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The Way You Dream: Gandhi and King's Visions of Nonviolence

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students read Gandhi and Dr. King's messages about nonviolence and discuss their visions about loving one's enemies. In this nonviolence lesson, students read Gandhi's "Ahimsa, or the Way of Nonviolence" and Dr. Martin Luther King's...
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Role of Citizens in Montgomery Bus Boycott

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students consider the role of average Americans in the Montgomery Bus Boycott. In this Civil Rights lesson, students listen to a lecture that outlines the details of the boycott. Students conduct further research about the people who led...
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Ahimsa and Making Nonviolent Choices with Gandhi and King

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students investigate nonviolent lifestyles by researching the biographies of Martin Luther King Jr and Gandhi.  In this peace lesson, students define the term Ahimsa and describe Gandhi's lifestyle.  Students identify the six...
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Australia: Aboriginal Religion

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners compare and contrast Christianity and the religion of the Aborigines in Australia.  In this Aboriginal religion lesson, students discuss the creation story of the Aborigines and discuss the "dreamtime." ...
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Oceanic Habitat Zones

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore ocean habitats. In this oceanic environment instructional activity, students research various habitats in the ocean. Then, in a jigsaw format, middle schoolers teach others in the class about the habitat they...
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Be the Kiwi: Gender Roles

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students take a look at gender roles in New Zealand. In this global issues lesson, students analyze statistics that reveal the divide between men and women employees in the country.
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Reformation History: A Comparative Study

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars explore the views of Catholics, Lutherans and the Reformed Church.  In this reformation lesson, students participate in a class discussion of the three religions, then complete an activity.
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Conscience, Sin, and Correction

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders consider the structure of the Roman Catholic Church in the Middle Ages. In this morality lesson, 12th graders examine the 95 Theses of Martin Luther and determine his reason for writing them. Students also discuss the...
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A Visual History: Industry, Society, and Social Mobility in Hartford

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the industrialization of Hartford.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders analyze pictures in Hartford.  Students participate in a gallery walk of artifacts. 
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Lewis & Clark: A Scientific Journey

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students act as archaeologists. In this Lewis and Clark expedition lesson, students develop a list of questions that archaeologists might use to find the physical remains of the expedition and then use print and Internet sources to...
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Remembrance of Yours--Analyzing Characters Using Mementos

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students choose two characters in Hamlet and symbolize the characters with an object, or find an object that the characters might carry. In this Hamlet lesson, students find an object to represent each character they choose. The object...
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Writing to describe

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine descriptive writing. In this writing activity, students listen to an audio version of the diary of Lt. Polly Hatchard and her expedition to the South Pole. Students explore the components of descriptive writing and...
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The Archaeology of Knowledge

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive philosophy worksheet, students respond to 11 short answer and essay questions about The Archaeology of Knowledge by Michel Foucault.
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Life Is a Journey

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the literal and figurative definitions of the word journey. In this metaphor lesson, students discuss life journeys and their diversity. 
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It's All in the Translation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers compare and contrast translations of Greek literature. In this dramatic literature activity, students read and perform passages from four different translations of Euripides's Hecuba. High schoolers discuss how the...
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Barehands Integration

For Students 11th - 12th
In this calculus worksheet, learners use integration to calculate the solution of functions. They use the correct notation and formula to calculate where the derivative is constant. There are 10 questions.
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Globalization and Energy Security

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers take a closer look at energy security and energy independence. In this global issues lesson, students investigate the concept of energy security, consider energy policies and national security issues, and participate in a...
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Homeless in America

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore society by analyzing current events. In this homeless epidemic lesson, students discuss the problem of people who don't have housing and the adverse affects on everyday people. Students identify ways to reduce...
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Parts of Speech: Nouns

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss nouns. In this language arts instructional activity, 2nd graders discuss nouns and pronouns. Students identify various types of nouns on a worksheet. Students play "Popcorn" Nouns.
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Cell Phone Plans

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students relate the use of a cell phone to math. In this algebra lesson plan, students collect data on the usage of their phones and plot it. They analyze the graph and make predictions based on the rate per minute.
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Measurement

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete measurement problems where they use powers of ten, read metric measurement tools, estimate measurements, and more. In this measurement lesson plan, 5th graders complete 10 problems.
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Painted Cube Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students differentiate between cubes and unit cubes. In this geometry instructional activity, students create linking cubes and use it as a manipulative to answer questions. They define the faces, edges and sides of the cubes as it...
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The Kangaroo Conundrum: A Study of a Quadratic Function

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students play a game and collect data for their graph. In this algebra lesson, students solve quadratic equations and identify properties of their graph. They describe the pattern created by the graph and the game.
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Leap Into Exponential Functions

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Studens identify the properties of exponents. In this algebra lesson plan, students grapha nd solve equaitons of exponential functions. They add, subtract, multiply and divide using exponents.

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