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"Bill's Run" Lesson Plan: What Do People Want from Politicians?:
Students evaluate various methods of sampling opinions, consider the role of polling in elections, and consider the role of media reporting in the outcome of elections. They also gain skills they can use to analyze and evaluate media...
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"Big Enough" Lesson Plan
Students gain awareness and knowledge about Dwarfism by watching and responding to a film.
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Looking at Photography Lesson 1: The Elements of Photography
Students explore and discuss the process of taking a photograph.
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Improving the Quality of Life
Students examine the contributions to medicine, science, and technology by individuals of diverse backgrounds.
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The American Civil War: Segregation
Students examine the feelings associated with segregation and then act out a scene based on those feelings.
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Rain Forests
Students watch a PowerPoint presentation about the layers of the rainforest. They create a paper rainforest in the classroom. They take notes from the presentation and write a paragraph to include in a layer book. They create a...
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SLAVERY IN ARKANSAS, THE LIFE OF A SLAVE
Learners participate in a variety of activities to demonstrate an understanding of mid 1800 role of slaves. Vocabulary, writing and math are integrated into the lesson.
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An Introduction:
Learners explore historical research with primary sources about Hydropower.
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The Meth Epidemic: "The Most Dangerous Drug In America"
Students examine the historical development of meth use and the impact that it has on individual users and their communities. The problems in treating meth addiction are also explored in this lesson.
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Democracy through Parliamentary Committees / Lessons 3 : Representation on Parliamentary Committees
Students explore the roles of parliamentarians, witnesses and journalists. They apply the selection criteria used in establishing a parliamentary committee.
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"You Shall Do Your Best Endeavor" - Working With Primary Documents
Students read and interpret primary source documents regarding historic Jamestown. In small groups, they read the primary documents, answer questions, and view online maps of Jamestown Island and Virginia.
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rkansas Black Pioneers: A History of African-American Colonies in Arkansas
Students identify various regions of early Arkansas as these regions relate to African American colonies that settled in Arkansas after the Civil War.
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Brother Against Brother
Eighth graders read Across Five Aprils and correlate it to a unit on the Civil War. They culminate the unit by writing a a piece of historical fiction in the first person entitled "Brother Against Brother."
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Culture Representation in "Spellbound" Part 2
Students watch the film "Spellbound". They examine how the film represents race. They analzye contemporary media to examine how they represent race as well.
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Fireside Chats of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Young scholars view a film about Franklin D. Roosevelt and his fireside chats. THey identify political inferences in his speeches and how the media played an important role in the war. They answer questions to complete the lesson.
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The First Televised War
Students view a film about the role of the media in the Vietnam War. They discuss the risks journalists face when covering a war and how the television changed how people at home saw the war. They answer questions to complete the lesson...
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The Lost Frescoes
Students explore the life and art of Giotto and his use of perspective in his drawings. They then write a short paper about how political support needs to be generated for community action to save objects of art. They investigate what...
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Wild Swans
Students, watching the movie, "Wild Swans," explore a writer's journey of discovery about her mother, grandmother, and herself. They also study the Chinese culture and history of the last 50 years.
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Changing Places
Students examine the experiences of immigrants coming to America from China. They create cultural profiles for themselves and others. They identify the reasons why people immigrate to another country.
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Opportunity and Danger
Students examine the Immigration Acts of 1862 and 1865. They discover how Chinese immigrants faced prejudice. They interview a first or second generation immigrant.
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The Other Drug War
Learners develop critical thinking skills as they construct arguments for one of the three debates described in the lesson on "The Other Drug War."
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Individual Responsibility--Inaction Is Action
Learners view a video that explores the impact an individual can have on a community. They consider the consequences of acting or not acting on their own convictions and participate in a class discussion to share their observations.
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The Elements of a Community--Who Belongs, Who Decides?
Students identify the elements of a community. They watch a video excerpt, complete a class web diagram, answer discussion questions, and describe the controversy from the video.
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Ghosts of Rwanda
Pupils engage in a class discussion of notes they have taken while watching the film "Ghosts of Rwanda." They discuss a specific teacher-chosen quotation from the film. They then write a two to three page essay on a specific question...
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