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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students analyze the impact of the Transcontinental Railroad on life and the environment in the Nineteenth Century. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students work with primary documents and latter-day photographs to recapture the experience of traveling on the Oregon Trail. Working in groups, they write a scene for the movie that is historically accurate and based on the kinds of experiences emig Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine different decades in American history, finding connections between the historical events and the poetry written during these time periods. They write their own poetry based on current world events. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students write poetry that captures their feelings about their city or town. After presenting their poetry at a class reading students compare their poetry to the work of published poets who have written about the same city. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students explore poetic technique and figurative language in this ten lesson unit. Comparisons are made between a variety of forms of poetic expressions and the lives of several poets are studied. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 5th
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Students use the book "Terrible War" to start the discussion about heroes. They study specific individuals and their impact on the lives of others. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students create their own landscapes based on the topography of their region after studying the artwork of Cincinnati-based artist William Sonntag and other "Hudson River School" artists. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students explore philosophy of Thoreau, and connect Thoreau's philosophy with Civil War, Reconstruction and Westward expansion, as well as philosophy of American Indian and Romanticism. They then contemplate their own existence, contemplate existence of their own place (community), and discuss how literature connects and reflects both times in which it was written, as well as modern times. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students read and explore different types of poetry, ballads, and sonnets. They identify the symbolism and imagery in each poetry. After studying poetry, students create an anthology of their own which includes various poetic devices. Students illustrate each poem. Classwork is collected and organized into a booklet. Students share their poetry with the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students practice various ways to act out pulling. They read a story, pretend to pull a turnip, mime a tug of war and practice various stances and motions. Full Review »
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