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Site Formation In Archaeology

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students look at the findings of a Hopi Indian dig site in order to reconstruct the sequence of events that occurred in the past. They examine the stratigraphy while making multiple hypothesis about the artifacts and their locations at...
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The Cell Cycle and Mitosis

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What a packed lesson! Provide your class with the opportunity to learn about the cell cycle in several exciting ways. Biologists first learn about the theory behind mitosis, then proceed to view onion tips under the microscope and create...
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Cold War Chronology

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Cold War instructional activity, learners examine the chronological list of important events between 1945 and 1991. Students then respond to 7 short answer questions based on the chronology.
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Sequencing - The Hound of the Baskervilles

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners explore sequencing through the book Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In this sequencing lesson plan, students read the book and take notes. Learners complete a worksheet ordering the events that occurred in...
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Constructing a Phylogenetic Tree

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are given the opportunity to analyze DNA sequence differences between organisms in order to establish a reasonable picture of the evolutionary relationships between them (Phylogenetic Tree). In the simulation form they are...
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Exploring Korea

For Teachers 7th - 12th
A thorough and fun lesson on Korea! In groups of four (Social Chair, Historian, Translator, Travel Agent) class members research North and South Korea to determine a good location for an overseas institute for studying abroad. Once this...
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From Gene to Protein Study Guide

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this biology worksheet, students review and answer different questions based upon the molecules of DNA and RNA. They look at the specific protein order of the DNA strand and its synthesis.
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The Final Copy

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Write short stories in which events are presented in logical order, point of view is clear, theme and characters are developed. Middle schoolers also work on sensory language, concrete language and/or dialogue. They establish their...
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Sequence of Events Practice #5

For Students 7th - 12th
In this rock layers worksheet, students list the events needed to make the pattern of rock layers shown from oldest to youngest. This worksheet has 15 fill in the blank questions.
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Pacific War Timeline

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students apply chronlogy through the sequencing of significan events from World War II in the Pacific. They draw a timeline by making a straight line and marking a place for every year from 1937-1945. During the visit to the George Bush...
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Narrative Nuts and Bolts

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
After viewing slides and reading about child labor, young authors compose an original narrative story. They practice note-taking skills and work to effectively engage a reader by incorporating plot, logical order, complex characters,...
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Narrative Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Imagine a day in the life of a child who has to work 12-14 hours a day, seven days a week. After viewing images and reading stories of child laborers, class members select an image and write a richly detailed narrative about a typical...
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A Day in the Life

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, while studying the "day-in-the-life photographs" of a Deai student, compare and contrast the lives and activities of Kojiro, one other Deai student and themselves. Sequential order plays an important role within this activity...
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Interpreting Mythology Through Dance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use abstract movement to tell the story of Re's journey. In this ancient Egypt lesson, students choreograph locomotor and non-locomotor movements to describe ancient Egyptian journeys to the afterlife as described in Egyptian...
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Invention Timeline

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this lesson plan, students Create a timeline of historical events, Identify patterns of change, Interpret data in a timeline.In this lesson plan, students use Inspiration to view progress over time as they develop timelines...
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Welcome to Love Canal

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students engage in a variety of activities that address the ethical issues surrounding the Love Canal case study.
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Shadows of North Carolina's Past

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students construct a timeline of four major culture periods in Native American history from studying archaeological evidence cards.
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Indian Removal: Does History Always Reflect progress?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the idea that progress for some might not mean progress for all. For this Native American lesson, students recognize different viewpoints about historical events through the study of primary documents. Students decipher...
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Of Mice and Men: Viewing Guide

For Teachers 8th - 12th
In this Of Mice and Men viewing guide worksheet, students study movie terminology as they read brief descriptions and respond to 26 short answer questions as the watch the film based on Steinbeck's novel.
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The Sunflower

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders analyze the ethical and moral decisions made by people during the Holocaust. They role play a situation placing them in an ethical delima. They must make a choice and defend it to their peers. Readings and test...
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A “Scientific” Approach to Buying a Car

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine what it takes to purchase a car and the resources out there to help find what you are looking for.  For this scientific method lesson students complete different problem solving situations.
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Equations and Averages, Permutations - Week 7

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
In this average and permutation worksheet, students read story problems and write equations to determine annual income, the sum of a sequence, averages, and permutation problems. This two-page worksheet contains eight problems.
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The Vietnam Lotteries

For Students 10th - 12th
In this probability and statistics worksheet, students examine the “fairness” to the Vietnam draft lottery system by constructing box plots of each of the twelve months using data provided.  The three page worksheet contains one...
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The Judiciary in American History

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the influence of political and societal forces on judicial decisions. Among the topics they examine are the selection of judges and the cause and effect relationship between politics, society, and the law. to...