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Writing a Play about Immigrant Life in America
Students research why immigrants came to America and the processes involved in the settlement. They write a script for a short play explaining the causes for immigration and situations that immigrants found themselves in.
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Civil Disobedience Action Plan
High schoolers investigate incidences of civil disobedience. In this civil disobedience lesson, students watch a video and read a newspaper article on civil disobedience. Then, in groups, they search a current newspaper for examples of...
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Violence Discussion
In this violence discussion worksheet, students discuss censorship and violence and the possible connections between violent cartoons, combat sports, weapons, and corporal punishment.
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Behind the Ad: The Process of Producing a Political Commerical
Students examine how advertisements are produced for political campaigns. In groups, they view various examples of different advertisements and create their own ad by completing the steps listed in the lesson plan. They share their ad...
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Sharkland Wiki
Students, while researching the waters around southern Africa and viewing a video of the episode "Sharkland" from Thirteen's series NATURE, critique reliability of online resources and analyze the various components of a wiki. They...
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Sanitarium Times
Students learn about the Sanitarium Times as they look into how they lived, what they ate, how they were entertained, etc... In this Sanitarium Times lesson plan, the students do research and create papers as well as look for living...
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Restaging Julius Ceasar
High schoolers engage in a lesson looking at a major scene of a Shakespeare play. They assume the role play of being the director and apply problem solving skills in order to conduct the scene. Others must switch roles and take on the...