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From Explorers 1400-1600: Navigators, Merchants, and Sea Dogs to U.S.-Cuba Relations, find teacher approved columbus, christopher lesson plans that inspire student learning.
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Students examine why Europe became the global leader in exploration. They identify the countries, kingdoms, and figures involved in exploration, and the significance of what they did. They identify and explain how and what sorts of technological innovations made exploration possible.
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- 6th Grade
Students engage in a series of related activities focusing on Mark Twain's "The Prince and the Pauper." After reading each chapter, they create new titles and hone their summarizing skills. Among other projects contained in this lesson, students make wanted posters for gang members and write "trading places" stories by selecting a famous person and assuming his/her identity.
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- 5th Grade
Students research how the westward expansion affected the American Indians.
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- 4th Grade
Students trace the emergence and development of culture in Utah. They study the contributions of the American Indian culture on the development of Utah. They create their own rock art by using signs and images that show something meaningful in their life.
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- 6th - 12th Grade
Students examine what they know about American Indians past and present, then research key issues facing American Indian tribes today. To synthesize their learning, students write letters taking the perspective of an American Indian.
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- 6th - 12th Grade
Students explore past U.S.-Cuban relations, by researching key events in the past century and creating a class timeline, in order to evaluate restrictions in policy on Cuba and the potential for exhibition baseball games.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
Students review what they have already explored about the brain and the nervous system. They comprehend that neurons are the cells of nerve tissue. Students discuss that a neuron consists of a main portion, which contains the nucleus, and cell extensions called axons and dendrites. They discuss how the nervous system transmits messages.
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- 2nd - 6th Grade
Students examine and create maps. In this map skills lesson, students look at a variety of maps of place they are familiar with, then are introduced to the idea of a mental map of a familiar place. Students draw their mental maps, then work in groups to create a map of their classroom.
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- Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
Students view murals that depict various modes of transportation. They discuss the importance of maps to navigation and create a map. They compare and contrast transportation of the past with modes of transportation used today.
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- 9th - 12th Grade
Students discuss the difficult relationship it has had with Cuba over the years. They work in pairs to research an important event in the relationship history, write a summary, and complete a time line about the relationship struggles between the U.S. and Cuba.
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“It's an interesting idea to use the murals for a visual, but the subject matter is fairly controversial (stereotypical portrayals of Native Americans, Christopher Columbus, etc.) -- which is fine, but I think students need to be encouraged to think critically about the content of the paintings. Additionally, this is NOT an introductory lesson to mapping skills. It simply says "use all of these mapping symbols and skills" and then evaluate students on their use of those skills....when you've never even taught them in the first place. Bleah.”