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\nSongs of America\n

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\nCombine your lesson on patriotism with a lesson on comparing and contrasting. Focusing on The Star Spangled Banner, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, and The Old Folks at Home, this lesson prompts learners to compare and contrast each song...\n
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\nLesson: One of These Things is Not Like the Other\n

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\nKids kick of the instructional activity by comparing and contrasting the focus painting to other similar paintings of Native American women. They then compare their own personal portraits (photographs) in a similar way. They use the...\n
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\nLesson: Deities & Superheroes\n

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\nHere's a twist on the old compare-and-contrast lesson. Budding art historians compare an Assyrian limestone relief to comic book superheroes. They discuss the similarities and differences in the three-dimensional relief to...\n
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\nRevolution in Tunisia\n

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\nHow much do your pupils really know about the revolution in Tunisia? In order to inform your class and spark discussion, first create a country profile, comparing and contrasting Tunisia with the United States. Learners then analyze the...\n
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\nAfrican Ecology and Art\n

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\nExplore Samburu culture as students examine art work by many artists and compare and contrast their styles. They view Kenyan images and find Kenya on the map. Students identify conflict in the animal world and draw animals and record in...\n
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\nCartoons for the Classroom: Tuscon Shootings\n

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\nApproach the 2nd Amendment and gun laws through this political cartoon analysis handout, which outlines the tragedy of the 2011 shootings in Tuscon, Arizona in the context of gun control. Background information gives scholars access to 2...\n
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\nRomeo and Juliet and West Side Story - Compare and Contrast\n

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\nWest Side Story, the modern retelling of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, won ten Academy Awards for its rousing depiction of the tale of star-crossed lovers. But how closely does the plot align to its source material? Compare and...\n
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\nOne Grain of Rice\n

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\nUpper graders read the story One Grain of Rice, and use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast topics found in the story to current event topics today. Groups of three learners work together to create their diagram. The topics they must...\n
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\nAbout Life: The Photographs of Dorothea Lange Going to the Promised Land\n

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\nTo better understand the migrant experience during the Great Depression, pupils analyze two primary resources: photographs by Dorothea Lange and a U.S. Map that shows the Dust Bowl. They compare and contrast Lange's images to Steinbeck's...\n
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\nA Symbol of Protection\n

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\nYoung art critics consider symbolic protection as it has been used in various cultures around the globe. They view body art from the Marquesas Islands, looking for animals, letter, shapes, and patterns. They compare and contrast body art...\n
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\nWater Fun\n

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\nStudents examine uses for water. In this water lesson, students discuss how they use water. As a class students make a PowerPoint by naming one swimming safety rule. Students compare and contrast fishing for fun and fishing for survival.\n
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\nLilly's Purple Plastic Purse: Kevin Henkes\n

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\nKevin Henkes has composed a series of books in which Lilly the mouse is a main character. Third graders use illustrations and key details as they compare and contrast the books, Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse and another...\n
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\nTwo Settings\n

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\nLearners respond to the text Riding Freedom. They will compare and contrast two settings by filling in a graphic organizer. They explore different settings, discuss the reasons why settings change, and draw conclusions using descriptive...\n
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\nCompare and Contrast Poems vs. Lyrics\n

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\nCombine your pupils' love of music with their growing knowledge of poetry! First, have them bring in their favorite songs for a discussion on word choice and literary devices. Then, use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the...\n
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\nRunning for Freedom: The FUgitive Slave law and the Coming of the Civil War\n

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\nIn order to understand the complicated nature of slave laws during the Civil War, learners compare and contrast an abolitionist poster and a runaway slave ad. They use an attached worksheet to consider each primary source document, then...\n
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\nWriting Exercise: Renaissance I\n

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\nLearners compose answers to three questions related to the rise of the Renaissance. They will compare and contrast the Renaissance to the Medieval Period, consider why ideas from classical civilizations reemerged, and think about the...\n
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\nLesson 6: Crowded Skies\n

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\nThis is a treasure-trove of multimedia resources to help your scholars analyze transportation methods. They discuss different forms of movement, utilizing several infographics to spur conversation deeper and get visual learners engaged....\n
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\nWriting Exercises: The Ottoman Empire\n

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\nHere are three great questions in need of three great short answers. Learners can write about the conquest of the Byzantine Empire, compare and contrast Ottoman and Feudal laws, and describe Ottoman military advantages.\n
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\nWriting Exercises: Chinese Communist Revolution, #2\n

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\nChanges aren't always as easy as they seem; sometimes they require a revolution. Kids examine the role of women in modern China, compare and contrast Chinese and American views of liberation, and describe Mao Zedong's role in the Chinese...\n
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\nWriting Exercises: Patterns of Change, #3\n

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\nChange is an inevitable factor in all existence, and your class has the task of examining three different patterns of change that affect our modern world. Question one focuses on advancements that have prolonged the average life...\n
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\nA Practical Experiment In Colonization\n

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\nRole-play and simulation exercises are fantastic ways to help learners understand the reality behind many social and historical events. Pretending they are colonists, upper graders choose a location, create a history, establish laws, and...\n
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\nProject Organizer: Follow an Explorer\n

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\nThis is both a great idea and a great way to help your class organize a themed project. They use these worksheets to assist them in writing a creative historical narrative about the life and travels of an explorer. They'll compare and...\n
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\nNewcomers\n

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\nExplore emotions associated with moving to a new home with young learners. First they listen to the books Painted Words/Spoken Memories by Aliki and Going Home by Eve Bunting. Then they are invited to share their experiences as well as...\n
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\nTaking Notes Using a Graphic Organizer: Inferring About Work and Play in Colonial America\n

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\nWhat was life like in colonial America? Follow this instructional activity and your pupils will find out what people in colonial times did for work and for fun. Ask learners to compare and contrast the two texts and explain what the...\n
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