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Japanese Inspired Activities for the Classroom
Students become more aware of cultural differences by reading a variety of multicultural books about social issues. They assess various Haiku's by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Kamishibai stories by Dianne Clouet and snapshots from Japan by Peter...
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Scale Activities
How do you put something as large as the universe in perspective? Use a series of scale experiments. Classmates collaborate around four experiments to examine the scale of the earth-moon system, our solar system, the Milky Way galaxy,...
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Teaming Up on Health Care
Use this political cartoon handout to help pupils understand the role the Blue Dog Coalition plays with regard to Health Care Reform. Football is used metaphorically to represent a player (Blue Dogs) tackling someone on his team (Obama)....
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Cartoons for the Classroom: The Making of an Editorial Cartoon
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon about the making of an editorial cartoon and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Liberty vs. Security
In this current events activity, students analyze a political cartoon about civil liberties and respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: The Patriot Act
In this current events worksheet, students analyze a political cartoon that requires them to consider how visual irony is used in a cartoon about the Patriot Act. Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Teaming up on Health Care?
In this historical events worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon about health care and respond to 3 talking point questions
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Drawing on a Familiar Icon
For this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about the feature American icons. Students respond to 4 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Toons as Tributes
For this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons that feature tributes to Pope John Paul II. Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
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Cartoons for the Classroom: Saying it Without Words
For this current events worksheet, learners analyze a political cartoon that requires them to consider the power of symbols in cartoons and respond to 4 talking point questions.
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Contract Elements
Students read a story and underline as many situations they can that appear to be in contracts. They use the story in order to conduct class discussion. The story details are focused upon in order to identify the contract details and...
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Black Hawk Island Hike
Students explore Wisconsin's natural and cultural history through hands-on exploration of Upham Woods. They are shown the basic paddling skills and they work in teams to paddle across the river on barge. Students describe cultural...
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Amending the Constitution
Students research the history of the process of amending the US Constitution to explain the latest amendment that failed on June 28, 2006. They complete the research and view images online.
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Myth of the Western Man
Students identify ways in which history and culture influence identity. They make a time-line and research dates to identify their significance, as well as, create a self portrait pictorially or verbally, that explores the complexity of...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Abc's of Gas: Avogadro, Boyle, Charles
In this video, Brian Bennett defines Boyle's Law, Charles' Law, and Avogadro's Law to help describe the properties of gas. [2:50] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.
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Ted: Ted Ed: Describing the Invisible Properties of Gas
This video explores how scientists use principles such as gravity to describe and study the properties of gases. [3:27] Followed by a short quiz and a list of additional resources to explore.