions along with you first so you can help them understand.3. Demonstrate how to use Explora Teens to find sources and how to find citations.Pass out the BINGO cards. Explain how to get a BINGO. Tell students that they can choose any of the topics in the box as a search term when looking for that source. They can mix and match. In other words, a student can do a search for civil rights for B1 and suffrage for I6, or the student could do civil rights across the row.Time Required: Activities in the worksheet can be completed in 25-45 minutes.
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Sentence Starts for Statements separated by Habit of Mind. Rubric with peer critique as well.
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In this lesson, students will distinguish the literal and non-literal meanings of verbal and written content in different contexts. The lesson targets third-fourth grade students. Learners will demonstrate an understanding of idioms by using context clues in the sentences to help figure out the meanings of idioms, by drawing out idioms without using words or letters, by creating greeting cards, and by creating a costume to portray their chosen idiom.
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In the computer-based Ancient Civilizations activity, students create their own civilization and see how it fares over the years based on choices they make for location, animals, plants and materials. Students trade resources between their civilizations, repeatedly go to war with unnamed enemies, and learn some fun facts about real-world ancient civilizations along the way. This activity was inspired by Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond.
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The wax museum is a great way for students to get excited about learning about famous historical Americans. http://longar01.weebly.com/
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During this lesson, students will learn more about a historical person by researching on the Internet and presenting to the class. Students will learn biographical information about their person. Students will compile their research together in a class book.
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Students will be able to listen to a story being read aloud, accurately answer comprehension and literary elements questions about the story, and use the story as a foundation for discussions on historical fiction, school desegregation and the evolution of technology.
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This lesson is to help students first learn applicable terms related to credit cards. They will then analyze aspects and features of credit cards to know how to determine which would be best for various situations.
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In this seminar you will learn about the Battle of Gettysburg, a very bloody battle. You will use the habit of mind applying previous knowledge as you learn about the Civil War and apply it to this specific battle. You will get to choose whether you would like to read, watch, or explore the Battle of Gettysburg through a virtual tour. You will learn why this battle was such an important one and describe some of the events that took place in an informational project!Standards5.2.U.BAnalyze strategies used to resolve conflicts in society and government.
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Using wordless pictures books for students to sequence events and write their version of what is happening.
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Performance Objectives: Understand what content curation is and how to utilize itIdentify the steps for successful adaptation or curation of OERRecognize and determine the best places to search for OERAdopt a resource by downloading it, printing it, or linking to itOER refers to educational materials that include permission for anyone to use, modify and share. In its simplest form, the term OER describes any educational resources (including curriculum maps, course materials, textbooks, streaming videos, multimedia applications, podcasts, and any other materials that have been designed for use in teaching and learning) that are openly available for use by educators and students, without an accompanying need to pay royalties or license fees.
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A Teacher's Guide to getting stated with Genius Hour and Passion Projects.
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