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Jobs for Business

For Students 4th - 5th
In this business jobs learning exercise, students analyze the pictures and use appropriate vocabulary to describe the job. Students write 2 sentences for the 9 pictures.
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Unit 12: Enlightenment and French Revolution

For Students 8th - 12th
In this Enlightenment lesson, learners respond to 34 short answer questions about John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, Baron de Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire, Denis Diderot, and Mary Wollstonecraft.
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Property Rights: Soviet Farms

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the problems with the collectivized agriculture program in the Soviet Union. They listen to a teacher-led lecture, participate in a property rights scenario activity, create a plan for maximizing the value of...
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Sexually Transmitted Disease

For Students 6th
In this sexually transmitted diseases worksheet, 6th graders fill in 10 blanks in a paragraph with 10 key terms associated with sexually transmitted diseases. Students using different colored lines connect 15 symptoms with the...
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No Publicity, Bad Publicity?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the factors that can influence a celebrity's media image and marketplace viability. They read an article, answer discussion questions, role-play advisors to a studio head, and write a letter to a studio head.
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INVENTION CONVENTION

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine inventions with this lesson. They contract for a grade and then decide which assignments they plan on doing. There are no objectives for this lesson to critique or review.
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Musical Roles

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students watch a videotape on the musical career of Aretha Franklin and explore the different careers in the music industry.
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Career Exploration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students identify the steps needed to apply and receive a job. Using the internet, they find a career they are interested in and practice completing out the application. To end the lesson, they role play the role of the interviewee...
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Indentured Servitude and Immigration

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students examine indentured servitude. In this Teaching Tolerance lesson, students compare indentured servitude of colonial America to the undocumented immigration of today. Students write reflections regarding how they feel about...
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History of France: Big Picture

For Teachers 9th - 12th
For this French history study guide worksheet, students read a brief overview pertaining to the history of France from the Reformation to the present and fill in the blanks with the appropriate words. Students also respond to 25 short...
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Chain Across the Hudson

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders role play as contractors responsible for constructing a chain across the Hudson River. They apply math skills to determine the total weight, number of links, and cost of the project.
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Bubonic Plague

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students study the history of the causes and spread of the Bubonic Plague. They determine what groups of people were affected by the disease and locate the geographic areas they resided in. Working in small groups they conduct a an...
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Identifying Career Interests in the Volunteer and Government Sectors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a list of service opportunities in their community. They identify their interests and research volunteer opportunities that they could do. They also complete a survey based on their experiences.
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I Wonder What Malaria is

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students examine the disease malaria. They compare how diseases were spread in the early 1900's compared to how they are spread today and discuss why that is dangerous. They take a survey to see how much they know about insects that...
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English Vocabulary Skills: AWL Sublist 5 - Exercise 2a

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive English vocabulary skills activity, students answer 10 matching questions which require them to fill in the blanks in 10 sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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I Wonder What Other Dangerous Diseases Insects Spread...

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils use the internet to research diseases spread by insects. They create a brochure using the information they gathered. They present their project to the class.
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What We Can Learn From Oral History

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read oral history accounts of the 1930s and 1940s from "The Greatest Generation" books. They discuss how the common good and civil society was strengthed by these men and what they did for America. They research another time...
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SRDES-Webquest Project

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a webquest on any topic that they would like. Before students begin their webquest project they visit a webquest and select the Social Studies; they then choose "Blmorhea-Oasis in the Desert." They work through the...
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Minors And Contracts

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study the rules regarding minors and contracts. Students study the parts of a contract and identify which contracts minors can legally cancel.
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Life at Sea: Sores, Scabs, and Scurvy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils study the diseases that sailors contracted. They examine the ways that Captain Cook used to prevent illness in his crew.
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HIV/AIDS, Year 2, Day 1

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students discover that HIV is a blood-borne virus which attacks to the body's immune system. They see the difference between being infected with HIV and being diagnosed with AIDS. They discuss which behaviors are safe and which are not.
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Analyzing Public Policy Options

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss what is meant by the term "public policy". In groups, they use the internet to research a specific public policy issue affecting Fairfax County, Virginia. They analyze and report their findings of the effectiveness of...
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For Better or Worse: Cultural Exchange

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students participate in a cultural exchange program with a Native American school in Winnebago, Nebraska. They conduct research on a variety of Native American tribes, prepare a presentation that represents the culture of their school...
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Analyzing Public Policy Opinions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students brainstorm a list of the major issues affecting Fairfax County, Virginia. Using the internet, they choose one topic to research in depth. To end the lesson, they analyze the effectiveness of an actual public policy proposal or...