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\nCompare and Contrast Timelines of the World\n

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\nSeventh graders create a classroom timeline of important world events. This lesson plan is meant to be used during the entire school year. As the school year goes along, events are added to the timeline as chosen by the class. The events...\n
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\nReader Idea | Thinking Like a Historian About Current World Events\n

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\nCheck out this fantastic research project where learners work to see the modern world through the eyes of a historian and analyze a contemporary event of their choice. An in-depth reflection on the project is given by the project...\n
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\nTank Development in World War 1\n

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\nWhat is the tank and how did the technology develop? The resource discusses how new technology, especially the tank, affected many events during World War I. It covers the topic using primary source images and interesting facts to keep...\n
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\nArtists Teach Us to See the World through Visual Symbols\n

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\nTenth graders analyze a biographical piece of art by Raymond Saunders. They identify shapes, symbols, and lines that are used, and how the piece relates to the artist's life and modern society. They design and create an original piece of...\n
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\nStep Six: Real World Policies\n

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\nSometimes it takes real-world examples to get concepts to click. Use the resource to instruct middle schoolers on the relevancy of public policy in today's world. Exercises include a 5W + H graphic organizer, class discussion, and...\n
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\nAdvertising in the Contemporary World: An Introduction to Persuasive Texts\n

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\nBeginning a persuasive writing unit with your middle schoolers? Approach it through something that persuades us all: advertising! Through studying video and print advertisement, your class will practice Common Core skills for reading...\n
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\nSurvivors and Liberators\n

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\nThe end was just the beginning. The period immediately after the end of World War II and the Holocaust is often called \"The Return to Life\" as survivors looked to reunite and recreate broken families and shattered lives. A two-lesson...\n
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\nThe Holocaust was an evolution of anti-Semitism, scapegoating, and targeted violence against Jews with Nazi policies. A resource unpacks the escalation in violence, along with the erosion of democratic institutions, during the 1930s....\n
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\nHemingway’s Influences and Contemporaries\n

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\nThree clips from the documentary Hemingway by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick explore the events and people who influenced Ernest Hemingway.\n
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\nAn Attack on Syria- What Would You Do?\n

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\nHas United States military intervention in the conflicts of other countries always been warranted? After reviewing a brief background on contemporary US conflicts and reading articles describing the civil war in Syria, your learners...\n
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\nPersecution of the German-Jews: The Early Years - 1933-1939\n

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\nYoung historians learn about the dehumanization process of stripping German Jews of basic, fundamental rights prior to the genocide of European Jews in the 1940s. Learners watch video clips of survivors who recount such events...\n
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\nPrisoner in One's Own Home\n

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\nExamine the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. After reading an article from the New York Times and exploring the author's word choice, young readers find the central idea in the text and work on researching...\n
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\nThe Road to World War II\n

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\nStudents research the orgins and early events of World War II using online and off line resources. They conduct an interview with a local World War II veteral and present their findings to the class.\n
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\nPropaganda During World War I\n

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\nEighth graders consider how propaganda was used during World War I. For this World War I lesson, 8th graders analyze posters that were used to garner support for World War I. Students use the provided worksheet to...\n
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\nThe Consequences of World War II\n

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\nNinth graders explore the aftermath of World War II. In this World War II lesson, 9th graders investigate the consequences of the war as they complete a post-assessment project that requires them to compose essays on the topic.\n
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\nLesson: Storyboarding Revolution\n

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\nKids consider revolution as a basis for creativity, art, and storytelling. After reading an excerpt from the book, Persepolis, learners choose one event from any world revolution to write about. They storyboard the event focusing on...\n
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\nNew American Roles\n

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\nAmerica has dealt with its fair share of hardships in contemporary history. The resource discusses the events of the Gulf War, September 11th, the Afghanistan War, and The Iraq War. Scholars click on artifacts to learn more information,...\n
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\nThe Book Thief\n

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\nReview main characters, story events, and important quotes from Marcus Zusak's The Book Thief. A crossword puzzle with 29 clues gives high schoolers the opportunity to check their understanding and revist Zusak's haunting work.\n
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\nEighth graders find a current event related to the Middle East. In this current event lesson students write a brief summary of a new story related to the Middle East. They give their opinion and tell how it affects their life or who it...\n
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\nLesson: Nikhil Chopra: Performing Memory\n

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\nFilm imitates life; that's what they say. Using performance theory to tie the lesson together, learners attempt to understand memory and daily rituals as seen in art, film, and life. They read two chapters from the book, watch the...\n
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\nWorld War II: Bombs and Peace\n

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\nStudents explore the final events and end of World War II. They examine the community impact of such events as the dropping of the dropping of atomic bombs, and President Roosevelt's death. Students prepare a presentation.\n
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\nConflict Resolution in the World Today: Introduction to Current World conflicts, their Antecendents, the Progression, and their Potential Conclusions\n

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\nLearners write a paragraph describing a conflict they had with a friend or a family member and a paragraph explaining how it was resolved. In this social science lesson, students share their paragraphs with a partner and then will...\n
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\nHistory of Immigration From the 1850s to the Present\n

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\nThe Statue of Liberty may embrace the huddled masses of the world, but has American society always joined in? After young historians read a passage about the history of American immigration in the 19th and 20th centuries, focusing on...\n
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\nA World of Money\n

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\nStudents explore the traditions related to the creation of national currencies. The role currency plays in shaping a national or regional identity and the influences that the designers of world currency exert are examined in this lesson.\n
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