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History In the House

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students analyze primary sources. In this historical analysis instructional activity, students will closely examine the household objects that most impact their lives. Students will use research, analysis, and class discussion to draw...
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A Basket of Bangles: How a Business Begins

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students consider concepts of banking introduced in the story, "Basket of Bangles." In this banking lesson, students identify key terms through recall questions interspersed in the story. Using five handouts and a game, students compare...
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The Making of the Mahatma: Gandhi's Childhood

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students investigate the childhood of one of the greatest philosophers of our time, Gandhi.  In this biography lesson, students analyze the upbringing and events that finally shaped Mahatma Gandhi's life.  Students locate famous quotes...
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The United States and the Soviet Union were Engaged in a Cold War

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students work together at figuring out the definition for what cold war means. For this social science lesson, students listen to "The Butter Battle Book" by Dr. Seuss and recognize how this story relates to the cold war between the...
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Where on Earth Are You From?

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students create family trees and discuss cultural differences.  In this cultural diversity lesson plan, students discuss the places their families came from and develop questions for each other.Students show their families path of...
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Time Zones

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders locate different time zones. In this time zones lesson, 5th graders label the different time zones. Students research the different ways man has kept time throughout history. Students also compute the differences in time...
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Choosing A Career - Without Limitations

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine their views on gender bias in the classroom. In this gender bias/gender equity lesson, students define non-traditional career areas for their gender. They discuss their perception of "male and female" jobs before...
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Gender Equity in Jobs

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discuss jobs/roles in everyday life. In this social science lesson plan, students examine the fact that jobs or roles that were once gender specific no longer are. Students realize that any gender can have any job as long as...
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Is the Brady Bunch Biased

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners examine gender bias on television and in the movies. In this social science lesson, students watch various shows and when an instance of stereotypical behavior, or gender bias situation occurs, learners think about the problem....
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Creating a Pamphlet/Brochure for a Party or Candidate

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore political persuasive writing. In this government and persuasive writing lesson, students work in groups to write text and create graphics for a  brochure describing and promoting a predetermined political candidate.
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Intro to Building Bridges

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students participate in groups to complete the best bridge.  In this bridge building lesson, students are assigned a role in building the bridge.  Students will have to keep to their budgets. After the bridges are built, parents will be...
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Mesoamerican Market Fair

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students organize an Mesoamerican market fair. In this early civilizations lesson, students celebrate the culmination of a unit on Mesoamerican cultures by planning, marketing, and hosting a market fair complete with food, games,...
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Explore the Ocean

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Learners explore the oceans from their origin. In this oceans lesson, students read and discuss excerpts from the Book of Genesis regarding the creation of the ocean. Learners then clean up a mock oil spill, measure the volume and area...
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Adapting Documents for the Classroom: Equity and Access

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Students examine primary sources to gain historical perspectives. In this historical analysis lesson, students analyze documents that their instructors have adapted to make more user-friendly. Example adapted primary documents are included.
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Migration

For Teachers 5th - 11th
Students investigate migration issues. In this global studies lesson, students examine photographs that feature migrants from Canary Island and their movement to Spain by smugglers. Students view a PowerPoint presentation and discuss how...
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Politics in Your Own Back Yard

For Teachers 4th - 11th
Students take a closer look at local government in Britain today. In this current events instructional activity, students visit selected websites to discover a history of county councils and neighborhood authorities. Students...
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First Nations Plants and their Uses

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify the uses of plants by researching Native Americans. In this First Nations culture lesson, students identify the First Nations coastal people of British Columbia and their use of plants such as seaweed, bark and moss....
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It's Off to Work We Go

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
  Young scholars reenact what finding a job was like in the 1900's and model their actions after Milton Hershey.  In this history lesson plan, students create business cards, and conduct mock interviews for jobs that would have been...
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Heroes

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore heroism. For this character development and Holocaust lesson, students generate adjectives that describe familiar heroes. Students view a video clip that includes testimonies of Holocaust survivors, and compare the hero...
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From Greece to Main Street

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars consider the influence of the Greeks on American architecture. In this American Greek Revival architecture lesson, students identify the attributes of architectural style as they compare the Parthenon with the Lincoln...
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Understanding Tenement Life

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students look at life for immigrants in the 19th century. In this immigrant lesson, students discuss how the poor German, Irish, Italian, and Jewish immigrants lived in tenement housing. They research the reasons they came to America...
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Lincoln Theme--Gettysburg

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore the significance of the Gettysburg Address. In this United States history instructional activity, 5th graders listen to a Gettysburg Address recording and look at photos of the battlefield. Students discuss their...
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Little House In the Big Woods

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore economics by reading classic literature with their classmates. For this farm production lesson, students read the famous story Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Students complete handouts based upon...
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You Decide: Roanoke the Lost Colony

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students develop an idea about what happened at the Lost Colony of Roanoke. In this Roanoke Colony lesson, students examine associated vocabulary before listening to Roanoke The Lost Colony, An Unsolved Mystery from History by Jane...

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