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Schools and Schoolbooks, 1780-1820

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students review 18th century New England schoolbooks to explain how changes occurred in early American education.
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Business Strategy - Lesson Plan: 1 x 1 hour lesson plus a homework session

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students view PowerPoint Presentation. Students research a business' current mission statement and corporate culture.
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Winter Wonderland: Internet Literature Project

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students, using the Internet, communicate with peers around the world about winter-themed books. They study authors, write book reviews, re-write endings, interview book characters, create scene dioramas, paint murals, and write...
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The IMF In Action: How Can the IMF Help In Time of Crisis?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students attempt to solve a countries economic problems. They investigate inflation, devaluing currency and foreign exchange.
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Issues of Unauthorized Immigration

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders explore illegal immigration.  For this Current Events lesson, 11th graders read an article on illegal immigration and answer questions that follow. 
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Water as a Cycle

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students collaborate with a partner to create a large diagram containing one aspect of the water cycle. They are encouraged to include academic language and pictures for their presentation. Their is a peer evaluation sheet that is...
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Ecology Explorers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create accurate, detailed map showing physical features, plants and trees, and other details of three school sites.
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Lesson Design Protocol: Add and Subtract

For Teachers 3rd - 4th Standards
Addition and subtraction are studied in this math lesson. Upper graders add and subtract whole numbers up to 1,000 with and without regrouping.
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Using High Stakes Testing to Make Students and Schools Accountable for Learning

For Teachers 9th - Higher Ed
Students conduct an informal survey about their views on high stakes testing and use basic computation skills to evaluate results as a group. They participate in activities related to high stakes testing and "No Child Left Behind"...
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Mapping Baseball

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Learners research how climate, distance, population shifts and immigration have influenced American baseball. They also consider how players from other countries have made their mark on American baseball.
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Native American Interdisciplinary Educational Unit

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students research various Native American stories and legends. They participate in reader's theater, write original legends, cook Native American foods, construct dioramas and view Native American art and artifacts.
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Roller Time Line

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students create a timeline of a historical event or person's life and decorate the center of a roll of toilet paper with their timeline.
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Teaching About Asia; Freeman Seminar

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Pupils integrate the study of photography and Eastern Culture for the purpose of increasing artistic expression. They produce high quality photographs in conjunction with conducting research with meaningful writing produced with the...
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A Day on the Space Station

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders discover what it would be like to live in space. In this technological advancements lesson, 5th graders discuss how space life would be different from Earth life. Students also identify how technology has made life in space...
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Surveying: 19 Chains and 50 Links

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Through an interdisciplinary lesson, emerging engineers explore the history of surveying systems. After discussing various systems, they perform surveys on printable pages. Using their geometric skills, they physically stake out plots...
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Why Are Your "Good Dishes" Called China?

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Young scholars link monopoly as a result of geography and technology. They recognize technology as a determinant of economic success. Students recognize cultural diffusion based upon societal wants and needs. They compare and contrast...
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Recognition

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain and discover the role of volunteers. They identify places where volunteers might work as well. They consider what the impact of volunteers might be to end the lesson plan.
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Alaska's Regions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars research the five regions of Alaska in terms of its major geographic features, climate, weather, history, economic base and original inhabitants. They present their findings.
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Ramadan - living in a diverse world

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine Muslim traditional and Ramadan. They explore traditions and history of Ramadan. Students discuss positive and negative habits. They create a Ramadan 'advent calendar.
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Our Barrio: Our Community/Adams & Normandie

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders examine various structures and people, including the region of Adams and Normandie, in Los Angeles. They conduct Internet research, and identify and locate features in the Adams/Normandie region during the past 60/70 years.
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What Lies Beneath

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students conduct Internet research on the history and archaeological excavations at historical Jamestown. They explore various websites, and develop a Powerpoint presentation to present to the class.
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Earth Bags

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students discuss the environment and the problems facing our natural resources. They write ways to help the environment on paper grocery bags, illustrate them, and distribute them to grocery stores to be used with customers.
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Pennsylvania Walkers Club

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in an school-wide walking club. Students choose a destination in Pennsylvania they would like to visit. After plotting the best way to get their using a map, the walk each day and record their distance in miles on...
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Coffee Plantations

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners explore coffee and coffee plantations. They view a Power Point presentation of what coffee looks like, where it grows, and how it is harvested. They discuss the environmental impacts on growing cofee and how it compares to...