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Payment Parliament
Students investigate how the economy works by role playing in their class. In this money management activity, students read parts from a script for use in a role playing activity simulating the Federal Reserve and their payment...
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Reflections of Hunger and Poverty: the Works of Lange, Kollwitz, and Orozco
Students explore the Great Depression depicted in artwork. In this interdisciplinary instructional activity, students analyze artwork by Dorothea Lange, Kathe Kollwitz, and Jose Clemente Orozco. Students create brochures that feature...
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What's So Great About Peter?
Students research the origins of the name of their town or city. They pick another city and do the same, individually. They also write a bio poem about a historical figure.
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Year Round Schools?
Students explore reasons for the length of the school year in the United States. The pros and cons for extensions of the year are researched and discussed.