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Comparing Canadian and U.S. Political Systems and Political Campaigns
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this political systems lesson, students conduct research to compare and contrast the forms of government in the United States and...
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Past Presence
Young scholars examine British Black History. In this current events lesson plan, students visit selected websites to research the history of Blacks in Great Britain. Several lesson plan enhancement ideas are included.
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Valentine's Day
Students create a flower, poem, and mailbox for someone to open on Valentine's Day. In this Valentine's Day lesson plan, students also write Valentine letters.
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Say What You Mean!
Students analyze data and identify the mean. In this probability lesson, students log data in the TI and construct scatter plots from the data. They identify properties of a scatterplot.
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Cabri Jr. - Getting Started with Triangles
Students explore a basic triangle construction. For this beginning geometry lesson, students investigate the steps to necessary to create an equilateral triangle with Cabri Jr.;
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Count the Differences
Students determine the degree of polynomials. In this determining the degree of polynomials lesson, students find the difference between consecutive y-values. Students find the degree of a linear, quadratic, and cubic function by this...
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Slider Template
Students identify parameters using a slider template. For this precalculus lesson, students relate a slider to a calculator. It provides the students the opportunity to control the perimeter of the equations.
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Alphabet Letters A-Z and Alphabet Numbers 0-9
In this alphabet and numbers learning exercise, students cut out and place in sequential order the uppercase and lowercase letters and numbers a-z and 1-10.
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Q-Tip Painting
Students make their own paintings. In this art lesson, students paint with q-tips by dropping the paint, rolling the q-tip, or just use the q-tip as a brush.
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Chewing Gum: Stop the Drop
Students design a campaign to deter local people from dropping their gum. They discover how gum pollutions affects people at a local level. They make a list of other pollutants and write ways to combat the pollution.
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Circle Equations
Students explore the coordinate plane. In this secondary mathematics lesson, students follow a set of directions to plot points in the coordinate plane.
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Integration Unit: Riemann Sum
Learners investigate Riemann Sums. In this calculus instructional activity, students solve problems involving Riemann sums and Right Riemann Sums.
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Evaluating the Products of Chords of a Circle
Learners investigate chords and make predictions. In this geometry lesson, students graph circles and calculate the measurement of each chord. They perform the calculations and make conjectures.
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Coin Cards
In this U.S. coins worksheet, learners cut apart 16 cards that feature photographs of the front and back of quarters, nickels, dimes and pennies. There are no directions.
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Salem's Maritime History: A History of our New Nation
Eighth graders examine the impact of Salem's maritime trade on America. Using primary source documents, they identify the use of expanding the number of products available and how it affected the economy. They write an essay discussing...
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Flickr of Idea on a Gaming Project Led to Photo Website
Students explore the concept of technology. In this technology instructional activity, students read an article about the creator of Flickr. Students discuss how Flickr grabs the attention of its audience. Students describe a technology...
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Stonewall and Beyond:
Pupils examine issues that surround the quest for gay/lesbian equal rights, explore bias and negative stereotyping in the media and their effect on how gays and lesbians are treated, examine their own biases, and express their opinions...
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Egyptian Enterprises
Learners prepare a cultural exhibit on Egyptian history, culture, sites, monuments, and hieroglyphics using such media as posters, computer presentations, puppet shows, short plays, videotapes, museum exhibit panels, brochures and scale...
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Groundhog Day
Students access a variety of Groundhog Day themed websites. They locate information about the history of Groundhog Day and why we celebrate it. They read about Punxsutawney Phil and groundhogs and play interactive games.
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Inventing the Future
Young scholars explore the impact of technology on the world by researching current or past scientific advancements, then developing a new invention or technology for the next millennium.
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The Penny Press, Walt Whitman and the War
Students examine the Penny Press and how it began the era of mass circulated newspapers. They use the internet to research the writing style of the paper and write a short article using that style.
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That was Then, This is Now-House and Home
Eleventh graders discover the appreciation of the importance of visuals in exploring different aspects of society past and present. They collaborate on comparing and contrasting information. Students look at what life was like during the...
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And The Winner Is
Students investigate the concept of The MTV Awards shows and how they have been used to form the culture of a generation over time. They view rerun episodes of the shows and write reflectively about observations that are made.
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Vehicle Spelling Word Questions Fill in the Blank Worksheet
In this spelling word activity, students answer 15 questions using the vehicle words that are included in the word bank.