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VH1 Legends Sam Cooke Lesson 2
Students examine the reasons and controversy regarding Sam Cooke's transition from gospel to pop.
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Liberation of the Garden Gnomes
Students read a lighthearted story about the controversial Garden Gnome Liberation Front. They debate the public's right to own garden gnomes. Personal - to lighten up the classroom a bit with a somewhat
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Fallout
Students view a short film about the results of dropping the atomic bomb at the end of World War II.  They research controversies surrounding the use of the bomb and nuclear weapons.  They write two editorials about the issue.
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Debating the Three Gorges Dam Project: Power to the People or Environmental Catastrophe?
Students explore the controversy behind the building of the Three Gorges Dam in China.  One group of the class researches the government's stance on building the dam.  Another section of the class represents an environmental group who...
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Lesson Plan: Korea
Students engage in a lesson that has the primary concern of the controversy that surrounds the Korean Nuclear Program. The viewpoints of various stakeholders from other nations is considered.
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The Great Debate
Students research and debate the British Museum's ownership of the friezes from the Parthenon and Acropolis.  Art controversy is discussed in this one-day lesson involving three groups of students within the class.
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Exploring Roosevelt's New Deal Using Oral Histories from the Great Depression
Students examine the process of collecting life stories. They also look at the lives effected by The Great Depression to gain understanding of the controversial economic plan of Roosevelt.
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Friday Forum
Students research controversial issues and formulate their own opinion. They defend their position with supporting data and evaluate arguments from opposing viewpoints. They present their stand both verbally and in the written form.
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Why Be An Independent Learner?
Students discuss why research skills are important to have as a skill in life.  As a class, they identify their prior knowledge when it comes to researching a topic and discuss why it is important to be an independent learner.  In...
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Quotas and Jim Crow Laws
Students examine the use of quotas and Jim Crow laws. They discuss discrimination against minority groups both historically and in contemporary society. Students examine an affirmative action case and discuss the controversies involved.
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Understanding Tyrannosaurus Rex
Students explore the history of the Tyrannosaurus Rex according to the Bible.  Students research the size of the Tyrannosaurus Rex.  They discuss the T. Rex skeleton "Sue" and the controversy that surrounded it.
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Lawyers, Guns and Meaning
Young scholars examine why they either do or do not have guns in their own household and how guns affect their sense of safety.   They explore the controversy surrounding how best to interpret the Second Amendment by reading and...
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War and Remembrance
Students explore the controversy surrounding the ban of Nazi memorabilia and other hate-related artifacts from online auction sites.
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THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Students read and comprehend the views presented in the article they are given concerning the banning of HUCKLEBERRY FINN and demonstrate their understanding by creating a slogan based on the view of the author in the article.
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Twin Traits
Eighth graders explore the Nature vs. Nurture controversy and discover how variations in species is due to the interaction of genetic material. Students engage in a twin study experiment in this unit.
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Designing the Wilderness - The Hetch-Hetchy Reservoir
High schoolers study the controversy over building the Hetch Hetchy Dam and determine their points of view regarding the use of public lands.
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Youth Engagement
Students examine and then discuss opposite sides of controversial issues such as neighborhood curfews, lowering voter age, etc. They learn civic responsibility and cultivate tolerance for others' opinions.
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Class Forums: An English Language Arts Lesson for Information Resources
Tenth graders listen to a controversial piece of writing. They with opposing viewpoints face one another. After ground rules are suggested and adopted by the group, 10th graders articulate their positions in successive turns.
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Eurovision Song Row
Students read an article about the controversy surrounding the Serbian and Montenegrin entries in the Eurovision music contest of 2006. They examine target vocabulary from the article and take a comprehension quiz.
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Military Women
Students review the history of female participation in the armed forces and throughout various conflicts. They participate in a class discussion and consider many of the controversial issues surrounding women in the military.
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The Elements of a Community--Who Belongs, Who Decides?
Students identify the elements of a community.  They watch a video excerpt, complete a class web diagram, answer discussion questions, and describe the controversy from the video.
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Religion And Magic
Students examine the indigenous religions of China (Daoism) and Japan (Shinto) to see how magical beliefs and practices form an integral part of these religions. This lesson may be controversial.
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The Chinese Zodiac
Students create their own personalized Zodiac page on a word processing 
document after researching and discussing the origins of Zodiak signs. This lesson does include resource links and may be controversial.
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The Lunar Calendar
Students examine the Chinese calendar and Zodiac signs in this early elementary lesson plan on calendars and culture. Discussions on cultural beliefs and values are emphasized and could be controversial.
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