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Alaska Department of Education

Gender Equity Activities

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A male nurse? A female welder? Unequal pay? The "Glass Ceiling?" A 22-page Gender Equity Activity Book asks participants to examine the effects of gender role stereotyping on career choices. Class members also update job titles...
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Smithsonian Institution

Strength in Solidarity: Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Campaign for Fair Food

For Teachers 8th - 11th Standards
Not all food is created equal. The lesson dives into the world of migrant farm workers to show their struggles to earn livable wages and better working conditions. Academics learn why the Coalition of Immokalee Workers was created and...
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Curated OER

Can Girls Be Plumbers? And Other Gender Stereotypes

For Teachers K - 5th
Young scholars realize the effects of stereotypes by collaboratively creating a chart with the rest of their class. In this equality lesson, students demonstrate stereotypes by collaborating on a jobs chart and matching pictures of...
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Facebook

Cybersecurity, Phishing, and Spam

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Take a serious look at an equally serious topic! Security scholars explore and discuss the methods hackers use to gain access to personal information during a well-written digital citizenship activity. Part of an extensive series, the...
Unit Plan
Purdue University

Trees of the Midwest

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
All trees are not created equal. A set of three wildlife conservation lessons has learners examine the characteristics of individual trees. They look at the life cycle of the tree using a story and reference a field guide to identify...
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Curated OER

Strategies to Overcome Gender Bias in the Machine Shop: Knurling

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students demonstrate the use of a knurling tool. In this machine shop technique lesson, students will demonstrate safety as they properly use the knurling tool to create a diamond knurl and a straight knurl on a cylindrical piece of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Gender Equity and Community Role Models

For Teachers 1st
First graders listen to speakers in various professions. In this careers lesson plan, the teacher invites community members to speak to the class about their jobs and the education required, then students draw the conclusion that men and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Equal Opportunity Employment

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students list and discuss the types of discrimination they are protected from under the EEOC. The class brainstorms ideas for protecting themselsevles against employment discrimination. Students write a summary paragraph discussing the...
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iCivics

Do I Have a Right? Bill of Rights Edition

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
In an online engaging and animated game, pupils role play as lawyers charged with protecting rights found in amendments to the United States Constitution. As they choose appropriate amendments to match the right that has...
Interactive
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PBS

Who, Me? Biased?: Understanding Implicit Bias

For Students 6th - Higher Ed Standards
A 10-page interactive explains different facets of implicit bias, demonstrates how implicit bias works, and how people can counteract its effects. The interactive tools permit users to save their information in "My Work" folders, to take...
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Curated OER

Tiling the Plaza (Geometry)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students make patterns with a variety of pattern blocks. Pupils experiment with making tile designs using only one shape by rotating that shape around a point. They enter a contest for creating the best tile design for the new plaza...
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Curated OER

A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers analyze the numbers of male vs female administrators and teachers from their school. For this gender equality lesson plan, students use school yearbooks from the 1950's threw present to count how many male vs. female...
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Curated OER

That's A "GIRLS" Job!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students discuss the traditional roles of men and women at home and in the working world.  In this gender lesson, students observe someone who holds a job usually thought to be held by one gender.  Students direct their...
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Curated OER

Time, Talent, Treasure and Economics

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars work cooperatively to create a quilt. They choose a pattern and determine the specific skills and steps needed to produce that quilt. Labor is divided equally between group members and a quilt is created assembly line...
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Curated OER

The Patchwork Path

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders investigate slavery by reading a book with their classmates. In this abolitionist movement lesson, 4th graders read the story The Patchwork Path, and discuss the creation of the Underground Railroad. Students create...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Calculating Simple Interest

For Students 6th - 7th
In this math instructional activity, students investigate the concept of paying interest on a loan. Students read 10 problems where they look at a picture of something they are going to buy at a certain price and interest rate. Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

ASL: Building a functional vocabulary

For Teachers 2nd - Higher Ed
Best resource ever! Teaching and learning to teach ASL just got easier. For special education teachers or those working with hearing impaired students, this lesson provides story and time telling practice using ASL. Each blue link you...
Unit Plan
University of Rhode Island

Food Safety Smart Curriculum

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
This is a must-have resource with everything you'll need for studying food safety with your pupils. From handwashing scorecards and cleaning kitchen surfaces to navigating the world of microbes and food-borne illnesses,...
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National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

Photoshop Scale

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Say cheese! Can your class take a great photo and size it to fit any need? A career and technology-centered lesson plan demonstrates the correct way to resize images in Adobe Photoshop. Scholars view a presentation and work individually...
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National Research Center for Career and Technical Education

Lou-Vee-Air Car

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Who said teaching a STEM lesson had to be challenging? Incorporate a career and technology-centered car build into your upcoming force lesson plan, and your class will be moving down the road in no time! Pupils practice...
Interactive
Learning Games Lab

Nitrogen in Fertilizer

For Students 9th - 12th
Nitrogen is an essential element for productive farming. An interactive lesson explores the chemical makeup of different fertilizers and their corresponding nitrogen content. The interactive challenges individuals to complete...
Interactive
Learning Games Lab

Scientific Graph Reading

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Interpreting graphs is an essential skill for young scientists. An interactive online lesson gives individuals an opportunity to review the components of a graph and learn to read and interpret the shape of a graph. The lesson includes...
Interactive
Learning Games Lab

The Magic of Reading Graphs

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Making conclusions from graphs doesn't need to seem like magic. Learners explore an interactive lesson on reading graphs to strengthen their skills. The content discusses how to read the axes of a graph and draw conclusions based on the...
Interactive
Learning Games Lab

Logarithm Calculator

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Support your young scientists' knowledge of logarithms with a quick video lesson. The instruction first presents the relationship between a base-10 logarithm and an exponential equation. It then demonstrates how to use a calculator to...

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