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Properties Of Building Materials

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of building materials and how they are used to create different things. They focus upon the availability, cost, flexibility, and strength of different building materials. This is done by taking part in a...
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Lesson 4: Fighting for Peace: The Fate of Wilson's Fourteen Points

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze foreign policy. In this Fourteen Points lesson, students examine Wilson's Fourteen Points, explore Allied reaction to the Points, and compare Wilson's foreign policy to the Versailles Treaty. 
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Wolves

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore wolves. In this ecology and wolves lesson, students research predator-prey relationships on the Internet and complete a related worksheet with a partner. Learners interpret data on bar graphs to determine growth and...
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Liverpool Lights Up

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the culture of Liverpool.  In this World History lesson, students research a variety of events and activities in Liverpool, then they work in groups to prepare a class presentation to share their findings.
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"The Nation's Playground": Technology and Tourism

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students examine Maine tourism websites. They identify ways the Internet has changed the tourism industry in Maine.
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Lesson Plan on the Theory of Comparative Advantage

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders practice using new vocabulary related to economics. They discover how to calculate comparative and absolute advantage. They also read different articles about the topic.
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The IMF In Action: How Can the IMF Help In Time of Crisis?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students attempt to solve a countries economic problems. They investigate inflation, devaluing currency and foreign exchange.
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Role of "Outsiders" And Traders in Society

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the Chinese and Japanese conceptions of "insiders" and "outsiders" and how this affects the attitude toward foreign traders from the 6th to the 16th centuries. Lesson extensions are included.
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Where Did That Come From?

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a scavenger hunt. They locate specified items, finding the country origin. Students collect and organize the data, marking each country on a map. After researching the results, 4th graders write an analysis...
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Designing for the Future

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze the architecture of the United Architects and Ken Yeang. For this architecture analysis lesson, students explore architecture design for its sustainability, safety, and purpose. Students write an article about one of the...
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English Exercise: Passive Voice

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this passive voice worksheet, students use either present, past, present perfect or future tense and fill in blanks in sentences. Links to additional resources and audio version are given.
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World Bank Development Project Funding

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students prepare a developmental proposal to the World Bank for use in a developing nation. They explain the structure and role of the World Bank. They analyze the organization of development projects.
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Where's King Solomon when we need him?: Good decisions on resources

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars use geographic information to suggest how to manage natural resources through a simulation. They engage in a simulation, and decide how to protect, allocate, and exploit the resources of a hypothetical location.
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Japanese Inspired Activities for the Classroom

For Teachers K - 8th
Students become more aware of cultural differences by reading a variety of multicultural books about social issues. They assess various Haiku's by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Kamishibai stories by Dianne Clouet and snapshots from Japan by Peter...
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The Stock Market: High School Economics

For Teachers 12th
High school economists learn about the stock market in a project where they "buy" and track stocks. The author of this resource reports it is the high point of her 12th grade economics course, but no resources are attached. After viewing...
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Very Big Company

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students describe the problems of political independence without economic independence. They evaluate the natural resources, human resources and industrial resources of a country and make economic decisions. They evaluate strengths and...
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Promoting Nebraska

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in a lesson about the promotion of Nebraska as a state to visit and live in. They conduct research using the internet about the state and then work in teams to create a multimedia advertising campaign for the state of...
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Breaking News English: Production of Biofuels Set to Rise

For Students 7th - 8th
In this ESL learning exercise, learners read or listen to an article about the production of biofuels. Students complete all or some of the 100 activities available here including discussion, listening, vocabulary and comprehension.
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Tobacco Road

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use court records to learn that tobacco was used a source of currency in early Delaware history. Students choose something in their culture to use as currency instead of money.
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Kosovo: Where is It and What's All the Fuss About?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the US military involvement in Kosovo and answer teacher generated questions.
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Peru Economy

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Peru.
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The Patriot Act: What Is the Proper Balance Between National Security and Individual Rights?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the Patriot Act and are given questions at the end of the lesson to respond to.
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The European Union

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders construct a timeline depicting the development of the European Union and label and color countries on a map belonging to it. They write essays about how the Union affects the United States.
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Subsidies and Taxes

For Teachers 12th - Higher Ed
Students utilize supply and demand models to demonstrate how markets can be affected by intervention from governments or other agencies in an attempt to correct a perceived market failure. After viewing a PowerPoint presentation,...

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