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Geography Awareness Week: Practice Mapping Skills

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
You won't get lost, after learning map skills during Geography Awareness Week.
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It's Census Time: Census Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Census lesson plans can provide an interdisciplinary look at how the data is used, and what it means for everyone.
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Back to School, Mathematically Speaking

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Reduce "math anxiety" by listening to students' math stories.
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The Brick Industry

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students listen to an oral history radio program from the Countdown to Millennium project. They discuss the lifestyles of various workers heard on the radio program and how has the area changed.
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Chuukese Dinner (high School)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read journal entries about having dinner with a Chuukese family. Using this information, they identify which foods sound appealing and compare and contrast Micronesian and American foods, fruits and vegetables. In groups, they...
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Consumer Culture in the 1950s: New Shopping Centers and Advertising trends

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders analyze the cultural and social aspects of the 1950s. Using primary source documents, they work together to determine what society was like. They use that information to write an essay about how their information...
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GNP simulation using foods in the Americas

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gain a better understanding of world food supply, the impact of inequality of the distribution of wealth, and get a taste of traditional foods.
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Sustainable Dining

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners identify consumer products and sustainable foods. They calculate the differences in prices and applying those prices to the cost of a meal. They also discuss the costs and benefits of buying sustainable products.
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Foreign Language And Culture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students consider the importance of appreciating a different culture in connection with the language associated with it. They explore how international politics, celebrations and relations are affected by language and culture.
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Why do people mover where they do?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read factual stories of migration to Hawaii, analyze and explain push and pull factors, interview parents about their cultural heritage, identify countried of origin of their ancestors, graph migration patterns on an world map,...
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Educating Village Girls

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the education of village girls. In this sociology lesson, students watch the slide show, "Healthy Girls, Healthy Villages" about Nigerian girls and women. Learners compare work in rural Lesotho with their own households.
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Neighborhood statistics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine statistics relating to neighborhoods. They use the data to explain how a population affects their environment. They discuss how businesses use statistics to find out information about their clientele.
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Texas, Our Texas

For Teachers 1st
Students watch a PowerPoint slide show of the symbols of Texas and discuss what they see. They color in coloring book pages that corrolate to the slide show. They listen to and sing along to a state song as they color.
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Healthy People 2010

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders log on to the attached website. They use the "Online Slide Show" and think about the questions in the guide. They complete the slide show and guide, then and share their suggestions with the class.
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I Need Money...I Need a Job

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students discover how to use a phone book and the want ads to find a job, how to fill out a job application, and how to write/type a resume. They participate in a mock job interview.
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When I Was Your Age...

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss generational differences in life experiences, consider their future life paths based on their past and present, and write essays from perspectives of themselves 50 years from now.
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Team Players

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine a school to career website. They collect and collate data about careers from their own data collection. They determine which skills and abilities ensure successful teamwork. They research two careers that they...
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Interview a Professional: Professional Sports

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research a career featured on a career website. They email an expert in the field of their choice. They conduct a questionnaire of the expert and record their findings. They collate their information and write a written...
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Interview a Professional: Marine Mammal Rescue

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars choose a career featured on the school to career website. They research the career and email an expert in the field of their choice. They answer a series of questions and write a written report on their findings and...
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Discover the Similarites

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students research a choosen career on the internet. They gather pertinent and interesting information about their choosen career and construct a display for the career along with a written report which is displayed in class.
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The Letter Dd

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners explore the concept of the letter Dd.  For this letter recognition lesson, students are engulfed with items, movement, and music that begin with the letter Dd.  Learners create crafts that help them learn and recognize the...
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Making Good Money Choices

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students identify the needs of their community. In this communities lesson, students use a decision-making model worksheet to determine what community service project they should donate to. Students count the money they have to donate...
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Choice, Opportunity, Cost and Decisions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the definition of scarcity and tradeoffs, and the differences between choice and cost. They create budgets and must provide tradeoffs for some of their choices.
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Levittown, White Picket Paradise?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the origins and happenings of Levittown, Pennsylvania. In this Pennsylvania history lesson plan, students use primary and secondary sources to research the beginnings of Levittown, PA. As a culminating activity, students...

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