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Women's History: Clara Barton

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate Clara Barton's contributions to society. In this Clara Barton lesson plan, students watch videos, listen to lectures, and conduct research regarding Clara Barton's life and her possible authorship of a Civil War...
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Suffering in Sudan

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students investigate the humanitarian crisis in the Sudan. They examine the make up of the rebel groups involved in the fighting and the attempts to resolve the conflict.
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Cold War-Atomic Weapons

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders explore how nuclear weapons have affected the actions of nations around the world. They identify the countries that have nuclear weapons and discuss the humanitarian issues with nuclear weapons. Students create a "Doomsday...
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Planning for and Surviving Earthquakes

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students work in small groups to explore the FEMA for Kids site. They take the role of FEMA officials. Student list three items they may need to survive an earthquake. They complete a worksheet and discuss their results with the rest of...
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Connection to Social Studies: Linus Pauling: A Life Well Spent

For Students 9th - 11th
In this atomic energy activity, students read about Linus Pauling, who spent years making the public aware of the dangers of nuclear weapons. They answer questions about his work and the social responsibility he took on which led to the...
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International Children's Rights Organizations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Distinguish specific historical aspects of international organizations and identify the role played by international organizations such as UNICEF, Amnesty International, International Labor Organization, Human Rights Watch and Child...
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Activists for Human Rights

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Young scholars research prominent human rights activists from U.S. history. They report the biographical facts of their subject along with information on the causes he or she represented. Students also examine local human rights issues...
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Credit to the Nation: Human Rights Cards

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine the lives of refugees. In this human rights instructional activity, students use the provided refugee cards to play games that require them to learn details about the lives of the refugees. 
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Genocide

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders examine human genocide. In this genocide activity, 12th graders listen to their instructor present a lecture about genocide and then research specific historical events. Students present their research findings to their...
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English Grammar

Fill in the Gerund with the Correct Preposition

For Students 4th - 7th
Kids demonstrate their understanding of gerunds by providing the correct preposition and the noun form of the verb indicated in a series of 30 sentences.
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The Terror of Their Ways

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine human rights abuses. For this contemporary history lesson, students investigate violations against human rights during war. Young scholars discuss the work of the Red Cross and Amnesty International in promoting...
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Using the Amnesty Interactive CD-ROM

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students view the Amnesty Interactive CD-ROM and investigate different aspects of human rights around the world. They identify people who have contributed to human rights, documents from ancient to modern times that have contributed to...
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Rights Abuses Around the World: What Can We Do?

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students read about an Urgent Action information sheet from Amnesty International and a petition about human rights abuses against sexual minorities outside the USA. They discuss the situation, read about other similar cases and then...
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The Mission of the Red Cross

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore and discus the mission aims of the International Committee of the Red Cross. They draft a letter about the work of the ICRC to the US Secretary of Defense which includes personal opinions on: the mission of the Red...
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Goobers. Goobers? Goobers!

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students begin the lesson by noting the many ways in which to use peanuts. In groups, they use the internet to research the work of George Washington Carver. They discover the allergies and nutritional information of the peanut and...
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Albert Schweitzer: Darkness And Light

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students view a documentary which examines the life and work of Albert Schweitzer. Specifically, it explores the controversy surrounding Schweitzer. Darkness and Light would be useful for classes on World History, African History and...
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Close Up Foundation

Rights Auction

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
In an engaging activity on universal and unalienable rights, learners work in groups to establish a democratic nation and determine what principles they want to protect to ensure a democratic society. They conduct a "rights auction" in...
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Global Oneness Project

Far From Home

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A timely and provocative lesson inspires high schoolers to tackle the Syrian refugee crisis. They analyze a compelling photo essay before discussing and writing about it.
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Lesson Plan on Refugees

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners explore the issue of "human rights" and discuss world events/situations in which human rights are in question. They determine their own needs and wants and simulate the experience of being a refugee having to leave their home. ...
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Lesson Plan on Tolerance

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, through discussion, internet and video resources, study the history of Northern Ireland and the religious segregation between Catholics and Protestants. They evaluate the current political situation and predict what the future...
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Lesson Plan on Indigenous Children

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils explore indigenous, traditional and tribal cultures--their rights, protections by law, and obstacles as a people. In groups, they form their own activist groups to contribute to the global effort to preserve indigenous cultures.
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Teaching Tolerance

Inventing a Better World

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
From play pumps that provide clean water to shoes made from trash, innovators change the world one invention at a time. After researching various inventions, young entrepreneurs develop their own. Extension opportunities include prompts...
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Human Rights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and then research countries which have had human right violations.
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Alabama Department of Archives and History

Camp Aliceville: The Story of WWII Prisoners of War Who Came to Alabama

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
POW camps in the United states? In Alabama? The German POW camp in Aliceville, Alabama is used as the focus of a study of the more than 700 camps built in the US during World War II.

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