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Internet Exploring

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students access the Internet to answer a variety of questions posed in this technology lesson.
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Water: Read All About It!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss newspapers and water and work in groups to develop their own paper focusing on water issues. In this journalism instructional activity, students discuss the value of newspapers and water as an issue. They work as a group...
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GLOBAL WARMING

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students form definitions of the greenhouse effect based on prior knowledge, class discussion, viewing diagrams, and participate in group brainstorming sessions and class discussions related to the impact of the greenhouse effect and...
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A More Perfect Union?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students read and discuss the article "Bush Insists U.S. Must Not Fail in Iraq." They work in small groups to answer three questions based on their category by searching for the answers in the article read in class.
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Interpreting History

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders analyze a given quote about history and identify the concept that inspired it.  In this history instructional activity, 9th graders research current and historical events, figures, and relationships. Students develop a...
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The Lesson: Developing World

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students determine how to improve education in developing nations. In this current events lesson, students visit selected websites to discover the history of education and get involved in the Send My Friend to School campaign.
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Picturing History

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the value of a photograph and the circumstances under which photographs are taken, research the importance of a particular photograph. They create original photographs that illustrate the emotions, events or ideas...
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Water Currents

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers demonstrate how ocean currents are influenced by changes in density. They discover that temperature and salintiy affect density as well. They participate in a short experiment to end the lesson.
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The Current Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Examine recent events in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Three lessons, multiple excerpts, evaluation questions, and activities are all included to make your class globally aware.
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Ocean Currents

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in groups to research ocean currents and create posters with their findings. They locate the patterns and names of major ocean currents and identify them on a map. Students also use red pencil to show ocean currents...
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You're Grounded!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the Iceland volcanic eruption that halted European transportation in 2010. In this transportation activity, students read an article about the event and then discuss the impact of the event. Extension activity...
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Lesson 2 of 5 - Energy

For Teachers 7th - Higher Ed
Students complete an energy analysis for the No Impact Man project. In this environment and energy lesson, students review the project by visiting the given website and discuss the issue of electricity in the project. Students watch...
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Getting the Story from Libya

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the state of Libya in the face of civil unrest. In this global issues instructional activity, students listen to audio clips, watch video clips, and read media publications to gain an understanding of the uprising in the...
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Hemispheric Harmony

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students express their opinion on issues related to Central America. After reading an article, they discuss the relations between the Presidents of Mexico and the United States. Using the internet, they research a part of the party...
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A Piecemeal Peace Process

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore Indian and Pakistani steps toward peace since the Indian subcontinent gained independence from British rule in 1947. They, in groups, research and then create multi-tiered timelines representing politics during those...
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A World in Transition

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars explore the passing of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1397, which backs plans for the creation of a Palestinian state, as a springboard to investigating the history different countries that have been redefined...
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At the Heights of Conflict

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the historic and present conflict between Israel and Syria over the Golan Heights. In groups students present the class with information on the Golan Heights. They write an essay defending his or her view on the future...
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Budget Debate: How Would You Balance the Federal Budget?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine how to balance the federal budget. In this American economics lesson, students read the provided article "Congress Debates Cutting the Budget." Students then collaborate in small groups to determine how to balance the...
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After the Fact

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate summaries of the "9/11 Report" and examine questions relating to its findings in a fishbowl discussion. They reflect in writing on how they wish the outcomes of this report would be resolved and how these outcomes...
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Comparing Good and Bad Character Traits of Historical and Current Figures

For Teachers 3rd - Higher Ed
Students create a chart with two columns. In one column include good and bad character traits of historical figures in biographies and historical fiction. In the second column include good and bad character traits of current famous...
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Political Parties

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders give their current events presentations to the class today. After completing the "T" exercise on classifying certain individuals as Democrats or Republicans, they pair up to figure out where the political parties fit into...
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Ball in Play

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students conduct weekly research on three to five current events. As a ball is tossed around the room, the student holding the ball presents to the class the who, what, where, when, why, and how details of their selected current event.
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Voice Your Opinion!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils work in groups discussing current events. They look through relevant newspapers for evidence to support their own ideas or opinions about the issue.
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Extemporaneous Speeches

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze current events and write and deliver extemporaneous speeches to the class. They define and discuss extemporaneous speeches, conduct research and deliver their speech, and participate in a peer evaluation of students'...

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