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Following the Wright Path

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students explore the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright through literature and analyze photographs. In this photography analysis lesson, students read aloud Frank Lloyd Wright and answer questions for the text. Students visit a website...
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Gandhi's Salt March, A Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine Gandhi's Salt March. In this peace and tolerance lesson, students discuss the Salt Tax Levy that was imposed in India. Students then debate how the Indian National Congress should have handled the issue.
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Gender Equity: Gender Role Assignment

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils analyze and compare personal and societal perception of gender roles.  In this gender roles lesson, students record their personal point of view on various tasks such as doing dishes or car maintenance.  Pupils then work...
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The Overthrow of the Hawaiian Monarchy

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discover details about the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani. In this Hawaiian history lesson, 8th graders watch "Hawaii's Last Queen," and read Hawaii's Story by Hawaii's Queen. Students reply to discussion...
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Building the State (1781-1797)

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive history worksheet, students respond to 9 short answer and essay questions about the vision of the Republicans and the Federalists.
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Critique of Practical Reason

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive philosophy worksheet, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Critique of Practical Reason by Immanuel Kant. 
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The Haitian Crisis: Thinking Historically

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students analyze the 2010 earthquake's effects on Haiti. In this Economics instructional activity, students brainstorm the problems caused in Haiti by the earthquake. Students listen to interviews with scholars to identify additional...
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Cartoons in the Classroom: Castrophe Cartoons

For Students 9th - 12th
For this current events worksheet, students analyze political cartoons about catastrophes. Students respond to 3 talking point questions.
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H4 Homework Assignment #33-34

For Students 9th - 12th
In this global studies instructional activity, high schoolers read the noted pages in their textbooks and then respond to 1 essay question about women in society.
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Coming to America

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students present tableaus showing scenes from The Memory Coat,  a book about immigration. For this tableau lesson, students examine the cover of the book and make predictions about what is happening and who the people are. They...
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A Kingship Rested in Peace

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate, by decades, important events in Middle Eastern history, King Hussein of Jordan's influence on these events and how it affected U.S. foreign policy and produce a timeline representing the five decades in King Hussein...
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Reporting in Letters

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners investigate the cultures and politics of different countries and write radio letters to listeners in those countries modeled after Alistair Cooke's "Letter from America."
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Sand Dollars

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners debate the issues of economic prosperity, cultural preservation and environmental preservation by examining the development of land in the Bahamas.
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US Foreign Policy at the Turn of the Millennium

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore U.S. foreign policy. In this diplomacy lesson, students discuss and analyze the evolution of U.S. foreign policy between 1970 and 2000. Students research their textbooks, the Internet, videos, and filmstrips.
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What Makes A Good Speaker?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students write a response to a diagnostic assessment determining what they need to work on to become good public speakers. They listen to the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speech, I Have A Dream, and identify what makes a good speaker.
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Demystifying Mood in Creative Writing

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discover how writing is affected by mood and emotions. They learn proper mood descriptors and read sample pieces of writing to better explain mood.
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Newbery Books: Guaranteed Good Reading

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore and analyze Newbery Medal books. They view a Powerpoint presentation on the Newbery Medal book of that current year, select a book, read and analyze the book, and prepare a multimedia book report presentation.
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European Explorer's Photo Journal

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students study early European explorers. They choose one to research and complete a photo journal of his explorations, which includes maps, articles, etc.
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Creating Context: The Printing Press as Impetus

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine the invention of the Gutenberg printing press and its effect on society. In groups, they research how much the press enabled various revolutions around the globe. They also identify the causes and effects of each...
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Out of the Dust

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders read a book of poems called "Out of the Dust". In groups, they research the Dust Bowl and how it affected people living through the Great Depression. Using the text, they identify the theme and key turning points and...
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Heat Up the Floating Plates

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders research the connection between the convection currents within the mantle of the earth and the moving of Earth's plates. A connection to lessons at previous grade levels on the rock cycle and important background...
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Launching the New U.S. Navy

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students analyze United States Constitution, locate general references to common defense, and specific references in document to U.S. Navy. Students then respond to questions on Document Analysis Worksheet, and discuss relationship...
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Boat Building

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils design and contrast a boat made out of aluminum foil. They test the boats to see which boat floats the best using three different solutions and steel ball weights. Students work on their own to construct a boat of their own...
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The Landscape

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Students create works of art that portray their connection to their environment, construct class sculptural landscape, record changes to their environment since their grandparents' time, and paint one referenced art work from new...