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Child Labor

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners examine how how groups and institutions work to meet individual needs and promote the common good, and identify examples of where they fail to do so. They describe how workers with specialized jobs and the ways in which they...
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George Washington: The President Without Precedent

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore time period and events surrounding George Washington's inauguration, demonstrate how Washington set precedent for each action he took as American Republic's new president, and compare and contrast traditions and events...
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Runaway Indentured Servants

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students compare and contrast indentured servants and slaves. In this US history slavery lesson, students discuss the owners' perceptions of indentured servants and slaves, then view ads for runaway slaves to support their opinions....
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A Day in the Life of a World War II Soldier Webquest

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students complete a web-quest into a day in the life of a World War II soldier. In this webquest lesson, students investigate what life was like for soldiers on the front lines during the second World War. They use note taking skills...
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Twentieth Century Entertainment: When Work is Done

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students determine how Americans enjoy leisure time. For this 20th century America lesson, students research primary sources to study how Americans gained leisure time during the century and what they did with it.
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The Immigration Experience

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners research the reasons people immigrated to the United States. In this United States history lesson, students explore the causes and effects of immigrating. Learners engage in a role-playing scenario , watch a video, and explore a...
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The Friendship Book Questions

For Students 5th - 12th
In this literature study instructional activity, students answer eleven short answer questions based upon the book, The Friendship.
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Imagine the Food and Imagine a Response

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students experience life in the Secret Annex. In this Holocaust instructional activity, students participate in a simulation. The simulation places them in the Secret Annex for dinner as residents. Students journal about the experience...
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Popular Sovereignty Under the Kansas-Nebraska Act

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders examine the implications of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. In this slavery instructional activity, 7th graders examine a map of 1820 America and discuss the balance of power implied by the map. Students then read Stephen...
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Cloud in the Classroom

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students describe the relationship between animals and humans. For this biology lesson, students research about the history of horses in America. They present a mock news broadcast about their research.
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The Desert Alphabet Book

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students explore world geography by researching a science book with their classmates. In this desert identification lesson, students utilize a U.S. map to locate the geographical locations of deserts. Students create an oral report based...
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"Fantastic Mr. Fox" Lesson Plans

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
With "Fantastic Mr. Fox" lesson plans students can learn about foxes and read some great literature.
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Creating a Writer's Notebook

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Writer's notebooks are a way to unleash the "author" in all your students.
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A Tough Act to Re-enact

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discover the significance of various historical events. Using the information they find, groups re-enact these events, stressing their importance to history and our lives today.
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Pestilence and Plague

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate various disease epidemics that have devastated the world population at different points in history and examine the diseases' effects on the countries they impacted.
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Not So Strange

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine aspects of culture that may seem strange and prepare skits illustrating how a person may want to behave in these situations without being offensive.
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Voyages of Discovery

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners create individual "travel logs" for a world explorer whom they studied in history class. This lesson is an interdisciplinary activity for the Language Arts and History classroom.
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Tel-ing It Like It Is?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore how television has changed over the last fifty years, focusing on how world events and societal trends affect (and are affected by) television.
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Eggshell People

For Teachers K - 5th
Students observe grass growth. For this agricultural lesson, students use empty eggshells and fill them with soil and grass seed. Students record eggshell "hair growth" on a chart.
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Lesson 3: Vary Your Veggies and Focus on Fruits

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore fruits and vegetables.  In this nutrition lesson, students generate a list of all known fruits and vegetables.  Students cut out and compile pages for a weekly fruits and vegetable journal.  Students...
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Sampling Snoops

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students practice formulating a hypothesis and designing an experiment to test the hypothesis. They identify several sampling techniques they can use to test their hypotheses.
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IB History of the Americas Historiography: Limits of the Historical Record

For Students 9th - 12th
In this historical record worksheet, high schoolers read about analyzing primary sources and then complete the 3 listed activities to create their own historical accounts.
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"Texas T"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how the discovery of oil replaced cotton and changed the Texas economy from agricultural to industrial. They read primary source documents, define key vocabulary terms, and create a bookmark.
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Drugs In Sports

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners explore why drug testing happens and why drug use is a problem in sports. Students classify the consequences of using drugs while participating in sports. Learners relate drug usage in their own lives and school backgrounds.

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