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Cans Make a Difference

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students design a service-learning project with pen pals. In this philanthropy lesson, students research various charitable organizations with a pen pal and collect cans in order to get money for a donation. Students write to their pen...
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Make a Choice

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students investigate the Underground Railroad to determine the choices that people made. To help, to stay, to do nothing, to break the law to enforce the law, to feed runaways are some of the choices that made a difference. This...
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"Herstory" in Michigan - Great Women of our Great State

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discover the struggles and achievements of women throughout Michigan's history, the changes that have taken place in women's roles, and the difference one person can make. This instructional activity focuses on the impact women...
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Maya Lin: Architect & Sculptor

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students explore and study about Maya Yang Lin and her influences on contemporary Chinese/American art. They assess the difference between architecture and sculptor and then create a miniature model of an expressive sculptor to symbolize...
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Everyone has a Culture-Everyone is Different

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students explore cultural features.  In this multicultural acceptance activity, students define and discuss "culture," and distinguish the difference between individual characteristics and cultural characteristics.  Students complete a...
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I Want It! I Need It!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students compare the difference between needs and wants. In this needs vs. wants lesson plan, students play a sorting game with picture cards, depicting illustrations of survival needs and material things. Students sort the picture cards...
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Immigration, Where Do We Go From Here?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students describe difference between immigration and emigration, and summarize impact that immigration and emigration have on a community.
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Discrimination

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine concept of discrimination and explore difference between appropriate and harmful discrimination. Students discuss relevant Australian legislation and International Law, choose example of discrimination, and write...
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Using the Commentaries in Class

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars examine language and communication by listening to a commentary radio show.  For this communications lesson, students listen to Michael Josephson's radio broadcast using the Internet and analyze his words and their...
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Water: A Necessity for Life

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine types of aquifers and make a model landfill. In this water usage lesson, students determine the difference between confined and unconfined aquifers. They build a model landfill, observe it for two weeks, and analyze what...
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Climb into Action!

For Teachers 4th - 8th Standards
Climate change affects even the largest and intimidating of landforms—even Mount Everest! A resource helps teach learners the connection between global climate change and its effects on Earth. Activities include videos, class discussion,...
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Elizabethan Monarchy

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explain the difference between democracy and monarchy. They see how the Queen Elizabeth and her Privy Council ran England. They explain the different terms involved in the Elizabethan government.
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Bison Gone: Appreciating Natural Resources

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students examine the effects of the loss of the bison after the Europeans arrived in North America. They conduct a demonstration using beans to demonstrate the difference between the number of bison before and after the arrival of the...
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Microclimates of Our School

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students read the story "Weslandia" by Paul Fleischman, define the term microclimate, gather and record data in various places on school grounds to establish the presence of difference microclimates, analyze and compare microclimates,...
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My Money

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Young scholars identify and interpret the relationships between various components of currency, discusses the uses of money, and provides advanced lessons on making change. They also identify the various ways that money is used and how...
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Folk and Family Heroes and Heroines

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students define and assess the difference between folk heroes and family heroes and then find examples of each in their own lives. They view a "Swapping Stories" video, surf the internet for examples and complete a variety of worksheets...
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President Obama's Address to Students Across America

For Teachers Pre-K - 6th
Young scholars listen to President Obama's speech, and discuss its meaning. In this President Obama lesson students learn about the president, about how to deliver a speech, and the ways they can make a difference. They create posters,...
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Anti-Slavery and Reform-Related Sources

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use primary sources to explore events witnessed by ordinary people.  In this primary documents lesson, 5th graders  answer critical thinking questions based on their documents.  Students recognize the difference between...
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Crafting Freedom

Harriet Jabocs and Elizabeth Keckly: The Material and Emotional Realities of Childhood in Slavery

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Through the journals written by Harriet Jacobs and Elizabeth Keckly, young readers gain insight into the lives of two enslaved children on nineteenth-century plantations.
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Anti-Defamation League

Identity-Based Bullying

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
What is identity? What is bullying? What is identity-based bullying? After discussing these questions as a class, pupils engage in partner discussions before participating in a small group activity to act out bullying scenarios. Then,...
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Seeing a World of Difference

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners read through the lyrics and listen to a song about biodiversity. Using pictures they draw, they interpret the song according to their prior knowledge. They identify the threats to different regions around the world and create...
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Tools Make A Difference

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners compare and contrast older and newer types and designs of tools, and examine how the change in tools affected life along the river in the book, "A River Ran Wild." They classify the tools for cooking, hunting, farming, and...
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Make a Difference

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students review the previous lessons on the history of their city and county. Using their community, they identify issues in which they believe needs to be addressed. They develop their own plan of action and present their ideas to the...
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Martin Luther King Jr.: A Fact Or Opinion Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discuss the difference between fact and opinion, then read a brief biography of Martin Luther King Jr. They complete the Martin Luther King Jr.: Fact or Opinion worksheet.

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