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Marconi: Whisper in the Air

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore Guglielmo Marconi, the genius who invented the wireless and helped change our planet into a global village.
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Testing Carving Tools

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students onstruct an ancient bow drill and compare its effectiveness at carving stone to marks made by other tools. They perform a careful analysis of the performance of each tool.
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State Kid: The Story Rolls

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read a story about a 15 year-old-boy sent to a juvenile detention center after unsuccessful stays in foster homes. The story is written in installments in the form of Charles Dickens novels.
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People, Props, and Places - Who Do you Want to Be?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a digital self-portrait using the current technology in the schools. They discuss how the portrait is rendered, how the portrait allows us to see into a time period that we are not a part of, and how what she is wearing...
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St. Michael, Prince of the Celestial Armies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers describe this work of art as reflecting the beliefs of Mexicans in the viceregal period. They create their own sculptures in a lightweight material that shows themselves in an active pose.
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Cultural Cups

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create their own drinking vessel from papier-m??ch??. They experiment with different shapes for drinking vessels and different patterns for them.
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Insect Biodiversity

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine biodiversity by conducting comparative biodiversity surveys. They conduct Internet research to identify insects that they have caught in two different habitats, and compare the biodiversity of the two areas.
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Slavery and the Legal Status of Free Blacks: Rhetorical Analysis of Debates During the 1847 Illinois Constitutional Convention

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders read actual arguments regarding the status of free blacks in Illinois and slavery in the United States more generally.
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California's First Constitution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read excerpts from speeches made at the California Constitutional Convention. They predict what the state constitution say about slavery and other issues concerning race.
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Personal Opinions, Part 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create questions for an interview about the environment. They interview a peer using their written questions, and then interview a native Spanish speaker about the environment.
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The Real Work is Done in Committee: A Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the Canadian federal legislative process, and identify the main features of local, provincial, and federal governments in Canada. They simulate the process of a bill going through the legislative process.
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VH1 AIDS: A Pop Culture History Lesson 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe and discuss the relationships between music, media, and popular culture.
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Fall Reflections

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners create a multi-media landscape of a tree in fall color. They use the Y-method of drawing a tree.
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Castles

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students create a scale model to a castle using the dimensions they were given. They calculate the surface areas and volumes of each section of their castle.
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Congruent Figures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners read "Congruent Figures," by Takahashi Takako. They conduct small group discussion using the role sheets and their reading logs.
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1945 Project

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students investigate an aspect of life in 1945 in their country. They write a newspaper account of the topic they research.
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Trade Happens Between People

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners work together in groups to participate in a trading game. They are allowed to trade with different people in each round. They discover free and restricted trade.
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Trade Creates Opportunities for Individuals

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how trade can be a vehicle for the alleviation of poverty. They conduct Internet research, analyze organizations that help to alleviate poverty, and create a business plan for a micro business for a developing economy.
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The Nebraska Brochure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research the physical attributes of Nebraska. They work together to create a brochure highlighting the topic of their choice. They share their brochure to the class.
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Chinese Ritual: The Death Ceremony

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the importance of the Death Ceremony in Chinese culture using Du Fu's poem "Fireflies" as a basis of information and create original poetry in the style of Poet Du Fu.
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Woman Holding Plum Blossoms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students contrast and compare the definition of beauty in Tang dynasty China with that of America today in this high school Social Studies lesson. The lesson concludes with a small group activity.
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Skittles and Springs

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Pupils experiment to discover the relationship between the stretch of a spring and the amount of weight attached to the spring using Skittles. They use a CBR and a graphing calculator to gather data.
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The Cities We Live In

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students research a major city. They create a diagram of the city, labeling major monuments and points of interest. Next, students draw a map of their own town and label its major interest areas. Students compare and contrast their...
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History Today

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use the newspaper to determine how history is being made in your community, region or country.They identify the different components that comprise a newspaper. This lesson contains adaptations from elementary to high school.

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