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Double Exposed Photographs
Students create double-exposed photographs, poetry, and multimedia presentations. In this artwork lesson plan, students explore cameras, poems, and other art forms to understand line, light, and other attributes that contribute to artwork.
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OTC Medications
Students sort medications by likeness and use. They compare and contrast using a Venn Diagram, and find the differences and commonalities of over the counter and Rx medications.
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Infectious Diseases and Africa
Tenth graders examine the impact of diseases on Africa. In this World History instructional activity, 10th graders prepare a presentation on a specific disease. Students create a plan of action to help that disease.
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Tobacco Addiction
Fourth graders research nicotine addiction. In this tobacco lesson, 4th graders explore the reasons people become addicted to smoking. Students examine the health risks caused by nicotine addiction and create anti-smoking posters.
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Focused Learning Lesson: American History
Eleventh graders review the Progressive Movement and the Women's suffrage movement. They also review the changes from the end of World War I to the Great Depression.
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Earthquake!
Students gain an understanding of earthquakes. They examine vocabulary associated with earthquakes, how earthquakes happen, and preventive measures taken to diminish damage or harm in the event that an earthquake should happen.
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Critical Analysis Leads to Global Action
Young scholars discover the interconnectedness of the world. In this global studies lesson plan, students identify challenges the world faces and craft solutions to the problems they identified. Young scholars present their findings in a...
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Health: STDs and Their Symptoms
Students explore the myths and realities associated with sexually transmitted diseases. In a Powerpoint presentation, they discover the characteristics of various diseases, treatments, and complications. In their journals, students...
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Teen Health: Talking with Your Doctor
Students discuss common health care issues they're facing today. In this health science lesson, students explain the benefit of seeking professional help. They write a journal to keep track of their own health issues.
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Hard Rock - Lesson 1
High schoolers perform any part of a four-part keyboard ensemble with musical sensibility in a "hard rock" style. They improvise a melody over student accompaniment.
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Make It True
Middle schoolers examine the deceptive ads for tobacco products. They choose an ad and draws his or her own version of the ad, using facts about the dangers of smoking. Students may pardody the ad. They glue their ad and the actual ad...
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Transforming Negatives to Positives
Students create double-exposed photographs, poetry, and multimedia presentations to celebrate their Open Court "City Wildlife" unit.
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The Inaugural Speech: Setting The Tone For The Administration Of A President
Students investigate the Inaugural Speech of the President of The United States while comparing two speeches. They conduct research to find the two speeches on the internet and look at them side by side. The activity includes background...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Heads Up Real News About Drugs and Your Body
Lots of news and information on drug abuse and what it can do to YOUR body! You can click on each individual drug to find out more about it, read questions and answers, test your knowledge, and finally find out the truth about harmful...
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute on Drug Abuse: Club Drugs
This resource provides information and addresses concerns over popular "club drugs," including ecstasy. Read about the side effects of ecstasy, GHB, Ketamine, Rohypnol, Methamphetamine, and LSD.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Prenatal Drug Exposure and Drug Abusing Environments
Here, read findings based on clinical studies and medical research which focus on prenatal drug exposure and its short-term and long-term effects. Learn about how methamphetamine, cocaine, and alcohol can cause problems for developing...
Other
The Anti Drug: Ecstasy
Read about the effects of ecstasy and how this designer drug can cause both short-term and long-term effects to users' bodies and brains.
Other
Partnership for a Drug Free America: Marijuana
Read brief responses to several questions concerning marijuana, its characteristics, it short-term and long-term effects, and its federal classification.
US National Archives
Docsteach: Effects of Food Regulation in the Progressive Era
In this activity, young scholars will see and read about the differences in food manufacturing practices before and after the new food laws passed in 1906: the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.
Other
Downer Drugs: An Inside Guide to the Downside's Flipside
Read about the dangers of depressant drugs, or downers. This website provides simple information about side effects, risks, and problems associated with depressant use.
University of Washington
Neuroscience Resources for Kids: Ecstasy Mdma
Here, students can read about the dangers associated with the designer drug called ecstasy. Learn about the short-term and long-term effects associated with this dangerous drug. Included is information on proper brain function, as well...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cocaine Addiction in Mice
Read this passage and answer the five-question quiz to tests your knowledge on drug addiction treatments.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Nida: Research Report Series: Methamphetamine
This detailed report provides general information on the abuse of methamphetamine and facts about the harmful effects of this drug. In addition to reading about the health risks associated with methamphetamine use, you can read about how...
Other
Methamphetamine: Frequently Asked Questions
Organized into question/answer format, this website on methamphetamine abuse provides information on how this drug affects the body and how the drug is made and obtained. Learn about the health hazards associated with methamphetamine use...