Students explore a range of resources on fair use and copyright then design their own audio public service announcements (PSAs), to be broadcast over the school's public address system.
Campaigning for Fair Use: Public Service Announcements on Copyright Awareness
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Comparing Fiction and Nonfiction with "Little Red Riding Hood Text" Sets
K - 2
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Students discuss and compare differing versions of "Little Red Riding Hood" and other tales about wolves in cumulative read-aloud sessions and text set explorations.
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Scaffolding Methods for Research Paper Writing
6 - 8
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In this lesson, students use a scaffold to help them compile information to write a solid research paper.
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Diagram It! Identifying, Comparing, and Writing About Nonfiction Texts
K - 2
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Students compare the traits fact and fiction by using a Venn diagram to compare fiction and nonfiction books about Native Americans.
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Telling a Story About Me: Young Children Write Autobiographies
K - 2
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Students tell their life stories in this lesson about autobiographies based on family photographs.
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Predicting and Gathering Information With Nonfiction Texts
K - 2
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Students take a walk on the wild side when they develop an understanding of nonfiction texts with hands-on experiences and intense analysis.
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Finding Solutions to Food Waste: Persuasion in a Digital World
7 - 9
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Using various reading strategies and resources, students explore the issue of food waste. They also create persuasive arguments and blog posts examining this topic.
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Seeking Social Justice Through Satire: Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal"
10 - 12
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This lesson assists advanced students in grades 10–12 in comprehending Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" and developing a presentation to satirize a contemporary social issue.
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A Portrait of Our World: Making Connections and Developing Comprehension
6 - 8
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Students engage in carousel walks, character analyses, global explorations, and genre studies while using valuable language arts strategies to build higher-level comprehension skills.
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When I Was Young In...A Literature to Language Experience
6 - 8
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Past meets present in this lesson in which students practice verb tense when they write personal short stories that they then publish in a flip book.
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Learning About Research and Writing Using the American Revolution
3 - 5
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Students across the board will get a kick out of researching a historical figure from the American Revolution to create an acrostic poem.
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Exploring and Sharing Family Stories
6 - 8
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Writing gets personal when students interview family members in order to write a personal narrative about that person.
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Zines for Kids: Multigenre Texts About Media Icons
3 - 5
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Special edition! Students use ReadWriteThink tools to create magazines about prominent figures using a variety of writing genres and styles.
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Reading and Writing About Whales Using Fiction and Nonfiction Texts
K - 2
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Students will have a whale of a good time in this lesson in which they use fiction and nonfiction texts to write a letter to an online scientist.
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Fighting Injustice by Studying Lessons of the Past
6 - 8
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Social injustice occurs every day all over the world. In this lesson, students research a few historical examples of social injustice, including the Holocaust, the Trail of Tears, and Japanese internment.
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Digital Reflections: Expressing Understanding of Content Through Photography
6 - 8
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Striking images can leave lasting impressions on viewers. In this lesson, students make textselfworld connections to a nature- or science-related topic as they collaboratively design a multimedia presentation.
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Storytelling in the Social Studies Classroom
3 - 5
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People make the past come alive as students research and then share stories about famous Americans who promoted democratic ideals.
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Exploring Author's Voice Using Jane Addams Award-Winning Books
6 - 8
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History has many faces in this lesson in which students read Jane Addams Award-winning books to learn about peace, social justice, world community, and equality.