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Public Presence: Rulers and Leaders in Our Lives

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students compare the presence of Roman rulers with that of U.S. presidents in the lives of the people the led. They complete a worksheet imbedded in this lesson plan.
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A Day in the Life of Amenemhet and Hemet

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students, after watchin the story What Does This Show, summarize everyday life in ancient Egypt by writing about a typical day in the life of an Egyptian man or woman
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Explaining a Legend

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explain the place of the legend of Herakles in ancient Greek life and compare ancient and modern legends in an essay.
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Life After Death

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore ancient Egyptian beliefs about death and the afterlife by observing and interpreting the design and illustration of a mummy case.
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Form and Function

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discover the function of ancient Greek vessels by comparing their characteristics. They compare and contrast two ancient Greek vessels to determine the function of each.
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Portrait Propaganda

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners design an installation for a portrait of Hadrian in an ancient Roman town to illustrate and comprehend its propaganda role in daily life.
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Measuring a Mummy Case

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students practice how to calculate volume using mummy cases. They measure using ancient Egyptian, U.S., and metric systems. They explore how to convert measurements into different systems, and discuss ratios.
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Wall Weight

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders calculate the weight of a limestone block in metric and U.S. customary measurements. Make inferences by applying measurable ratios to known data.
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Underwater Excavation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students calculate artifact size and ship capacity based on the excavation of an ancient Roman shipwreck.
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A Tale of Two Cities

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars research and compare Thebes to their hometown to explain how a city's geography, economy, climate, and culture affect its inhabitants.
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Burial Practices and Memorials

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast burial practices in ancient Egypt, the former Soviet Union, and the United States.
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The Odyssey of a CoinC

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers create a fictitious newspaper article to document the travels of an ancient Greek coin. They evaluate the economic conditions that existed in ancient Greece and analyze the impact Alexander the Great had on the ancient world.
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Ancient Abstraction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and debate how an ancient Greek sculpture is similar to modern art. Then they orally describe the cultural contributions of early Greek civilization and their relationship to the modern world.
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The Connection Between Pigment and Light Colors

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn the procedure for mixing secondary colors from primary pigments and observe the results of mixing two primary colors.
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Mathematical Contributions By Women

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore the contributions of women to mathematics by writing a research paper, presenting a summary to their peers, and sharing an activity with their peers. They use a variety of reference materials to gather information...
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GPS - The War Hero

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students understand what the Global Positioning System (GPS) is and how it works. They discover the history of the development of GPS and how the military uses GPS. They realize why GPS was essential to the success of Operation Desert...
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Cockroaches

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students listen to a lecture on cockroaches. They work in pairs to design a cockroach trap and attempt to trap a specimen. They complete various other cockroach-related activities.
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IT - Lesson Plan

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders should appreciate the importance of Information Technology in our daily life.
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Introduction to Remote Sensing

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students view, discuss, and compare different types of maps produced from remote sensing data. They use image processing software to analyze and enhance sea surface temperature maps.
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Post Office Stamps

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research and analyze how communication has changed over time. They chart communication developments on a timeline, and create commemorative stamps depicting forms of communication.
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Multimedia Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students design scavenger hunt questions to be answered using a multimedia encyclopedia after working on teacher made examples.
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The Dot and Dashy Language

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students examine and discuss the Morse Code. In small groups they develop messages using Morse code and take turns decipering the messages.
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A Courtin' We Will Go

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars investigate dialect in poetry as an indication of a people's culture in literature. They write a poem about dating in this era.
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Advertisements

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Student teams role-play advertising agencies competing for a contract. Winning team completes all tasks, spending the least money. Tasks include naming agency, creating a slogan, inventing a product and advertisement.

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