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- 6th - 12th
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Students explore how dance can invoke the significance of experiences in their everyday lives. They work in small dance troupes to create their own dance pieces reflecting themes and experiences relevant to their lives. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students investigate the lives of early Canadian immigrants, fur traders, and explorers. Students participate in simulation activities to deepen their understanding of the people who founded Canada and the difficulties those people had. Full Review »
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- 1st
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Students explore the influence of America's Ambassador of Good , Louis Armstrong, on people around the world. Full Review »
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- 3rd
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Students discuss and compare needs and wants, rights and responsibilities of people in different communities around the world. They discuss reasons for the differences. Finally they develop a set of classroom rights for their class. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the different types of adversity African-Americans face. As a class, they role-play different roles in scenerios in which they discover the importance of facing their fears and taking responsibility for their actions. To end the lesson, they share their own dreams for their future and discuss how to accomplish them. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine songs from composer Stephen Foster. They answer discussion questions after listening to the lyrics. They view video clips of minstrel shows as well. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students examine the contributions of the author Gwendolyn Brooks. They create a journal, read and discuss poems by Brooks, write a poem about themselves, and create a timeline of their own lives. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explain the concept of cultural diffusion. They give examples of cultural diffusion throughout history; e.g. the development of Cuban music and dance. Students explain how cultural diffusion impacts civilizations, past and present. They recognize the expanding nature of human interactions across cultures and civilizations, leading today's interdependent world. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students examine the /a/ phoneme in both written and spoken words. They practice finding the /a/ in words, watch how their mouths move when making the sound, and write the letter. Next, they differentiate the sound in words, listen to a read aloud while raising a hand each time they hear a short (a) in a word. Finally, they draw a man tap dancing and write message describing the picture in which they identify the /a/ words. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students analyze how historians are trying to keep history alive and preserve it for generations to come. They view some schools trying to save an entire culture and language from extinction. Students participate in history preservation projects, ranging from oral history to hands-on efforts to save a piece of community history. Full Review »

