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Energy Intelligence Agency

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Protect the world from energy depletion—join the Energy Intelligence Agency. Using a set of cards, pupils distinguish between correct and incorrect information regarding energy use in the United States. They analyze graphs and diagrams...
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Secret Agent Men

For Teachers 6th - 12th
What does a secret agent really do? After reading an article, students discover the connection between intelligence and espionage. Using the Internet, they will research the history and motivations of intelligence agencies throughout the...
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Write.com

Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Initialisms

For Students 5th - 9th
Pupils change words or phrases into the correct abbreviation, acronym or initialism in ten sample sentences. After rewriting the word or phrase, they must identify whether it is an abbreviation, acronym or initialism. For example, pupils...
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I Spy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils examine the responsibilities of the CIA and work as a team of analysts to produce intelligence reports. Letters are written predicting how their assigned countries have changed by 2008.
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Automated Intelligence

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students redesign everyday robotic devices to increase their autonomy and their usefulness. Propose ideas that would make directly controlled robotic devices more antonymous and create posters illustrating their ideas.
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Secrets and Spies

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students explore the lives of spies. In this secret government agencies lesson, students visit the Imperial War Museum and the Essex Secret Bunker online or in person to discover details about Britain's spies and secret bunker.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Government Snooping, Different Views

For Students 8th - 12th
In this current events worksheet, learners analyze political cartoons about the collection of government intelligence and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Social Studies: Countries and Technology

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in a travel simulation and have just arrived in Canada. After choosing activities to research, they define their methods of exploration and development on plan sheets. Among the scenarios from which they choose...
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US Institute of Peace

Simulation on Peacekeeping in Kashmir: An American Choice

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Will the United States take a stand in the Kashmir conflict? A mock meeting of the minds examines a peace proposal between China, Pakistan, and India to determine if the United States should deploy troops to the area. Individuals take on...
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Lesson Planet Article
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All About Almanacs

For Teachers All
Use almanacs to entice your learners to explore non-fiction texts in celebration of Read-An-Almanac Month!
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I Spy

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners use the Internet to gather more information about the gadgets spies use on the job. They analyze cases in which spies were involved and modern security systems. There is a section in which they can ask questions.
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Shrinking Spaces

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe the impact of population growth on the environment. They describe how cities affect their surrounding environment and explain how cities are handling growth and its resulting effect on the quality of life. They visit...
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We Are One World

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars access prior knowledge to choose a country and research the living conditions in that country. In this living conditions lesson, students recognize the differences and similarities of conditions of another country to ours....
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Breaking News: Bin Laden Photo To Be Released

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore current events by completing worksheet activities in class. In this Osama Bin Laden instructional activity, students read the news article of Bin Laden's death and subsequent photo while discussing the event with...
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Cold War

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Social Studies learning exercise, middle schoolers find the words related to the study of the Cold War and the answers are accessed with the button at the bottom of the page.
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Investigations in Aid: Identifying the Need

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students investigate the needs in emerging nations. In this emerging nations lesson, students research the conditions for needs in the given countries. Students are assigned to the country groups of Honduras, Nigeria, Bosnia, Cambodia,...
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Madrid Train Attacks

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students discover the details regarding the Madrid train attacks. In this terrorism lesson, students discuss the attacks. Students interview people about their thoughts on terrorism.
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Master Spy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explain that a code is a system of symbols, letters, words, or signals that are used instead of ordinary words and numbers to send messages or to store information. They practice deciphering a variety of secret codes used in...
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Yemen Cargo Bombs Foiled

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners explore an international terror alert originating in Yemen.  In this lesson, students read an article that explains a terror alert in Britain, then complete several activities that reinforce the reading, including a vocabulary...
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ZIP: A One-Act Play

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review amendments of the Constitution relating to due process. They discuss the Constitution in the case of Eberhard "Zip" Fuhr. They research the provisions of the WWII Alien Enemy Control Program. They determine how national...
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Interactive
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Fact and Opinion: Post Test

For Students 5th - 8th
In this fact and opinion worksheet, students identify sentences as being facts or opinions or choose the fact or opinion sentence. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Worksheet
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Movie titles

For Students 5th - 8th
In this movie title worksheet, students read a summary of the movie and try to guess the title. Students read and guess 8 movie titles.
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Breaking News English: China Regulates News Websites

For Students 5th - 10th
For this English worksheet, students read "China Regulates News Websites," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.