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DNA: The Search for the Genetic Material

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students study the history of DNA and how to extract it. In this genetic lesson students complete a DNA experiment using bacteria.
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Make the Connection

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students practice connecting words into phrases. They use the Declaration of Independence to help them connect phrases.
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Multiple Perspectives on the Korean War

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this Korean War lesson, students examine and analyze primary sources regarding U.S. involvement in the Korean War.
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To Join or not to Join the League of Nations - That is the Question

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students evaluate the possible reasons the United States did not become part of the League of Nations. In this World History lesson, students discuss the pros and cons of what might have happened if the United States had joined the...
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The Demise of the Great American Frontier

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students are introduced to Frederick Jackson Turner and how early Census data, when combined visually with maps, effectively demonstrated the end of the frontier.
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The Great Depression: What Would it be like today?

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Students calculate the percentage decline in factors affecting the quality of life such as wages and unemployment, from before the Depression to the beginning of the New Deal. Students then calculate what the same percentage decline for...
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The Chinese economic and political model.

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study the unique and economic and political model of modern day People's Republic of China. They make an effort to determine if the unique brand of socialism with a market-type economy as currently practiced is ...
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France's New Medieval Castle Takes Shape

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explore how a dream to build a medieval castle came to reality. In this lesson, students read an article about a knight's castle that is being built in France, then complete numerous activities such as a quiz, a debate, a...
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Renewing Our Position

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students engage in a lesson in order to analyze the energy needs of the United States and cover the possible future needs depending on the growth of technology. They cover the alternative energy sources and make presentations of the...
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Scientists at Work: What'll they think of next?

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore scientific discovery while watching a video. They, in groups, are to research a scientific invention and present their findings to the class.
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Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh: Alone Together

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students discover what the lives of Charles Lindbergh and Anne Morrow Lindbergh were really like after watching a Biography movie about them.
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Time Machine: Drive for the American Dream

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners view a documentary on automobiles. Americans have always been in love with automobiles. They are a definition of character, and a representation of social status. After viewing, students discuss what they saw and create an...
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Moving West with the Forts: Using an Interactive Map

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students discern a map of Texas and it's forts in the early to mid-1800's. From this map they analyze movement from the moment Texas became a state to its involvement in the Civil War.
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Negro Leagues Scrapbook

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers compile a scrapbook of photographs, quotations and notes, representing the perspective of a Negro Leagues baseball player. The scrapbook should include photographs with captions, letters, news headlines, and any other...
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Immigration Push and Pull Factors

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine significant ideas, beliefs, and themes; organize patterns and events; and analyze how individuals and societies have changed over time in Maryland, the United States, and the world.
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Difference of Equations

For Students 11th - 12th
In this difference of equations worksheet, students solve and complete 49 various types of problems. First, they obtain the solution of any linear homogeneous second order difference equation. Then, students apply the method of solution...
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Bratislava Old and New

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the capital of Slovak.  In this World History lesson, students read an article that describes specific details about Bratislava, Slovak, then complete numerous activities that are centered around the article, such as a...
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Evita: The Woman Behind the Myth

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students explore the meteoric rise of Eva Duarte Peron, First Lady of Argentina. Born in poverty, Eva Peron rose to become the most powerful woman in Latin America and one of the most powerful women in the world.
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Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury": Narrating Quentin's Mental Breakdown

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students trace Quentin's mental breakdown that leads to his suicide, assuring the overall decline of the Compson family.
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Name That Tune

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders listen to different types of music, then categorize them into two different areas of classification.
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Using Pictures to Read the Past

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students use primary and secondary sources, using the Internet and other media.
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Freedom to Worship

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners investigate reasons why people sought freedom to worship in the United States and some of the difficulties and issues facing them in their immigration. As immigrants, they write letters to family members in the old country.
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WHEN JOHNNY CAME MARCHING HOME

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the roles of men and women throughout history.
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Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Pupils view and discuss Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. Students interpret works by Miro, Oldenberg, Cornell and de Vlaminck and discuss how they feel when viewing the pieces.

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