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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students realize that aging is a "natural, continuous process" and develop sensitivity to the needs, desires, and capabilities of the elderly by interviewing elderly community members and photographing age related things. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate an on-line course and explain how to avoid accidents, harassment, violence and abuse. They consider the impact of aging and death on the living, the sick and the bereaved. They identify health-care resources. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students read and identify inferences made in brief accounts of popular views held of Stone Age peoples; students offer and justify their own assessments of Stone Age people in light of their critical readings. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students do a close reading of the "Seven Ages of Man" speech, identify its various rhetorical devices, characterize Jaques and, finally, rewrite the speech in a manner that suggests a more optimistic view of the aging process. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the Gilded Age in American history. Using the internet, they research the innovations, business, and immigration during this time period. They create a PowerPoint presentation to share their information with the class. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students read about the Middle Ages in their textbook before completing a computer based treasure hunt. They complete a journal entry about an event that took place during the Middle Ages such as the Crusades, the Black Plague, or the Norman Conquest. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students explore genes and the way we age. They assemble a worm collection device called a Baermann Funnel. Students collect Caenorhabditis elegans or other active nematodes from local soil samples. They observe the appearance and behaviors of these worms. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students read books about the Middle Ages. They discuss characteristics of the Middle Ages. In groups, students construct a castle and draw a map to scale. Pupils create a Venn diagram comparing rules in different countries in the present and in the Middle Ages. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss what roles the clergy, nobles and peasants played during the late Middle Ages. They explain what led to the growth of trade and towns in Western Europe. Ultimately, students describe how kings in Western Europe built strong nations during the late Middle Ages. They create a mural in the fashion of tapestry made during the Middle Ages. Full Review »
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- 5th - 9th
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Students examine a shipwreck from the late Bronze Age. As a class, they view a variety of slides to describe the cargo and examine the artifacts found on the wreckage. They discuss what each object tells them about the crew and the time period. Full Review »
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