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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the powers and responsibilities of the President as defined by the Articles of Confederation. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students read several newspaper articles and analyze them for purpose, style, tone, length and organization. They interview each other about important events in their lives and write journalistic articles. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students, using information gathered from the Internet, write a news article about the Montreal Massacre. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine how the role of President was defined in the Articles of Confederation. They read and analyze the section about the President, and identify the rules that apply to the President. Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students review details about American Revolution, define and describe Articles of Confederation, connect Articles to Democracy/Autocracy spectrum, and use Zinn Reading to analyze Articles of Confederation. Full Review »
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- 8th
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The purpose of this lesson is to assist students in discovering the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and the foundation for creation of the United States Constitution. Students will investigate the events leading up to the writing of the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students work in small groups to research one of six listed topics. They read two online articles about each topic making comparisons and finding differences. They identify the most significant ideas in the articles before word processing a paragraph and downloading a picture of the article's subject. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students engage in the writing of a magazine article. They focus upon the reading of a children's fiction book and create an informative narrative. They create main ideas and supporting details for the article. The supporting of main points is to be developed logically and in depth. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students discuss how to decode and spell unfamiliar words and identify the five w's from a series of short news articles. As a class, they read and discuss the handout "Getting the Facts," read the articles, and identify who, what, when, where, and why. Full Review »
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- 10th - 11th
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Students in an ESL classroom pretend they have been asked to show Wayne Gretzky around the school. After reading information about the hockey player, they create questions they would like to ask him. They write a newspaper article about their experience. Full Review »

