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\nDarwin Inspired Learning: Ages 11-14\n

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\nInspire young scientists to investigate the natural world, promote an understanding and excitement about how the environment works and how we affect it with four unit modules. Scholars investigate Darwin’s research into bees, consider...\n
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\nBalanced Assessment: Exemplar High School Packet\n

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\nThe Exemplar High School Balanced Packet is a collection of 19 assessment tasks designed to test scholars’ knowledge of Algebra 1 concepts. Learners create graphs that represent how things change over time, build functions to model...\n
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\nChanges in a Democratic Society\n

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\nDemocracies are not static. To learn more about how the United States form of democratic government has changed over time, class members examine primary and secondary sources, including works of art, and reflect on what these sources...\n
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\nTeaching 'The New Jim Crow'\n

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\nMichelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow is the anchor text in a 10-lesson unit that looks at some of the issues of race and justice in American society and how issues have changed over time. High schoolers look at the history of race and...\n
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\nYankee Doodle: How Has It Changed over Time?\n

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\nGrab your feathers and your hat! And perhaps some macaroni! It's time to investigate the evolution of \"Yankee Doodle Dandy.\" Groups do a close reading of sheet music covers, lyrics, and even YouTube videos to see how this political song...\n
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\nExpedition Clothing Then and Now\n

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\nIntroduce your class to the Everest expedition to reenact a 1924 climb by George Mallory and Andrew Irvine. Discuss and show pictures of the types of clothing worn at that time and compare it to today's state-of-the-art climbing gear....\n
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\nIntroducing Module 2: Working Conditions—Then and Now\n

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\nLet's get visual! Scholars embark on a gallery walk around the classroom to view quotes, images, and videos about historical and modern working conditions in various professions. They consider how working conditions have changed over...\n
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\nFirst graders investigate the past and present by analyzing a group of images. In this community history lesson, 1st graders read the story Sarah Morton's Day by Kate Walters and discuss the time frame of the story. Students create a...\n
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\nTransportation Then and Now\n

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\nCompare and contrast how transportation has changed throughout the years. This image-driven slide show depicts a variety of advances in transportation. Covered wagons, coaches, trolley cars, boats, and bikes are shown as they were in the...\n
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\nEnergy Crisis: Then and Now\n

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\nUsing political cartoons, scholars analyze the energy crisis of the 1970s and '80s, comparing and contrasting it to current tensions with oil. Display the 6 cartoons (linked) to the class, and demonstrate analysis using the worksheet...\n
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\nThen and Now: Life in Early America, 1740 - 1840\n

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\nStudents complete a unit of lessons that examine life in early America from 1740-1840. They compare items with similar objects we use today, explore various websites, create a paper doll, try and guess the function of various objects,...\n
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\nToys and Games:Then and Now\n

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\nGames Children Play: Then and Now\n

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\nSecond graders examine primary documents to discover similarities and differences in life today and life before.  In this toys then and now lesson, 2nd graders complete a graphic organizer to show how things have changed or stayed...\n
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\nSettlement Exploration: Then and Now\n

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\nNASA has crafted an imaginative and memorable series of lessons, \"NASA and Jamestown Education Module.\" This lesson is one of the five components. In it, middle schoolers connect history and science by comparing the settlement of...\n
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\nThen and Now: Public Health from 1900 to Today\n

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\nThroughout the 20th Century, the world has become a healthier place. By examining the public-health issues and diseases doctors faced during the 1900's, students will compare and contrast life from today vs. life in the 1900's. Their...\n
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\nThen and Now: Fed Policy Actions During the Great Depression and Great Recession\n

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\nReview the Great Depression in the United States from an economist's perspective, examining roots of the crash, government policy actions, and policies instituted by the Fed.\n
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\nA Ticket to Philly—In 1769: Thinking about Cities, Then and Now\n

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\nWhile cities had only a small fraction of the population in colonial America, they played a significant role in pre-revolutionary years, and this was certainly true for the largest city in the North American colonies: Philadelphia. Your...\n
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\nRabbit and Bear Paws: the Aboriginal Community Then and Now\n

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\nStudents read and discuss a story featuring aboriginal characters in the past and compare/contrast it to how aboriginals live today. They read and discuss information on the Rabbit and Bear Paws website, develop a list of the aboriginal...\n
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\nLake Tahoe Then and Now\n

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\nStudents investigate the differences in Lake Tahoe from the past to the present. In this geography lesson, students read the book Washoe Seasons of Life and identify the descriptions of the land and lake. Students create a Venn diagram...\n
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\nLesson: Heroes: Then and Now\n

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\nWhat is the difference between Hercules and Spiderman? Both are heroes, right? Kids identify the characteristics that make a hero, and analyze the differences between heroes of long ago and today. They write creative stories describing a...\n
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\nThe March on Washington Logistics Then and Now\n

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\nI have a dream ... that all pupils will be able to organize a march of their own after learning about how Bayard Rustin organized the 1963 March on Washington for civil rights. Young reformers work collaboratively examining informational...\n
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\nFeatured Activity: Population Change Over Time\n

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\nKeep track of a state's population. After a brief discussion on how population data is used for funding, individuals look at population changes over time. Pupils find the population of two states using three different censuses. They then...\n
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\nStudents explore population and come to understand how it changes over time. In this census lesson plan, students discover what population is and how it changes as they participate in age-appropriate activities.\n
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\nTeens in the Workforce: Venn Diagram\n

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\nKids compare the reasons and benefits of teens entering the workforce, then and now. They compare the benefits of working teens in the 1840's to those of working teens in the year 2005. Note: The years can be changed to update this...\n
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