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- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students read an essay by George Orwell's life in Burma and place it in its cultural and historical context. They identify the main points of the essay and Orwell's use of symbolism in the essay. They explain how each persuasive tool convey's his argument. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students compare the responsibilities and rights of women in the US and in Kenya. They examine how gender affects societal roles. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students review their knowledge of nutrition and the 5 food groups. Then they read a story which involves food from Ethiopia, India, and Mexico. They examine these foods and their nutrients, considering the health value of each. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students examine the kingdoms of West Africa during the Middle Ages. They label maps and identify Africa's physical features, simulate the trading of gold, buy and sell goods using cowrie shells, and participate in a cultural safari day. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students discover the elements and subjects of haiku poetry. They observe and describe the objects in a landscape painting. They write a haiku based on the feelings evoked by the painting. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students examine George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" searching for examples of symbolism, metaphor, connotation, and irony and how these literary tools convey the writer's main point. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students read an article about protests in France. They complete vocabulary exercises and comprehension activities. They take a quiz, complete worksheets and discuss a timeline of protest movements in France. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 12th
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Students examine the process of making narrative scrolls in the Indian patua style. They view and analyze images of patua paintings, and create an original patua painting using ink and watercolors. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 5th
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Students examine the reasons why people leave their country to live in another. In groups, they use print and electronic resources to answer questions about where immigrants came from during different time periods and advice given to African Americans. To end the lesson, they calculate the distances to America from various European and Asian countries. Full Review »
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- 5th
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Students read and discuss a short passage about holidays in India. They independently read the article and underline words about the Indian culture, then as a class complete a Cultural Keywords chart. Next, they complete a comprehension and vocabulary worksheet. Full Review »
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