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- 3rd - 4th
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Students study the meaning of the word endangered. They choose endangered animal. They gather data on endangered animal. They discuss why the animal is endangered. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students work in small groups to brainstorm the different kinds of social groups in society. Then they share with the entire class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students analyze the geographic, political, economic, and social structures of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca civilizations. They prepare a presentation on the Maya, Aztec, or Inca Empires. They create a PowerPoint presentation, a mural, a timeline, a map, and a three dimensional object. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students investigate how West-African dance makes known a common past and stimulates a shared sense of values and beliefs. The cultural purpose of West-African dance is to tell history and relay stories to intensify social and religious rituals. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students research aspects of either European or Japanese feudalism and create a skit to present their findings to the class. For the post-assessment, students create a picture book describing reasons for feudalism as well as political, economic and social characteristics of these two societies. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students design awards and create trophies describing the lasting impacts of the four great river civilizations before 1000 B.C. They research various characteristics of each civilization and determine the most significant political, economic and social contributions from each of the civilizations. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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The purpose of this unit is for students to make the rich set of connections between astronomy and the rest of science and technology, language arts, cultural studies (social studies), math, art, and music. Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students make inquiry in this model lesson, geographic, historic, economic, social, and political factors are introduced to help explain how certain places came to be populated and developed into what they are today, and to predict what they might become in the future. Using Internet information, satellite technology, CD-ROM databases, and other geographic software, teacher candidates explore concepts of urban place location. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore how the study of diseases, epidemics and disease management promotes our understanding of human culture and history. They also examine the roles of agriculture, trade and living in cities in promoting the spread of disease during the 14th century and today . Full Review »
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- Higher Ed
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Students access, generate, process, and transfer information using appropriate technologies. Then they identify and interpret world cultures and civilizations, including an analysis of important ideas, social and cultural values, beliefs, and traditions. Students also research through the Internet, various software programs and books the social, political, economic, cultural and geographical conditions of the pen pal's country. Full Review »

