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Virtual Museum of Canada

Virtual Museum of Canada: Vancouver Art Gallery: Emily Carr: Different Ways of Looking

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars are instructed in looking at landscape from multiple viewpoints using the works of Emily Carr.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: One True Story, Told Two Ways

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Analyze the different perspectives presented by two authors telling the same story.
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University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburg: Communicating Behaviors for Effective Work Groups

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Successful working groups are marked by a range of different communication behaviors-actions people do with words and gestures, which they can practice and improve over time. This site lists seven behaviors to improve communication in...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Fdr Meant to Me

For Teachers 9th - 10th
As a review of the presidency of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, students will prepare remarks from differing perspectives for a special graveside eulogy. In addition to the remarks, students will bring symbolic mementos to leave at...
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Argumentative Writing/wwi & Wwii Unit

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this unit, students will gain background information on historic wars. Student will compare different media forms about these events, attend to different perspectives, research the unit's essential question, and then write an...
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University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: Weather in the News

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students will compare stories about a weather event from different media sources and different perspectives.
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Curated OER

Kids Health: Brain and Nervous System

For Students 9th - 10th
The parts of the brain and the anatomy of the nervous system and how they function are explained. An interactive diagram shows the location of various parts of the brain from three different perspectives, and summarizes what each does....
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Cost/benefit Analysis: Three Gorges Dam

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson will allow students to evaluate the costs/benefits of the Three Gorges Dam project on the Yangtze River in China. The purpose of this lesson is to encourage students to look at a complex issue from differing viewpoints and to...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: Saving Money 2

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
The purpose of this task is for learners to relate addition and subtraction problems to money and to situations and goals related to saving money. A problem is given that will contain multiple solutions, this allows students to think...
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Keene College

Geo Granite: Is a Nation Always a Region?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson assists students in understanding the differences between political constructs and regions.
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OpenStax

Open Stax: A New Social Order: Class Divisions

For Students 11th - 12th
By reading this section of a chapter on "Industrial Transformation in the North," students will learn about the shared perceptions and ideals of each social class and be able to assess different social classes' views of slavery.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: A Role Playing Debate About Globalization (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
An instructional plan that asks pupils to consider how sweatshop factory labor impacts living conditions in China and to determine how U.S. corporations and consumers contribute to their continued existence. The plan requires students to...
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British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Childhood

For Students 9th - 10th
These articles research how childhood was depicted in the literature of the 18th and 19th century, and how perceptions of childhood were different from those of today.
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US National Archives

National Archives: The Civil War: Celebrate or Commemorate?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
To try to understand both sides of the Civil War, pupils will think about some of the different aspects and perspectives involved. In this activity, students will match Civil War terms to their definitions to familiarize themselves with...
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Ted Nellen

Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Negative Capability

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a glossary entry for the term "Negative Capability" including the definition and a link to an example.