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The Search for Shangri-La
What is your idea of paradise? Middle and high schoolers share their visions of paradise on earth in this lesson, in which they view a video segment about Shangri-La. Your high schoolers can discuss and then write about their ideas in a...
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The Border Goes to Hollywood
Students view a movie or tv show, or listen to music to analyze the ways border life is depicted in arts and entertainment.
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"Escuela" Debate
Students observe a documentary on "Escuela" to explore the life and education of migrant families. After discussing the related topics in the movie, students share their conclusions migrant farmworkers. Using the Internet and other...
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An English-Speaking World
An overview of the development of English as a global language fills out these slides. Beginning with statistics regarding how much of the world speaks English and to what capacity, a brief history is then given mostly pertaining to WWII...
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Islam Religion
Students compare Christianity to Islam. In this lesson on Islamic tradition, students read the Muslim confession and tour an Islamic center or watch a video on the faith. Students look for likenesses and differences between...
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Angela Jolie
In this famous person activity, learners read a passage about Angelina Jolie and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches,...
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World War II: America on the Home Front
Eleventh graders gain a sense of historical time and historical perspective as they study the massive campaign that the U.S. government launched to convince Americans to conserve, participate, and sacrifice. They study cencorship, and...
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50 Cent
In this famous people worksheet, students read a passage about 50 Cent and then complete a variety of in calss and homework activities including spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and scrambled sentences.
Ministerio de Educación (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion: Viaje a La Esperanza
This site has materials related to immigration. It was done in memory of the movie Xavier Koller's (1989).
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: Biographies: Thomas Edison
A good description of the inventions and life of this bright and ambitious man. As inventor of the light bulb, phonograph, movie camera and many others, Edison lived a very inspiring life. In Spanish.