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Sea Turtle

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students listen to a story about a sea turtle sanctuary. They participate in a discussion about the sea turtles. They analyze some of the hazards that can hurt sea turtles and brainstorm ways to help the problem. They write and...
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Role of "Outsiders" And Traders in Society

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Chinese and Japanese conceptions of "insiders" and "outsiders" and how this affects the attitude toward foreign traders from the 6th to the 16th centuries. Lesson extensions are included.
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Architecture of China- A Web Based Search

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use the internet in order to investigate the architecture of China. This is done in order to build an appreciation for the structures of buildings and how they communicate the culture.
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Back Up

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in a review game about significant people who have made inventions.
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Silk: Scientific Inquiry Through Chinese Art

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate the many uses of silk in Chinese society through in-class experiments, group projects, and hands-on learning in this cross-curricular lesson. There are four main activities included in this lesson.
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International Festival - Masks

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students study the influence masks had on Hispanic society. After investigating uses of masks in various cultures, they create masks that relate to their own experiences. In groups they create an Hispanic mask and a mask representing...
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Introduction to African Folklore

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students are read "Anansi the Spider" to begin their discussion on continents. Using a map, they locate the continent of Africa and the country of Ghana. They discover who the Ashanti people are and view examples of their artwork. They...
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Trekking to Timbuktu: Making The Pitch to Globe Trekker - Student Version

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders create a large poster exhibit to highlight through image and written word the most interesting aspects of each topic investigated. The topics investigated include geography, trade, early years of Timbuktu, Mansa Musa's...
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Hitler vs. Mussolini

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders compare and contrast Hitler and Mussolini--two of the 20th Century's most notorious dictators.
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Multiculturalism Through African Folk Tales And Mayan Myths

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study the myths of various African cultures and of the Mayan people. They identify unique characteristics of African myths and Mayan myths. They define and recognize the style and tone of the Mayan myths and create their own...
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Was Alexander Truly Great?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss Alexander the Great and his father Philip II. They complete the worksheet, Things That Alexander Inherited, discuss Alexander's accomplishments, and write an essay examining whether Alexander was truly great.
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A Tour Through China

For Teachers 2nd
Students explore the culture, development, inventions, and geography of China in the seven lessons of this unit. The teachings of Confucius are examined and the celebrations for the Chinese New Year are inspected.
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Local and Global Sustainability Unit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the characteristics that define a sustainable community at the local and global level. They create and prioritize a list of traits, read and discuss a magazine article, and create a poster.
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Population and Population Density

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and interpret graphs. In this population activity, students explore population and population density as they read several data graphs and respond to questions.
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How Many Days Are in a Year?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a calendar for an imaginary planet. In this earth science instructional activity, students analyze the errors on the different calendars used on Earth. They present their work in class.
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Money Pit

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders make a list of aspects of our culture found on a penny, and then observe another object based on another culture. In this culture lesson plan, 6th graders take their new object and research that culture.
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Are You a Good Sumerian?

For Teachers 4th
Studetns, after studying life in Mesopotamia, create a Sumerian brick.
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The Third Question

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students reflect upon the rewards of providing services to others, and whether by giving they might perhaps be gaining at the same time. They explain how or why Knowing a foreign language can help people make new friends and build a new...
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Goddesses are Personifications Too!

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Young scholars analyze the use of personification in classical Greek art and the Neoclassical period. In this Neoclassical art lesson, students discuss the cultural values reflected in classical and Neoclassical. Young...
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Definitions of time

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this definitions of time learning exercise, students match the time words with their definitions. Students match 5 time concepts to definitions.
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Olympic Challenges

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students consider the impact of the Olympic Games. In this current events lesson, students prepare for the 2006 Olympics by visiting selected websites to learn how the Olympic games began, political issues of the games, and preview the...
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By Faith Alone - Luther's Legacy

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Reformation worksheet, students read a 2-page article titled "By Faith Alone-Luther's Legacy," and then respond to a graphic organizer and 5 short answer questions about the Martin Luther and the Reformation.
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Imhotep

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders compose an original story about Imhotep and his step-pyramid. They also must include what Egyptian architecture and society was like before the pyramid, how the pyramid was constructed and predictions of what life will be...
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Lesson 4: A Field Trip to the Maine State Museum

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students analyze the Maine State Museum's exhibit 12,000 Years in Maine. They create an artifact and write a description of that artifact that demonstrates their understanding of the way technology shapes culture.

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