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Architecture of China- A Web Based Search

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use the internet in order to investigate the architecture of China. This is done in order to build an appreciation for the structures of buildings and how they communicate the culture.
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Tanabata: The Japanese "Wish Upon a Star"Festival

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research the legend of Tanabata in order to explain some of the astronomical findings in the night sky. The Japanese tell the story in order to explain the origin of celestial bodies.
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Letters from the Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students make deductions about life in an internment camp by reading and comparing letters written to Clara Breed. Along the way, they consider the advantages of looking at a historical event from the multiple points of view of...
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Xinjiang: A Bi-Cultural Perspective

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders research the affects the Chinese Nuclear Program has had on the environment and the health of the Uighur minority.
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A Seasite Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders surf a website to find answers to 15 questions about Southeast Asia.
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Shigaraki Pottery

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write position papers from the point of view of a Shigaraki art collector in this lesson on pottery techniques found in Japan between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods.
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American Political Thought: Minority Influence

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders brainstorm the reasons why people would want to leave their homeland to live in the United States. In groups, they research the political representation of the Board in New Haven, Connecticut. They also write a paper on...
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The Homestead Act

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders analyze the Native American's viewpoint of the Homestead Act. Using one Native American group who lived in Nebraska, they write a letter to the editor of a local newspaper discussing the Homestead Act and how it affected...
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Country Comparison Venn Diagram

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discuss different countries, their cultures, similarities and differences and choose a set of focus questions to research. They create a narrative story using their researched information in first person narrative stories.
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The Witch of Goingsnake

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore legends and specifically the legend of Geronimo. In this legend instructional activity, 9th graders watch a movie 'Geronimo: An American Legend' and answer questions about the video.

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