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Nutrition: What Your Body Needs
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In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students examine the nutritional content of different foods and learn about the health benefits and risks associated with the food choices they make.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Language, Grammar and Vocabulary
Life Science
Nutrition
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Walmart Foundation
Date Added:
07/21/2011
Othello Day 3--Racism in Othello
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This is the third day in a longer unit. Students will use two informational texts two analyze the theme of racism, especially in the context of interracial marriage and apply those concepts to Act I, Scene i of Othello. This lesson was created by Kristi Bose and is designed for Grade 9 English Language Arts students. Each student will analyze the theme of racism in Othello as a starting point for a discussion about racism in today’s society. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: NE LA 10.1.5d, NE LA 10.1.6d,  10.1.6i, 10.1.6.n, and NE LA 10.1.6o.

Subject:
Reading Informational Text
Reading Literature
Material Type:
Lesson
Author:
Kristi Bose
Date Added:
07/29/2020
Othello--Introduction through Quotes
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Because Shakespeare’s works were meant to be performed, students will be introduced to Shakespeare’s language in general and the plot and themes specifically of Othello through quoting lines. This is an introduction to a longer unit. This lesson was created by Kristi Bose and is designed for Grade 9 English Language Arts students. Each student will memorize one key quote from Othello, build background knowledge about Shakespeare’s language including iambic pentameter, and make predictions about the plot and themes of the play. This lesson plan addresses the following NDE Standard: NE LA 10.1.5c, NE LA 10.1.5e, and NE LA 10.1.6l.Approximate time: 50 minutes

Subject:
Reading Literature
Material Type:
Lesson
Author:
Kristi Bose
Date Added:
07/24/2020
Our On-line Identities
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This lesson invites students to use multiple forms of media, including their own Instagram accounts, to explore their on-line identities.  The lesson culminates in a personal, visual essay.  In the essay, students will use their own images as evidence. Then, students will reason about that evidence to compare what they see on their Instagram posts to their “real world” self. Using information from resources explored in class, students will include a discussion of “authenticity” and properly weave in quotes from those resources.

Subject:
Educational Technology
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson
Lesson Plan
Author:
Lauren McClanahan
Date Added:
04/06/2021
Persuasion Across Time and Space
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This unit shows instructional approaches that are likely to help ELLs meet new standards in English Language Arts. Built around a set of famous persuasive speeches, the unit supports students in reading a range of complex texts. It invites them to write and speak in a variety of ways and for different audiences and purposes. Students engage in close reading of Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s I Have a Dream speech, Aristotleí˘ä‰ĺ䋢s Three Appeals, Robert Kennedyí˘ä‰ĺ䋢s On the Assassination of Martin Luther King, and George Wallaceí˘ä‰ĺ䋢s The Civil Rights Movement: Fraud, Sham, and Hoax, Barbara Jordaní˘ä‰ĺ䋢s All Together Now. The five lesson culminate with student's constructing their own persuasive texts.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Education
English Language Arts
Language Education (ESL)
Reading Informational Text
Material Type:
Unit of Study
Provider:
Stanford University School of Education
Provider Set:
Understanding Language
Date Added:
04/11/2012
Picture This: Visualization
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In this lesson students will practice visualizing and understanding that visualization is an important comprehension strategy. Students will share their visualization of the story through original artwork.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Visual Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
Utah Education Network
Date Added:
08/12/2013
Postcolonial Literature Lesson - Remix
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This lesson will introduce students to postcolonial literature--the major players, unifying themes, and major debates surrounding the classification of this genre. It also contains links to readings, discussion questions, and a collaborative project aligned to multiple Common Core standards.

Material Type:
Assessment
Homework/Assignment
Lecture
Lesson Plan
Reading
Date Added:
04/02/2013
Powering Your Body with Exercise
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In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn about the positive effects that exercise has on the body and some activities they can do to improve their health.

Subject:
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:
WGBH Educational Foundation
Walmart Foundation
Date Added:
07/20/2011
The Preamble to the Constitution: A Close Reading Lesson
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The Preamble is the introduction to the United States Constitution, and it serves two central purposes. First, it states the source from which the Constitution derives its authority: the sovereign people of the United States. Second, it sets forth the ends that the Constitution and the government that it establishes are meant to serve.

