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Easy Horizontal Rules

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create horizontal rule lines with different thicknesses. They create horizontal rule lines with different widths. They create horizontal rule lines without 3D shading.
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Extra Alignment

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students create text that is aligned to the center of the page. They align images and blocks of text. They add specific spacing around images. They create text that is right justified.
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More for Images and Lists

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students design a hyper-linked graphic without a bounding border. They examine how to place a framing border around an inline image. They apply HTML to list using a number styles.
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Clickable Image Maps

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students understand the difference between server-side and client-side processes. They create an inline image that has different portions hyperlinked to other web pages, pictures, and other sites on the Internet.
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META tags

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students write HTML to have one web page automatically advance to another page. They add embedded information that help others find their web site using Internet searches.
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Target That Window

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Young scholars write HTML to make hyperlink open a URL or web page in a second web browser window. They write HTML so that all links in a page load in a specific browswer window.
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Lights, Camera, Action!

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students add various types of multimedia to a website they have created about volcanoes. They review what would best enhance their website and determine what the value and cost be in adding that particular piece of multimedia.
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Top Ten Facts

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners, in pairs, complete research about an assigned person. One student does research in the library and the other on the Internet. They come back together, compare their research, and compile a list of 10 main facts about their person.
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Internet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, in groups, are given a list of terms in which they use the Internet to find out more about them. They present the information they found to the class and they must create a worksheet to be filled out by other students during...
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Electronic Mail the Postman Delivers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice E-mail programsto access information about math and science resources.
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Evaluating General Web Search Tools: Which are Best?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students develop a topic statement or research question. They examine the best use of search engines and directories to effectively retrieve good information.
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General Web Search Tools: An Introduction

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Pupils study the three major web search tools: search engines, directories, and metasearch engines. They examine the appropriate times to use each of the search tools.
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Choosing the Best Hits

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students practice quickly scanning the results of an internet search to determine which might provide the best information. They choose key words or phrases to type into the search engine and read the descriptions of each hit.
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Cyberspace

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create original works of art or music and upload them to the Internet. They work individually or in a group. Then they collaborate with others to interpret, analyze, or alter the work.
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Lesson Plan 3: Publishing

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students, in groups, publish an integrated and functional web page. They create action plans and establish daily and weekly objectives, and then use cameras and video cameras to tak epictures and short movies of school activities.
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How To Use the Internet To Make Student Glossaries

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use an internet dictionary to produce a glossary of words related to a particular subject area being studied. They choose the correct meaning of the word for their glossary, based on it's relationship to the subject matter being...
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Recovering Under-examined Histories to Build Community

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students read Diane Glancy's "Pushing the Bear" about the Cherokee Removal and respond online to a discussion board. They discuss responses in class.
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Philadelphia's Important Contribution to the Lewis and Clark Expedition

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners analyze a primary source document (Jefferson's secret letter to Congress) and identify its objectives through the aid of focus questions. They complete a graphic organizer and write an article summarizing Philadelphia's...
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The Great Migration Lesson Plan

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read a narrative "The Great Migration." They answer specific questions that check for understanding of the text. They discuss reasons for migrating. They choose an African-American hero/athlete to research online. They share...
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Return South Migration Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read the narrative "Return South Migration" and research online about the reasons many southerners returned to the south following the Civil Rights Movement. They write a letter to a friend about their decision whether or not to...
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Not the Stereotypical Immigrant? Lesson Plan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast the differences in African immigrants and traditional immigrants using a Venn diagram. They read the narrative "African Immigration" and examine the goals of African immigrants.
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Searching for Dream Homes on the Internet

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Young scholars navigate the Internet and employ research skills to select their "dream home." They decode the Internet Multiple Listing Services and examine housing costs.
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USING ONLINE JOURNALS AND BLOGS

For Teachers 3rd - 9th
Students explore using weblogs in the classroom. There are websites where teachers and students can sign up for their own blogs for free.
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Refining Search Skills When Developing Student-Based Web Sites

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students become familiar with the process of using search engines to locate information on the Internet. They continue the process of developing their own web sites and make one ready for posting on the Internet.