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Curated OER

A Choice of Voice

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Team work can produce great results. Your class will analyze the design, news content, and demographic profiles of local alternative newsweeklies. They then design and write articles for their own community working together as editorial...
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Curated OER

An Art-To-Art Discussion

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze a work of art from a variety of cultural perspectives, and give their own personal evaluation of the work.
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Curated OER

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great American Dreamer

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore how F. Scott Fitzgerald was one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. In novels such as Tender is the Night, This Side of Paradise, and The Great Gatsby, he captured the mood and manners of his time.
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Curated OER

Culture Clash

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students watch the movie, Mr. Baseball, and discuss the difference between Japanese and American cultures.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Role of Exiles in Post Saddam Iraq (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson in which students discuss Iraqi expatriates who returned to their home country after the fall of Saddam. Students look at obstacles faced by these former exiles and identify parallels between the return of Iraqi expats to Iraq...