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Trick or Truth: Recognizing the hottest trends in advertising: Students will study commercials and advertising techniques, will work in groups to select different types of ads from magazines, and make a collage to illustrate one of the ten techniques advertisers use.; Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills and English Language Arts); By Kathy Idol.

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Beanie Baby prices soar: Students learn about supply and demand through the sale of Beanie Babies. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Council on Economic Education

Can you convince me?: Developing persuasive writing: Students are engaged in developing their skills of persuasion in a classroom game that introduces students to the basic concepts of lobbying for something that is important to them (or that they want) and making persuasive arguments. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Engaging students in a collaborative exploration of the “Gettysburg Address”: This lesson invites groups of students to learn more about the historical significance of President Abraham Lincoln's famous speech, the “Gettysburg Address” as well as the time period and people involved. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Get the reel scoop: Comparing books to movies: In this lesson, students compare and contrast books with their movie counterparts. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–8 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Go west: Imagining the Oregon Trail: Students compare imagined travel experiences of their own with the actual experiences of 19th-century pioneers. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Good food, good health: Students use Internet resources to explore ways in which food provides energy and materials for their bodies. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Healthful Living Education); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Got Broccoli?: Students are asked to look critically at the advertising claims of foods they eat, recognizing those that ascribe unrealistic, emotional, or psychological benefits to foods, rather than nutritional benefits. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 3–5 English Language Arts and Healthful Living Education); Provider: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Investigating junk mail: Negotiating critical literacy at the mailbox: Students learn to think about and question texts in ways that develop their analytical capacities and critical reading practices by investigating junk mail. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

A lens into the past: Students gain an understanding of the new life of immigrants in this country and learn how the medium of photography can record and recount history. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts, Visual Arts Education, and Social Studies); Provider: The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Myth and Truth: Independence Day: This lesson explores all the dates and stories associated with the Declaration of Independence, focusing why we celebrate the nation's birthday on July 4th rather than one of the other dates. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Information Skills, English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Computer Technology Skills); Provider: IRA/NCTE

On the Oregon Trail: Students work with primary documents and latter-day photographs to recapture the experience of traveling on the Oregon Trail. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Pencil pages: Getting to the point when researching information: In this lesson, students learn to navigate simple online tasks while examining the structure and organization of the Pencil Pages! Web site and comparing it with the conventions of print text. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); Provider: IRA/NCTE

A president's home and the president's house: Students take virtual tours of Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia, and the White House. They compare the activities undertaken by Jefferson at Monticello with those undertaken by presidents at the White House. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

Traveling terrain: Comprehending nonfiction text on the web: This lesson teaches specific skills to students in order to improve their comprehension of nonfiction text found in website format. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 Computer Technology Skills and English Language Arts); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Using timeline games and Mexican history to improve comprehension: This lesson explores Mexican history while engaging students' active reading skills through the creation of a timeline. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: IRA/NCTE

Voting! What's it all about?: Students explore the difference between fact and opinion in the context of the history of voting, voting as a civil right, and current elections. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 4–5 English Language Arts and Computer Technology Skills); Provider: IRA/NCTE

We must not be enemies: Lincoln's first inaugural address: This series of lesson plans aims to help students to understand the historical context and significance of Lincoln's inaugural address through archival documents such as campaign posters, sheet music, vintage photographs and documents. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

What is history? Timelines and oral histories: Students understand that the past is different depending on who is remembering and retelling it. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

What they left behind: Early multi-national influences in the United States: Students make connections between European voyages of discovery, colonial spheres of influence, and various aspects of American culture. (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade 5 English Language Arts and Social Studies); Provider: National Endowment for the Humanities

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