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\nThe African Slave Trade\n

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\nLearners share their feelings about the enslavement of Africans as they write journal entries discussing their role play activity.\n
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\nWhat and Where is Puerto Rico?\n

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\nStudents explore Puerto Rico. They create K-W-L charts of their prior knowledge of Puerto Rico and observe maps of Puerto Rico. They code the map for measurements and land and water forms. They explore websites to gain background on...\n
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\nWorksheet #27 Questions - Middle Colonies\n

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\nIn this middle colonies worksheet, students examine their knowledge through ten fill in the blank questions that relate to the aforementioned topic.\n
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\nThe Columbian Exchange\n

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\nMiddle schoolers examine the process of the Columbian Exchange. In groups, they create a poster showing the good exchanged and the people affected. They note the impacts of the Exchange on the world and present their poster to the...\n
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\n\"Mapping\n\n
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\nMapping Puerto Rico\n

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\nStudents use maps to discover where Puerto Rico is located. In groups, they use the internet to research the vegetation. They also compare and contrast the relationship between the United States and Puerto Rico's government.\n
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\nWhat And Where is Puerto Rico?: History of Puerto Rico\n

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\nStudents study the history of Puerto Rico. They define what a commonwealth is and how Puerto Rico became a commonwealth of the United States. They research websites for history of Puerto Rico and how it operates today. They complete...\n
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\n\"Caribbean\n\n
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\nCaribbean Culture Day\n

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\nStudents are introduced to about Caribbean culture through the preparation and sampling of Caribbean food, as well as become familiar with Caribbean folk songs and poetry. They also experience blindness in order to form a deeper...\n
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\n\"Pirates\n\n
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\nPirates\n

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\nIn this pirate word scramble worksheet, students study 14 scrambled words, attempting to solve the puzzle. There is no word bank, making this a challenge.\n
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\nReading Comprehension Worksheet: Volcano\n

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\nIn this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short passage on volcanoes erupting and then answer 4 reading comprehension questions.\n
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\nAfrican American Life in the Pee Dee Before the Civil War\n

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\nThird graders examine the life of the African American in the Pee Dee region during slavery.  For this slavery lesson, 3rd graders explore primary and secondary documents related to the topic and create a timeline of when slavery...\n
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\nWhat Made George Washington a Great Leader?\n

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\nYoung scholars examine the leadership attributes of George Washington. In this George Washington lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the leadership of first president. Young scholars respond...\n
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\n\"Winds\n\n
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\nWinds of Change\n

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\nStudents investigate extreme weather patterns. In this current events instructional activity, students visit selected websites to study hurricanes and their causes. Students write reports on their findings.\n
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\nMath Maven's Mysteries: Race Against Captain Devious\n

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\nIn these math word problem worksheets, students help solve the mystery about the 'Race Against Captain Devious.' Students must solve the distance travel word problem using kilometers and rounding their answers to the nearest whole number.\n
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\nDeveloping a Gateway to the West\n

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\nStudents identify various topographical features that contribute to the growth of a city. They identify how military strategies contribute to the growth of a city.\n
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\n\"Cotton\n\n
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\nCotton Production and Milling\n

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\nStudents examine cotton production and milling. They compete in a hand-ginning contest to realize how difficult it was to separate the seeds from the fibers of cotton. They discuss why Eli Whitney's cotton gin was an important invention.\n
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\nHispanic, Latino - What's the Right Word? an Examination of the Language Used To Categorize People\n

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\nStudents define \"Hispanic\" and \"Latino,\" analyze where these terms come from, and develop an awareness of racial labels.\n
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\n\"Tropical\n\n
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\nTropical Regions/Mapping Biodiversity\n

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\nStudents use a world map to locate the country of Puerto Rico. In groups, they identify the various types of vegetation found on the island. They compare and contrast the biodiversity of the country to the United States. To end the...\n
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\nNatural Puerto Rico\n

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\nStudents explore the nature of Puerto Rico. They view a Power Point presentation on world population and discuss how Puerto Rico landscape differs from Wisconsin's landscape. They create a Venn diagram comparing the two and complete a...\n
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\nRobert Boyle's Informants\n

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\nStudents review and discuss the importance of Boyle's informants and how he sometimes relied on information from those with experience of the wider world to substantiate his scientific theories. They complete the worksheet, answering...\n
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\nSpirit of Enquiry\n

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\nThe lesson includes guided questions to help learners to think about their own behavior and purpose in life. They do this through a quiet time of reflection that can include the writing of ideas. Then students act out a play to...\n
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\n\"Cricket\n\n
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\nCricket 2007\n

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\nIn this math and sports worksheet, students read and review the statistics from the performance of teams in the Cricket World Cup. They identify which team played the most matches and who won the most. Students also compare the...\n
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\n\"Columbus\n\n
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\nColumbus Day Word Search\n

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\nIn this word search worksheet, students read over 20 words that relate to Columbus Day. Students then locate the words within the word search puzzle.\n
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\nKhan Academy: The West Indies and the Southern Colonies\n

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\nThe British colonies in the West Indies and the Southern colonies although separated by geography were united by a plantation agriculture (cash crops of sugar, rice, and tobacco) and slave labor. The influence of the sugar island's...\n
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\nUniversity of Minnesota: Sugar Trade in the West Indies and Brazil\n

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\nGood overview of the development of the sugar trade in the New World and the use of slavery that \"made sugar production the most profitable cultivation in either the Americas or Europe.\"\n
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