Students really get into character in this lesson as they act out the parts of a script and analyze character motivations and dialogue.
Poppa buys himself some new pants that need hemming. The women of his family are too tired to hem the pants before church the following morning. During the night, ghosts rally the women in the family each remove material from the pants so that the pants are ultimately too short for Papa.
Engage middle school students in a meaningful study of the lives of students from across the globe through the use of contemporary nonfiction and fiction. Students create personal autobiographies, sequence story events, and prepare well-crafted summaries while learning to use higher-level comprehension strategies such as Question-Answer Relationships and the Bio-Cube. Additionally, students conduct a critical study of the NCSS Notable Tradebook Nasreen̍s Secret School: A True Story From Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter, comparing and contrasting their own lives to Nasreen̍s and expanding their geographical knowledge of the Middle East.
PowerPlay Young Entrepreneurs is a highly engaging program that is designed for classrooms ranging from grades 4 to 8. Students have fun exploring their passions, talents and interests as they plan and carry out their own business ventures. They make real products, earn real money and donate a portion of their profits to charity.For more information about the program, visit powerplayforsuccess.com.
This plant-rooted program contains 6 distinct activities. Students will have the chance to exercise their creativity through botanical drawing and creating a classroom herbarium by pressing and preserving plant specimens. They will learn about plant journeys: from farm to table, and seed dispersal. Finally, they will get to know trees, inside and out, from species identification to age rings.
The Power of Plants is a collection of six complete lesson plans that raises awareness about the importance of biodiversity in everyday life.
o Lesson 1: Two classes - Students will explore these different art forms by creating two artworks using the same plant as a reference. Artists’ statements will express the intentions and design decisions inspired by the art form and floral specimen.
o Lesson 2: - One week - Students will collect and preserve plant specimens to create a class herbarium and explore the different uses for a herbarium.
o Lesson 3: Three classes - In this activity, students will explore some mechanisms used by plants to disperse their seeds by creating model fruit and evaluating the relationship between the fruit’s structure and its dispersal ability.
o Lesson 4: Five classes - Students will explore the concept of “food miles”, visit a farm, farmer’s market, or grocery store and write a newspaper article or editorial summarizing their findings.
o Lesson 5: Four classes - Students will examine the leaves, identify the species, make bark rubbings, measure girth, calculate age, and approximate the height of a single tree. Tree profiles are then collected to create a class encyclopedia.
o Lesson 6: One class - In this activity, students will examine tree rings and discover the secrets preserved within its growth rings.
To access this resource in French, visit https://www.biodiversityeducation.ca/ressources-francaises.html.
Street art fosters and explores the relationships between art, audience, location, and politics.
This inquiry unit has students explore that relationship.
This PAA survey course was developed by Gary Vrinten at the DLC and is targetted towards grade 10 students. This course was developed for delivery in a face-to-face format.Modules in this course include vehicle maintenance, tool use, home maintenance, food and nutrition, basic first aid, and much more. Understanding personal wellness and financial implications of our decisions is heavily integrated throughout this course. This course encourages and provides ample opportunity for the inclusion of expertise from within the community supplementing teacher knowledge and expertise.
The Prairie Climate Centre and Climate Atlas of Canada is an interactive tool that combines climate science, mapping, and storytelling to make the global issue of climate change more relatable and encourages action at local, regional, and national levels. It’s a unique tool that integrates web design, climatology, cinema, and cartography to connect data with personal experiences
Users can explore maps, graphs, and data for provinces, regions, and cities, with clear explanations to make climate science easy to understand. The Atlas also features documentary videos with local and Indigenous knowledge holders, offering personal perspectives on climate change.
This PeBL PreCalc unit was submitted by Sandra Baldwin - 2016.
Students take a walk on the wild side when they develop an understanding of nonfiction texts with hands-on experiences and intense analysis.
In this 4 lesson unit plan students will examine identity and ways to solve problems of portrayal through caricature. Discussions about the 'beauty myth' self concept and risk taking will be explored as students examine the work of artists and create their personal self portrait.
Lieu historique national de Batoche
Votre classe étudie-t-elle la résistance du Nord-Ouest de 1885? Avez-vous songé à visiter un des champs de bataille? Le présent guide vise à aider les enseignants à planifier leur visite au lieu historique national de Batoche. Votre classe en apprendra davantage sur la résistance et sur le village historique de Batoche. Préparez-vous également à vous amuser! Poursuivez votre lecture pour planifier votre visite et faire les réservations nécessaires.
This is a template for planning project based learning in your classroom.
The following is a collection of resources & project plans teachers made at the Future Design School Workshop.
This resource includes a teachers guide consisting of 9 lessons to help students explore wetlands and a wide variety of ecological concepts, and a student project guide for Grades 4 to 6 to support the lessons. Developed by Ducks Unlimited.
Link to student journal: https://resources.aitc.sk.ca/Portals/0/AITC/Resources/ClassResources/Wetland%20Ecosystems%201%20Student%20PDF.8ZdII1.pdf
In this unit of study students learn that in the horizontal direction a projectile moves at a constant speed with nothing to cause acceleration. In the vertical direction a projectile accelerates due to the earth’s gravitational field. And combining these two type of motions together you can determine the parabolic arch of a projectile. This unit integrates nine STEM attributes and was developed as part of the South Metro-Salem STEM Partnership's Teacher Leadership Team. Any instructional materials are included within this unit of study.
Most kids collect something. Prudy collects everything! Rocks, stamps, foil, worn-out toothbrushes, pretty paper napkins, tufts of hair from different breeds of dogs --everything! It is a delightful examination of a common affliction.
The Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEA) was incorporated in 1980 as a non-profit, non-government organization that exists to educate, inform and empower through law-related education.
This site has teaching resources!
Elementary: Justice; Family
Middle Years: Bullying; Co-operation; Consumer Smarts; Aboriginal Justice; Youth & Law; Treaties; Municipalities; Mock Trial
High School: Aboriginal Youth Justice; Consumer Smarts; Courts & Legal Systems; Democracy; Treaty Education; Law & Your Life
You can order resources and book guest speakers through this site as well!
After exploring several question and answer books on a variety of topics, students research a topic and create their own class question and answer book.
"In this program, you are given eight (8) weeks of access to structured learning, field exposure, and a pitch competition with industry professionals. Join the program to acquire the knowledge, skills, experience, and network to continue on the path to ownership of commercial real estate, starting a career in real estate, and contributing to the growth of real estate in your community."
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