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Teaching With Documents Lesson Plan: Photographs of Lewis Hine: Documentation of Child Labor

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students interpret historical evidence presented in primary and secondary resources. In this child labor lesson, students examine photograhs by Lewis Hines and discuss the implications of child labor in America.
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Among the Hidden - Population Math Activity

For Students 6th - 10th
In this population worksheet, students collect data on population by researching the Census Bureau and then make online graphs and answer short answer questions about the data. Students complete 5 problems total.
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Can the Lords Keep Their Jobs?

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students investigate reform in British Parliament. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to learn what the House of Lords is responsible for and determine how their jobs may be changing.
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Redistricting: How Our Representatives Select Voters

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine the practice of redistricting. For this American politics lesson, students read the provided articles "The Gerrymander," and "Reforming the Gerrymander." Students respond to the provided discussion questions.
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Magna Carta Student Worksheet

For Students 9th - 12th
In this individual rights activity, students read a 1-page selection as well as Internet articles about the Magna Carta and then respond to 8 short answer questions.
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Participation in Local and State Government

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the state and local levels of government. They demonstrate an examineing of government at these levels. The identification of officials and resources can be used for assessment.
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Personal History

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders gain an appreciation of knowledge about recent history by interviewing senior citizens. They summarize their interviews and organize them into a written presentation.
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Capitol vs. Capital

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students construct time lines to show the order of significant events in Ohio history. They explain how Ohio progressed from territory to statehood.
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Mahoney Word Search Puzzle

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this literacy worksheet, students look for the words that are part of the word search puzzle that is focused around the theme of the sheet.
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Worksheet #48 Questions - United States Judicial System

For Students 7th - 8th
In this United States judicial system quiz worksheet, learners answer ten fill in the blank questions over the aforementioned subject.
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Founding Documents of the Peace Corps

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students examine United States foreign policy in the period immediately following World War II through the activities of the Peace Corps.
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JUSTICE

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students analyze the role that Alabama played in three major events of American History and how those roles contributed to Alabama being dubbed the "Cradle of the Confederacy" and the "Birthplace of the Modern Civil Rights Movement."
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A Dynamic Duo

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers engage in the research of history that surrounded the actions of the federal government during the years from 1907-1937. The focus of the lesson is upon the regulations imposed on business during the time and how it...
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Maps of Indian Territory, the Dawes Act, and Will Rogers' Enrollment Case File

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in groups, analyze one map at a time, first the 1885 map, then the 1891 map. After they have completed the analysis sheets, they compare the two maps and answer questions imbedded in the plan.
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Sow the Seeds of Victory!

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Learners use the National Archives and Records Administration's records to research the history of the U.S. Food Administation.
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Lobbying for Passage of the National Suffrage Amendment

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Learners examine the lobbying involved in trying to pass the Nineteenth Amendment. They discover the relationships between women and the suffragists. They also examine the media's coverage of the event.
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Houghton Mifflin Social Studies/Chapter 13, Lesson 2 California Fights Smog (pp. 296-300)

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders look into certain environmental problems. The governmental branches are investigated and how government takes care to solve problems of the environment.
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Hatchet Job

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore the difference between temperance and prohibition. After reading a story, students explore the difference between a vigilante action and a protest. They explore social and political factors that may cause social...
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The State vs. The Individual

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explain the roles of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments in regards to due process and eminent domain. They apply their knowledge of the takings issue by creating a political cartoon depicting a takings event.
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The life of a legislative bill

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars investigate bills under consideration by the United States Congress and create a flow chart that tracks the movement of the bills to gain understanding of the legislative process.
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Court Documents Related to

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students use the National Archives to researcj cout coduments related to Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Rosa Parks

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Students complete a variety of written and discussion activities regarding Rosa Parks and the Alabama bus boycott and how they changed an accepted way of life in America.
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Do Suspected Enemies Have Rights?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students investigate the history of Japanese immigration. They complete an online Webquest, explore various websites, answer discussion questions, and locate and read newspaper articles about enemy compatants.
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How Does the USA Patriot Act Approach Race?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students define and discuss the definitions of race and terrorism as a class. Using the Patriot Act, they analyze it and identify how it is a response to terrorism. They discuss how the documents could be viewed as one that supports...

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