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York University

Classics in the History of Psychology: Attitudes and Cognitive Organization

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource provides a paper from 1946 by Fritz Heider on how attitudes of one person can influence the attitudes of others. A very basic concept put into detail.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson plan, students will consider "Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australian Broadcasting Corporation: News in Science: Why Animals Have Attitude

For Students 9th - 10th
From ABC News in Science, Marlowe Hood's article on animals with attitude covers topics related to the evolutionary process whereby certain animals within the same species can react differently in given situations based on differing...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Tone: A Matter of Attitude

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site focuses on tone and audience with examples.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Boundless Communications: Contextual Factors to Consider

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson plan focuses on contextual factors to consider when analyzing your audience including physical contexts, values, beliefs, attitudes, and needs, audience opinion of you and your topic, and audience knowledge of your topic.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What Is Your "Bat"itude?

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson plan is for use at the beginning of a unit on bats to help determine students' previous knowledge about bats as well as their bat attitudes. Students will begin by drawing an illustration describing their feelings about bats....
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Other

Personal Site: Inter Religious Attitude

For Students 9th - 10th
A long essay from this personal site detailing Hinduism's tolerance of other religions and downplaying Hindu-Muslim tension in present-day India. Claims that Hindu India has always been a sanctuary for oppressed members of other...
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Other

Nctp: Ez Audits Accountability Made E Z

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The National Center for Technology Planning (NCTP)offers five QUICK-START guidelines that will help you achieve success in your accountability efforts. These five steps are broken down to: Attitude, Organization, Maintenance, Growth and...
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NASA

Nasa: Pre and Post Sputnik Public Attitudes

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from NASA provides a paper that describes the public's attitiude before and after the launch of the Sputnik satellite. Originally presented as part of the "U.S. President's Committee on Information Activities Abroad."
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Anti Immigrant Sentiment

For Students 9th - 10th
Botswanans express some of their attitudes toward the influx of Zimbabwean migrants in this Wide Angle video segment.
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Other

Georgetown College: Introduction to American History: Progressivism (1900 1920)

For Students 9th - 10th
Check out this page for a good overview of some general goals of Progressives. Material is presented in outline form and identifies major Progressive issues and attitudes.
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University of California

History Project: Debate Over the California Constitutional Convention, 1878 1879

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson on immigration, conflict and nativism in which students examine primary source documents to evaluate public policy and attitudes towards Chinese immigrants in California, 1878-1879.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: The Impact of the Bay of Pigs Invasion on Fidel Castro

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on how the Bay of Pigs invasion influenced the attitude of Fidel Castro towards Kennedy and the United States. Includes role play, discussion, and research. Students then write a letter from Nikita Krushchev to Fidel...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: The Radio: Blessing or Curse? A 1929 Debate

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson on how the debate over commercial radio reflected American attitudes toward technological change in the 1920s. Includes teacher notes, background, strategies for text analysis and close reading questions as well as follow-up and...
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CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Coming to America: The Era of Mass Immigration

For Students 11th
From 1865 to 1914, up to 25 million people immigrated to the United States. This tutorial examines their reasons for coming, where they came from, the Ellis Island processing center, and how they adapted to their new country. The...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: America in Class: Lexington and Concord: Tipping Point of Revolution

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson where students examine primary texts from 1775 and 1776 to explore the impact of the Battles of Lexington and Concord on people's attitudes towards the British. Up to that point, protests against the British had not been violent,...
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Code.org

Code.org: Lesson 2: Persistence & Frustration: Stevie and the Big Project

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
In this lesson plan, young scholars will develop an understanding of what it means to be frustrated while working on a large project. It's possible that not every student will experience frustration with this activity, but there are many...
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Internet History Sourcebooks Project

Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Robert Clive

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is provided for by the Fordham University. Read an excerpt from Clive's speech to the House of Commons regarding the rule of the East India Company over India. Offers excellent perspective on the imperialistic, superior...
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: What Do We Know About Who Drops Out and Why?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students decide to drop out for many reasons. This overview classifies the reasons as either status (e.g., age, socioeconomic status, geographic region or mobility) or alterable (e.g., grades, disruptive behaviors, school climate,...
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The History Place

The History Place: The Defeat of Hitler: Attack on France

For Students 9th - 10th
Discusses France's attitude towards the Germans at the beginning of World War II and its indecision and defensiveness, factors which made the country an easier target when Germany invaded it in 1940. It discusses Hitler's maneuvers on...
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Smoking Prevention Campaign

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Study facts about tobacco and smoking, survey peers' attitudes about experiences with smoking and create a schoolwide smoking prevention campaign.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Sports Screeners

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Examine how physical activity and sports are depicted in movies and on television. Hypothesize how images of physical activity and sports depictions in entertainment can influence young people's attitudes and behaviors.
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PBS

Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Francis Cabot Lowell

For Students 9th - 10th
This American industrial pioneer left as his legacy a manufacturing system, booming mill towns, and a humanitarian attitude toward workers.
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Other

Northwest Journal: Women of the Fur Trade, 1774 1821

For Students 9th - 10th
This article is useful in discussing the role of women in the fur trade, as well as the attitudes and policies of the trading companies towards family life. As this comes from an organization dedicated to historical re-enactments of...

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