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Adult Roles and Responsibilities
Students discuss the importance of personal needs and expectations following a Powerpoint presentation and related activities. Next, they examine three different case studies demonstrating how individuals cope with responsibilities. ...
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Career Investigation
High schoolers explore the avenues of a career possibility they are interested in. They research and evaluate job in student career interest area. Students explore the avenues of a career possibility using an interest profiler.
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Utah American Indian and non-Indian Conflicts
Seventh graders study the relationship between American Indian and non-Indians during the Utah Territorial period.
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Student Illustrations and Writing About the Sun
Students discuss what they know about the Sun. The teacher distributes work sheets and asks students to draw the Sun and label any parts of it that they know. Students write what they know about the Sun.
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Roles and Types (Equalitarian &Traditional) of Marriage
Students investigate the concepts related to increasing comprehension of types of marriages in different cultures. They conduct research using a variety of resources and create a list of important topics. Students use the information in...
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Post Assessment: Student Illustrations and Writing About the Sun
Students write about what they have learned about the Sun.
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Positive Futures Fair - Application of Year-Long Content Skills
Young scholars research a problem in the world today.
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THE TRAVELS OF BABAR: An Adventure in Scale :Building a Model Hot Air Balloon
Students encounter basic facts about helium and hot air. They compare the weight and size of different materials. Students work collaboratively in teams. They create their own model balloon.
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THE TRAVELS OF BABAR: An Adventure in Scale :Interpreting the music of Raphael Mostel's Dance/Movement exercise
Students explore how dance/movement tell a story. They analyze the elements of dance through interpretation of the story. Students exercise how the feelings and moods of the music suggest certain body movements and actions.
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Olympic Dream Makers
Tenth graders describe the philosophies behind the Olympic Games, identify historical facts related to the Games, and discover "up close and personal" facts related to an Olympian of their choice.
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The Role of Women in the Civil War
Students, in groups, research specific websites to find what roles women filled during the Civil War. They discuss the roles and create a multimedia presentation for a slide show.
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Chicago Rhythms, Chicago Roots
High schoolers view a video about different types of music. They examine the history of jazz, big band and rock back to the city of Chicago. They discover Chicago's music scene today and compare it to the past.
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Just Dancing Around? Trisha Brown
Young scholars view a video clip highlighting the work of choreographer Trisha Brown and read her biography. They complete a table to summarize her work and they discuss their answers.
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Bossa Nova
Young scholars study the creators of a musical style that is a cornerstone of popular music today. They examine how that style was born, grew, and became accepted in its home and around the world.
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Written Report How Music Motivates
Students examine the role of music in their lives. They listen to songs from the Civil Rights movement. They explain how music effects their thinking.
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Coping with Crying: Shaken Baby Syndrome
Students discuss information about reasons babies cry and ways to cope with the crying. It also provided information about Shaken Baby Syndrome.
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Self-Concept, Self-Esteem
Students discover that one of the most important tasks of a parent is to preserve a child's self-concept. They determine that all other tasks refer back to this important idea and identify factors influencing the development of...
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The Cost of Saving
Tenth graders compare accounts provided by the two newspaper articles with the visual account provided by Sue Coe. They articulate how those accounts are alike and different. Students consider the economic choices that made the Hamlet...
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La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Students reinforce the opera-learning experience with a student-created and produced media project. Also, students get involved in various aspects of videotape and stage production through small and large group work
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What Is Democracy?
Young scholars explore the concept of democracy. They define and describe democracy and choose an issue they believe the government should care about for its people. They write a persuasive essay about their issue.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Enduring Culture Lesson Plans
This unit on Mesoamerican and Mayan culture contains lesson plans, a list of materials, objectives, bibliographies, and much more. The lessons could also be adapted to various grades.
Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: Supreme Court Rules on School Desegregation
This thoughtful unit explores the history of school desegregation legislation, including a discussion of the impact of the Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education decisions. A six-week plan of lessons, along with other sample...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Dr. Seuss Lesson Plans
What is your favorite Dr. Seuss story? Web English Teacher may be offering you resources to teach it right here! Also contains links to biographical information.
Jewish Museum
Jewish Museum: Understanding the Holocaust Through Art and Artifacts [Pdf]
This curriculum guide gives lesson plans and information on art, artists, and artifacts of the Holocaust. There is an extensive bibliography and glossary.