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- 8th
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Students examine basic elements of the Homestead Act, describe gender make-up of the West before and after the Homestead Act, connect the Homestead Act with women's suffrage, and create a modern day business propaganda pamphlet. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students learn the role of Canada's MPs compared to that of the Netherlands using a partnered school program. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the issue of China and the World Trade Organization. They read the case study of Kenneth Pai, watch and discuss a video, read handouts for and against China joining the WTO, and prepare a business memo. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine the role of commerce in the United States to help fulfill Manifest Destiny. They write commercials that could have been used by the Mexicans or Americans during the Mexican War. Full Review »
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- 12th
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Students investigate Ekon kon or Djola or Jola (dance), a noncompetitive, communal dance performed by the Djola people from the Sene-Gambia region of West Africa. They listen to a lecture by the teacher about the West African cultures that include this dance. The lesson includes many resources for the teacher as well as explicit directions for performing the dance. Full Review »
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- 4th - 9th
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Students examine the concept of liberty. They examine the ways in which the concept of liberty has impacted on a variety of groups and people in the US history. Students examine the literary term personification and to use it creatively in writing and art. They apply mathematical operations in order to examine size and scale. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students discover the affects of Western Expansion. They define the terms associated with Western Expansion and they explain who the people of the Western Expansion were and where they came from. Students explain reasons why people traveled west and describe the conflicts and hardships experienced by these people. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the theory versus the reality of US government reservation policy in the mid to late 19th Century by watching a video. They design a time line that shows how the individual tribes surrendered to the reservation policy. They examine the Dawes Allotment Act. Full Review »
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- 4th - 5th
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Students have a basic understanding of the Homestead Act of 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 and the important role they played in starting the railroad. They choose one of the questions and compose a one paragraph essay. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine an editorial point of view in journalism and explore how this contributes to the West's understanding of events in the Middle East. They discuss the concepts of objectivity and subjectivity, and how tone and vocabulary, point of view, sources, and position and length of a story may reveal subtle biases in the news story. Full Review »
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