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Exploiting Antarctica

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read the story and diary "Lizzie's diaries from Antarctica and Antarctica" to get massive clean-up. Students discuss their knowledge of life in Antarctica and raise the fact of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station and its...
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CLASSROOM MAPS

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students do a blind tour of their school by responding to verbal commands. They look and discuss various maps in the classroom. They locate the direction of the sunrise and discuss the compass directions of North, South, East, and West.
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Travel Time

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers use a migration map to estimate the distance traveled by a bird while migrating south. After calculating accurate estimates of the distance traveled, students compare the distances traveled with the amount of time elapsed.
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China's River Valleys

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars express themselves artistically while learning about China's ancient river civilizations. They are given a Dragon outline that needs to include revelant life of China. Students can do it through words or pictures. Some...
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Rotation Around the Sun

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders participate in a hands-on demonstration of the rotation of the earth around the sun. They identify the equator and the North and South Poles on a Styrofoam ball and then spin the ball on a pencil while they also revolve...
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EUDORA WELTY

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, after viewing the video "Tell About the South II: Poets and Prophets," analyze the section on Eudora Welty and her photography work and writings. They focus on photojournalism and its enlightenment regarding cultures that are...
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Conflict Between the States

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students explore the conflicts which evolved into the Civil War. Students examine the differences between the north and the south. They discuss slavery and the battles during the war. Students create a mural and write battle songs...
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Human Rights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the concept of human rights by focusing on the Vietnamese people. They conduct research about the South Vietnamese prisoners and how they have been treated during the conflict and in modern times. A research report...
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World History: Legacy of the Conquistadors.

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the influence of the Spanish conquistadors on ancient South American Cultures. In four separate lessons, they discover the relationships of Cortes and the Aztecs, Pizarro and the Incas, Orellana and the Amazons, and...
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Geography Concepts

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders use the five themes of geography and geographic tools to answer geographic questions and analyze geographic concepts. This unit focuses on an introduction to South America. The history, people and cultures is included.
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Human Beginnings-> Prehistory-1000 B.C.

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students describe how prehistoric people lived, the development of agriculture and other technological achievements, the growth of civilizations, explain the achievements of early river valley civilizations in Egypt, the Fertile...
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The Rise of Segregation

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders describe the foundation for legal segregation in the South and identify three key African American leaders' responses to discrimination. They also find and copy the definition of sharecropper and answer a variety of...
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Racial Violence in America: Lynchings, 1877 to 1920

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the concept of lynching as it took place in the American South in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Through class discussion and a review of lynching photographs, students explore the reasons behind...
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WEEK TWO

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students research in books and on the Internet on the Underground Railroad. They work on a constructivist project to promote both group collaboration and individual creativity. Students are given an authentic task: to create a museum...
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Civil Rights

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the social and political events in Virginia linked to desegregation and massive resistance and their relationship to national history. They examine the "Jim Crow" laws and how they affected the lives of African Americans...
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Investigation of Standard of Living

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students assess a range of indicators to investigate 'standards of living' in northern and southern Europe. They compare and contrast the standard of living in the Northern European member states with that of those states in the South.
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Everglades Fun

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science and geography worksheet, young scholars investigate the vocabulary pertaining to the ecosystem of the Everglades in South Florida. Students unscramble 9 words and find 12 words in a word search puzzle.
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Geography: US States and Capitals Picture/Word #9

For Students 4th - 5th
In this US States and capitals worksheet, students trace the sentences that list the capital cities of the following states: South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Vermont.
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Geography: US States and Capitals Picture/Word #8

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this US States and capital cities worksheet, students trace the sentences that list the capital cities of the following states: Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina.
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Map Reading

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this reading maps practice learning exercise, students respond to 16 questions that require them to determine the directions north,, south, east, and, west.
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Sight Words: Printing Practice 8

For Students K - 2nd
For this early childhood sight words printing practice worksheet, students read and trace the 10 sight words. The words are cold, cried, plan, notice, south, sing, war, ground, fall, and king.
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Americas: Physical Map

For Students 5th - 12th
In this Americas physical map worksheet, students make note of the major landforms and bodies of water located on the North American and South American continents.
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The Great Slave Debate

For Students 4th - 5th
In this slavery debate worksheet, students read the quotes in the bubbles and write them down according to the side, North or South, they correspond with.
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African Folktales

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read African folktales. In this literature lesson, students share prior knowledge about South Africa, Morocco, and Nigeria. Then students work in groups to read an assigned African folktale and answer response questions about...

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