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Educational Methods: Tactile Learning
Tactile learners learn most effectively by being able to manipulate and physically touch objects. This article explores three different tactile activities that have been found to be useful in teaching different age groups of tactile...
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Early Learning Services: Challenge and Risk in Children's Play
Risky play can be defined as a thrilling and exciting activity that involves a risk of physical injury, and play that provides opportunities for challenge, testing limits, exploring boundaries and learning about injury risk. This article...
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Early Childhood News: How Dramatic Play Can Enhance Learning
Dramatic play allows children to develop skills in such areas as abstract thinking, literacy, math, and social studies. In order to derive the full benefits from dramatic play as it relates to learning, early educators should "set the...
National Endowment for the Humanities
Neh: Edsit Ement:african Americans and the New Deal's Civilian Conservation Corps
One of the New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps, provided over a quarter of a million young black men with jobs and was thus another arena of the struggle for greater equality. This lesson explores that struggle and its...
PBS
Pbs Online News Hour: International Forum on Iran's Nuclear Program
From the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, a lesson that has students role play as members of an international forum debating Iran's acquisition of nuclear weapons. Provides step by step instructions and access to required materials. (2005)
United Nations
United Nations: Children's Rights
Informative explanation from the United Nations about what children's rights are, the role that the U.N. is playing, and the current status of children's rights. (Published 1995)
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: Patrick Carman's Atherton: The House of Power
A reader's theater script for Patrick Carman's young adult dystopian novel, Atherton: The House of Power, is provided on this activity. Eight character roles are needed in this activity.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: The Penderwicks on Gardam Street [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Jeanne Birdsall's book, The Penderwicks on Gardam Street, is provided on these pages. Nine character roles are needed in this activity.
Chase Young, PhD
Dr. Chase Young, Ph D: Reader's Theater Script: One Potato, Two Potato [Pdf]
A reader's theater script for Cynthia DeFelice's children's book, One Potato, Two Potato, is provided on these pages. Seven character roles are needed in this activity.
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: Italian Political and Military Mobilization in the Great War
Article provides a discussion of the role played by the state in organizing the war effort both in terms of marshaling the troops to the front as well as mobilizing the society and the economy.
National Institutes of Health
National Library of Medicine: Harry Potter's World: Immortality
A clever account of the history of medicine told as it relates to J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter. Read about the history of immortality, and the belief that magic played a role in ancient medicine.
Library of Congress
Loc: Home Sweet Home Life in 19th Century Ohio
This site uses historically significant documents to paint a picture of family life in 19th century Ohio. Music plays a large role in this picture.
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The Monologue Shop: Euripides
Short biography on the playwright Euripides. Good summary of his role as a playwright.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Ushmm: Holocaust Encyclopedia: Forced Labor
A description of the role forced labor played in the Nazi treatment of Jews and Russian POWs during World War II.
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Predation
Defines the term predation, describes the types, and explains the roles predation plays in population management, in species diversity, and in natural selection. (Published: December 28, 2009)
Encyclopedia of Earth
Encyclopedia of Earth: Microbiology: Dna
Describes the structure and coding of DNA, how it replicates, and the role it plays at the cellular level. Looks at past and current research on DNA, and applications of this research. (Published: September 25, 2010)
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Culture of Science: Scientific Ethics
An explanation of why ethics play an important role in science and research.
Vision Learning
Visionlearning: Creativity in Science: How Scientists Decide What to Study
Read to find out how creativity has played a significant role during experimentation.
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Death on a Painted Lake: The Tom Thomson Tragedy Portraits
A fascinating look at some of the people who played important roles in Tom Thomson's life. Includes biographies a number of people connected with Thomson.
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Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives (Chapter 2) [Pdf]
This is Chapter 2 of the third edition (2010) of the book "Ethnicity and Nationalism: Anthropological Perspectives" by Norwegian author Thomas Hylland Eriksen, a professor at the University of Oslo. He has been studying ethnicity for...
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The Multiplier Effect of Local Currency
The "multiplier effect" of local currencies refers most specifically to the fact that a given amount of local currency changes hands numerous times in the course of a year. So you can convert the known quantity of the stock of currency...
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Jwa: Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution (Jewish Women's Archive)
This site offers an interactive look at the roles Jewish women have played in the furthering of feminism and the American women's movement in the last half of the 20th century. You can access the information through a timeline, themes of...
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Usdhhs: Multicultural Principles for Head Start Programs
This publication focuses on multicultural principles for Head Start Programs. Discusses the vital role language plays in culture and the significance of fostering that language.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Great Pyramids of Giza
The great pyramids at Giza are one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world. Learn the role the sun played in the construction of the pyramids. Included is a map of where the pyramids are located in Giza, a bibliography for further...
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