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Discovery of Puerto Rico

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders are introduced to the topic of Puerto Rico and research to find facts about Puerto Rico. They work with a partner to gather information and complete a handout with 5 essential questions.
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Exploring Maps: Lesson 2 Guide: Navigation

For Teachers 5th - 9th
Students explore and examine how maps have been used in navigation. They research how travelers collected observations to keep track of their positions and plotted information on maps. Each student then makes a Mercator projection...
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AIH-5: Westward Expansion

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research how the westward expansion affected the American Indians.
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Life for the First Inhabitants

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study the contributions of the American Indian culture on the development of Utah. They examine and create American Indian rock art.
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Life for the First Inhabitants

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders trace the emergence and development of culture in Utah. They study the contributions of the American Indian culture on the development of Utah. They create their own rock art by using signs and images that show something...
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Colonial America Introduction

For Teachers 4th
  Students watch a teacher presented Readers Theater about Colonial America to introduce the students to the topic.  In this Colonial America lesson, 4th graders recreate a timeline of early American history, using unconventional...
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Local Government

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research services and responsibilities of local government. They use cameras to take pictures of local government in action and create posters with them.
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Exploration and Encounters

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders research explorers of the New World.  In this American history activity, 4th graders conduct internet & textbook research about various New World explorers.  Students compare and contrast the sources used for...
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Oil Lesson Plan- Automobile Insurance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the importance of having car insurance and the effects of not having it in the case of an accident. They use an internet website to participate in different activities. Students conduct research while answering...
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Early Explorers Project

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Pupils choose an explorer from a given list, create an original song or poem based on the life of their explorer, make puppets to represent their explorer and then present their original piece to the class while students take notes on...
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Who Where They?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students associate explorers with specific discoveries. They apply research skills to inquire about the explorers. Students switch roles with the instructor for the class to demonstrate what they have learned.
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Political Culture: A Self-Evaluation

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners explore the concept of popular culture. In this popular culture lesson, students take the provided survey on their opinions of political culture and beliefs. Learners graph the survey results and discuss them.
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Kansas Prairie Homes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners read about settlers in Kansas and the adaptations they made in order to build different kinds of houses. In this Kansas settlers lesson plan, students participate in choral reading and retell information they learn.
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Ponce de Leon

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explain that the discoveries of Ponce de Leon were important, both in and of themselves and to the destinies of Europeans and Native Americans. They write an essay highlighting two of his important discoveries.
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Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable: Haitian Frontier Fur Trapper and Explorer

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders investigate the life and contributions of Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable. They read and discuss an informational handout, define five words from the passage, conduct Internet research, and write a journal entry from the...
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The Dairy Shoppe

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research dairy farming and learn about dairy products as well as dairy processing. In this dairy lesson, 5th graders read background information about dairy farming and processing. Students discuss running a small business...
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What Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the concept of nutrition.  In this nutrition lesson plan, students identify the benefit of eggs as a nutritional meal or snack.  Students also discover how to prepare easy meals or snacks using eggs. 
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My Community Then and Now

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine and discuss the characteristics of their community. They compare their present community with its characteristics at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, and they make flat or relief maps that include unique...
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Travel Back in Time

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders make a timeline of their life beginning with the year that they were born and progressing until this year.
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Learning Lesson: The Shadow Knows II

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars discover and practice how to calculate the circumference of the Earth. They measure the length of their shadows and use the distance they are away from the equator to complete the calculations. They discuss winter or...
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North American Explorers

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discuss famous explorere then research an explorer, collect reference materials and take notes using notecards. They write a three to four page typed and double spaced report then present their findings to the class.

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