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Mobile phone safety
Young scholars examine ways to protect themselve from crime. In groups, students determine ways to protect property such as MP3 players and mobile phones. Stsudent roleplay a robbery.
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Web Writer's Block
Learners evaluate Web sites banned in various countries, and investigate the reasons why particular countries would want to block information from its people.
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Tibet and the U.S.
Students study the Tibetan situation. In this global issues lesson plan, students listen to a lecture regarding Tibet, its location, and its ties to China. Students then create political cartoons or write letters to their Congressperson...
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Human Activity and the Environment 2004
Students brainstorm the ways we use energy sources in our daily lives and what our lives would be like without it. They answer questions based on sections from the Human Activity and the Environment 2004, "Energy in Canada" article.
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Cariboo Gold Rush Adventure
Students play the online game Cariboo Gold Rush, in which students make decisions like the original gold miners did.
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Excel Lesson
Students explore data and Excel spreadsheets. They collect data about political candidates. Students enter the data into a chart on Excel. They create a graph using the data and Excel.
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Class Penny Quilt
Students explore penny quilts made in the late 1700s through the early 1800s. They identify significant events from their lives and create their own class penny quilt displaying this information.
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Democracy Then and Now
Students research more about the Canadian parliamentary democratic system.
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Sorting the Loyalist Documents
Students organize the Canadian Loyalist primary source documents and add more information to their primary source document concept maps.
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Lesson Plan: Figuring Sales Taxes
Students define and discuss sales tax, identify items for which they do or do not have to pay sales tax, research information online about sales tax in their state, and complete practice sheet that requires calculating sales tax percent...
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Self-Awareness
Students investigate their attitudes, emotions, feelings and personality. They determine how they view themselves and how they are viewed by others.
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Cruising the Caribbean
Seventh graders create four postcards that illustrate an island on the Caribbean.
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The Enemy that Never Was
Students conduct research and explain in a speech why Japanese Canadians were not a threat to Canada during the Second World War.
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The Enemy that Never Was
Students write speeches explaining why Japanese Canadians were not a threat to Canada during World War 2. In this Japanese Canadians lesson plan, students learn about racism, and how the Japanese were targeted but not a threat during the...
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Holiday Homework: Global Studies
In this global studies worksheet, high schoolers read the noted 8 chapters in their textbooks and then respond to 34 short answer questions about the French Revolution and Imperialism.
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Breaking News English: Five Million Ecstasy Tablets Seized
In this English worksheet, students read "Five Million Ecstasy Tablets Seized," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Leadership and Government
A comprehensive learning module on government and how countries get their leaders that includes three supporting questions accompanied by formative tasks and source materials, followed by a summative performance task. Topics covered...
Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies
Mocomi: Types of Government
Explains the characteristics of seven different types of government. Includes a group activity.
BBC
Bbc: Types of Government
Read the basic descriptions of different types of government including anarchy, capitalism, democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, and republic.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Government
This Wikipedia encyclopedia site examines a wide range of different forms of governments that have been suggested and/or used in practice. Topics include anarchism, autocracies, meritocracies, monarchies, democracies, republics,...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Republic
This detailed article defines the term republic, discusses the characteristics of a republican government, examines significant republican governments throughout history, and looks at different types of republican governments in the...
iCivics
I Civics: Who Rules?
Learn about the different forms of government that exist, including democracy, autocracy, oligarchy, and others. Compare and contrast these forms, and look at real-life examples in the world today.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Principles of u.s. Government
Tutorial presents an introduction to the principles of the United States democratic government highlighting the differences and similarities between Roman and U.S. governments.
Thomson Reuters
Find Law: Article Iii: Categories of Contempt
An in-depth look at the different types of contempt of court, in the United States legal system.