Subject:
History
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Provider:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Provider Set:
EDSITEment!
Date Added:
09/06/2019
Primary Source Exemplar: Universal Declaration of Human Rights Social Science Unit
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This document describes a series of lessons in the Social Sciences, all of which are tied to the exploration of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) as a Primary Source Document. They are designed to be given to 9th or 10th grade students in a World History, Cultural Geography, or similar social science class. They are specifically designed to teach the Common Core Standards for Literacy in the Social Sciences, and to engage higher order thinking skills.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Social Science
Material Type:
Assessment
Lesson Plan
Primary Source
Reading
Unit of Study
Date Added:
03/19/2014
Primary Source Instructional Design Toolkit
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This toolkit was developed as part of the Primary Source Project. In creating the toolkit, ISKME collaborated with 12 educators from 8 different states, who possessed varied subject area expertise. The toolkit is a sequenced pathway for selecting informational and non-fiction literary texts, and creating integrated wraparound lessons that meet the Common Core State Standards, as well as the C3 Social Studies Standards and the Next Generation Science Standards.

Subject:
Arts and Humanities
Mathematics
Social Science
Material Type:
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Date Added:
02/12/2014
Principles of Government
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Use a 3 ½ minute Ted Talk video in EdPuzzle to learn about and answer questions about our government. Standard 5.05 Explain why people create governments and describe the structure of the government in the United States and how it functions to serve citizens.I can describe the purpose of a democracy/government.I can identify the three branches of government; Legislative, Judicial, and Executive.I can describe the functions of the three branches of government and checks and balances.Pre-lesson: Review prior knowledge on American Revolution

Subject:
Social Science
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Author:
Heidi Reichart
Date Added:
03/28/2017
Remote Learning Plan: Informational/Informative Writing 3 - 6
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This Remote Learning Plan was created by Cyndi Shinn in collaboration with Rick Meyer as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for Grade Band Range 3- 6 Language Arts students. Students will write an Informational/Informative Writing. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: English Language Arts - Writing It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 5 days with 45 to 60 minutes for each lesson to complete.Here is the direct link to the Google Doc:Informational/Informative Writing 

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Cyndi Shinn
Date Added:
07/30/2020
Remote Learning Plan: Opinion Writing Grades 3 - 6
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This Remote Learning Plan was created by Cyndi Shinn in collaboration with Rick Meyer as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for Grade Band Range 3- 6 Language Arts students. Students will write an Opinion Writing. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: English Language Arts - Writing It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 5 days with 45 to 60 minutes for each lesson to complete.Here is the direct link to the Google Doc:Opinion Writing 

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Cyndi Shinn
Date Added:
07/30/2020
Remote Learning Plan: Personal Narrative Writing 3 - 6
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This Remote Learning Plan was created by Cyndi Shinn in collaboration with Rick Meyer as part of the 2020 ESU-NDE Remote Learning Plan Project. Educators worked with coaches to create Remote Learning Plans as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.The attached Remote Learning Plan is designed for Grade Band Range 3- 6 Language Arts students. Students will write a Personal Narrative. This Remote Learning Plan addresses the following NDE Standard: English Language Arts - Writing It is expected that this Remote Learning Plan will take students 5 days with 45 to 60 minutes for each lesson to complete.Here is the direct link to the Google Doc:Personal Narrative Lesson  

Subject:
English Language Arts
Material Type:
Lesson Plan
Teaching/Learning Strategy
Author:
Cyndi Shinn
Date Added:
07/24/2020
Reproduction: One Goal, Two Methods
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In this lesson designed to enhance literacy skills, students learn about the advantages and disadvantages of the two basic forms of reproduction for the living things that practice them.

Subject:
English Language Arts
Language, Grammar and Vocabulary
Life Science
Material Type:
Activity/Lab
Provider:
PBS LearningMedia
Provider Set:
PBS Learning Media Common Core Collection
Author:
Leon Lowenstein Foundation
WGBH Educational Foundation
Walmart Foundation
Date Added:
11/17/2010