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Fair Housing Lesson 4: Constitutional Hearing

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students investigate fair housing issues in the United States. In this government lesson, students watch "No Place Like Home," and then prepare to participate in a classroom simulation that requires them to act as state legislators and...
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Le Tour de France

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore French geography, history and culture. They imagine that they are a tour company that is trying to promote the trip to prospective customers. In addition, they make travel arrangements in French, practice computer...
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Louisiana Regional Foodways

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students strengthen their research techniques in locating, selecting, and synthesizing information from a variety of texts, media, references and internet resources to study regional food way traditions in Louisiana. They assess the...
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The Titanic Disaster

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders explore the titanic disaster.  In this geography instructional activity, 7th graders research basic facts about the Titanic.  Students create Titanic scrapbooks. 
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Yodeling in the Swiss Alps

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students become familiar with the country of Switzerland, its geography and yodeling music.  In this Switzerland instructional activity, students recognize that Swiss cheese is a producct of Switzerland and write about the process...
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Pack Your Bags: Explore South Carolina

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate different counties in South Carolina. In this geography instructional activity, 3rd graders are assigned a county in South Carolina to research and identify important facts about the county. Students create a...
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Mapping Landforms of South Carolina

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders analyze South Carolina maps. In this geography lesson, 3rd graders locate the five land regions in the state are and discuss how the regions are different. Students identify the major bodies of water and analyze how...
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The Power of the Plug: How Electricity Will Change Our Lives... Again

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study electricity. In this physics lesson, students review electrical energy by discussing three ways of generating it. Students explore various energy sources used for creating electricity and examine how different states...
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King Cotton

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the cotton plant. In this cotton lesson, 5th graders research the process of growing cotton. Students explore the economic and cultural differences in the states that grew cotton for trade and industry.
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Physical Features

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students draw physical land features using ClarisWorks or Kid Pix, write their definitions, create slideshow, and create class geography book.
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Exploring Alternative Energy Sources

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research the amount and kinds of energy that are produced and consumed in the United States, including the limitations of this kind of consumption. They research and create a display to teach classmates about a specific...
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Border to Border

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Young scholars use the Internet to gather information on the country of Mexico. They also discover the culture of their people and compare them with the United States population. They take a virtual tour of some of Mexico's most...
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The Olympics

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students will research the geography and designa route form Columbia SC to an olympic competition, then follow local news and current events to track team perfomance.
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Check My Writing: Diversity of Learners Adaptation

For Teachers K - 3rd
Young scholars explore different spellings of the same words within the English language, as well as different words for the same thing with the international pen pal classroom. They become familiar with units of measure and time. ...
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Mapping the Transcontinental Journey

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students develop their geography skills. In this Lewis and Clark lesson, students collaborate to calculate the time and distance of different segments of the expedition. Students compare their estimate to Lewis and Clark's.
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4th Grade Social Studies

For Teachers 4th
In this social studies worksheet, 4th graders answer multiple choice questions about colonies, the Revolutionary War, geography, and more. Students complete 25 questions.
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Bison on the Plains

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore U.S. geography by reading assigned text about American Indians. In this migration lesson, 5th graders identify the differences between Native Americans and European settlers who traveled through middle America in...
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Sad Seasick Sailors

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars role play the voyage on the Mayflower. In this United States history lesson, students play the parts of Pilgrims and sailors and discuss how to solve various conflicts during the "journey."
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Why do people mover where they do?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read factual stories of migration to Hawaii, analyze and explain push and pull factors, interview parents about their cultural heritage, identify countried of origin of their ancestors, graph migration patterns on an world map,...
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Resources and Trade Flow

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students plan for a service project. In this service lesson, students determine the materials they will need to complete their service project. Students discuss possible trade flows into the United States.
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Iowa Cities Word Jumble

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this Iowa worksheet, students unscramble the letters in ten words to spell the names of cities in Iowa. There is a word bank to help.
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New Jersey Cities Word Jumble

For Students 4th - 5th
In this New Jersey cities worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 10 words to spell the names of cities in New Jersey. Students write the city names on the lines.
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The Tet Offensive and the Vietnam War

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students comprehend how the United States became involved in what one historian called the quagmire. Students identify and analyze the importance of the Tet Offensive in turning American public opinion against the Vietnam War. Students...
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Kansas Cities Word Jumble

For Students 4th - 5th
In this Kansas worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 10 words to spell the names of cities in Kansas. There is a word box to help.

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