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Great Escape
Students view a television program that explores the influence and importance of film's contribution to the rise of global culture. They discuss and write about the movies' influence in their own lives and compare and contrast different...
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To Live
In this Chinese history worksheet, high schoolers watch "To Live," a film about the Cultural Revolution, and then write reviews of the film.
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Heroes
Learners explore heroism. In this character development and Holocaust lesson, students generate adjectives that describe familiar heroes. Learners view a video clip that includes testimonies of Holocaust survivors, and compare the hero...
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What's the Cost?
Students consider what things cost 150 years ago and what those costs would be in today's money. They compare costs and services between the 1850s and today to find out if things are cheaper or more expensive today, in inflation-adjusted...
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Civil Rights Memorial
Students discuss the Civil Rights Movement and the key events that ended segregation in the United States.
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Don Quixote
Learners examine the use of metaphors in literature. In this literary devices lesson, students read poems that feature extended metaphors and compare them to the metaphors used in Don Quixote. Learners then try their hand at writing...