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- 6th - 12th
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Students research how presidential candidates stand on important political issues, and model the Iowa Democratic caucus by holding both Democratic and Republican caucuses of their own. Full Review »
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- 10th
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Students review the Iowa Agriculturist, retell the annual and seasonal cycle of farming and describe pioneer farming practices. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 4th
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Students explain how their personal values shape the values of a classroom commu- nity. They listen to inspirational writing and poetry, then select the values they feel are most important. The reverse of the Iowa quarter serves as inspiration. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students examine the ways in which a work of art represents the culture or lifestyle of people living in a state. They analyze the back of the Iowa quarter and discuss how art reflects the time period in which it was created. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify how prehistoric Native American Cultures met their basic economic needs. They analyze the development of abstract thought in Early American cultures and identify the major time periods of the prehistory of Southwestern Wisconsin and Northeastern Iowa. Full Review »
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- 6th
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Students examine the positive and negative effects of the migration of people of Hispanic descent in the state of Iowa. They examine and interpret census data using maps before comparing the positives and negatives. They read primary source documents in the form of diaries before role playing as members of the families that are involved in the diaries. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students read articles about the problems that global climate change have posed to residents in other parts of the world. They discuss the issue of climate change and the magnitude of emissions that the U.S. and Iowa produce compared to other parts of the world. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students evaluate a strategy for Iowa emission reductions. They study the emission sources and the scale of each source and invent an image of what Iowa's emission profile looks like, to learn that there are several sources of emission and to realize that there are more activities that lead to greenhouse gas emissions than just energy consumption. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students examine the effect of cultural diversity on themselves and their community. They create a presentation to be given at a multi-school diversity conference. After listening to various cultures speak, they compare and contrast them to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 6th - 11th
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Students participate in activities that coorespond with the Natural History Day in Iowa. Individually, they decide which activities they want to participate in, whether it be writing a paper or creating an exhibit. They reflect on their experiences to end the lesson. Full Review »
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