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Rural America in Transition

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the changes in rural America in an economic sense. In groups, they research the problems rural areas face in the 21st century. They examine the economic policies in effect and how they help or hurt rural America.
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Anne Frank Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read information from the Holocaust Museum. They also read Anne's Diary for 1942. Students choose three entries from 1943 and read them, students complete a response sheet for entry. They watch the film "Life is Beautiful" and...
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Trends of Snow Cover and Temperature in Alaska

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners compare NASA satellite data observations with student surface measurements of snow cover and temperature. They practice data collection, data correlations, and making scientific predictions.
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Immigration For Grades 3-5

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the concept of immigration. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Students create a KWL chart to organize the information. The lesson also includes a resource link for the...
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Thinking Out Loud

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students share opinions about whether a series of statements from the internet constitute facts or opinions. They read and analyze blogs published in on the web in order to understand the use of fact, opinion, and tone of voice when...
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Stop the Bus: Confronting Our Assumptions About Muslims in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners explore Virginia Interfaith Center's A More Perfect Union "Misunderstanding" Ad Campaign, view two episodes of PBS America at a Crossroads series, examine historical context of colonialism and geo-political tensions in Middle...
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Lucy's Literacy Legacy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
students examine three local public arts portraits of Lucy Stone. They study her role in the women's rights movement through comparative readings, Internet research, and children's literature. In addition, they gather and organize...
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The Extra Place Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students take up the challenge of deciding what to do when confronted by a difficult and awkward situation. They read the story and highlight sentences or phrases that have particular meaning to them and think about and discuss a...
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How Has Technology Affected the Presidential Election Process in the U.S.?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners measure technological advancements as they consider how they impacted the election process in the United States. In this presidential politics lesson plan, students research technological changes since the 1900's and create...
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VS.3g

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders explore describing the interactions between the English settlers and the Powhatan people. They include the contributions of the Powhatan's to the survival of the settlers and review how the Powhatan people and the English...
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Women's Place is in the House...and Senate!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate the different women who have served in the United States Congress. They discuss Senator Hillary Clinton, conduct Internet research, and in small groups complete a grid that compares and contrasts the women who have...
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Red Hunts, Black Lists, and Communists

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students research and examine the unsavory history of the hunt for communists in the United States during the 1950s. They divide up into groups to review the Red Scare of the 1920s as a backdrop to the McCarthy era and write a short...
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School Reform, Again!

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students discuss their perceptions and experiences with changes in schooling. They work in small groups to prepare a PowerPoint presentation to explain the efforts toward reforming schools since 1983. Students speculate on the next...
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Peace in the Middle East: A Primer

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers are introduced to the concept of three Abrahamic religions and complete the Comparative Religion Exercise. They view slides after taking their best guesses and read the article, "The Path to Peace Runs Through a History...
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Listerine: Miracle Liquid or Product in Search of a Purpose?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners analyze and research the claims of Listerine advertisements and commercials. They observe commercials and ads, then participate in numerous activities to determine the credibility of the claims made by Listerine. Students...
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Fashion: 20th Century to the Present

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore fashion through the 20th Century. They create a poster about their assigned era. Students teach their classmates about the fashion of the assigned period. They describe the fashion trends, current events, popular music...
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Water

For Students 7th - 8th
In this water worksheet, students read an excerpt about the effects of pollution on the life cycle of a lake. Then they describe how lakes are affected by the pollution. Students also define why pollution has become such a problem for...
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Everglades

For Students 3rd - 8th
In this wetlands instructional activity, students will research and answer 11 questions about the Florida Everglades. Students will create a report.
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Teaching Animal Rights

For Students Higher Ed
In this biology worksheet, students engage in the reading of the rights of educators to teach concerning the issue of using animals for educational purposes.
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Currents 2003

For Students 6th - 8th
For this environment worksheet, middle schoolers read an article about growth and development of population and the environment. They respond to various types of questions throughout the article packet pertaining to what they read and why.
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Time Facts Quiz

For Students 4th - 5th
In this mathematical worksheet students complete questions in relation to telling time. Students respond to 16 questions associated with the equivalencies of telling time in seconds, minutes, weeks, months, days, and years.
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Units of Measurement Test

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math activity, students take a test that is related to the concept of measurement. The activity uses the British form of English.
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More Rounding Riddles

For Students 6th - 7th
In this math worksheet, students use rounding skills to solve riddles. Each problem describes a secret number that students need to find by carefully following the clues.
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Prepositions

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar instructional activity, learners fill in twenty-six blanks with an appropriate preposition in two paragraphs. Students share their answers with their classmates.

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