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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Let's Explore African American History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This engaging lesson plan has students exploring the Internet in search of information related to African American history.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Significant Individuals of the u.s. Civil War

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This complete lesson plan identifies important individuals of the Civil War. Middle schoolers work together to compile their research into a final project.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: The Civil Rights Movement (A Web Project)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This comprehensive lesson plan has students thoroughly researching and creating a Civil Rights Movement project.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Us Foreign Policy in 1970s and at Turn of Millennium

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This thorough lesson plan has young scholars brainstorming, working together, and using the Internet to learn about U.S. foreign policy of the 70s and in 2000.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Cattle Ranching and Barbed Wire

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan has students creating fences to identify with the cattle ranching era.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: History of Dance

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan has learners researching and presenting a cultural dance.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Differentiated Learning Egyptian Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This wonderful lesson plan allows the students to choose their method of assessment. At the end of the Egyptian unit, the students wrap all the knowledge they have learned into a project.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Purchasing Your First Car

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This effective lesson plan has students searching the internet for an automobile which fits their specific criteria.
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HotChalk

Hot Chalk: Lesson Plans Page: Culture Trip Using Desktop Publishing

For Teachers 6th - 9th
This impressive lesson plan has students designing a cultural project using the computer.
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: The Role of Bioethics in Medical Education

For Students 9th - 10th
An article identifying how critical bioethics education is for those studying and practicing medicine in the 21st century.
Handout
PBS

Pbs Frontline: China in the Red

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS special showcases various topics concerning China in the 21st century. What are "ordinary Chinese" like? Will the country embrace democracy sooner or later? These discussions and more are available at this site. In addition,...
Website
Information Fluency

Imsa 21 Cif Portal: Micro Modules: Copyright and Fair Use

For Students 9th - 10th
Micro-Module provides an excellent overview on copyright and fair use. Following the article is a post-test to assess your understanding of the material. The 21st Century Information Fluency (21CIF) Portal was developed by the Illinois...
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Information Fluency

Imsa 21 Cif Portal: Searching for Non Html Formats?

For Students 9th - 10th
Micro-Module provides instruction on searching documents in non-HTML formats. Find out about specilized search engines for alternate file formats. Also contains godd charts summarizing file extensions of alternate formats. Following the...
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Information Fluency

Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy: Micromodules: Author

For Students 9th - 10th
Tutorial explaining the importance of determining the authorship as one of the criteria to evaluating a website. Following the article is a post-test to assess your understanding of the material. The 21st Century Information Fluency...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Going to War!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this 21st Century roleplay lesson plan, students use what they know about causes of the Civil War to have an educated discussion with another class. By utilizing Skype, students and teachers collaborate with one another in an engaging...
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Other

Singularity Hub: Managing the Unintended Consequences of Technology

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article, the author discusses things he learned at the first Unintended Consequences of Technology conference in San Francisco. The goal of the event was to facilitate a thoughtful conversation about the role of advancing...