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Is Coming to the United States of America Good For the Immigrant?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students evaluate impact of American politics, economy, culture, and environment on the immigrant, gather first person data, and use it to develop a persuasive presentation.
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Why Do Immigrants Come to the United States of America?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils appreciate the diversity of motives for immigration to the United States. They gather first person data and develop a persuasive presentation. They create a historical comparison of the motives for immigration to the community.
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The President: Politician in Chieft

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the role of the U.S. President and the media coverage in presidential elections. They discuss what it means to be informed, the issues they consider most important, and reflect on what they learned from their interviews....
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Primary Grade Historians

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students read and analyze books about elders and develop a set of interview questions. They define respect and ways to show respect to elders and conduct an interview with elders. Finally, students write an oral history of a senior...
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Reading Job Advertisements 2

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts and social studies worksheet, students examine 10 words and phrases commonly used in job advertisements. Students choose the correct word or words to complete 10 job advertisements. Students then match 10 sentences...
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Reading Comprehension: Who Elects the President?

For Students 5th - 6th
In this reading comprehension worksheet, students read a text about the presidential election in 2000. Students fill in 10 blanks, choosing from 4 words for each that will make the text make sense.
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Vocabulary Practice and Review

For Students 4th - 5th
For this vocabulary worksheet, students choose a word/phrase that has the same meaning as a bolded word in a sentence, 8 sentences total.
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1960 Election

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students examine the election of 1960. In this US politics lesson students listen to a teacher driven lecture, take notes, engage in a class discussion and write a response to what they have learned regarding the 1960's presidential...
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Jackie Robinson, Civil Rights Advocate

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Learners examine the life of Jackie Robinson and the ways in which he and they can influence government policy.
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The Old Electoral College Try

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine defining issues in the race for the White House and evaluate important issues in several of the swing states. They create and administer a poll in their community and make predictions by analyzing the data.
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Teachers on the Horizon

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders are given the opportunity to serve as cadet teachers for fourth and fifth-grade gifted students. In this career choices lesson plan, 12th graders discover how meaningful being a teacher can be.
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Eleanor Roosevelt: A Restless Spirit

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students observe an intimate view of the life of Eleanor Roosevelt including her childhood experiences and personal relationships, it explores her role in American politics, civil rights, and foreign affairs.
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Richard Nixon: Man and President (2 parts)

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners watch the video "Richard Nixon: Man and President, complete vocabulary work and discuss the video using the question provided.
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So You Want to Be President?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students view a documentary on U.S. Presidents. Those called to serve be remembered by future generations that study American and world history. After viewing, students discuss what they saw then create a poster about the electoral process.
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Carbons to Computers - 3

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers develop interviewing techniques--organize ideas and materials; record and summarize data; develop hypotheses about information collected; present results.
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Dialect Awareness in Literature and Life

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders realize the impact of dialect in literature as well as their own speaking and writing by reading selections from Frances O'Roark Dowell's novel, Dovey Cove.
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Listening Comprehension - Newspaper Articles

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students demonstrate listening comprehension skills. They listen to an audio reading of two newspaper articles, identify verbs, answer discussion questions, and complete a cloze activity.
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Fighting Political Apathy Among Youth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and describe youth participation in political elections. They survey random adults about their voting behavior and chart the results in a graph. They compile their results to predict future voter participation.
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Analyzing the 2000 Election

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils research and analyze the year 2000 presidential election results. They identify the reasons this particular election was so unusual and predict how voting outcomes might affect their communities, the country and the world.
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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates of 1858: Interactive Map Activity

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders utilize an interactive map to explore the 1858 Senate campaign in Illinois and how factors such as population, transportation, and party strongholds can affect campaign strategies.
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External Influences 1: Flexible Timing

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students examine the main economic objectives of the government and the impact of changing economic data on business decision making. They apply economic data to a business scenario/case study.
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Newsworthy Images

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine images made for newspapers and create their own photos to tell a story. They experiment with cropping to reframe their images and explore how photographic images can be manipulated.
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The Lily Cupboard by Shulamith Ley Oppenheim

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate knowledge of what a hero does, discuss concepts of persecution and hiding, identify ways Nazis persecuted Jews, and analyze reasons and motivations that caused people to take a stand.
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Defining Our Community

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, in groups, work on a service-learning project by defining their own community and the problems within it.

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