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Women and Family in the Islamic World

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How does the Qur'an detail the role of women? What modern social issues are linked to Islamic law? Address these questions with your young historians through close analysis of primary and secondary source documents.
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Addressing Stereotypes

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
How is a stereotype defined, and what are some mechanisms we can use to combat negative stereotyping? Your young historians will discuss how and why stereotyping occurs, as well as consider the roots of modern conceptions of...
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Hatching Chickens

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students consider the concept that much can be learned from the natural world by observation. They observe the incubation and hatching of chicken eggs in the classroom and discuss the needs of living things.
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Comparing Roots After Rotation of Ninety Degrees

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars conduct an experiment and use different measurements of a single root to illustrate the mechanism of plant movement.
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Root Caps and the Effect on Gravity Sensing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment to determine how the absence of a root cap affects a plant's ability to sense gravity. They make comparisons between capped and decapped roots.
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USA State Tag / Mississippi River Shuffle

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students reinforce the geographic location of the states of the U.S.A.
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Learning Directions on a Map

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners use north, south, east, and west to identify relative locations and provide directions.
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The Heart of the Matter

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Upper elementary pupils learn about the blood transportation system and anatomy of the human heart. They fill in an outline of the human heart  (not included) focusing on the flow of blood to and from the heart. Using stethoscopes,...
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Three-Digit Addition

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Young scholars work with hundreds place value, create and manipulate three-digit addition problems, and add three-digit numbers.
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One-Digit Multiplication

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students multiply the numbers one through ten by four, construct multiplication problems using physical materials, and recognize multiplication as repeated addition. They practice by playing multiplication Bingo.
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Capacity: Gallon, Quart, Pint, Cup

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young measurers identify gallons, quarts, pints, and cups, then determine equivalent measurements for capacity using customary measuring tools.
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Place Value Tens and Ones

For Teachers K - 1st
Students use manipulative to identify the ones and tens digit in a number, use pictorial representation to identify the ones and tens digit in a number and determine the value of a number given tens and ones.
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The Unofficial Guide to Middle School

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use Inspiration, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, digital camera, scanners, and video camera
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All About Me: My Senses

For Teachers K
Students describe the basic senses and then use their senses to describe what they learned.
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The Search for a Meaningful Dialectic

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore a framework of political and social values to evaluate the validity of any public policy debate, bill, or law. They participate in cooperative learning in terms of the group investigation model.
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Measuring the Number Of Calories In Sunlight

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils., in groups, define calorie and compare the absorption of solar energy by three different collectors. They define solar constant and offer several explanations for discrepancies between the data collected and the solar constant.
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Essential Elements of Habitat

For Teachers 1st
First graders compare their local area with the Belize landscape. They construct maps of the school area, adding descriptive information. They write haiku poems about their favorite outside places.
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Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses

For Students 9th - 10th
Each of the Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses are associated with a city and a symbol. This hand out is intended as a quick reference guide to help learners recall 12 of the most prominent of these figures. 
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Your Day as a Cycle

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine a variety of cycles. They take a look at life cycles of plants and animals, the cycle of the moon and tides, and other sequences of events in their daily lives. An interesting part of the lesson is how kids keep...
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Teaching Tolerance

The Power of Words: Normative Sexuality

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students collect newspaper articles which discuss societies who enforce heterosexuality. They brainstorm how heterosexuality is enforced in their community. They answer questions to end the instructional activity.
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Faces Bingo

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create a classroom letter-sound recognition bulletin board. They post each letter of the alphabet on the board, and place photos and written name cards of each student with the corresponding letter of their name.
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The Paths of Literature: The Family Today

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Use the internet to research the differences between families in the past and today. In groups, they identify the reponsibilities and roles of each member of the family. As a class, they compare and contrast non-fiction and fiction and...
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Reading

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners are introduced to various types of folk tales. During a read-aloud, they predict what they believe is going to happen next and practice following the story line. To end the lesson, they answer comprehension questions and...
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Management Considerations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use a glossary of terms and a word search game to learn about mature adults. Thye interpret class rules and advanced organizer for the course. They recognize age-related terms and vocabulary.

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