Curated OER
EVOLUTION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY
Students create a project using a provided "Evolution of Biotechnology Timeline". Students may pick from many different ideas in order to find a project that interests them. They examine how the use of biotechnology has increased with...
National First Ladies' Library
Language Arts: The Rise of the Operetta
Students develop an appreciation for the musical theater form, the operetta. In addition, they present parodies of songs from The Mikado. Working in small groups and accessing provided Websites, they compose their parodies. Once...
Curated OER
A Statistical Look at Jewish History
Students complete their examination over the Jewish Diaspora. Using population figures, they discover the importance of percentages in exploring trends. They use their own ethnic group and determine how it is represented in the United...
Curated OER
Get to Know Your City
Third graders research the history of their home city and how it's development was influenced by different groups of people. They present their research information to the class.
Curated OER
Phil's First Day 1
In this Phil's first day of school worksheet, students describe what a friend is by listing adjectives, adverbs or phrases that begin with each of the letters in friends.
Curated OER
Evaluating an Olympic Sport
Students research the political context of the Winter Olympics in general and within certain countries in particular. They read authentic, published articles on the topic from the Internet and add this information to the spreadsheet as...
Curated OER
Time Marches On
Students research the development of remote sensing, various instruments used throughout time and create a time line depicting the history of remote sensing.
Curated OER
Living History - Civil War
Eighth graders, after researching antebellum North Carolina and the role of North Carolina in the Civil War, write, edit, publish, and produce their own plays.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mit: Open Course Ware: Current Events and Social Issues
This course outline offers resources for studying controversial social issues of both the present and past.
Organization for Community Networks
Academy Curricular Exchange: An Approach to Current Events
An innovative lesson plan of enhancing students' critical thinking skills by reading and watching current events.
Other
Teaching Social Responsibility: Teachable Moment: Terrorism
Learners will discuss the underlying causes of terrorism and try to discover the best ways to combat it. Articles and discussion activities are given in this lesson plan for use by the teacher.
Pew Research Center
Pew Research Center: Global Indicators Database
About the Key Indicators Database: Pew Research Center conducts public opinion surveys around the world on a broad array of subjects ranging from people's assessments of their own lives to their views about the current state of the world...
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Broward Education Foundation
Broward Education Foundation: News Is Knowledge! [Pdf]
The project provides teachers with ideas to create literacy centers for use in their own classrooms using student-friendly newspapers from various curricular areas. We will provide plans that can be used to adapt the materials each week....
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Workshop 2: Making Writing Meaningful
Workshop 2 demonstrates how teachers use authentic sources and topics to prompt students to write about things that matter to them, subjects that relate to their lives, relationships, and communities. The topic may be the students -...