February 27th, 2023
Elementary School Resource
In this activity, students will practice spelling the word wall words with different colors.
Materials
- paper
- crayons, colored pencil, markers, and/or paints and paintbrushes
Preparation
- Prepare a sample and assemble the materials.
Instructions
Rainbow Writing: Ask the students to rainbow write their weekly words by making each letter of a word a different color. You may have them do this one or more times for each word. As a variation, you may wish to have them color the vowels one color and the consonants another color.
Rainbow Painting: This activity is the same as rainbow writing except the students use paints and brushes or finger paints instead. Display the painted words on the word wall for the week.
Rainbow Shapes: Have the students draw around the shape of each word, following the ascending and descending letters. The students should then repeat this procedure several times, using a different color each time.
Cleanup
Display the completed rainbow activities. Store the pencil, crayons, paints, and paintbrushes in their appropriate containers.
Related NY State Academic Standards: L.K.2.c, RF.1.3, RF.1.3.c, and more!
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February 24th, 2023
High School Resource
This video, from History.com’s archives, focuses on inspirational African American women from history.
Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.7.8.e.1, SS.8.4.e, SS.8.4.e.1, and more!
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February 22nd, 2023
Middle School Resource
Objectives:
- Students will gain an awareness of different occupations and changing male/female roles.
- Students will gain an awareness of how different occupations and gender roles affect the way they perceive and deal with others in the workplace.
Related NY State Academic Standards: CDOS.I.1.1.B, CDOS.I.1.1.D, CDOS.I.1.1.E, and more!
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February 20th, 2023
Elementary School Resource
This resource talks about Betty Friedan, and her book The Feminine Mystique as well as her role in the women’s rights movement as a founder of the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.8.9.b, SS.11.10, SS.11.10.b.1, and more!
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February 17th, 2023
High School Resource
The purpose of Food Fat is for teenagers to evaluate snack foods dealing with calories and fat and to use this information to make informed and wise food choices. Students will be able to identify the amount of fat in common snack foods, and graphically see the fat in a container by measuring the equivalent of the food fat with shortening. Students can also determine what kind and amount of physical exercise would be needed to burn off the same number of calories from this snack food.
Related NY State Academic Standards: ARTS.D.C.2.1.MS.E, CDOS.C.3b.HP.9.A.SW, HPF.HE.C.1.1.B, and more!
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February 15th, 2023
Middle School Resource
This simulation will allow students to view relationships between the calories in the foods they eat, and the amount of exercise needed to burn the calories off. It also helps them explore the relationship between calories and weight, and helps explore issues like these by selecting a diet and exercise program.
Using this simulation, students will:
- Recognize the connection between food and calories.
- Understand the relationship between calorie intake and weight.
- Learn about balancing diet with exercise to manage weight.
Related NY State Academic Standards: HPF.FC.I.1.1.A and HPF.FC.C.1.1.A!
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February 13th, 2023
Elementary School Resource
This page describes how organisms get food from their environment, either by consuming other organisms or making their own food. A nice graphic illustrates these relationships. Ideal for all children as well as teachers and parents.
Related NY State Academic Standards: S.2.LS.2.2, S.3.LS.2.1, S.4.LS.1.1, and more!
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February 10th, 2023
High School Resource
Objective:
Students will investigate decisions made during various presidential administrations.
Activity:
- Students divide into teams of three and select a 20th-century President to research. Teacher makes sure that each President is selected only once.
- Students use library resources and Internet to research the President to identify:
- Significant decisions made during his administration
- The impact decisions had on this and other countries
- Political, economic, and social policies
- Students representing various Presidents sit on a panel to lead class discussion about decisions made during various presidential administrations.
- Other students serve as reporters on the White House Press Corps and ask probing questions.
- Students select one President and write a reaction paper based on one of his decisions; paper is entitled “What Would I Have Done and Why?”
Related NY State Academic Standards: RI.11-12.8, RI.11-12.9, RH.9-10.6, and more!
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February 8th, 2023
Middle School Resource
This website contains a complete video archive of all of C-SPAN’s American Presidents: Life Portraits programming, providing an in-depth look at each of the presidents, their lives, families and administrations. The videos last two to three hours long and the most recent one created was about Bill Clinton.
On this site, students will find:
- Biographical facts
- Key events of each presidency
- Presidential places
- Reference material
Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.4.4.a.1, SS.5.6.a.1, SS.7.5.b.1, and more!
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February 6th, 2023
Elementary School Resource
This site provides a description of the primary election process. It includes information about the Electoral College. Links to more information about election day, election of senators, and voting are available. There are also links on the side of the page that lead to more detailed readings about government that are better suited for older students.
Related NY State Academic Standards: SS.1.CIV.4.b, SS.2.CIV.3.c, SS.2.CIV.3.c.1, and more!
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