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Participating in Democracy

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students analyze film clips in class. In this democracy lesson, students identify the differences between civil liberties, democracy and freedom. Students view a video regarding Japanese internment and answer study questions as well as...
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2003: A Space Tragedy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the facts and logistics connected to the space shuttle Columbia tragedy and present at a teach-in on the incident. February 3, 2003)
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New Kids in The Hall

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners assess the role of statistics in determining those athletes chosen to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. They work in small groups to calculate, chart, and graph various statistics for different Hall of Fame members.
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Is Monopoly the Microsoft Board's Game?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students first participate in an in-depth discussion about capitalism, monopolies, trusts, mergers, and the Sherman Antitrust Act. They work in groups to investigate past examples of corporations tried for antitrust act violations.
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Two's Company; Is Three a Crowd?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the history of third-party politics in America. They research the impact of one third-party or independent candidate for president and develop a poster and stump speech representing that candidate's motivation for running.
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The Teller of the Tale, Part 3

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students practice use of volume, stress, pacing, enunciation, eye contact, and gestures needed to meet the needs of the audience when presenting their own tales based on Chaucer. They receive teacher and student feedback and prepare to...
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Liver Roulette: Who Gets the Liver?

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students complete various exercises and activities as they examine the procedures involved in organ transplants and the ethical issues surrounding organ donations.
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To Report or Not To Report?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the reasons why reporters do not report all they know about a given event. They identify basic journalist ethics at stake when a story isn't reported. They compare these issues with those in their local community.
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Impact of Technology

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students asses the effect of technology on the status and role of individuals, and analyze the postive and negative impact of moderiation on cultural and physical enviroments. Pupils brainstorm examples of postive and negative...
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How Do Flowers Get Their Names?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners study Carolus Linnaeus and his classification system of plants. They examine the origin of both both common and scientific names of flowers. They speculate how their favorite flowers came to be named and brainstorm about the...
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Counting Nouns Exercise 1

For Students 5th - 9th
In this noun worksheet students are given a list of nouns and are required to determine whether the word is a counting noun or not dependent on the context.
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Respecting Freedom of Speech

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze the First Amendment. In this Bill of Rights activity, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the facets of the First Amendment. Students examine cases which pertain to the freedoms that...
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Sweet Magnolia Book Questions

For Students 5th - 6th
In this literature unit worksheet, learners read the book Sweet Magnolia and answer seven short answer questions based upon the text.
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Science as Inquiry: what is starch and how can we test it?

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discuss nutrients and examine foods for starch.  In this starch testing instructional activity, 6th graders use iodine to test foods for starch and record their results. Students complete a worksheet and self reflection.
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Prescription Pain Medications

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study different pain medications and their side effects.  In this drug usage lesson students read articles and complete a worksheet. 
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Immigration in the United States

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore how recent immigration and migration patterns impact social and political issues. They apply affective learning techniques
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Community Building

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the issues of urban and suburban sprawl. They work in small groups to create their own planned communities.
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INVENTIVE LIVES

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners consider the qualities that inventors possess and explore the history and uncertain future of U.S. innovation by reading and discussing the article "Are U.S. Innovators Losing Their Competitive Edge?"
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All Aboard the Innovation Train

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars read "Next Stop for the Subway, a Fully Automated Future" from The New York Times and consider the effect of technology on their town or city. After discussing arguments for and against the new computer-based subway...
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Does "Memorial" Serve Correctly?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students evaluate the eight finalists for the World Trade Center memorial based on criteria generated in class and consider the notion of commemorating tragedy less than three years after the event.
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The Holocaust: Concentration Camps

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders, after reading a variety of passages and watching a video on "Children Remember the Holocaust," explore the concept of brutality of deportation and analyze conditions in concentration and death camps. They review maps and...
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Parts of Speech- Worksheet 1

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students identify the underlined words in twenty sentences as one of the following parts of speech: noun, verb, adverb, adjective, pronoun, conjunction or preposition.
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Clay Portrait Project

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discuss facial proportions and mix colors similar to flesh tones. In this art lesson plan, students draw and paint a portrait and then translate this image into a 3D form using clay.
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Adverb Phrases and the Words They Modify

For Students 4th - 6th
In this adverbs worksheet, students read 10 sentences and then underline each adverb phrase in each sentence. Students draw an arrow to the word each phrase modifies in each sentence.

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