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- 6th - 12th
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Students reflect on their favorite childhood toys and assess their continued appeal. They work in pairs to redesign classic toys and create posters to represent their new models. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the discipline of developmental psychology and consider the role this science has played in understanding human life. They review major developmental psychology theories and explore the challenges of conducting research. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research biological, cognitive and socioemotional changes during early childhood. They focus on the "play years" and examine human development during this time. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research and discuss biological, cognitive and socioemotional changes during infancy. They examine the developmental process from the perspective of systems that support healthy development. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students conduct an interview with an elderly person to identify games played in earlier times in Louisiana. They play the games and prepare a slide show report about historical games and toys. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students examine the changes occuring during adolescents using children's literature. As a class, they brainstorm a list of the various roles they play in their family. In groups, they use excerpts of plays from Shakespeare to identify the images of youth and compare them to their own images. To end the lesson, they discuss the changes occuring not only physically but mentally. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students develop graphing skills. They create a picture graph, represent 1:1 correspondence, represent same and different, and draw conclusions. They write an experience story about the conclusions drawn from the graph. They cut pictures from magazines or newspapers of homes like theirs or houses they like and categorize by type of structure. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss important things in their own lives and values in this Careers lesson for the high school classroom. Emphasis is placed on small, cooperative learning groups and the creation of individual value statements in the form of cartoons, stories, poems, or songs. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students write about different toys and games used by children at different stages of development. After reading an article, they identify the benefits and drawbacks of children's computer games and programs. In groups, they research a category of baby electronics and write an article reviewing the items. Full Review »
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Students explore the concepts of scarcity/choice, wants/needs, and decision making. Through various guided, imaginary, role-playing activities, children will be learning that very real limits of space and money impose/create the necessity for choices. Full Review »

