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Students evaluate financial options available for attending college. For this simulation, they must use exchange rates between currencies to calculate the dollar equivalent for tuition costs in a foreign country. They examine study options and write summaries about which school to attend.
Eighth graders examine the role of the Soviet Union in the history of the United States. They explore the role of geography and how it affected people in certain regions.
In this European cities activity, 10th graders find the countries of Europe on a map, match countries with capital cities, categorize different types of cities and identify cities from pictures and on a map.
Are your middle and high schoolers having trouble with tests? Do they need skills to improve reading comprehension? Take the time to teach some useful strategies for both. Working together as a class or in small groups, discuss study strategies, review the RRAP reading method, practice making a study plan, and then put it all to use! Although this resource is missing links to necessary handouts, it is still an excellent source providing teachers with a great lesson plan idea.
Seventh graders discuss and research the countries of Europe. They complete a paper about one of the countries and prepare a presentation for the rest of the class which includes at least one visual aid.
Learners analyze people's choices from different points of view. They read different scenarios and explain how they would react personally in that situation. Then they analyze what they would do in another character's position and contrast the two. You might need to model this first, as it's often difficult to identify that our decisions are often a reflection of our circumstances.
Explore the beauty of Chinese Calligraphy. This well-developed lesson will take your class on a journey through the history of Calligraphy, engage them in technique and style, then challenge them by having them create new strokes to create a new type of Calligraphy. Extensive background and technique information is included.
For this capitals of countries worksheet, students write the matching clue number by each capital and then locate and circle/highlight each of the thirty-six capitals in a word search puzzle.
In this geography worksheet, students identify and locate various countries in Europe to find their capital city. There are 23 countries in column one to match with the correct capital found in column two.
In this vocabulary activity, students read ten sentences that have a missing word or phrase. From three choices, students complete the sentence by circling the best choice.