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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze several eighteenth-century documents to determine the colonial opinion of Great Britain's attempts to tax the colonists in the 1760s. They read and discuss a variety of primary source material from the era. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students explore the concept of navigation in these two activities. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students use the Internet to research the Indian Removal Act and write a journalistic article showcasing their findings. They choose from a variety of viewpoints and topics to narrow their focus. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students, in groups, study the Homestead Act. Each group studies a region of the country in the 1840s: the North, the South, and the West. Ask each group to research and write their region's position on the homestead issue. Full Review »
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- 7th - 12th
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Students discuss the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (and affirmative action) and how it has influenced American history in the decades since it's signing. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the Patriot Act and are given questions at the end of the lesson to respond to. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discover how global positioning systems work. Using string and paperclips to experiment with arcs, they complete GPS worksheets. In an outdoor area or gymnasium, they act the part of GPS signals traveling to the receiver to determine how travel time is converted to distance. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students study the basic concepts of the Global Positioning System and how it increases the accuracy of navigation. They examine trilateration and how the speed of light is used to calculate distances. Full Review »
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- 11th
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Students examine the steps leading up to the American Revolution. They discuss reasons for rebellion and complete KWL charts. Students complete WebQuests and take chapter tests. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of navigation while research is conducted with the use of a variety of resources. The information is used to expand their perspective of the applications for navigation. The lesson includes background information for the teacher to use. Full Review »
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