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The Making of a Good Friend

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine the text of the Ethics of the Fathers. They decide which characteristics would make a better friend. They evaluate the actions of others around them and write a poem with a partner about sharing.
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Prejudice Discussion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss ethical dilemmas in a cooperative setting, and compare today's social problems with those present during the rise of the Nazi party.
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Words and Music - Lesson 2

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the relationships among cultural values, freedom of artistic expression, ethics, and artistic choices in various cultures and historical periods.
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Using Torture on Suspected Terrorists

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners asses the ethical, ideological, and political advantages both domestically and internationally. They analyze if it is beneficial to have terrorists share information or not and consider what is fair or unfair punishment for...
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Bioethics: Debates in the Science Classroom

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners defend one side of a genetics ethics argument. They pull together a portfolio of human genetics and decision making skills. Students are allowed to prove what he/she has learned and express a personal opinion. They also are...
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"Perspectives on Animals"

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students become aware of society;s use of animals. They cover the concepts of ethics, and humane education. Students view chicken photos, an informative video, and encounter a list of companies that do and a list that don't test on animals.
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Why Care About Amphibian Population Decline and Malformations?

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine the reasons for preserving wildlife. They look at reasons for amphibian malformations and write an essay about the ethical issues that this brings up. They listen to the teacher read quotes about extinction and how the...
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Saving the Past for the Future

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners review web images to identify human impact on nature and site destruction.
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Saving the Past for the Future

For Teachers Higher Ed
Students examine the need for preservation of archaeological resources. They discuss and propose possible solutions to a given ethical dilemma.
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Munching Mice

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students examine different variables and their effects on weight gain in mice. They consider the validity of relating the results in mice to humans.Finally, they discuss the ethics of using animals in experiments.
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Fair Chocolate?

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Learners discover how chocolate is traded fairly. They examine ethical shopping and their power as a consumer to buy goods from the countries we want to. They discover where to buy fair trade products.
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How Green Are We?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify and interpret the importance of energy efficiency in connection with air pollution. They communicate with families and peers about ways to more effectively contribute to the reduction of air pollution. Finally,...
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Ethi-reasoning Exotic Plant Species

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the ethics related to invasive plant species. They clarify their own values related to exotic invasive species and hear the values of others.
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Issues in Genomics

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore the definition of ethics and genomics. In this organism lesson students participate in the chosen teacher lesson.
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Why Survey?

For Students 5th - 8th
In this survey worksheet, students take surveys and answer questions about famous Americans, inventions, and teen ethics. Students answer questions about 3 surveys.
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Worksheet #56 Questions - Judicial Terms

For Students 8th - 9th
In this American judicial terms learning exercise, students examine their knowledge through ten fill in the blank questions that relate to the aforementioned topic.
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The First Amendment, What it Means and When Libel Comes in to Play

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students research three topics: The First Amendment, John Peter Zenger and his trial, and libel. In this journalism and libel lesson, students discuss things authority figures have done they disagree with and the anit-sedition law....
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PETA Pressure

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners assess what a "target audience" is and how it can be manipulated. They identify characteristics that make up target audiences and check the peta2 Web site for tactics that exploit those characteristics. Acquiring how to spot...
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Dirty Air And Bright Lights

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students are asked to think about their use of electricity, particularly around the holidays, and how it affects their quality of life and the lives of all of us. They explore the issue by tracing the connections and discussing how and...
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Issue Players and Their Positions

For Teachers 10th - Higher Ed
Students identify Environmental Health Problems caused by both living and nonliving things. They summarize Issue Components (event, problem, issue, players, and positions) involving environmental health issues such as contamination in...
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Protecting the Past: Give a Hoot, Don't Loot!

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students, in small groups, simulate an ancient civilization and the art they created, another group represents vandals, and the final group represents archaeologists who try to figure out what life was like for the "ancient peoples". ...
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Discussion Questions

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students read 11 questions, such as "Do you believe in life after death?" Students discuss the questions in partners or as a basis for writing assignments.
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Journalism in War Time: What Does the Public Need to Know?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
A viewing of the documentary War Feels Like War, launches an exploration of the importance of accurate and comprehensive war reporting. Groups investigate various news agencies and assess the factors that influence their stories. A...
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Democracy in Action: Freedom Riders

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
This is a must-have resource for every social studies teacher covering the civil rights movement. Through an engaging video and detailed viewing guide, young historians learn about the Freedom Riders, and discover how everyday...

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