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The Boundary Dispute between New Hampshire and Massachusetts, 1677-1741

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research primary and secondary source documents to examine the separation of New Hampshire from the larger colony of Massachusetts.
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Mills of New Hampshire

For Teachers K - 12th
Students locate mill sites on a New Hampshire map. They describe who worked in the mills and their working conditions. They examine the environmental impact of the mills and work together to find out more information about mills.
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Lesson 10: History of Illinois 1700's Dual Timeline

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create a journal that includes historic events that occurred in Illinois in the 1700's that features entries on the same topics from different perspectives.
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Chicago's Amazing Growth

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students, in groups, collaboratively explore the rapid growth of Chicago (from 350 to 300,000 in less than 40 years), and how the city changed to accommodate such rapid growth.
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"Home Sweet Home?"

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research an endangered animal's habitat, investigate the survival problems. They research the animal's zoo life. They research some programs of reintroduction and chart the pros and cons of each.
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Investigate Non-native Neighborhood Invasion Species

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students investigate non-native species that are invading local or state environments. They choose one species to research and report on.
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Class Conservation Corps (CCC)

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate how the loss of soil, a valuable natural resource, affects their lives through loss of productive land to grow food, loss of coastal land mass, and poor water quality from runoff. They design a project to keep soil...
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Water Density Boundaries

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars create observable layers in water that represent a separation based upon density differences. They model density boundaries using differences in temperature and salinity. They, in groups, perform a meaningful experiment...
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Civil War Telecollaborative Newspaper

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders analyze the different points of view in the Civil War. They role-play a Southern citizen, write and publish a newspaper article, e-mail a partner, and create a class newspaper with articles, editorials, ads, and political...
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"Rivers of Change"

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research the Los Angeles River Basin and how it has changed over time.
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Phenomenal Weather-Related Statistics

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research, collect and interpret data about weather statistics. They record that data on spreadsheets. they create Powerpoint presentations on their individual or group research.
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We the Second Graders

For Teachers 2nd
Students study the history, development and meaning of the Constitution. They participate in a classroom simulation of the Constitutional Convention by writing a Preamble, developing a government, and writing a Bill of Rights for their...
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I'm the Teacher

For Teachers 1st
First graders simulate being the teacher and giving P.E. commands to the class. They each write a sentence and take turns reading their sentence to the class, and after each sentence has been read the class performs the activity...
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Arkansas Counties

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discuss what counties are and state facts about the county students live in. They research and report on one of the counties of Arkansas.
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Government Lesson Plan: Lesson Plan 10

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the history, diversity, and commonality of the peoples of the nation and world. They analyze how the United States' political, economic and social goals directly affect our foreign policy.
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Eric Carle Author Study

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students view the Eric Carle web page, formulate questions about his work, and e-mail the questions to him. Selections from his book lists are made, art projects created, and communication set up with the author.
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"Weather Watch"

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate components of weather and the climate in areas around the country. They analyze data from the University of Michigan weather website, complete a weather watch worksheet, and graph weather data.
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Wildlife, Wolves, Endangered Species

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the Internet to research wildlife and conservation efforts. They examine pictures and graphics to research endangered species and humans role in their lives. They also use math to measure areas of habitats and add the number...
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Count On Us: Concepts and Applications of Demography

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders use the Internet to research demographics of certain areas. They use the U.S. Census Bureau's website to help them gather information. They use their data to find a solution to a hypothetical problem.
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A Day in the Life of a Reporter: Planning, Organizing, Writing

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine how journalists use the writing process to plan, organize, and write news stories. They watch a video, analyze how reporters develop a news story, conduct research, and write a news story.
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Web Research Helps Students Choose Classroom Pets

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners interview different teachers in their school. They decide which pet would fit best in each classroom. They share the information they gathered with the class.
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Tag It and Bag It: Archeology Lab Lesson

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice analyzing, collecting and categorizing artifacts. Using charts, they organize and interpret information about the artifacts they classified. They work together to create a graph to represent class totals and...
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Post-War Japan

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the conditions of post-war Japan. In groups, they examine the plans that were put into place for the country and identify the attitude of the Allies. To end the lesson, they discuss the changes that came about in their...
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Florida the Best WebQuest

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars create a multimedia presentation demonstrating that Florida is the Best State in this creative project for the early elementary classroom. The lesson plan can be adapted for any state or country.

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