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- Grade Range
- 5th - 8th
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Students create an auction of international artifacts. Using the internet, they research items of cultural significance in their target culture. Students write a brief description of the object and place a starting value on the object for the auction. Items are auctioned or traded in class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students i examine 10 pieces of evidence for the Pangaea theory and use them to reconstruct the super continent. They determine that land masses on Earth are slowly changing shape as a result of moving for millions of years. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore technologies available to reduce carbon emissions. In groups, they develop a plan that is physically possible and politically acceptable to reduce carbon emissions. Students discuss their ideas and share the information with the class. In teams, they create a stabilization triangle and play a game to explore carbon mitigation. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students discuss the importance of coral reefs to various organisms. Individually, they use a molding material to create part of a relief structure of a coral reef. To end the lesson, they combine all sections of the reef together. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students explore historical events that created conflict between Dominican Republic and Haiti, examine how need for cheap source of labor has led to exploitation of Haitian workers, and discuss how topography of island of Hispaniola has made controlling its borders difficult. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students trace the history of intolerance in American history and familiarize themselves with the actions of the United States towards the Holocaust. They explore present day Holocaust denial and Neo-Nazism in the United States. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students approach the concept of globalization and evaluate its positive and negative attributes. They brainstorm and list products/things in our country that they know came from another country to fine tune their interpretation of globalization. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students describe and discuss myths, explore myth of Monk Parakeet, find information about it, examine habitats of other Connecticut animals, and create their own myths explaining why some animals came to live in Connecticut. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students read and discuss background and vocabulary. They use the background to develop a flow chart showing the movement of food from farm to table and work independently or in groups to complete an activity. They then use Internet search engines, local farmer's market brochures or other references, to find the nearest supplier of each product listed. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students explore and analyze a wide variety of Latin American literature and contemporary writers from Latin America. They embrace the history and cultures of the different countries represented. Each student either makes a presentation of a country's historical profile or an author's profile. Full Review »
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