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Read loud: The Media

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this media read aloud activity, middle schoolers read a dialogue aloud in pairs.  Student A will ask a question about the media, and Student B gives the answer.
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Radio

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students explain in their own words how radios work. In this technology lesson, students discuss the importance of radio today. They differentiate AM and FM bands.
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Pulse: A Stomp Odyssey

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine how nonprofit organizations give back to the community. They role-play as members of a board from a philothropic organization. They develop a plan to bring arts back to the community for the benefit of the children.
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FDR's Fireside Chat on the Purposes and Foundations of the Recovery Program

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss how they get information on important events or activities that occur in the national government today. They evaluate the New Deal, utilizing document analysis worksheets imbedded in this plan.
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Understanding the Depression Through Projects

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the Depression Era, and create a project based on their research.
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Words In The News

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students brainstorm through playing a guessing game to determine the person they will be researching is Fidel castro. They review his background then hear a radio presentation from Castro then answer and discuss a given set of questions.
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This Just In: Exploreer Neets Wabanaki Indians

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners engage in a research of the Wabanaki Indians using a Social Studies textbook. Then the teacher reviews the information with the students. Then they work in groups to decipher the meaning of a primary source document and write a...
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Italy

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners read stories about Italy and identify main events and characters. They take an imaginary trip to Italy and write a story about their adventures. In addition, they practice several italian words and phrases.
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Then and Now: Tolerance as a Casualty of War

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students compare terrorist attacks on the US. In this lesson on tolerance and war, students use various resources and links to examine the concept of toleration during war. Students will focus on the attacks of Pear Harbor in 1941 and...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Extra, Extra!! Mary Rowlandson's Captivity Newscast

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson will be an interdisciplinary lesson that involves both English Language Arts and Social Studies (History). The lesson will be primarily technology-based and also project-based that will have the students performing historical...
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Read Write Think: Oral Storytelling and Dramatization

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students begin this lesson by discussing what makes a good, vivid story and creating a working checklist of the criteria for a good story. They explore background information about the Mercury Theatre production of the "War of the...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Newscast on the Battles of the Ironclad Ships

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson is on the ironclad ships and the battles that took place during the Civil War. Students will use the information from previous lessons to create a simulated newscast that takes place during an actual battle between ironclad...
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Read Write Think: Character, Conflict, Resolution, Setting

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This interactive lesson allows learners to study and analyze the text concepts of character, conflict, resolution, and setting in a "Broadcast news," format.
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PBS

Pbs Online News Hour Extra: Watching the Clock: Building Media Savvy Students

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A lesson plan that leads students to an understanding of the time constraints on broadcast news by applying data-collecting and data-display skills. Students will learn to identify the main difference between publicly funded news...
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PBS

Pbs: Lesson One: Creating Great Audio for Video

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners will learn the basic concepts necessary to produce broadcast quality audio recordings of human speech (which can then be used in professional radio or television productions). Lesson 1 of 3.
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PBS

Pbs: Empire of the Air: Power and Impact of Radio

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students will listen to historic news events as broadcast on radio, view current news coverage on television, and compare and contrast how those events were reported on both media by developing an essay which addresses the question "Is...
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Read Write Think: Webcams in the Classroom: Animal Inquiry and Observation

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Observe animal behavior patterns and their habitats using one of the many webcams broadcasting from zoos and aquariums around the United States and the world in this inquiry-based activity that focuses on observation logs, class...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Comparing Satellite and Broadcast Radio Landscapes (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson in which students research the development of satellite technology and how it has evolved over the last 50 years. Students will examine the impact of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and discuss the role of a diverse, free...
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Pbs Ready to Learn: Abcd Eat Right! [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Workshop lesson plan to help children understand the importance of healthy eating. Geared to both teachers and parents, this plan provides activities, book titles that are relevant, and charts and pictures to print out.
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PBS

Art:21: Migrating Viewpoints

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Use this lesson plan to take a closer look at what the visual arts can tell us about the emotional effects of migration, both voluntary and involuntary. Lesson includes sample video excerpts from the broadcast, slideshows of the work of...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Activity: Is There Really Life on Mars?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) activity explores the controversy over whether or not there is life on Mars. Part of the Mysteries of Deep Space Program that originally aired in April 1997, the activity includes instructional...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Auschwitz: Surprising Beginnings (Episode Guide)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Go directly to the teaching resource developed to accompany the first episode in the six-part documentary on Auschwitz ("Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State") broadcast by PBS. Find a discussion guide for clarifying how and when the Nazis...
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Pbs Teachers: Auschwitz: Orders and Initiatives (Episode Guide)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Go directly to the teaching resource developed to accompany the second episode in the six-part documentary on Auschwitz ("Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State) broadcast by PBS. Find a discussion guide for clarifying the spread of Nazi...
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Try Engineering: Radio Reception and Transmission

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teams of students learn about the engineering design process as they design, build, and test a radio receiver and optional transmitter that can receive FM broadcasts. Lesson focuses on how advances in radio communications have impacted...

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