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Children's Rights/Child Labor -- A Photographic Essay
Students continue to examine the conditions students work in throughout the world. Using photographs, they discover the similarities and differences in regions throughout the world. They relate their own experiences to the child laborers.
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Design an Apartment
Students are given the task of designing an apartment. In groups, they practice estimating the area and perimeter of different shapes. After designing their space, they apply the same formulas to solving real-world story problems.
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Volatile Volcanoes
Students have fun with graphics, graphs and money, simultaneously learning with up-to-the-minute information.
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All Aboard!
Students are placed in the position of the person who orders supplies for the ship. They calculate quantities required for a variety of items, and then to convert such quantities into dollars.
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Great Fire of London Crossword
In this world history worksheet, student determine the answer to 12 clues about the Great Fire of London in order fill in a crossword puzzle. They fill in the spaces using the number of letter clues included with each question.
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Stream Chemistry Monitoring
Pupils become familiar with real-world gathering of chemical data. The experience how the science is done: the nature of analysis, data collection, interpretation, and presentation. They study a nearby body of water for their experiment.
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Expected Value
Students explore expected value, are introduced to the concept of varying payoffs, and have used a computer simulation of a "real world" example where expected value is used
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Why Do We Need Petroleum?
Students learn the many ways petroleum is used in our industrial society, and the advantages and disadvantages of its use. They explore what it would be like to live in a world without petroleum.
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First Peoples Project
Students participate in this project to connect the indigenous groups of the world. They create a calendar with their artwork with the hope new ideas can be exchanged between groups.
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Japan's Economic Miracle
Students engage in a lesson that discusses the economy of Japan. They conduct research using budgets found on the internet. Then they have group discussions of how the government gets its money for spending.
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Bridges: Local, National and Global Connections
Fifth graders examine the role of bridges in commerce and transportation. They create a schedule for building a bridge and how much money it would take to build one.
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Imus Struggling to Retain Sway as a Franchise
Students will perform research and reflect upon a newspaper article. The lesson will help them to refine reading and cognitive skills of forming a personal opinion. The learners will ultimately learn and grow into a greater understanding...
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The Reformation in England
In this world history worksheet set, students read two pages of information about the Reformation in England and Martin Luther. They read about the stages of the break from Rome. There are no questions associated with the page.
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Words for Algebra
Learners rewrite word problems using symbols. In this algebra lesson, students relate algebra to the real world. They identify the correct steps to take when solving word problems.
Federal Reserve Bank
Credit Cards - A Package Deal
Arm your learners with the information they will need to make smart decisions regarding credit cards and personal savings.
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EU Movement Role Play
Using role play, a graphic organizer, and discussion, your class members will compare and contrast the movement of people and goods between countries in the European Union before and after the organization was established. This is a...
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Deutschland und die Europäische Union (Germany and the European Union)
Introduce your language students in German class to the European Union, including the historic developments, the current structure, and some of the political and social principles behind it with this lesson. In small groups, learners...
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The Odyssey
Learners research and plan the routes and expenses associated in an "Odyssey" that they plan for themselves. They decide which countries they will visit and what they will see while they are there. They have a spending limit which they...
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Creating a Nation
Learners investigate the move to federation by the Australian colonies was abject of the displays of nationalism that characterized similar movements in other nations. Most notions regarding federation were treated with little serious...
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General Intro Social Studies Unit
Eighth graders participate in a lesson that should be used at the beginning of the school year or after there has been no school. The lesson is composed of teaching students how to behave appropriately and how to follow rules or procedures.
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Solving Word Problems
In this word problems activity, 6th graders read the math word problems that incorporate a variety of math skills including finding perimeter, adding decimals, converting percentages to decimals, and solving fraction equations. Students...
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Looking at Landforms-Based on the Washington Quarter Reverse
Young scholars use a Washington State Quarter to examine different landforms and discuss natural resources. After a class discussion on the items found on a Washington State quarter, students brainstorm a list of natural resources found...
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Imperial Units
In this imperial units activity, students read the definitions to the following list of imperial units: mile, pint, gallon, foot, inch and pound.
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The Fourth Grade Grocer
In this word problems worksheet, 5th graders read and solve the five word problems about grocery costs. Students must show their work.