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- 7th - 11th
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Students explore popular Elizabethan culture in England and in Jamestown, compare and contrast the cultures and act out a scene of popular culture from either England or Jamestown. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students research the prehistoric earthworks site at Poverty Point, Louisiana. They compare the Louisiana artifacts and structure to the remains and knowledge of other ancient cultures. They present their research to the class. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students examine the laws, food, clothing, and shelter of early American Indian cultures. They conduct research, answer questions, and plan and map out an early American Indian village. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students research early humans and their cultures. They conduct Internet research, discuss their findings with their group, evaluate the information provided by artifacts, and create a report to present to a simulated archaeology institute. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the history of blues music and discover how it relates to the music of today. As a class, they listen to the drum songs of Africa and compare it to the use of drums in pop music today. Using the internet, they research the history of the blues and its early artists. To end the lesson, they write in their journals to reflect on the music. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students begin the lesson by identifying how and why the Native Americans came to North America. Using the internet, they examine how their culture spread throughout the continent and in groups they discuss the stereotypes between the Europeans and Native Americans. They end the lesson by discussing how Native Americans today are trying to preserve their culture. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students study the development of early Latin American civilizations in unit one. The second part of the unit is based on early image-making attempts from the Cro-Magnon to the Peruvian Incas. Students create their own weavings using a variety of fibers and techniques. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students investigate cultural differences and determine how this knowledge will help resolve conflicts. They look at how the history of Kentucky was influenced by Native Americans. They design a conflict resolution presentation using available technology such as claymation, a video skit, a PowerPoint, or a persuasive essay. Full Review »
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- 2nd - 4th
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Students investigate the early Native American culture and how the laws were developed around the basic needs of food and shelter. They draw a map of an Indian village that is from the 1500s and discuss why people need laws. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students discover that the only inorganic resource available to early cultures for cosmetics was rock and soil. They watch a demonstration showing that rubbing rock on your hand gently doesn't mark the skin very well, but rubbing the rock on a porcelain plate creates powder which when mixed with water, produces a very vivid and easy to apply body paint. Full Review »
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