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The Atomic Age: Living in the 1950s with the Threat of a Nuclear War

For Teachers 10th - 12th
The threat of a Nuclear attack was very real for people in the 1950s. Share the hysteria, propaganda, and reasons behind this Cold War tactic gone overboard. A great presentation intended to build a context for understanding mid-century...
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Sampling Distribution of a Sample Mean: The Mean of the Average Ages

For Students 9th - 12th
What does it mean to take the mean of the mean? An easy-to-use interactive has users adjust the mean ages of different samples. Finding the average of these sample means gives an estimate of the population mean.
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PPT
Beverly Hills High School

The Age of Napoleon

For Students 8th - 12th Standards
Napoleon Bonaparte may have only held onto French leadership for a short period of time, but his legacy looms large throughout European history. An informative slideshow teaches history students about the age of Napoleon, the unification...
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Lesson Plan
Curriculum Development Institute

Life in the Age of Machines

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
What was life like during the Industrial Revolution? Using a variety of activities, including writing out the dreams of laborers, industrialists, and urban dwellers, learners consider the positive and negative impacts of the Age of...
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Activity
US Department of Commerce

Educational Attainment and Marriage Age - Testing a Correlation Coefficient's Significance

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Do women with college degrees get married later? Using a provided scatter plot of the percentage of women who earn bachelor's degrees and the median age at which women first get married over time, pupils conduct a linear regression...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Energy Through the Ages

For Students 7th - 9th
In this energy through the ages worksheet, students read about the history of energy use beginning with early civilization and the use of water wheels for the production of energy to hydrocarbon-based coal, oil and natural gas of today....
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Middle Ages Traveler

For Teachers 6th - 7th
In these Middle Ages worksheets, students use the maps to help them find the answers to the questions that help them understand the directions of north, south, east and west. Students also color another map of France according the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Three Newport Mansions of the Gilded Age

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers visit the Newport Mansions. In this Gilded Age lesson, students explore the architecture and design of The Breakers, The Elms, and Marble House. High schoolers create visual presentations that show the artistic features of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ice Age Animals

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils research the ice age and the animals that were on the Earth at that time and have a debate on the explanation for the extinction of the ice age animals.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Physical Adaptations in Ice Age Mammals

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students identify the body parts in Ice Age mammals that allowed them to survive. They answer questions as a class and discuss. They examine photographs of the animals as well.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Casting Light On The Dark Ages

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write a 250-word report on their findings, comparing life in the Middle Ages to what they already know about life today. They explore a website imbedded in this plan to do their research.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Evidence from a Shipwreck to Explore Late Bronze Age Trade in the Mediterranean

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students examine a shipwreck from the late Bronze Age. As a class, they view a variety of slides to describe the cargo and examine the artifacts found on the wreckage. They discuss what each object tells them about the crew and the time...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Stone Age Word Search Puzzle

For Students 5th - 6th
In this word search worksheet, students recall terms associated with the Stone Age. Students find ten terms in this challenging word search puzzle.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Age of Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars study the Age of Exploration. In this Exploration instructional activity, students prepare for a test on the instructional activity by discovering details about the explorers of the age as they view a PowerPoint...
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Curated OER

Ice Age Challenge Game

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars use a website to do various projects about the ice age and discover the route taken by the first arrivals are unknown and are the subject of a great deal of debate and research.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Aging Brain: A Lesson on Alzheimer's Disease

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars investigate the aging brain and its relationship to the occurrence of Alzheimer's disease. They need to have prior knowledge of brain and nervous system anatomy in order to participate in this lesson. Students compare an...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Workers in Factories During the Gilded Age

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders experience what life was like in the factories during the Gilded Age. They explore the reasons behind the move for work place reforms during the Progressive Era. Students discuss the factors that led to work place reforms.
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The Exploration Age

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students discover information about the early explorers. In this Exploration Age lesson plan, students watch "The Great Age of Exploration'" and respond to the provided questions about the video.
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Worksheet
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Chapters 14 & 15 – Age of Exploration

For Students 9th - 12th
In this U.S. history worksheet, students read assigned textbook pages regarding the Age of Exploration and respond to 49 short answer questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Age of Exploration Word Search

For Students 8th - 9th
In this puzzle worksheet, students locate 16 words in a word search titled "Age of Exploration." The words include pagans, tariff, and small pox.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oral Scripting on Aging

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine how to broaden the point of view of students when thinking about older people and their abilities.  In this aging lesson students complete several activities.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wreck Detectives

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Junior archaeologists examine types of artifacts from the Bronze Age on the internet. In collaborative groups, they create a story about a ship from this period and then construct a model of the ocean floor after their ship has sunk....
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PPT
Curated OER

Urbanization As Seen Through Late 19c - Early 20c Architecture

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Incorporating the cultures, architecture, and ethnic populations of several American cities (namely Chicago and New York), this presentation displays vivid photographs of buildings and people in 19th - 20th century urban America. The...
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Archaic Greece

For Teachers 9th - 12th
What could be so interesting about archaic Greece? What isn't! Kids will get a chance to see some of the amazing artifacts unearthed by explorers of old. As the slides progress, so does the ancient timeline. From the Early Bronze Age and...

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