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- Grade Range
- 4th - 9th
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Students explore the local area in which they live and develop an awareness of how their local community has been influenced by history. They become aware of how the local community influences their lives today. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students, in groups, search for and locate resources on a chosen famous mathematician. Enough information needs to be gathered to examine the mathematician's life and his/her contributions to the field of mathematics. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students research an event in history from different perspectives. They discuss the characteristics of a nightly news broadcast and create their own based on the history event they researched. They work together to produce this broadcast to the class. Full Review »
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- 3rd - Higher Ed
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Students study African American history, Jim Crow laws, and seperate but equal statutes by performing a Reader's Theater script. They perform Marcia Cebulska's, Now Let Me Fly, which may be requested online.
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- 3rd - 12th
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Students study fascinating firsts and facts and answer questions about African American history. They demonstrate abilities to research information about African American history using Internet or library sources. Finally, they use the information to correctly complete a work sheet about African American history. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the history of mathematics. Using the internet, students perform a scavenger hunt about a mathematician. They create a PowerPoint presentation about a mathematician and a mathematical concept. Students present their findings to the class. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students create a portfolio in order to study the different aspects of local history. The information is added to a series of student activities that are collected as part of a portfolio that could be extended to include state or national history. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students propose a theme for an upcoming program on the History Channel, select a historical theme for the investigation, resarch topics that support the theme, and write a proposal to the producers of a television program. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 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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- 9th - 12th
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Students, through teacher explanation and guided practice, discover the process involved in using a straddling checkerboard cipher (an encryption method that converts letters and symbols into numbers.) They work together to solve or decipher a given code. Full Review »
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