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The Great Depression and the Arts
Students engage in a dialogue about the Depression, the impact of the New
Deal, the role of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the survival of Democracy, and the
resiliency of the American spirit.
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String Trade
Ninth graders discuss the concept of imports and exports in trade. They participate in a simulation that explores the interchange and relationships between natural resources, scarcity, politics and tariffs.
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A Picture-Perfect Place
Students make a post card of a special place in their community. They write about the place they have drawn, telling why they feel it's an important part of their hometown. They address and send to another school.
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Native American Sovereignty
Young scholars analyze the meaning of Indian Sovereignty, describe the authority of Indian governments as sovereign nations; and, explain the importance of the Marshal Trilogy of Supreme Court cases between 1821-1832.
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The Demise of Copper's Trading Power
Eighth graders evaluate statistical equations. They examine data from archaeologists at Jamestown, complete statistical equations using the sets of data, and graph the results.
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A Flag for Mars
Students investigate the historical use of flags on Earth, debate ownership issues for interplanetary exploration, and design a flag for Mars. The implication of placing a flag at a location forms the focus of the lesson.
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Charting Wars
Students compare and contrast details of different wars throughout history. They discuss the reasons for wars through the ages and research a war in order to complete a class chart detailing seven different wars.
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Joining Together to Fight Gun Violence
Students engage in meaningful dialogues on the issue of gun violence and to explore avenues that could lead to changes in our society.
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Fair Housing and Diversity
Students study the civil rights law of the fair housing act and reinforce learning by playing different intriguing games like Minority Monopoly, which teach diversity adn equality.
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Aesthetic Assessment Design
Students examine aesthetic concepts and reflect on them in their journals. They construct individual taste collages from an assortment of two and three-dimensionakl objects.
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Studies of the Eastern Worlds: Japan
Seventh graders, in their study of Japan, examine and discuss the effect the atomic bomb had on Japan. They watch videos and then read the story of Sadako and her magic cranes. They make their own origami cranes and write a paragraph on...
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Math Grids
Fourth graders read an article, then search for verbs, adverbs, nouns, pronouns, etc. In groups, they exchange papers and try to guess what the other poem was about.
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Holiday: Christmas Games and Crafts
Students access a variety of Christmas themed websites. They play online games and send e-mail letters to Santa. They complete word searches and read Christmas stories.
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The Role of the United Nations in Postwar Iraq
Young scholars study the history of the United Nations and answer study questions regarding the role of the UN in present day post-war Iraq.
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Rotary Cutting 101
Students will learn how to safely use a rotary cutter, mat, and ruler. They will also learn the parts of the fabric and understand the difference between a finished block and a cut block.
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Trip To The Quilt Shop
Students and teacher will go on a field trip to a local quilt shop. The teacher will determine the destination, make arrangements for the field trip, and collect all necessary paper work for students to leave school.
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Ratios Through Social Studies
Students analyze and integrate mathematical concepts within the context of social studies. They gather, present and analyze information on a bar graph, pie chart, etc. Students compute ratios. They demonstrate that ratios have real-world...
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Fabric Selection for Quilts
Middle schoolers review the parts of fabric, good fabric selection for a quilt, and participate in a lab to determine a good fabric for quilts. They identify the parts of the fabric, how important the parts of the fabric are, and select...
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Real People, Real Farms - Case Studies
Students study examples of sustainable farms. In this case study lesson students study real cases of farms to gain information.
Other
Creating a Family History
What do you know about creating a family history? This site offers a complete lesson plan for developing a sense of how your own family history fits into the bigger picture of the world's history.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Animal Farm Assessment [Pdf]
This is a final assessment for the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. There are two groups of assignments: Group 1 requires students the choose one from three essay questions and answer it according to requirements. Group 2 requires...
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Habitat Network: Creating Maps That Convey Critical Ecological Characteristics
Get to the heart of this citizen science project that invites citizens from all over the country to map and identify their habitat ecology.
EL Education
El Education: An Immigrant Experience
As part of a Learning expedition on immigration, 4th grade students in Springfield, Massachusetts, created this series of interview booklets. Students, working together in small groups, interviewed a person who had immigrated to the...
EL Education
El Education: Faces of Freedom Calendar
This calendar was created by 3rd graders in Rochester, New York, as part of a learning expedition on immigration. As a way to honor the experiences of young immigrants and to learn about immigration, students from this class interviewed...