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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the guidelines the United States Department of Agriculture places on food. In groups, they create a list of the foods they consume and discuss the political and environmental implications of purchasing the food. They use the internet to research the food situation around the world and how food is stored and transported. To end the lesson, they discover how to be better food consumers to help protect areas of the world facing malnutrition and political unrest. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students begin the lesson with a review of the elements of poetry. Individually, they read a variety of poems and literature one white and one black author focusing on decay, sterility and alienation. They identify these images within their poems and write their own poems using these ideas as well. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 12th - Higher Ed
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Students compare and contrast the elements used in the 19th century British novel and those novels in American society today. In groups, they brainstorm what it might have been like to be a teenager growing up in England during the 19th century and compare it with the information they gather from the novel itself. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students are introduced to poems written by African-American authors. As a class, they read excerpts of poems from different time periods and discuss how and if anything has changed over time with discrimination and equal rights issues. Individually, they compare the situations in the poems with other ethnic groups and respond in their journals to end the lesson. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students brainstorm the economic and social functions of a family. In groups, they research the roles of each member of a family in the past and compare it with their family today. In groups, they develop criteria for what the family of the future might look like. To end the lesson, they ask questions about any topic related to families as they choose. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students study the geography, people, history, governments, and economies of the Middle East. They develop a basic vocabulary of Arabic terms and work with various materials in creating an aesthetically pleasing, easy-to-understand board game for their own use (and for use by their peers). Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the gods and goddesses of Greek mythology. In groups, they summarize "The Odyssey" and examine the various translations of the poem and word choice. They choose one translation to focus on and write their own poem to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students complete a unit on early explorers. They develop a timeline, sing a Viking song, watch a video, compile a checklist of supplies needed for an expedition, participate in a scavenger hunt, write a letter from Christopher Columbus, and create a brochure. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research the elements contributing to the rise of Hitler and the Holocaust. They study human behavior and contemplate how hatred, discrimination, prejudice, fairness, justice, individual identity, peer pressure, conformity, indifference, and obedience all played a part in the Holocaust but still relate to Students' lives today. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students conduct an investigation of school buildings in order to find out if they comply with environmental standard guidelines. If buildings do not comply they suggest design alternatives that could be used to modify the structures. Full Review »
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