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Role of "Outsiders" And Traders in Society

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine the Chinese and Japanese conceptions of "insiders" and "outsiders" and how this affects the attitude toward foreign traders from the 6th to the 16th centuries. Lesson extensions are included.
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Education and the Founding of the Academies

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students learn the importance of education in pre- and post-Revolutionary Deerfield.
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Anne Frank: Courage and Responsibility

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine attitudes toward discrimination. They increase their sensitivity to diversity. After a lecture/demo, 6th graders read about people who exhibit courage and complete a writing assignment about them.
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Geo Jammin' - Day 3, Lesson 9: Attribute Attitude

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read poetry and build their vocabulary through use of the puppet Geo George.
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Individual Rights and Liberties: Free Speech

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Pupils review free speech laws and the First Amendment in the Constitution. They discuss a current event involving free speech. They present the information to the class.
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Prudence Crandall House and Little Rock High School

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how Prudence Crandall influenced the education of African Americans in New England prior to the Civil War and compare and contrast events in Canterbury, CN in the 1830's to those in Little Rock, AR in the 1950's.
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Generating and Recording Data

For Teachers K
Students demonstrate their ability to collect, organize, and display data. They examine everyday objects that can be turned into a function machine for the lesson. They use colored fish to help them organize their data.
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A Primary Industry and its Environmental Impact in a Region

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students research and write about the importance of a primary industry in an assigned region of Canada. They study the environmental impact of developing a primary resource.
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Direct and Cross-Examination

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students continue to prepare for their mock trial. In groups, they are introduced on how to properly cross and direct examine someone using the techniques. They practice each technique on one another and compete against other groups in...
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Perception And The Interpretation of Experiences

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students describe a problem and propose alternative strategies for the solution. They use a model or drawing to visualize the solution to a problem. Students identify alternative factors to be considered when examining possible...
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Slides, Flips and Turns

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders are introduced to different types of transformations. As a class, they describe how a stuffed animal slides across the floor and use themselves to demonstrate as well. Individually, they flip and turn in different...
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Exploring the 1981 United Nations Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are introduced to the United Nations Declaraion on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerence and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief. Using the document, they discuss issues raised about the source of rights linked...
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Sail Through History: American West and History of Medicine

For Students 5th - 6th
In these reading strategies worksheets, students learn reading hints, tips and the S.A.I.L. reading strategy. Students use the methods to learn about American history and the history of medicine.
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Albert Schweitzer: Darkness And Light

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students view a documentary which examines the life and work of Albert Schweitzer. Specifically, it explores the controversy surrounding Schweitzer. Darkness and Light would be useful for classes on World History, African History and...
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Tracking Sunrise and Sunset

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers collect, record, and graph the sunrise and sunset times. They explain how the relationship between the tilt of Earth's axis and its yearly orbit around the sun produces the seasons.
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Chinese communities, Federation and the early Commonwealth

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Learners search and use a database. They compare and analyze primary sources and develop an awareness of the nature and extent of the Chinese community's involvement in the Federation celebrations.
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Line and Description

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, in order to explore different forms of poems, are introduced to line breaks and description through "The Pickerel" guided visualization.
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Citizens and the Media / Lesson : 3 Compare and Contrast Daily Newspapers for fact, opinion and bias

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students compare and contrast a variety of daily newspapers in order to detect bias. They critically analyze the role the media plays in responsibly reporting government activities.
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Comparing the Senate and the House of Commons

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students research, compare and contrast the two Parliamentary houses of Canadian government. They organize their research into a series of graphic organizers and discuss their findings with peers.
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Youth Engagement in Politics and Government

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners gain knowledge of government representatives, political parties, and the democratic process.
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Fame, Fortune and Responsibility

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students become aware of the problem with HIV/AIDS in Madagascar and Kenya. This instructional activity brings a social awareness of a variety of issues to students through the study of celebrities and their causes.
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Geography and AIDS

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students use Internet research to complete and compare maps and view a video to explore the AIDS/HIV crisis in parts of Africa. They discuss their findings.
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Disease, Pandemics, and the Role of Government

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners compare and contrast the global efforts being made to stem a possible avian flu pandemic to the global efforts made to counter the current HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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Animal Research and Report

For Teachers K
Students research an animal that lives near them in their community. They observe and describe animals that live near them. They also include illustrations of the animal they are observing.

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