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- 9th - 12th
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Students use a map of the Missouri Compromise to explain the geographical changes it brought to the U.S. and why the changes provoked a debate over the expansion of slavery in the U.S. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students measure mass and density on Missouri state's mineral galena. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students explore how to identify the three types of rock by looking at examples of rocks found in Missouri. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students examine and analyze original documents that enhance understanding of antebellum slavery in Missouri and a particular method of gaining freedom: the freedom suit. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students analyze and discuss various documents relating to slavery in Missouri in the 1830's and 1840's. They learn why some records are deemed to be of permanent, historical value to the state. Full Review »
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- 5th - 8th
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Students analyze primary source documents about African American soldiers in Missouri. They work together to complete a worksheet about the document. They discuss the information they gathered as a class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students are introduced to the juvenile justice system in Missouri. Using the internet, they familiarize themselves with the law and identify their rights and responsibilities as juveniles. They review the certification and sentencing proceedings to end the lesson. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students are introduced to Missouri's Non-Partisan Court Plan. They discuss how this plan aids the court to keep the separation of powers. They compare and contrast the federal and state methods of selecting judges. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss and examine Missouri's Non-Partisan Court Plan. As a class, they discover how this plan aids the courts in its role of separation of powers and checks and balances. They use the internet to compare and contrast how federal and state methods differ in selecting judges. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students explore the Missouri Compromise. They explain how the admission of Missouri as a state threatened the balance between free and slave-holding states. Students compare the economic differences between the commerce of the North and the South. Students discuss the federal governments supremacy over the states. Full Review »

