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Affidavit and Flyers from the Chinese Boycott Case
Learners divide into small groups and study one of the three union flyers. Groups share their findings with the whole class and clarify unfamiliar vocabulary terms.
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Court Documents Related to Martin Luther King, Jr., and Memphis Sanitation Workers
High schoolers read about the civil rights movement in their textbooks. They engage in a whole-class discussion of how nonviolent direct action can be a powerful tool for bringing about social, economic, or political change.
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Human Rights : Historical Process towards Individual Application
Students compare governments as they relate to human rights of its citizens.
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Social Studies: Ramadan Observance
Learners discuss Ramadan and the practice of fasting. Working in groups, they visit Websites and complete worksheets about the Muslim holiday. Students write letters role-playing as someone unfamiliar with a celebration and then write...
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An Arctic Expedition
Young scholars become familiar with the Arctic region and the difficulties of scientific research by designing and developing an expedition to an "unknown" place. They use the library and the Internet in order to do their research. ...