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Students explore various state laws concerning capital punishment and conduct a mock meeting of the United States Congress to set standards for the death penalty. Full Review »
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- 5th - 12th
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Students examine grave markers in their local community. They identify how past generations contributed to life in their town. They discuss their feelings about death and how one is to act at a cemetary. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students hold formal debate on the Death with Dignity Act. After researching information in the library, they record it on index cards. They prepare construction, cross examination, and rebuttal speeches. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students listen to or read aloud selected poems. They discuss the form of the poems as well as compres/contrast poems with similar themes. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in an activity about the death penalty. In groups, they research the history of corporal punishment and take notes on interesting facts. They identify and discuss the arguments for and against the use of it and develop their own position on the issue. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students participate in activities to help them deal with a crisis. In groups, they focus on different crisis' such as divorce and death and determine the best way to deal with the situation. To end the lesson, they are introduced to ways to prevent crisis and new coping strategies. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the death penalty and the arguments that support it and the arguments against it. After discussion, they write a mock editorial for the local paper in Huntsville, Texas and choose a side of the death penalty to defend by assuming a persona directly related to a scheduled execution. They conduct research on given websites before completing their editorial. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read various parts of "The Death of Old Woman Kelema". Next, they listen to the author's description of her writing process. In groups, they compare and contrast funerals in Mali with those in the United States. They also discuss how the two countries differ in terms of culture. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students read an article about a former football star who was killed by a gang member. In groups, they identify the lessons that can be drawn from Dean's life and write an essay about it. Individually, they create a dialogue between themselves and Dean stating what they would want to say to him when he was still in high school. As a class, they discuss the player's death and design proposals to improve society. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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In this language arts worksheet, students read the article and define the concepts of life by comparing the parts of life that culminates in death.
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