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The World Does Business With Nebraska

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the concept of exporting goods from the state of Nebraska. They develop skills of analysis while looking at the goods and services of the state to the international market. They conduct research and create a...
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Nebraska Does Business with the World

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine the connections between Nebraska and the international economy. They identify the countries involved in trade with Nebraska firms and investigate specific Nebraska companies that export and their international ties.
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Little Me in a Big World: Ants

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students use the life cycle of an ant to learn about their own self-esteem. In this self-esteem lesson, students read books about ants and discuss obstacles from the stories as well as the ant behavior.
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Where In The World?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars identify the goods and services from the United States and Mexico. Using postage stamps, they describe the various images they see and place them into categories. They use those categories to determine what is important...
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Color Your World with Changes --- the Camouflage Game

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders, after predicting dominant colors foud in their habitat or garden, visit heir area on a monthly basis. They search for colored toothpicks, then graph the results, determining the dominant color for the month.
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Country Capitals

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students define the meaning of country capital. In this country capital lesson plan, students identify the symbol and find country capitals. Students locate and label capital cities on a map and insert the capital symbol.
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Africa - Not Just One Big Safari

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Learners draw a picture of an African city that is similar to  a U.S. city and discover how other parts of the world have the same types of buildings. In this global similarities lesson, students create a map of an ...
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How Much Space Do We Have?

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Census-takers view the Internet to find the total population of a city and its total land area. They work with different mathematical scenarios that involve populations and land area in their city. They complete math problems and unit...
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Tracking Armadillo's Journey

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students track a character's journey through different cities in Texas using the internet, a Promethean Board, and the educational program Keynote. This activity is intended for upper elementary classrooms and includes a video...
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Virtually Toasting 2000

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use the Internet to explore millennium celebrations around the world and how these celebrations reflect the cities' cultures, histories and expectations for the future.
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Time Flyers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study an airline flight schedule to study elapsed time. They use schedules, calendars, and elapsed time to solve real-world problems.
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Climate Characteristics of Canadian Localities

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders match the climate data to a Canadian city. They justify their choice, referring to factors that affect climate. They use the Atlas of Canada's Advanced Search to locate specific communities.
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Qu¿¿ tiempo hace?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the internet to gather information on Spanish cities and its weather. After completing a worksheet, they compare and contrast the weather conditions for the cities they researched. They share their information with the class.
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Alike and Different

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders listen to a book about how farms feed the world. They discuss elements of rural life. They listen to a story about the suburbs and discuss elements specific to a suburban community. They listen to a story about city...
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Africa - Not Just One Big Safari

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Young scholars draw a picture of an African city that includes places similar to those found in U.S. cities. After listening to Somewhere In Africa, students identify places or buildings from the book and apply them to the creation of...
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Global Harmony

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students listen to world music samples and try to identify the countries of origin; students work in small groups to design an online "world music caf??."
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Our Ethnic Ties-A Nebraska Calendar of Cultural Events

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the historical and cultural ties that influence the ethnic character of communities and the local economics throughout the state of Nebraska. They collect data on cities and towns that hold ethnic festivals and...
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Real Estate Lesson: Monthly Payments

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils examine real-world data relating to real estate. They conduct Internet research, record data regarding real estate in major cities, graph the data, calculate mortgage payments using a mortgage calculator, and analyze the data.
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East Asia: Population Facts and Figures

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils examine population information from East Asian countries. Using a specified website, pupils explore the population of China, Japan, North Korea and South Korea. Classmates examine the population density compared to the world's...
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Charles Lindberghs's Flight to Paris

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students practice map skills. In this map skills lesson plan, students locate the cities of New York and Paris on a map. Students read about the flight made by Charles Lindbergh in May 1927 from New York to Paris. Students answer 8...
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Islam or Christianity?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils design a mosaic depicting the city of Constantinople during determined periods of history. They include historical evidence that shows whether the city was under Muslim or Christian rule.
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Design Your Own Suburb

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students view and discuss urban and suburban scenes; and list the features of their ideal town and discuss whether these features can be found in cities and suburbs. They draw mental maps of a city and a suburb and brainstorm and list...
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Ask the Oracle

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students invent an imaginary character that has the ability to time travel to China and create stories in the tradition of a traveler's tale, whereas their characters visit China's capital city, Beijing, and go to the Great Wall of China...
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Sunrise, Sunset: Quickly Go the Days

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students explore the concept of daylight. In this daylight lesson, students compare the amount of daylight on a particular day in Anchorage compared with daylight where they live. Students color maps of the US according to amount of...

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