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History and Culture of Greece

For Teachers 5th - 8th
A study of the history of Greece can include research on individuals, such as Artistotle, that made this country famous.
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The Life and Work of Pablo Picasso

For Teachers 5th - 8th
A study of Pablo Picasso's art can be an interesting way to delve into a variety of subjects.
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Medieval Times Crossword

For Students 6th - 8th
In this medieval times crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 10 clues to determine the words and names that fill in the blanks to appropriately complete the word puzzle pertaining to the state. A word bank is included.
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Inference

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Making inferences about what you read is an important skill for both elementary, middle, and high school learners. Focusing on events which occurred during World War II, they answer a series of questions related to what we can infer as...
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Nazi Concentration Camps -- Map and Chart-Reading Activities

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use an informational chart about Nazi concentration and death camps to complete a mapping activity and a chart-reading activity.
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Is Anybody Out There?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students focus on the tremendous public interest in the potential of extraterrestrial life. They read and discuss an article about the search for alien life. They divide into small groups and discuss the issues and implications of this...
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On the Road with Marco Polo

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars follow Marco Polo's route to and from China. They explore the geography, local products, culture, and fascinating sites of those regions. They record their findings.
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Immigration to the Golden Land: Jewish Life in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine waves of Jewish immigration during three time periods and analyze a variety of primary sources, including letters, memoirs, and laws, to gain insight into both the American immigrant experience and American society...
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Plants and Animals: Partners in Pollination

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students describe the complementary relationships between pollinators and the plants they pollinate, identify adaptations that flowers have developed to "encourage" pollination, and create and draw their own "designer" flowers.
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Mineral Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete a scavenger hunt worksheet as they find examples in their classroom, at home, etc., of minerals. Excellent worksheet!
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Create a Classroom Exhibit: Rocks and Minerals

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students bring in rocks and minerals from home. They observe them and describe them carefully, completing a worksheet. Finally, a classroom exhibit is created.
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Bystanders in the Holocaust

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students recognize effects of apathy and indifference, examine behaviors associated with obedience, conformity, and silence, and explore legal responses to issues raised by the Holocaust.
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Halloween

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Discover the origins and traditions of Halloween with a crafty lesson plan! Second graders create bats, monsters, witches, and ghosts with masks and puppets. Next, they share their work with their classmates in a fun...
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Letters from the Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students examine letters of Japanese-American children during internment in World War II. They discover what it was like in the camps and how they were treated once they were released. They also view photographs of the camps.
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HIV/AIDS And Contemporary Population Dynamics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students describe the spread and occurence of HIV/AIDS at multiple scales. They explain global and regional variations in the occurence of HIV/AIDS and explain the spread of HIV/AIDS in the United States.
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Sadness in Srebrenica

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the atrocities committed during the war in Bosnia from 1992 to 1995 that prompted an apology from the international community in 2005.
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Life Inside Castle Walls

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students use their creativity with the knowledge learned about the Middle Ages. A.D.400-1500. They use their information and creativity to design a castle and a personal coat of arms, then plan a medieval feast.
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Populists and Progressives

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students study the Gilded Age in American History. They present a speech demonstrating knowledge of the platforms of the Progressives and Populists.
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"Let's Go!"

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore each mode of transportation: Land, Air, Sea and Space and which one you use for which purpose?
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HISTORICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ANALYSIS

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine a variety of maps and documents to identify physical and cultural features of neighborhoods, cities, states, and countries, to explain the historical migration of people, expansion and disintegration of empires, and the...
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Deliberate Acts of Kindness

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Students recognize and honor kind acts of Holocaust liberators and rescuers, and realize importance of kind acts towards others.
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Number the Stars

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine threat to all people (particularly the Jews) resulting from the imposition of Nazi authority, and appreciate the courage exhibited by ordinary people acting out of conscience.
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Lesson Plan on the Mayflower, the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders write journal entries and a story based on the Mayflower era. They identify the roles of both the Pilgrims and Wampanoags in their writings.
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History Detective

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the effects of the Great Exchange on the Americas.

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