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Teach This Poem: "Heart to Heart" by Rita Dove

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Take heart! Here's a lesson that will encourage learners to notice details. After listening to Sarah Vaughan singing "My Funny Valentine" and noting how the word heart relates to Valentine's Day, scholars observe a human heart image....
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Genes 101: Life’s Instruction Manual | UNC-TV Science

For Students 5th - 12th
Discover the common genetic ground shared by humans and chickens. Group members listen and view an animation about genes and proteins, which details their roles in building biological structures such as tissues and organs. Participants...
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Human Factors

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the psychological effects of living in space. They esign the houses and interior of a space settlement, make decisions about the running of a space settlement, and explore the human factors involved in space colonization.
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Human Acrostic Poem

For Students 2nd - 4th
For this acrostic poem worksheet, learners read about creating an acrostic poem, the complete one using the word "human." Worksheet contains links to additional activities.
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Ten Questions About The Human Body

For Students 4th - 6th
In this human body learning exercise, students complete a set of 10 questions, answering in space provided. Worksheet has a link to additional activities.
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A New Planet

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students, in gorups, develop a Bill of rRghts for a newly discovered planet. They give the planet a name and they decide upon ten human rights they think are the most important. Then they compare their list with the lists of other...
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Needs And Wants

For Teachers K - 6th
Learners make cards illustrating things they think they need and want to be healthy and happy. Groups then sort these cards into "wants" and "needs." The whole class discusses what it means when people's basic needs are not met and the...
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Equality: Are Some More Equal than Others?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research a person who has been active in supporting human rights around the world. They simulate an international conference and write a newsletter focused on human rights in a specific country.
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Agriculture in the Desert

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore human migration. In this human migration lesson, students investigate multiple factors contributing to the growth of major Arizona cities.  Students discover the processes, patterns, and functions of human settlement.
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Genetic Technology

For Students 9th - 12th
In this genetic technology learning exercise, students will answer 6 true or false statements and 4 short answer questions based on the mapping and sequencing of the human genome and the applications of the Human Genome Project.
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International Institute of Archaeology an Anthropology

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers research early humans and their cultures. They conduct Internet research, discuss their findings with their group, evaluate the information provided by artifacts, and create a report to present to a simulated archaeology...
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What are My Resources?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine their own human resources and compare them to the characteristics that entrepreneurs tend to exhibit. They discuss ways to further develop these characteristics.
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students chronicle development of human rights for students up to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, define human rights for students according to Convention, and identify and discuss three components of the Convention:...
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Roads to Refuge: Refugees in Australia

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students identify terms asylum seeker, refugee and migrant, and discuss differences. Students examine significance of persecution in refugee context, explore concept of human rights and discuss some key articles from Universal...
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Pets and People: Needs We Share

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students match pictures of human and pet needs. In this comparison lesson, students describe their morning activities and identify the needs represented by each activity.  Students work in groups to find magazine pictures...
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Our Body Systems

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders demonstrate how the human body is made up of different systems whose functions are related. They trace their bodies on butcher block paper and put in at least five of the body systems in the appropriate area of the body.
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Government Lesson Plan 11

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students apply United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the United States Constitution to contemporary situations, and predict possible United Nations responses to violations of the UDHR.
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Race and Genetics: An Integrated Approach

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze racial issues related to the Human Genome Project. They participate in a mock symposium and write a reflection/position paper based on specific ethical principals.
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Mystery of the Matching Marks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers view a Power Point and complete activities related to genetic evidence of human evolution. In this molecular evolution lesson, students view and discuss a provide presentation. They search for the "tell-tale telomere" and...
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: Taking Action

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students create a human rights project based on their instructional activity with Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this human rights instructional activity, students participate in a humanitarian gesture as volunteers...
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Mapping the Circulatory System

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the circulatory system in human beings.  In this human body instructional activity, students create an outline of a human body using colored markers and butcher paper.  Students use red and blue colors to...
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An Introduction To NGO's Gender Equality Program

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders are introduced to the hardships women are facing to the projects of a variety of organizations. They assess Canada's participation in world affairs with reference to human rights and modern conflicts. Pupils compare...
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Global Eyes

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders consider global issues and their effects. They identify the themes of human needs, human rights, and the environment, select a topic and research articles for a Global Current Events Portfolio. Working in small groups,...
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Alien Behaviors

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify human characteristics and classify them as inherited traits or learned traits.

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