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New Visions of the World

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the art of Kazimir Malevich and Piet Mondrian as an analysis of abstract painting. In this abstract painting lesson, students explore the painting style of the two artists. Students analyze the use of shape, line,...
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The History of Rock and Roll: Part 1 - Rock and Roll Explodes Music Reflects The Times

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine technological advancements in music and broadcast over the decades.
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Lesson 2. Symbols of the Stalemate

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders identify and analyze the factors that led to WWI's stalemate. They examine The Schliefflen plan and analyze and rectify its strategic flaws.
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Joseph Stalin

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive history instructional activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about the accomplishments of Joseph Stalin. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive instructional...
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Animal Farm Lesson Plans

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In the novel "Animal Farm" students explore persuasion and the art of propaganda through the media and advertisements.
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Lesson 4. Killing Fields

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders describe several of the WWI's bloodiest battles, track the battles' progression to determine advances made by leading nations, and write frontline journalistic accounts of one or more of the battles.
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Vladimir Lenin

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive history learning exercise, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about Vladimir Lenin. Students may check some of their answers on the interactive learning exercise. 
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Socialism Past and Present

For Teachers 7th - 12th
The theory of socialism can be a means to explore the economies of countries around the world.
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Lesson 6: World War I Ends

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study why the United States entered World War I and brainstorm what led to the German collapse on the front. They review arguments for the factors contributing to the end of the war.
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Lesson 3. No One Spared

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders, in groups, explore the devastation that World War I inflicted on millions of people around the world. They write a first-hand account of the impact of World war I.
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Lesson 5. Breaking Point

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore how soldiers could be pushed to desertion and mutiny and how this decision affected the outcome of the war.
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The Palmer "Red Raids"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explore how Americans reacted to communism. In this Red Scare lesson, students listen to their instructor present a lecture regarding the details of the Palmer "Red Raids" and its implications. High...
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Kandinsky Color Studies

For Teachers K - 8th
Students study the artist Wassily Kandinsky as well as his art and and music. In this art appreciation instructional activity, students view a variety of Kandinsky's work and circular color studies. Students relate the use of...
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The Calendar

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners engage in an overview of solar and lunar calendars, their history and lore. Also, of the day and the month, and their relations to the rotation period of the Earth and the orbital period of the Moon.
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Able Was I Ere I Saw Elba

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Pupils explore palindromes and try writing some of their own. A second lesson centers around French food and restaurants. They create a business plan and menu for an imaginary French restaurant.
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Briefing Book

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students prepare a briefing book highlighting important twentieth century events in Europe. The book lists and explains the major events of the twentieth century that caused separation and unification in Europe.
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The Jewish Holocaust

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders research the causes and events of the Jewish holocaust during World War II. They view a video and PowerPoint presentation and take notes, participate in a class discussion about the term "genocide," and take a quiz.
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Sixth Grade Social Studies Test

For Students 6th
For this social studies worksheet, 6th graders complete multiple choice questions about weapons, colonies, Native Americans, and more. Students complete 30 questions.
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Recovering the Romanovs

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners use DNA to solve an identity mystery. In this biology instructional activity, students use the Internet to gather information about sex-linked disorders and complete a Punnett square for hemophilia, then examine a handwriting...
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Wild Swans Reader's Guide

For Students 10th - 12th
While reading Wild Swans by Jung Chang, guide your scholars with these questions. Twenty-nine questions challenge their comprehension, which they use to create a double-entry journal for marking down important quotes and their relevance...
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Bastille Day Reading Comprehension Passage

For Students 6th - 7th
In this reading comprehension/ holiday worksheet, learners read about the French holiday called Bastille Day. They answer 2 multiple choice questions, 1 short answer question, and fill in a table in which they compare US Independence Day...
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Europe (1848-1871)

For Students 8th - 12th
In this online interactive history instructional activity, students respond to 10 short answer and essay questions about European history between 1848 and 1871.
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Bring Your Character in a Bag - Animal Farm (Middle, Literature)

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders interpret a chosen character from the novel Animal Farm and represent that character in original symbolic form and present orally to the class.
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Communism Quiz One

For Students 6th - 12th
In this communism worksheet, students complete short answer questions about communism. Students write answers for 15 questions.

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