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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students study American transcendentalism through readings of Emerson and Thoreau. They make cognitive connections to the similarities to Buddhism in these writings. The connection of the literary movement is explained in the art of the time also. Full Review »
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- 8th
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Students are introduced to Chinese language and culture to make Asian reading selections in literature circles more meaningful. They write about Chinese characters, work on oral speaking, and read Asian books and then have discussions on them. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the urban concerns of deserted buildings and low-income housing. They explore the techniques that people exercise in order to survive in today's society. In the end, students read aloud The Forest Hills Project (community challenges/changes). Full Review »
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- 7th - 10th
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Students hypothesize on the inspirational value of wishing well folklore. They explore the struggles various cultural groups faced while trying to survive as a frontier population. Students discuss their beliefs and their long-term validity. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students compare and contrast the television viewing habits of teenaged Germans to those of their counterparts in the United States. They examine cross-cultural influences, media distortion, and the benefits of cultural diversity. Students keep a lot of German characters appearing in television programs. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students in an ESL classroom identify and locate the states on a United States map. Using the internet, they research to compare the holidays in their home country and the United States. They share their findings in an email to students in another school. Full Review »
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- 12th - Higher Ed
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Students go through a simulation of a refugee applying for political assylum. The connection is made through putting one's self in a new role of being a refugee. This lesson is crosscultural and endorses understanding of other points of view in the political arena. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students describe the events shown in pictures of victims of the Holocaust. They analyze and explain twentieth-century trends and events of global significance, such as world wars, international controversies and challenges, and cross cultural changes that have connected once-separated regions into an incipient global community. Full Review »

