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Surviving the Depression- 1930-1939 Lesson 3: Solutions to the Depression

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students evaluate the components of the New Deal and role of nonprofit organizations the relief and rebuilding efforts of the Great Depression. They write letters to the organization that they are researching.
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The Odyssey

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students research and plan the routes and expenses associated in an "Odyssey" that they plan for themselves. They decide which countries they will visit and what they will see while they are there. They have a spending limit which they...
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Kosovo: Where is It and What's All the Fuss About?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the US military involvement in Kosovo and answer teacher generated questions.
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Naval Warfare in the American Revolution

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students determine speed and bearing, calculate a position by dead reckoning, and modify this position using vectors for wind and current drift.
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Credit: Buy Now & Pay More Later

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the costs and benefits of using credit cards to purchase goods and services.
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Driving Down the Highway: Billboards in Nebraska

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review photos of billboards from Nebraska highways. Using these billboards as examples, students design a billboard promoting a city in Nebraska.
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Chinese communities, Federation and the early Commonwealth

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students search and use a database. They compare and analyze primary sources and develop an awareness of the nature and extent of the Chinese community's involvement in the Federation celebrations.
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Confederation Politicians

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the production of newspapers about Confederation. The students are organized into groups and are asked to take on the roles of newspaper staff members. Their first assignment is to write a story based on an interview...
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Media and War

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students investigate how written media and word of mouth helped foment rebellion during the Revolutionary War. They compare and contrast that with the role of the news media in the war in Iraq focusing on cause and effect relationships.
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Come One, Come All

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze information from core map and other sources and construct routes from New York and Boston to Cincinnati as they might have existed in 1835.
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Showtime in the House of Commons Part I

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students watch a video and brainstorm, focusing on the rules of Question Period in a Parliamentary System.
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Healing the Heart

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners research the expulsion of the Acadians.
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A Simulation of the Electoral Process and the Resulting House of Commons

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson plan which give them the knowledge, skills and an appreciation for the electoral process and parliamentary system.
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Electoral Systems

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine electoral systems and reach conclusions and judgements about the extent to which these requirements are met. The Canadian electoral system be examined as one other electoral system.
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Model Parliaments: Creating a Real Senate

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discover how the Canadian Parliamentary works and how to tolerate other people's point of view by participating in a model Parliament.
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Investigating the Judiciary Act of 1789

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students research the Judiciary Act of 1789 including why it was needed and what it provided. They write a paper using all steps of the writing process outlining their findings.
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Lambdin Milligan and the Writ of Habeas Corpus

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research the case of Lambdin Milligan, a confederate supporter who was sentenced to death in Indiana during the time of the Civil War. They investigate the need to suspend civil liberties during the time of war.
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Title IX: Examining the Inadvertent Effects of Court Rulings

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research two cases and the unintended effects that they had on women's rights in American society. They write a summary of each case, including both the intended and actual results of the ruling.
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Art or Artifact?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze and discuss illustrations of the New World by John White. They examine the images, answer questions about each one, and write an essay.
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Durga's Victory: Envisioning Power

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars read a selection about the Hindu deity, Durga. They analyze an image of her and discuss what it means to be "powerful."
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The 47 Loyal Retainers -- Honor and Murder in Early Modern Japan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read articles about the 47 retainer group in Japan. They discuss the importance of honor and law in early modern Japan. They develop their own opinions about how a case should have been handled and share them with the class.
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A Woman's Story: The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the life of Lavinia Warren, the wife of Tom Thumb. They examine the impact of stereotyping and other behaviors by different groups. They examine roles and status in society as well.
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Manassas National Battlefield Park

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students complete a variety of activities that go along with the study of and possible fieldtrip to Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia.
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Lincoln Home National Historic Site

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students investigate the community in which Lincoln and his family lived and explore how the citizens felt about him. The national issues that inspired Lincoln to act decisively in politics and that propelled him to the White House are...

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