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Participating in Democracy

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students analyze film clips in class. In this democracy lesson, students identify the differences between civil liberties, democracy and freedom. Students view a video regarding Japanese internment and answer study questions as well as...
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Carbon Trip Through the Cycle

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students, in any written format they choose, imagine themselves as a carbon atom and trace their journey through the carbon cycle returning themselves to the point of origin.
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Harriet Tubman: An Informative and Impressionistic Look

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine artwork depicting Harriet Tubman. In this Harriet Tubman lesson, students review her life and how she impacted the Underground Railroad. Students view impressionistic artwork showing her life. Students then create their...
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Whitewashing History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students revisit issues of civil rights in the U.S. They use the recent national discussion of retiring Senator Strom Thurmond's 1948 Dixiecrat Presidential campaign as a starting point.
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Cultural Capital

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the adaptation and acculturation of immigrant groups in the United States. They create culture capsules aimed at preserving the cultural heritage of new peoples in American society.
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Safety Catch

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider their own beliefs about gun control after examining the effects of and speculations about a decade-long ban on semiautomatic assault weapons.
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Over-the-Counter Culture

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the changing consumer habits of Americans of various socioeconomic classes. They examine the exact costs of products, services and interest rates mentioned in the article and reflect on their own spending habits and...
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All Aboard the Innovation Train

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read "Next Stop for the Subway, a Fully Automated Future" from The New York Times and consider the effect of technology on their town or city. After discussing arguments for and against the new computer-based subway system in...
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Parts of Speech- Worksheet 1

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar instructional activity, students identify the underlined words in twenty sentences as one of the following parts of speech: noun, verb, adverb, adjective, pronoun, conjunction or preposition.
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Counting Nouns Exercise 1

For Students 5th - 9th
In this noun worksheet students are given a list of nouns and are required to determine whether the word is a counting noun or not dependent on the context.
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World War II: Modern History of Hawaii

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students examine world geography by viewing a documentary film in class. For this World War II lesson, students discuss the role Hawaii played in the great battle and what type conflicts happened among the island chain. Students view a...
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Appreciating The Scarlet Letter

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders read the first 10 chapters of, 'The Scarlet Letter.' They utilize an assignment imbedded in this plan to research the characters and define the role each plays in the novel.
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Passive Voice and Grammar Checkers

For Students 10th - 12th
This handout gives an overview of the passive and active voices as well as pointing out that the grammar checkers in word processing programs mark sentences written in the passive voice as incorrect. While this is not an interactive...
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Fragments and Types of Sentences

For Students 7th - 9th
In this online interactive grammar worksheet, students answer 10 multiple choice questions regarding fragments and types of sentences. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Health: The Three Dimensions

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the three dimensions of health, wealth, and happiness from both emotional and social perspectives. Among the week-long activities are discussions about good and poor habits, minimizing risks by proper planning and...
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Historic Heroes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils recognize traits of heroes as depicted in music, art and literature. In this cross curricular activity, students evaluate and analyze various works fo art from different cultures that depict heroes.
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Point of View and Mentor Relationships

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders  analyze the role of mentors, point of view, and prejudice using the texts of To Kill a Mockingbird and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. In this literature analysis lesson, 10th graders review Scout's...
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Japanese Poetry: Tanka? You're Welcome!

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students analyze Japanese tanka poetry. In this Japanese poetry lesson, students identify analyze the structure of tanka poetry. Students complete the activities at the given links for the lesson and compose two tanka poems.
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Acting Like a Bunch of Animals: Fables and Human

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
The video "The Tales of Aesop" traces for viewers the history of fables and identifies their characteristics. The class then goes to the web site "The Fisherman and the Little Fish" where they examine the classic and a modern version of...
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Resume Writing - Workshop

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review basics of resume writing, and create their own resumes.
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Breaking Barriers with Melba Pattillo

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students are introduced to individuals who made the civil rights movement a success. They examine, analyze and interpret the events and people who had a significant and stirring impact on the course of history through stories, interviews...
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Outsiders Unit Plan

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students complete novel analysis activities for the The Outsiders. For this novel analysis lesson, students complete three weeks of lessons that help them analyze the text and character education lessons within the novel.
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Comma Worksheet 4

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar instructional activity, learners read and insert all commas as needed in the paragraph on the instructional activity. Students make sure each sentence is grammatically correct.
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Mixed Phrasal Verbs 4

For Students 6th - 10th
In this online interactive grammar skills worksheet, students answer 20 fill in the blank questions regarding phrasal verbs. Students may submit their answers to be scored.

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