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- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students listen and explore how African-American culture relates to learning Spanish as a foreign language. Poetry, music, and history are utilized while learning about Langston Hughes and Nicolas Guillen. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students complete a unit on Black History Month. They explore various websites, develop a timeline of Dr. King's life, create a travel brochure for the King Center, design a commercial starring Jesse Owens, design a baseball card for Jackie Robinson, and create a poster illustrating an African American woman's accomplishments. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the different types of adversity African-Americans face. As a class, they role-play different roles in scenerios in which they discover the importance of facing their fears and taking responsibility for their actions. To end the lesson, they share their own dreams for their future and discuss how to accomplish them. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students discover the roles played by various racial, ethnic and religious groups in the development of American society. They explore the concept of racial and cultural diversity and global community, as these are joined by economic, political and cultural concerns. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students use the library to find historical information about each Afro-American. They use magazines, articles from newspapers, and oral histories from video tapes and slide presentations to write biographical sketches about each Afro-American mentioned in the unit. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students use the internet to identify cultural traditions throughout the world. In groups, they examine each culture and determine the effect they had on life in the United States. They use this information to write a family history based on their roots. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students investigate famous citizens of Missouri. They brainstorm in order to create lists of famous people. The names are compiled to complete a class list that is made into a bulletin board. Then using the list student complete research for each person. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students create a short biography describing one famous person's effects on American history. They write an outline with five headings. They write a rough draft containing five paragraphs. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students research and write about famous Ohioans. As a class they develop a list of famous Ohioans, and conduct research on a selected Ohioan using a variety of resource materials. Students then write a report using their research information. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students research, analyze and complete a writing project on the history of Virginia. They are assigned a famous Virginian to research utilizing a variety of resources and then prepare a written report and an oral presentation to be presented in front of their peers. Full Review »
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