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Ben Across the Curriculum: Middle School
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Ben Across the Curriculum: Middle School

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Ben Across the Curriculum is a set of interdisciplinary lesson plans that highlight the five central themes in the international traveling exhibition Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World. These themes are Character Matters, B....
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The Industrial Revolution: Matching Interactive
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The Industrial Revolution: Matching

For Students 9th - 12th
This online, interactive activity provides 21 matching questions about the industrial revolution. It covers people, events, inventions and more. Quiz-takers submit their answers and receive their score immediately.
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This Isn't Right: A History of Women in Industry Lesson Plan
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This Isn't Right: A History of Women in Industry

For Students 7th - 12th Standards
Women were in the workplace long before Rosie the Riveter pushed up her sleeve. Learn about the working options available to women during the Industrial Revolution, the Progressive Era, and the Great Depression with a lesson that...
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Women and the Law Ladies of the 80's: 1780's, 1880's, 1980's Lesson Plan
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Women and the Law Ladies of the 80's: 1780's, 1880's, 1980's

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students examine laws that have affected women in history: the 1780's, following the United States independence from England; the 1880's, the time of westward expansion, the silver/gold era, and the coming of the Industrial Revolution.
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Entrepreneurs in History Lesson Plan
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Entrepreneurs in History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine the contributions of American entrepreneurs. In this industrialization lesson, students complete the provided handouts to determine how Vanderbilt, Carnegie, Hill, and Rockefeller impacted American society. Learners...
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Yulia Tymoshenko Worksheet
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Yulia Tymoshenko

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Yulia Tymoshenko and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym...
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Factory Conditions Worksheet
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Factory Conditions

For Students 6th - 8th
In this United States history worksheet, middle schoolers utilize a word bank of 10 terms or phrases to answer 10 fill in the blank questions pertaining to factory conditions and the rise of labor unions. A short answer question is...
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The Victorian Era - History Through Literature

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Students can learn about the Victorian Era through famous novels, such as "Wuthering Heights" and "Great Expectations".
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Urban Geography  Lesson Plan
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Urban Geography

For Teachers 9th - 12th
In this geography skills worksheet, students respond to 28 short answer questions about urban geography. The reading that students should refer to in order to answer the questions is not included.    
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SoHo House: A Short History Organizer
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SoHo House: A Short History

For Students 5th - 7th
In this SoHo House learning journey worksheet, students read a short history of the So Ho house and the prominent workman associated with it. They read about James Watt, William Murdoch, and Matthew Boulton.
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Minerals, Crystals, and Gems Lesson Plan
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Minerals, Crystals, and Gems

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discover the relationships between minerals, crystals and gems. They bring in rocks that they find at home, in the schoolyard, etc. and examine them and attempt to identify them. They set up a classroom exhibit that includes all...
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Class Flow: Who Am I? Whiteboard
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Class Flow: Who Am I?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a review of famous inventors and people of the Second Industrial Revolution. Activotes questions are included. There is a citation for a United Streaming video clip at the end that could be...
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