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Runaway Indentured Servants

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students compare and contrast indentured servants and slaves. In this US history slavery lesson, students discuss the owners' perceptions of indentured servants and slaves, then view ads for runaway slaves to support their opinions....
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African American Experiences: Window to the Past

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine African life during slavery on the Internet. In this slavery lesson, students use the Internet to research slavery and create a scrapbook. Students review pictures of slavery and label them as primary or secondary sources.
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Twentieth Century Entertainment: When Work is Done

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students determine how Americans enjoy leisure time. For this 20th century America lesson, students research primary sources to study how Americans gained leisure time during the century and what they did with it.
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Dear Diary

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students analyze a piece of writing by creating diary entries based on a character.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read an assigned book with their classmates and create a sketch of what they believe the main...
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Introduction to "Anne Frank - The Diary of a Young Girl"

For Teachers 8th
Reflecting on what life was like during the Holocaust, 8th graders will read excerpts from the book, The Diary of Anne Frank, then complete five classroom activities that reflect on the readings. The classroom will be set-up to portray...
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Charlotte's Web

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders focus on fluency by reading the book Charlotte's Web. In this reading strategies lesson, 4th graders partner read, do guided reading, and independent reading to increase fluency. Students use Venn Diagrams, discuss...
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Slavery and the Underground Railroad

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders discover racism in our country by investigating the Internet.  In this abolitionist movement lesson, 3rd graders define the Underground Railroad and participate in an activity by logging on to an on-line History...
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Analysis of the Diary of Narcissa Whitman

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the West through the eyes of a settler. In this Westward Expansion lesson, 7th graders read excerpts from the diary of Narcissa Whitman as she journeyed West from Pennsylvania. Students respond to critical...
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Governance

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in decision-making situations. In this social studies lesson plan students make connections between rules and laws and the purposes for those rules and laws. Students use critical and creative thinking skills to...
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SORTING ALL SORTS

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students examine how the method of classification is used. In this sorting lesson plan students take a pre-test, classify organisms and complete a crossword puzzle.
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Early Champlain Valley History

For Teachers 9th
Class members use primary sources to craft an essay about early Champlain Valley History. I would use this as a homework assignment.
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Adventures with Lewis and Clark

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this Lewis and Clark lesson, students conduct research about the expedition and present their findings to their classmates.
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Journal Entry: What You Want To Buy!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write a one page paper about what they would like to purchase given the savings techniques. They write down what the object is that they are going to buy, how they are going to earn money to purchase this object, and what...
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Exploration and Encounters

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research explorers of the New World.  In this American history lesson, 4th graders conduct internet & textbook research about various New World explorers.  Students compare and contrast the sources used for...
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The Great Chicago Fire Survivors

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars examine documents describing the experiences of survivors of the Great Chicago Fire, and write condolence letters.
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Electricity: Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore electricity and electrical circuits. They explore series and parallel circuits using Christmas lights. Students pull lights out of each strand of lights. They observe the results when the light bulb is pulled out....
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Athabaskan Migration & Bering Strait

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the various migration patterns of the Athabaskan. In groups, they discuss the Bering Strait Land Bridge theory of migration and take notes on a lecture from their teacher. To end the instructional activity, they...
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Natural Disasters: Nature's Fury

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the human experience. In this business ethics lesson, students analyze primary sources to develop an understanding of the American natural disasters of the 19th and 20th centuries and the implications they presented.
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Re-Viewpoints From 2002

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore how editorials use various devices to convey a message to a reader. They select key news topics from 2002 and write their own editorials.
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Looking at the Man in the Mirror

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students reflect on their behavior by listening to an audio tape of Michael Jackson's song, "The Man in the Mirror."
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Proper Perspective

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners consider what makes a famous painting realistic, then examine a theoretical debate about how Renaissance masters created their true-to-life images. They create their own realistic drawings.
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Primary and Secondary Sources

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners understand what primary and secondary sources are. In this primary and secondary sources lesson, students take a list of sources and break down to primary and secondary sources.
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Faulty Powers?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the White House response to Richard A. Clarke's testimony and apology to the commission investigating the events of September 11, 2001.
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The Rock Cycle

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore the concept of the rock cycle.  In this geology lesson, students identify, classify, and observe three different types of rocks.  Students then list and char the characteristics of their rocks. 

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