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On the Road with Marco Polo: From Venice to Hormuz
Students take virtual trip with Marco Polo from Venice to China. They explore terrain of Iran.
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Traveling for Water
Students explore global water contamination and water shortage problems. In this geography/ecology instructional activity, students gain information about the lack of safe drinking water in many countries. Students read, use websites,...
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Trading Around the World
Students role play as international traders from different continents. They negotiate prices and resolve trade barriers to better their understanding of free trade.
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How Things Fly
Students observe photographs of selected twentieth-century aircraft at the National Air and Space Museum and note differences in the design of aircraft wings, fuselages, and engines.
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The Rocky Shore
Students compare a realistic landscape painting with a photograph of the same place.
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Letters from the Japanese American Internment
Students make deductions about life in an internment camp by reading and comparing letters written to Clara Breed. Along the way, they consider the advantages of looking at a historical event from the multiple points of view of...
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Association of Southeast Asian Nations
The home page for ASEAN, an organization that promotes the peace, stability, and economic development of Southeast Asian countries.