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		<title>Madame C. J. Walker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Madame C.J. Walker was a self-made businesswoman who created opportunities for herself and for other African American women at a time when both educational and career opportunities were limited. Walker was the first African-American woman to become a millionaire, and (according to the Guiness book of world records) the first woman to earn a million [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Soldier&#8217;s Tale Study Guide</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Soldier&#8217;s Tale by Igor Stravinsky tells in music, narration, and dance the Russian folktale of a soldier on leave who trades his violin &#8212; and his soul &#8212; for wealth in the form of a book that foretells changes in the stock market. The soldier agrees to go home with the Devil for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entrepreneurship Education Contests</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At this writing, there are two entrepreneurship contests going on. Use them to focus your entrepreneurship lesson plans, or recreate them just for your class or school. Interview an entrepreneur The first is the Hot Shot Entrepreneurs Video Contest for students.This contest clebrates Entrepreneurship week (February 18-25 in 2012), and entries are due on February [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myfreshplans.com/2012-01/entrepreneurship-education-contests/</link>
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		<title>Studying Money: Classroom Activities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Money is interesting to most students, it&#8217;s an inescapable part of adult life, and it lets you study a lot of math and economics concepts, so it makes a great classroom theme &#8212; or just grab a few of these activities to knock out some framework requirements. Need a bulletin board? U.S. Money Bulletin Board [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Comes Next?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;What comes next?&#8221; is a deceptively simple question. Identifying a series and predicting what comes next is a critical thinking skill that lets us test comprehension of a wide range of math concepts &#8212; and one which we use as adults in reading, planning, and decision making as well. Use craft sticks and chart stickers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching Fractions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent report of the National Mathematics Advisory Panel recommended that we as a nation get it together when it comes to teaching fractions. They didn&#8217;t phrase it quite like that, but they singled out fractions as an essential area in math that isn&#8217;t being taught successfully, and must be. It is, according to the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myfreshplans.com/2012-01/teaching-fractions/</link>
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		<title>Florence Kelley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Florence Kelley worked for laws to improve working conditions in the United States and for civil rights. She was important in the fight to get children out of factories and into schools, and the fight for safe working conditions for factory workers. Kelley was a fighter. She was one of the first factory inspectors, becoming [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myfreshplans.com/2012-01/florence-kelley/</link>
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		<title>Snakes Lesson Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do snakes do in winter? They sleep. When the ground begins to warm up, snakes begin to move, making snakes an important sign of spring. For a seasonal study, or any time, try some science-based lessons on snakes. This study really lends itself to the use of video, and we&#8217;ve included several at different [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myfreshplans.com/2012-01/snakes-lesson-plans/</link>
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		<title>Squirrels Lesson Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Squirrels are a wild animal urban kids may know as well as rural ones. Get ready for Squirrel Appreciation Day on January 21st with some literacy lesson plans. Read some books: The Busy Little Squirrel by Nancy Tafuri Squirrel&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Resolution Nuts to You! by Lois Ehlert Gray Squirrel at Pacific Avenue &#8211; a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.myfreshplans.com/2012-01/squirrels-lesson-plans/</link>
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		<title>Leap Day Lesson Plans</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leap Year comes every four years, and each Leap Year has a Leap Day, February 29th. Celebrate it in the classroom and take advantage of a good opportunity to brush up calendar skills. Enjoy our free full color leapday bookmarks. Carson Dellosa makes seriously cute frog bulletin boards. Myra Grayson taught us to add google [...]]]></description>
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