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- 6th - 12th
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Students discover how the history of a place or event affects one's present perceptions of that place or event. They examine the current tensions caused by the decision to make Weimar, Germany Europes' cultural capital. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students study about wide scale construction and development in Moscow and its impact on cultural and historic preservation. They research the political, social, economic, and cultural changes in the former Eastern Bloc and create a post-Soviet website. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students examine the conflict between the Serbs and Albanians in Kosovo. They define ethnic cleansing, read and discuss handouts, apply the three elements of ethnic conflict to the Kosovo Crisis of 1998-99, conduct research, and write a report. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the agreements made at Yalta and Potsdam regarding the nature of the postwar world. The differences that emerged regarding those agreements at the end of the war in Europe and the available options are examined. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students view a television program that explores many Eastern European residents' discontentment with communism. They work in groups to research living conditions in an Eastern European country before communism, under communism and today. Students create a timeline and map showing their findings. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students participate in a lesson guided by an essential question: in what ways does choreographer, Mark Morris' work, "The Office," reflect Eastern-European traditional folk dance? During the lesson's first sessions, students physically learn two to three traditional folk dances from selected regions in Eastern Europe. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the cultural similarities and differences found in Northen Europe, Southern Europe, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe and create daily journal entries charting their discoveries. This lesson is the First Part in a Four Part Unit that lasts over three weeks. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students use a variety of sources to investigate the political issues of unity and disunity in modern Europe. They create maps of different countries to share with the class. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the political atmosphere of post-World War II Europe and the U.S. foreign policy strategy of containment. They research critical events that occurred prior to the formation of NATO, such as the Marshall Plan, the Truman Doctrine, the Berlin airlift, and Churchill's coinage of the term iron curtain. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine how the author tries to capture the reader's imagination immediately, through imagery--and hold on to it. They locate Ukraine on a world map and understand Lenin's role in the establishment of Russian communism and the former Soviet Union. Full Review »
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