This lesson seed involves students analyzing President Obam's back to school speech. In reading the transcript of the speech, students will identify claims and the evidence supporting their claims.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
How can poetry be fun for all 8th grade learners? Students have previously learned about poetic elements and figurative language. Using those skills, students apply the knowledge to demonstrate the poetic elements and figurative language in a favorite song.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Learn about the checks and balances system of the three branches of the U.S. government.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
The students will learn that the Constitution provides the guidance for the branches of the government. They will analyze the first three articles and then research the duties and requirements of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. Government. Students will then examine the branches of the state government.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
The "Future Ready" content focuses on civics and the United States Constitution. It explains the Constitution's purpose and how it was ratified. The objectives are to teach about power distribution between national and state governments, principles of the American constitutional federal republic, the role of law in the political system, government institutions created during the Revolution, and different levels of government in the US.Key terms related to the Constitution are highlighted, such as amendments, bicameral legislature, Bill of Rights, checks and balances, Declaration of Independence, federalism, Preamble, separation of powers, and unalienable rights.The content emphasizes the Constitution as the highest law and the relationship between the federal government and states. The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments, is explained along with specific rights and protections. Important amendments like the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, and Tenth are described.The passage also covers the separation of powers and checks and balances in the American government to prevent any one branch from becoming too powerful. It concludes with questions to test understanding, including the purpose of the Preamble, the meaning of domestic tranquility, the provision for common defense, and the importance of the separation of powers.
Material Type: Homework/Assignment, Lesson, Module, Reading, Unit of Study
In this activity students will analyze documents that span the course of American history to see examples of "checks and balances" between the legislative, executive, and judicial branches in action. Students will then match the documents they have examined with an appropriate description of the branches of government involved in the action.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
How executive orders have been used by presidents to expand their powers beyond those explicitly listed in Article II of the US Constitution.
Material Type: Lesson
This is a task from the Illustrative Mathematics website that is one part of a complete illustration of the standard to which it is aligned. Each task has at least one solution and some commentary that addresses important asects of the task and its potential use. Here are the first few lines of the commentary for this task: Materials A large set of dominoes to affix to a whiteboard or place in a pocket chart, or a regular set to use on a document projector. One set of domi...
Material Type: Activity/Lab
In this lesson, students will use M&M's to construct a graph, read a graph, and make comparisons with other students data. The teacher will tie in literature by reading "More M&M's Math" to follow along with the lesson.
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment
SYNOPSIS: This lesson introduces the concept of weather to students. SCIENTIST NOTES: Observing the weather to track changes is an important activity. This lesson allows students to understand the local weather and observe the patterns and their impact on their daily activities and the environment. All materials are suitable techniques for qualitative weather forecasting. On that account, this lesson has passed our scientific credibility process and is recommended for teaching. POSITIVES: -This lesson creates a collaborative learning environment for students as they are introduced to weather and its importance. -This lesson features sensory learning as students use their five senses to make observations about the weather. -This lesson features excellent vocabulary development. -This lesson provides an introduction to the relationship between climate and weather. ADDITIONAL PREREQUISITES: -You can place a thermometer in an easily accessed outside location (e.g., near the recess area) and check the temperature daily. -It is necessary to print the weather journal and weather wheel ahead of time. DIFFERENTIATION: -You can have students think-pair-share during the read aloud. Students can make predictions or answer questions. -You can pause the read aloud before the text is read for students to make observations and predictions about the story. -Groups of students with mixed abilities can collaborate on their weather wheel and their future climate prediction. -Possible Extension: Work with the school administration to find a way for students to share a daily weather report with the school (e.g., live morning assembly, email blast, TV announcement, etc.).
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Students will describe the plot and study traits, motivations and feelings using Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Do you ever get bored when reading? Mary Ellen does! Grampa knows just what she needs, a trip to the bee tree. With half the town following the chase, Mary Ellen and Grampa go off on an adventurethat leads Mary Ellen to make a sweet discovery of her own.Lexile Level: AD680LGuided Reading Level: MGenre: Fiction
Material Type: Activity/Lab, Assessment, Lesson Plan, Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy
Water and wind can change the shape of the land. In this activity, students will consider a model to prevent erosion from wind and water.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
Watch the clip, Bomba or Baseball, from Alma's Way to spark conversations about dancing and not getting things right on the first try. Then, introduce the activity to help students practice developing their coordination skills and work to strengthen their large muscles. NOTE: The PDF document assets and Support Materials are also available in Spanish.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
An exploration of the symbolism and imagery of corn and environment as manifested in Hopi song and traditional dances. Students analyze examples of historical and contemporary Hopi song and examine images of Hopi dance in order to expand cultural awareness.
Material Type: Lesson Plan
Honolulu is home to tourism hotspot Waikiki, and many of the city’s beachfront hotels host lavish luaus showcasing styles of hula influenced by Western music and instrumentation. But for Native Hawaiians, the origins of hula are deeply spiritual and rooted in Hawaii’s creation stories and the history and culture of their kūpuna or ancestors. Driven by the mele (poetry), hula marries movement with spoken word to express stories about specific deities, people, places and events.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
In this lesson, students investigate these questions by analyzing videos of dancing through the decades. With the help of a worksheet, student groups watch footage of the Charleston and Lindy Hop, the Mambo, "Love-in" dancing, Disco, and Break Dancing. Based on their informed observation of these styles, they then debate whether dance has "evolved" in American culture, or remained mostly the same.
Material Type: Full Course
Learn how important the honey bee's body structure is to survival in the hive. This lesson includes learning objectives, material and resource lists, background information, activities, reading selections, writing assignments, a game, assessments, and support documents. See the Educator's Guide for more video links and recommended readings.
Material Type: Activity/Lab
