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- Grade Range
- 5th - 12th
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Students examine historical documents and research why early pioneers settled on the Iowa prairie. They review maps, describe the impact of railroading, describe life in pioneer times, and identify the effects of drought, prairie fire, and locust plagues. Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students study images of school life in the early 20th Century compared with those of today by looking at the classrooms and students' dress. They create a Venn diagram and write a paragraph based on their observations. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students complete a unit of lessons that examine life in early America from 1740-1840. They compare items with similar objects we use today, explore various websites, create a paper doll, try and guess the function of various objects, and play a game. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students examine the issue of school violence, bullying, and cliques. They watch and discuss a video, answer discussion questions, create a poster, role-play mediation techniques, identify conflict resolution techniques, and sign a no-violence pledge. Full Review »
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- 4th - 7th
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Students read primary source documents to examine what a typical school day was like in the early 1900s. They discover how African-American children were taught differently than whites. They compare and contrast past school days to modern school days. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students examine school life during the 1930s. They discuss the Great Depression and the New Deal, examine and discuss photographs from the Library of Congress website, and complete a worksheet about school life during the Great Depression. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 9th
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Students research and identify ocean animals characteristics and life styles using the internet and books. They create a PowerPoint presentation and an iMovie to present to the class. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students identify and explain the parts of a flower and their role in the life cycle of flowering plants, including pollination, seed dispersal and germination using the internet. Students will also study and discuss the key points and key functions of the petal, sepal nectary, style, stigma, ovary, ovule, anther, filament, and receptacle. Students then complete the Life Cycles worksheet. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Literature containing life cycle information is available from many sources. Several examples of this type of literature are listed below with a synopsis and sample questions for each. These examples have been taken from a variety of reading and interest levels in the hopes that there will be something for everyone here. This brief survey is not meant to be inclusive, but rather to serve as a starting point. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the life of refugees and how they are effected by the events of war. They view a media program and write summaries of the main ideas of the show. The effects of war upon children is also stressed. Students discuss the life of war in the Sudan also. Full Review »
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