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Droughts
Students discuss a natural disaster. In this droughts lesson plan, students discover how droughts occur and how they affect the society dealing with one. They discuss how the population of Australia deals with droughts and work on...
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Climate Change
Students explore environmental care by researching the impact of human beings on our planet. In this climate change lesson, students utilize the Internet to read informational text about climate change and the effect it will have on our...
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Harry Shows Us How
Students are provided an avenue to express his/her understanding of the life skills being taught and connect the life and times of Harry Truman to the life skills being taught for the purpose of adding relevance for each student.
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Taking Care of a Baby
Students are introduced to the basics of human development and the critical role of parents in taking care of a newborn.
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America's Stone Age Explorers
Students research how mitochondrial DNA is used in determining familial relationships. They complete a worksheet in which they attempt to help solve the identity of bones found in Africa.
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Taking Care of a Baby
Learners explore the basics of human development and the critical role of parents in taking care of a newborn.
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The Imperfect
Students practice the concept of the other past tense, the imperfect via the provided worksheet and the suggested web site.
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The Preterite
Students practice one of the past tenses in Spanish called the preterite after the teacher presents the provided Power Point presentation.
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Reenacting the Treaty of Versailles
Students examine how provisions in the Treaty of Versailles contributed to events in WWII. They participate in a debate, researching their position, then presenting their national position orally to the class.
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Creating Opera
Students study the how music enhances drama in opera. They work in small groups to develop a short story that would be enhanced with music, costumes and props. They perform their operas for classmates and others.
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Forest Management Dilemmas
Students discuss forest management dilemmas and make uninformed decisions as to whether they are appropriate management techniques. They draw bar graphs of the class opinion for each dilemma. They use media sources to become more...
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Breakdown
Students brainstorm the causes of breakdowns in relationships, learn the main factors of interpersonal attraction and discuss these factors through learning from each other.  Students also explore how the pressures of having a busy life...
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The Negro Renaissance
Students research the Negro Renaissance, its important contributors, and society's affect upon the Negro Renaissance contributor's products.  Students create an online biographical presentation of Negro Renaissance contributors as a...
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Help Others
Young scholars share the value of helping others through reading and art activities. In this Clifford and the Big Storm lesson plan, students read the story, discuss courage, and create a gallery of heroes.
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Be a Good Friend
Students discover characteristics of a good friend. In this social skills lesson, students read Clifford's Manners and discuss ways Clifford used his manners in the story.  An activity that rewards students for modeling  being courteous...
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Graphic Novel/Comics with Josh Elder
Young scholars read about graphic novels and complete related activities. In this graphic novels lesson plan, students read about the genre and author Josh Elder. Young scholars complete novel analysis activities for the lesson plan.
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Last Flight of Bomber 31
Students act as forensic scientists to help solve a long-standing missing persons case. They study nuclear DNA and mtDNA.
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Words and Music - Lesson 2
Students analyze the relationships among cultural values, freedom of artistic expression, ethics, and artistic choices in various cultures and historical periods.
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Literary Devices
Young scholars identify and use various literary devices. They write the definitions of various literary devices on index cards, and with a partner review the definitions.
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Recreating a Masterpiece
Students analyze and critique various artists and their work. They write research papers on artists and create reproductions of their works, reflecting their earlier critiques of the works.
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Understanding Treaties: Students Explore the Lives of Yakama People Before and After Treaties
Students examine the impact of treaties on the Yakama nation. They discover the importance of land and how they felt when their land was taken away. They role-play the positions of both the Yakama and citizens of the United States.
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Forests for People
Students devise and conduct a survey at their school  to discover what the students like to do in forests.  They then plot the results in a line-graph.  Students research the various things threatening forest life.
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Understanding the Nature of Work
Students analyze case studies of child labor situations and differentiate between developmental labor which can benefit children and exploitative labor which can harm children. Then they look closer at forms of exploitative labor to...
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Street Children - A Topical Lesson Plan From Learn.co.uk
Middle schoolers explore poverty-related issues, use research, discussion and class work to further understanding of situations in developing countries, 
and discuss and compare Students own school life with that of children in...