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Pictures Telling Stories

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students see the importance of primary sources in the study of history, but also the limitations of relying only on primary sources of taking the money, as it were, at face value.
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Drop in the Bucket

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students study the sources for the water they use. They determine their town's major water supply and how many gallons per day does the population use.
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The Rocky Shore

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students compare a realistic landscape painting with a photograph of the same place.
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The Sidney Poitier High School

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students research the life of Sidney Poitier and plan an hour-long dedication ceremony for a school that has just been renamed after him.
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California's Resources

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students research the natural resources of the state of California. They read a chapter of their social studies text, write and answer questions for the chapter, and create illustrations for five vocabulary terms.
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Facts, Feats and Folklore: Spiders

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students review and discuss a variety of sayings, folklore and superstitions about spiders. They discuss this information and choose either an interesting fact or appealing foklore tradition to illustrate.
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Lessons from History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students review key vocabulary in history and review a specific website. They write a paragraph summarizing an event they read about on this website. They analyze the importance of studying and learning from history.
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A Walk in the Woods

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
Students observe an environment, ask questions about what they observe. and design experiments to answer one question they came up with in this upper-level High School or college lesson. The lesson requires an outdoor exploration or...
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Letters from the Japanese American Internment

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students make deductions about life in an internment camp by reading and comparing letters written to Clara Breed. Along the way, they consider the advantages of looking at a historical event from the multiple points of view of...
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How Much Land Does It Take To Produce Your Food?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students calculate the amount of land required to produce the food eaten by an individual for one year and compare the amount of land required to produce animal versus plant products. They use calorie counting resources to compile the...
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Street Children - A Topical Lesson Plan From Learn.co.uk

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore poverty-related issues, use research, discussion and class work to further understanding of situations in developing countries, and discuss and compare Students own school life with that of children in...
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Why Here? Why Not There?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars analyze a map and graph information on eleven countries. Using the characteristics of the countries, they determine if they should host the summer or winter Olympic games. After viewing a video, they locate the latitudes...
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Ohio Bicentennial

For Teachers 1st
First graders research the history of Ohio and the Ohio Bicentennial. They conduct research using a variety of resources, and participate in class discussions about Ohio. Using Kid Pix computer software they write one fact and create a...
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The Saturday Night Massacre

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students look at the actions taken by Nixon from several perspectives. They explain the Constitutional issues involved with the firings and the concept of Presidential privilege as it evolved during this period. Students draw conclusions...
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"Sum, Sum, Sum It Up!"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are provided with a model of how to better comprehend text through using a summarization rubric which includes: deleting trivial information, deleting repeated information, substituting easy words for lists of items, adding a...
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Population Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the biodiversity of living things and how they are interdependent upon each other. They conduct research using a variety of resources. Specifically students create a graph to show how a population can grow in an...
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Breaking News English: Designer Babies Row in Britain

For Students 5th - 11th
In this English worksheet, students read "Designer Babies Row in Britain," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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The Human Right to Freedom From Discrimination

For Students 9th - 10th
This site discusses the "human right to freedom from any distinction, exclusion, restriction or preference based on gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin, language, religion, political or other opinion, age, or any other status,...
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U.s. Dept. Of State: 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Spain

For Students 9th - 10th
The 2018 report on human rights practices in Spain includes information on topics of concern related to human rights such as government corruption; violence against women, children, persons with disabilities, and national/racial/ethnic...
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International Human Rights Law Group

For Students 9th - 10th
Human rights organization that help promote equality, seeks justice for victims of human rights abuses, and more. Find pictures, maps, and information about human rights issues.
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Liberty: Protecting Civil Liberties, Protecting Human Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Liberty is a campaign group that "seeks to protect civil liberties and promote human rights for everyone". This site outlines the work of the group and the issues on which it campaigns; provides articles, speeches and publications; and...
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US Department of State

U.s. Dept of State: Human Rights Report on Colombia

For Students 9th - 10th
The U.S State Department report for human rights issues in the country of Colombia, issued February 25, 2004.
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Physicians for Human Rights

For Students 9th - 10th
Co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize, Physicians for Human Rights is a group dedicated to investigating human rights violations around the world. Vast website with multiple links to other human rights organizations.
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Amnesty International: Human Rights in Republic of Cyprus

For Students 9th - 10th
The international organization, Amnesty International, is the watchdog for universal human rights. Here are the reports on Cyprus for the last three years. They provide information on missing persons, racist violence, violence against...