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The Emancipation Proclamation

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Middle schoolers read one of the most important documents in our nation's history: The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. After everyone reads the proclamation, they set out to write a "You Were There" type of report on it. They pretend...
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Survivor!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students play a game in physical education class to examine how a deer survives. Using nature as a guide, they discover how it is constantly changing due to weather, food, water, pollution and predators. They discuss the characteristics...
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The Great Depression

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Try out this reading passage when teaching your class about the 1920s and 1930s. After reading the text, which provides an overview of some major events in these years, learners respond to five related questions.
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Colonial North America

For Teachers 8th - 11th
This 54-slide PowerPoint outlines the significant events in the history of Colonial North America, beginning in 1603 with the ascendance of James I to the throne of England. Designed to accompany a lecture on this time period, the...
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Amino Acids

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Identify the properties of proteins and amino acids. Name the groups of elements that identify an amino acid Describe the chemical structure of protein Explain what happen during the denaturation of protein and how the process occurs
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Food for Thought: Hunger???Around the Block, Around the World LESSON 2: Local Hunger and Malnutrition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the difference between hunger and malnutrition. They study the idea of hunger as a theme in literature while discovering how communities can solve hunger problems.
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Teaching the Chinese Immigrant's Story - Angel Island (1910-1940)

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students pretend to be Chinese and European immigrants, and U.S. citizens, as they explore immigration in California in the first half of the 20th Century.
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A Meal of Endurance

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the importance of the nutritional value of explorers' meals. They investigate the concepts of caloric intake vs. caloric expenditure and examine their own nutrition.
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Genocide: Past & Present

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students visit the Holocaust Musuem through an interactive program. They examine Hitler's Final Solution and where concentration camps were located. They analyze how the situations in Auschwitz are similiar to Darfur.
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How Many Birds Would It Take To Keep A Jackal Alive?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine the role of large families in some animal populations. They work together to complete an activity related to food supply. They discover the relationship between preys and predators.
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Lives of Native Americans and Settlers

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
Students assess the effect of contact between the Native Americans and Europeans after 1492. They explore the lives of the early European colonists and the Native Americans living along the East Coast of North America. Lesson contains...
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Deportation and Loss

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders discuss the issues of isolation and deportation as they are related to the Holocaust. After reading a brief passage about deportation and confinement in a concentration camp, 7th graders discuss the feelings involved in...
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The Lesson of the Kaibab

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students plot the Kaibab deer population from 1905 to 1939 and analyze the changes over time. In this populations lesson plan, students investigate the causes of changing populations of the Kaibab deer and they find the carrying capacity...
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Ranking Global Problems

For Students 8th - 12th
In this global problems learning exercise, students are given a list of ten issues that we face world wide and they rank the list in order of priority after discussing the topics with a group. Students then order the top ten problems...
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Carrying Capacity of Ecosystems

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students define population and carrying. In this algebra lesson, students explore exponential growth and decay based on animals and things that grow or decrease exponentially. They graph their findings and discuss their results as they...
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Impact of Indian Removal

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders consider how the majority sometimes enforces unjust laws upon the minority. In this Indian Removal lesson plan, 7th graders research Internet and print sources regarding the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and discuss its...
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Eagle Boy: A Pacific Northwest Native Tale

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners read the story of the Eagle Boy. In this Native American Tale lesson, students discover the respect a boy has for wildlife. Learners discuss eagles and what they symbolize. Students create  song lyrics for the story and describe...
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Nana by Emile Zola

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions about Zola's Nana. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 15 multiple choice questions based on Beckett's Waiting for Godot. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Winter at Valley Forge

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students assess the events leading up to the American Revolution. In this United States History lesson, students read "Crossing the Delaware: George Washington Fights in the Battle of Trenton," then discuss the highlights in the story....
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My Name is America

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students read My Name is America about the Donner Party journey and create a scrapbook of what they read. In this Donner Party lesson plan, students also map out the journal they read about.
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Plant Disease Identification and Classification by Using Sterile Techniques

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify how to use sterile techniques when identifying plant pathogens.  For this plant diseases lesson students complete a lab activity in which they see how plant diseases are identified and classified.
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"Fantastic Mr. Fox" Lesson Plans

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
With "Fantastic Mr. Fox" lesson plans students can learn about foxes and read some great literature.
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Eating Disorders and Adolescents: Conflict of Self Image

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the complexities of eating disorders and the underlying factors which may contribute to their onset and development. They explore the various aspects and manifestations of these eating disorders and identify and...

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