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Title	Grade	Language	Rating	Details

The Brown Bag Project	6th	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Olson, Amos & Celia Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School, St. Louis Park, Minnesota Description: Help students learn how to present information in another way. Students turn research into a presentation by finding pictures that speak to the themes they have researched. The pictures become links to more information.
Midwest Geography - Mississippi River	4th	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Olson, Amos & Celia Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School, St. Louis Park, Minnesota Description: In this lesson, students will learn about the Mississippi river. Where it flows, which states it touches and why it is important.
Native American Museum	3rd	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Sheldon, Bais Yaakov of Queens, New York, New York Description: Explore Native American culture areas in the United States. Learn about the homes clothes and crafts of the tribes of the Eastern Woodland, the Plains, California Intermountain and the Southwest.
Oceans and Continents	3rd	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Esses, Barkai Yeshivah, Brooklyn, New York Description: Learn the oceans and continents, then time yourself and put them in the correct location.
Trees of Life: How Deforestation Tipped the Scales of Life and Death in Haiti	6th	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Selis, Solomon Schechter Day School of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri Description: This one to three lesson unit makes the case that mis-use of the environment contributed to loss of life in the Haiti earthquake of 2010. It would be a good lesson for TuBishevat
Push and Pull	4th	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Kahan, Ben Porat Yosef, Paramus, New Jersey Description: Students learn the "push" and "pull" factors that brought immigrants to America.
US States Jeopardy	5th	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Draiman, Hebrew Academy of Nassau County - Plainview, Plainview, New York Description: This is a Jeopardy game with questions about the US States targeted towards grade 5. This lesson contains review questions from categories including Capitals, Geography, Population, Famous People, Became a State, and State Flags. Questions can easil
Coming to Maryland	4th	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Krcma, Krieger Schechter Day School, Baltimore, Maryland Description: Students will explore the economic, social, and religious reasons colonists came to Maryland. They will identify the items colonists brought and discuss the planning for the journey.
War of 1812	7th	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Hoch, Yeshiva Education for Special Students -YESS!, Flushing, New York Description: This activity was made for a Junior High class (6-8) for children with special needs. It covers the causes of the War of 1812.
Power and its misuses in Orwell's	7th	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Hill, Tucson Hebrew Academy, Tucson, Arizona Description: Review how power is used and abused in "Animal Farm." Show parallels between the use/abuse of power in "Animal Farm" and the real world.
Arizona State Symbols	4th	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Faer, Pardes Jewish Day School, Phoenix, Arizona Description: This is an introductory lesson to the symbols that represent Arizona. There are multiple websites included in this lesson that aide in the teaching of these symbols. A KWL chart is another interactive aspect to this lesson.
Branches of Government	4th	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Faer, Pardes Jewish Day School, Phoenix, Arizona Description: Introductory lesson about the branches of government. Contains many websites about the 3 branches of government, an interactive graphic organizer, along with an interactive game to review.
California	4th	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Miller, Heschel West Day School, Agoura, California Description: A 4th grade social studies lesson on the state of California. State facts, government, geography
The Chinese Empire	5th	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Akiva, Harkham Hillel Hebrew Academy, Beverly Hills, California Description: Students will be able to prove the big idea that SYSTEMS HAVE PARTS THAT WORK TOGETHER by reading about the Chinese Empire in their social studies textbook and by answering questions on the SMART board.
ON THE FARM	2nd	Eng	lesson's page » more »
Teacher: Agron, BET BREIRA School, Miami, Florida Description: This is a comprehensive lessons which includes games, vocabulary, and tests for reading comprehension.