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The Plight of Women's Work in the Early Industrial Revolution in England and Wales
High schoolers read about, discuss, and answer questions regarding the various jobs women performed in the early Industrial Revolution in England and Wales.
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Marketing Occupations
Students investigate the practice of sexual harassment in the workplace. They watch a video of a sexual harassment situation and classify the different categories of behavior that are included in sexual harassment. Then students take a...
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Job Prompt Entries
Students explore the role of journal writing. In this written communication lesson, students discuss the purpose of journals as well as cohesive devices. Students then respond to 2 writing prompts that require them to write using...
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Marketing a Child Care Service
Students  explore the concepts of marketing (product, promotion, price, place) through the process of promoting themselves as child care providers.  They explain the four P's of Marketing and how they are used in business and in society....
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Real Math
Students explore careers that require math knowledge and solve real life math problems.  As a class, they compare and contrast classroom math to real life math and explore the links between algebra, geometry and math skills used in...
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Ecological Footprint--How Does The Way We Live Affect Earth?
Students demonstrate an awareness of the global implications of decisions that individuals and families make about their needs and wants. They identify environmental and health issues related to the production and consumption of food....
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Reading Comprehension 7: Level 12
A passage about the changing role of home economists provides the text for a reading comprehension strategies learning exercise. Learners must summarize, draw inferences, identify the main idea, and use context clues to determine the...
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Timeline of Events: 1960’s Civil Rights Movement of St. Augustine, Florida
A timeline can be a powerful learning tool because it reveals a pattern in events. While few would consider St. Augustine, Florida a hotbed of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement, a selection of background information and a timeline of...
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Get Charged!
Students explore the concept of electricity in this activity based unit.  In this physical science lesson, students focus on electricity and electrical engineering. The teaching unit includes 5 activities to develop students...
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Plant Biology
Young biologists discuss the reasons behind the current use of the plant identification system. They get into groups and identify the characteristics of each species of plant which is described. The keys needed for groups to make...
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It's In the Numbers
Students explore the careers available in the field of oceanography.  They discover the difference between a  job and a career and the need for a good education. They work together to create a presentation about oceanography.
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Elk Rapids- Its Past and Future
Students participate in activities that help them appreciate the history of their local community as it celebrates its sesquicentennial year.  They construct timelines, maps, interview, and writing.  They use technology in a number of...
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Personal Clay Box
Seventh graders discover how to assemble and finish a lidded box-like form from slabs of clay between soft and leather hard. They gain an appreciation for ceramic art.
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Severe Weather Trackers
Students explore weather terminology and the jobs that are associated with it.  In this weather instructional activity students write about thunderstorms and make a tornado. 
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20th Century II: 1940s - The Home Front
Students complete a creative project. They create a collage of 40's fashions. Provide a key for each picture and a brief description of the fashion or fad that includes some background on the group(s) who wore these styles.This is one of...
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Home-schooling Chronicles - Unschooling
Attitudes vary about unschooling, but everyone can learn something from the practice.
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Immigration into an Urban Industralized Northeast: 1879-1914
Students study  how three ethnic groups were introduced to urban, industrialize, northern cities. They examine how these groups were greeted and accepted be the 'native born' Americans and how successful they were in assimilating with...
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Recycle Lifecycle
Students investigate the recycling process. In this recycling lesson plan, students read the article The Recycling Process After Collection and discuss the advantages of recycling. As an extension activity, students simulate the molding...
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Lily's Crossing
Students listen to a story, "Lily's Crossing," about life during a World War. After completing worksheets, they compare and contrast characters in the story. Using math skills, students develop a time line of the war, calculate the...
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Who's Who In America? Multicultural Achievers A to Z Past & Present
Students are introduced to important people who have made contributions to society from different cultural groups.  As a class, they develop a definition for diversity and work together to make a comparison chart to discover how people...
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Second Time Around
Students explore how items can be reused.  In this recycling lesson, students present skits about reusing materials and brainstorm products that can be reused at home, school and in the classroom.
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Investigating Stereotypes
Students study 'stereotype' in literature and life and give examples. they provide examples from life or literature on the origins and impact of stereotypes. they 
3. Cite 3 - 5 individual African Americans from literature or life who...
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A Trip to Sully Plantation
Fourth graders have a better understanding of life in colonial Virginia. The students compare and contrast their life today with the life of colonial Students. Each child or small group of students design a project comparing the two time...
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A Tree Is More than a Street Name
Eighth graders discuss the role of trees as one of the most important natural resources. In groups, they examine how the forests nearby helped to shape their urban city. Using the internet, they research the use of the forest in early...