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Disability in the Media
Pupils look at websites about Down Syndrome and respond to how the media has impacted this disability on society. In this Down Syndrome lesson plan, students respond to different situations on worksheets.
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Freedom of Hate Speech?
Students, using a New York Times article as a springboard for discussion, investigate and debate the complex issues of First Amendments Rights and censorship for Hate Groups using Websites for propaganda.
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Lesson 1: What Are Barriers?
Scholars discuss the concept of a barrier with a short passage on Jackie Robinson. The writing process begins with a paragraph and several other sentences about Robinson's unique traits that made breaking a barrier possible.
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Taking Small Steps
Students write a journal entry about a time when they had to make a tough choice between right and wrong. They read read the newspaper for
to find articles about people have been in situations that required
them to make a personal choice...
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Discriminating Issues
Students examine how U.S. Law Defines Discrimination In this lesson. They research the issues surrounding a variety of types of discrimination, and then write editorials analyzing legal and social positions on discrimination in the...
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The Guy Behind Kinko's
High schoolers explore the concept of starting a business. In this starting a business lesson, students read an article about the founder of Kinko's. High schoolers discuss how Kinko's expanded and tried to avoid centralization and...
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The Financial Crisis: What Happened? Where do Things Stand Now?
Students listen to and watch a presentation by Julie Stackhouse on the 2010 financial crisis in the United States. For this economics lesson, students engage in a presentation which is designed to be listened to by High School classes.
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Financial Security
Students take an economic angle on social security, working in small groups to create a reader's guide to the program and the current debate.
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Citizenship and Elections: The Importance of a Ballot
Approximately 58 prcent of those eligible voted in the 2016 US Presidential election. In an attempt to impress upon learners the importance of voting and voting rights, class members examine primary source documents related to the...
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The Lynching of Emmett Till
Students will be introduced to the historiography of the Emmett Till murder to discover more about the case and to evaluate how history is reliant on interpretation. They will also refine analytical and critical thinking skills as they...
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Man's Continuing Inhumanity to Man
Students explore social justice issues. For this human justice lesson, students examine the meaning of words associated with minority groups and investigate genocide throughout history.
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How's the Weather?
Learners explore earth science by researching the Internet. In this weather pattern lesson, students utilize the website weather.com to analyze the weather in different geographic locations. Learners view charts and graphs based on...