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Missouri Department of Elementary

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: A Basic Skill

For Teachers 7th
Imagine seventh graders developing a school wide plan to promote respect in their school. That's the vision behind the second lesson in the R-E-S-P-E-C-T series. In preparation for designing a school-wide media campaign, class members...
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New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 1

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Work out your core, Common Core State Standards, through the first workshop in a series of 15 designed for educators. Inquiry-based activities designed for all content areas and grade levels explore the shifts to new standards,...
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Community Projects and School Projects

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teachers have the opportunity to guide students of ways to develop or expand community and school projects through a series of informative and explorative lessons.
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Ornl: Teacher's Guide Superconductivity for High School Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site from the Human Genome Project provides a large collection of facts and information, demonstrations, experiments and project ideas. Written for teachers but easily adaptable for any type of student work. A good site to check out...
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University of California

History Project: Lincoln and the Outbreak of War, 1861

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Using primary source documents, this middle school lesson plan focuses on Lincoln's role in the outbreak of the Civil War, specifically his actions as President during his first six weeks in office.
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University of California

History Project: Chicago Race Riot, 1919

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan for high school students explores the race riot in Chicago in the summer of 1919. Students are asked to explain the reasons for the riot and address the questions in the lesson plan. Included are excerpts from 26 primary...
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University of California

History Project: The Removal of the Cherokee Nation

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle school lesson plan attempts to answer the question of the government's Indian policy and its relationship to the Cherokee. Students will use sections from 26 primary source documents to aid in the research.
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University of California

History Project: Political Issues Behind the Trial of President Andrew Johnson

For Teachers 9th - 10th
High school lesson provides the background for the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson over the conflict between Congress and the President over Reconstruction of the South. Students are to use sections from 15 primary source...
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Other

Brookfield High School: Lesnansky's Control Center: Would You Rather? (Part 2)

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will create a customized Google Form that will showcase the four dilemmas defined by the game cards from Would You Rather...? and then share the form with others to collect data for analysis. Lots of Would You...
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Other

Brookfield High School: Lesnansky's Control Center: Would You Rather? (Part 1)

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, young scholars will create a word processing document that will define four dilemmas in the game cards from Would You Rather? Lots of Would You Rather question examples can be found online. (The Part 2 lesson can be...
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: School Attendance Campaign

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Mrs. O leads students through a lesson encouraging critical thinking and research to increase attendance in schools in an effort to decrease the rate of students dropping out.
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Native American Project Based Learning

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In a scenario that has the school receiving a technology grant, the school must create a presentation, using online resources, that feature something that has been an issue for Native Americans.
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Other

Trench Brothers Project: Designing a Soldier's Survival Kit [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity was created by the Trench Brothers project in England which uses drama, music, and art to share stories of World War I's ethnic minority soldiers with British schools. In this lesson, students are asked to research what...
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Develop a Personal, Family or School Creed

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Many schools recite The American Creed, The Pledge of Allegiance, every morning when the bell rings. This lesson has students understanding what a creed is and encouraging them to develop one. It could be personal, family, or school.
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Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Health Community Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use these resources and create a project identifying an issue with the health of people in the community and working out actions that could be taken to reduce the problem.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Put Some Blue in Your Green School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This learning project is designed to help schools become efficient water users and to raise awareness about the need to conserve water. Students will analyze the water use (indoor/outdoor) at their school and work with community partners...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Poetry Lesson: Song Parodies About School

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After celebrating (and singing) some of the delightful songs from Alan Katz's "Take Me out of the Bathtub" and listening to songs by Weird Al Yankovic, like "Eat It," students will discuss the concept of parody. To practice writing a...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: 5th Grade Narrative Prompt: School Scenes in "Slow Motion"

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This exercise was designed to serve as a pre-writing activity for one of their three designated fifth grade practice prompts for the state writing exam. The prompt is: Think about a time when something special or unusual happened at...
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University of California

History Project: Ideas and Strategies of the Woman Suffrage Movement

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This middle school lesson focuses on the women's suffrage movement. Provided is detailed background information followed by excerpts from eleven early twentieth-century primary source documents, along with questions to help young...
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University of California

History Project: The Homestead Strike of 1892

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This high school lesson focuses on the Homestead Strike of 1892. Students are asked to write an essay explaining why the strike occurred and how the Carnegie Company went about winning the strike. Included are twenty-seven primary source...
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University of California

History Project: The Bonus Army in Washington

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this high school lesson plan, students will analyze twenty-two primary source documents then answer questions pertaining to the "bonus marchers" in Washington in the summer of 1932.
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University of California

History Project: The Antinomian Controversy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using ten primary source documents, high school students will write a 2 1/2 page interpretive history of Puritan Society focusing on the antinomian controversy in Massachusetts.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Rainwater Harvesting Service Learning Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will gain an understanding of a rainwater harvesting system, learn about rainfall patterns and water use for various purposes, then design and build a rainwater collection system for their school.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Service Learning Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will design and implement a service project to be done as a class in a familiar community (neighborhood or school).

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