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Political Cartoons: Symbols of Fear
Students brainstorm a list of reasons for fear, hate, and mistrust. They assess political cartoons for symbols, messages, and points of view. After researching cartoons, they choose one that best depicts fear or hatred and write...
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Social Studies: In Search of Al Qaeda
Students discuss the themes in the documentary In Search of Al Qaeda. following a class discussion, they write responses to the statement, Information about Al Qaeda will never be completely accurate.
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Journalism: Potential Bias
Students investigate a current event involving the United States from different journalistic viewpoints. They compare a Western newspaper with one from the Middle East and submit written evaluations noting agreements and disagreements in...
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The Invasion of Iraq
Young scholars examine the events leading up to the invasion of Iraq. They define the major events and individuals involved in the conflict by completing the associated crossword puzzle.
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Learning About My Eating Habits
Students explore their own dietary habits and identify food pyramid guidelines including serving sizes and recommended portions. They complete worksheets, conduct Internet research and evaluate school lunches.
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A History of Changing Foods
Students conduct Internet research to determine how food preparation and recipes have changed over time. They trace a favorite food through time, complete a worksheet and compare diets from different eras.
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Debating the Issues of Rockdale County
Students interpret information from the video "The Lost Children of Rockdale County" through a series of written questions and answers, and group discussion and evaluate the parameters of parental responsibility in the lives of teenagers.
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A Balancing Act
Students learn about the guiding ethical principles of professional journalists, evaluate hypothetical dilemmas and determine if these stories should "go to press", and determine how to frame a story and when/where to report it.
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Career Portfolio
Eighth graders set realistic career goals. and become familiar with career opportunities and skills necessary to be successful. Students create a career portfolio containing three career opportunities.
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Hurricane Katrina Relief
Students research philanthropic organizations that helped after Hurricane Katrina. They organize a collection drive to contribute to the nonprofit organization. They reflect on their efforts.
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Lesson 3: Job Opportunities in the Health Field
Students research health careers and conduct intterviews with people in the healthy profession.
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What Are the Food Groups?
Students examine how eating a variety of foods keeps them healthy. They also explore how similar foods are grouped together in food groups.
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What Physical Activities Do Sneakers and His Friends Do? Lesson Idea
Students listen to the story Big News! They think of other physical activities that Mr. and Mrs. Legs and their little spiders may do together.
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Why Is a Low-Saturated Fat Diet a More Healthful Diet?
Middle schoolers analyze the ways that their food choices can affect body composition and self-concept. They list the benefits of making healthy food choices.
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More or Less
Students discuss which foods they like to "pig out on" and how they feel after they indulge themselves. They explore the idea of eating foods in moderation instead of binge eating.
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Helping Occupations
Second graders discuss careers that help students and write these in their handout.
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Funeral Rites Research
Students compare their own cultural/religious beliefs and traditions of death and funerals with those of another culture. They conduct research, and write a research paper.
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Tsunami
Students discuss the tsunami disaster. They read about the tsunami disaster in newspapers, magazines and web sites. They write a paragraph explaining the tsunami disaster.
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Superbugs: An Evolving Concern
Students investigate the growth of bacteria in the presence of antibiotics. They write a hypothesis, conduct an experiment to test their hypothesis, analyze the results of their bacterial growth experiment, and describe the results on a...
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Uninsured in America
Learners understand some of the problems faced by the uninsured through data collection and explore possible sollutions for those problems.
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Laws Promoting Healthy Aging: A Comparison of Japan and the United States Lesson Plan
Students compare and contrast legislation passed in Japan and the United States in regards to the elderly. Using the Internet, they research how the government has put programs into place to improve the health of older citizens. They...
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Storm Busters
Middle schoolers investigate hurricanes and invent a way to diffuse or redirect a hurricane before it becomes destructive in this technology-based science project. Cooperative learning groups are emphasized.
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Helping the Homeless
Young scholars survey their peers on the issue of homelessness. They visit a shelter and research it on the internet. They identify myths and discover the importance of job skills and education.
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The Hammock
Students examine the artwork of Frieseke. Using various paintings, they examine its characteristics and discuss how the artist creates movement and rhythm in the artwork. At higher grades, they describe the properties of colors and...
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