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Curated OER

Mussel Movements

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students consider the impact of invasive species on local environments. In this ecology lesson plan, watch the video, Arizona Wildlife Views, which focuses on invasive species. Students develop vocabulary, relate to meaningful...
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Curated OER

Home on the Range

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars use maps and mathematics to determine the appropriate panther population in a given area. In this Florida ecology lesson, students research the area requirements of male and female panther and use a map to help calculate...
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Curated OER

Loggerhead Nest Management Program

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify the sea turtle management documentary and complete an activity for each slide. They plot the location of nests laid on the island they patrol and discuss their rationale for management decisions. Finally, students...
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Pennsylvania Department of Education

Plant and Animal Adaptations

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders identify behavioral and structural adaptations to plant and animal life. In this unit overview, 4th graders discuss the importance of variation and adaptation in a species survival. This is a unit overview and does not...
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The Henry Ford

Early 20th Century Migration: Transportation: Past, Present and Future [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
A teacher's guide and unit plan that explores the migration of people from within and to the United States in the early 20th century up to the present day, many of them to work in the automobile factories in the northern US. Additional...
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: Understanding Migration [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Why do people move? This curriculum unit tackles the complex questions about the causes of individual versus large-scale migration as well as the global effects of migration. Clear lesson plans and objectives are included.
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University of Arizona

Pulse: Fertilizers, Pesticides and Human Health

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A cross-curricular unit to explore how human health is impacted by pesticides and fertilizers. The lesson comes out of the Chicano movement which studies the health of migrant workers due to agricultural practices. The unit was developed...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Human Impacts on Marine Species

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about three examples of human impacts on marine life: migration patterns and shipping, algal blooms and water chemistry, and marine debris. Some of these impacts are due to human activity in the ocean, and some impacts on...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: The Study of Human Geography

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Geographers are social scientists who are interested in human activities as well as the physical environment. Human geography includes a wide range of topics, such as the study of languages, religions, customs, economics, and political...
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Other

Bringing History Home: Immigration History

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
This 2nd grade unit invites children to learn their ancestors' native countries of origin. The take-home page for family ancestry offers several alternatives to citing a specific family immigration history. Studying immigration provides...
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Other

Critical Thinking Community: Remodeling Lessons Grades 6 9

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Learn to re-model your lesson plans to include room for critical thought and higher levels of learning. Re-modeled lessons cite specific critical thinking strategies. Wonderful examples include "Human Migration," "Integrated Grammar,"...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Global Oneness Project: A Refugee's Story (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners watch a 19-minute documentary that tells the story of Mohammed Alsaleh, a young Syrian refugee granted asylum in Canada in 2014, who is now counseling newly arrived refugees. In this lesson, students explore through classroom...
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United Nations

United Nations: Cyber School Bus: What Makes Cities Grow?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit explores the factors that influence the growth of cities. Read more to understand the patterns of migration and settlement in cities.
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Other

United Nations Refugee Agency: Teaching About Refugees

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plans and teachers' tools provided by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Focus on developing empathy, open-mindedness, and global concern within your classroom.
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Changing Places

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This is a mini-unit that helps students explore immigration through many different resources. Students will learn about Chinese immigrants, and then investigate their own cultural heritages.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Problems Facing Internally Displaced Persons Worldwide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use video segments from the PBS series Women, War & Peace, as well as information from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the United Nations to learn more about internally displaced populations.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: The New Americans (Lessons on the Immigrant Experience)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Find eleven lesson plans developed in conjunction with the PBS documentary "The New Americans," which explores what it means to be a new Americans in the twenty-first century. Lessons touch on topics associated with recently arrived...
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Discovery Education

Discovery Education: African American Population Shifts

For Teachers 9th - 10th
After completing this mini-unit, students will understand some of the economic, educational, and lifestyle reasons why African Americans have moved from one place in the United States to another.

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