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\n\"Tobacco\n\n
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\nTobacco Smoking and Lung Cancer\n

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\nStudents explore tobacco smoking and the impact it has on society.  In this health lesson students complete several experiments on smoking and lung cancer.\n
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\n\"Deshawn's\n\n
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\nDeshawn's Days\n

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\nStudents read about a boy while exploring poetry.  For this poetry lesson, students discuss how Deshawn's neighborhood and family are described.\n
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\nThe True \"Cost of Cool!\"\n

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\nEighth graders study hidden environmental costs in things we buy.  In this consumerism lesson students watch a video about consumerism and analyze advertisements in teen magazines. \n
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\n\"Lifestyles\n\n
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\nLifestyles of the Rich and/or Famous\n

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\nYoung scholars explore and analyze the detailed, yet complicated profiles that society placed on the lives of the prosperous as well as those with economic disadvantages in 19th century New York. In addition, by seeing the Merchant...\n
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\n\"Poetry\n\n
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\nPoetry of the City\n

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\nStudents explore Walt Whitman and about poetry. Most importantly, it teach them that poetry is something anyone can write and encourage them to tell the story of their own community in verse\n
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\n\"Diversity\n\n
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\nDiversity - Grade 8\n

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\nEighth graders consider the diversity of the First Nations cultures in Canada. In this cultural diversity lesson, 8th graders research the cultural groups of the First Nations as well as their contributions to Canadian society. Students...\n
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\nThe Jones Family Express\n

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\nStudents complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book The Jones Family Express. In this reading lesson plan, students complete journal entries, answer short answer questions, have...\n
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\n\"Masai\n\n
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\nMasai and I: A Cultural Comparison\n

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\nFourth graders orally share similarities and differences between their culture and the Masai culture based on their reading of Masai and I, by Virginia Kroll\n
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\n\"A\n\n
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\nA Divided Community\n

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\nStudents work in teams to research the history of African migration and immigration in the U.S. They present their research in a town hall discussion format and then write a paragraph about their experiences.\n
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\n\"Congruent\n\n
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\nCongruent Figures\n

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\nLearners read and analyze \"Congruent Figures,\" by Takahashi Takako. They participate in a literary circle discussion, complete reading log handouts, complete a pre- and post-reading survey, and conduct a debate.\n
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\n\"Live\n\n
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\nLive from Channel 22\n

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\nStudents explore 1920s America. In this American history lesson, students research primary and secondary sources in order to examine the events and noteworthy people of the time period. Students use their...\n
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\nModern Art Lesson Plans\n

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\nStudents explore the history and examples of Modern Art. In this Modern Art lesson plan, students read background information about Modern Art and a biography of Andy Warhol. Students complete a criticism and aesthetics, art creation...\n
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\nRobert Indiana Biography, Activities, and Lesson Plans\n

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\nStudents analyze Pop art and the work of Robert Indiana. In this Pop art lesson, students read about the history of Pop art and a biography of Robert Indiana. Students complete a criticism and aesthetics activity, create their own Pop...\n
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\n\"Colonization\n\n
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\nColonization and Emigration\n

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\nHigh schoolers explore emigrants deciding to leave the United States and the events that lead to their decisions.\n
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\nU.S. History: The Second Great Migration\n

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\nLearners examine the migration of rural African Americans to northern cities following World War !!. After predicting the effects of cultural and economic factors, they write essays explaining the impact of migration on communities and...\n
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\nReturn South Migration Lesson Plan\n

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\nStudents study the reasons so many immigrants returned to the South following the Civil Rights Movement. They examine how the former slaves influenced the cultural life in the Northern cities.\n
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\nTo Move or Not to Move? Decision Making and Sacrifice\n

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\nStudents examine the motivations that prompted people to move westward during the 19th century. They take on the role of an average citizen and weigh the costs and benefits of making such a move and decide if they would have participated...\n
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\nThe Great Migration: Two American Tales\n

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\nStudents compare and contrast experiences of European immigrants and African American migrants in U.S. cities. After examining the topic, they write essays evaluating the differences and similarities of the groups' experiences.\n
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\n\"Words\n\n
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\nWords and Pictures Connect Nature and People: The American Conservation Movement\n

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\nHigh schoolers research some of the men and women who help to raise the environmental consciousness of the American people through their writings and drawings. They write a persuasive piece about an outdoor place which will connect...\n
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\nThe Newberry Library\n
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\nNewberry: Faith in the City: Religion and Urban Life in Chicago, 1870 1920\n

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\nLearning module in which students examine primary source material for a look at religion, urban life and changes in religious practices in Chicago between 1870 and 1920.\n
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\nOpen Stax: Growing Pains of Urbanization: Relief From the Chaos of Urban Life\n

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\nLearn how different economic classes in urban centers spent their leisure time in the late 19th century. Includes a good discussion of machine politics and the role it played in the lives of the lower classes, as well as its negative...\n
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\nBbc: History: Women and Urban Life in Victorian Britain\n

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\nA six part article in which the various roles women played in Victorian England are discussed. The author explores the idea that women had a \"mission\" in Victorian life.\n
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\nSheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: Jacob Riis\n

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\n[Free Registration/Login Required] Learners solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry lesson allows students to investigate the photographs of 19th-century progressive...\n
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\nNpr: The Streets of New York\n

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\nA slideshow of photographs of New York City from the period just before and just after World War II when the city was a magnet for talented photographers who were looking for new ways to capture the life of the city's streets. A...\n
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