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Under the Collar

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners first examine different types of white-collar crimes; they then research recent individual cases to present in a student-written and produced expos?? program on white-collar crime.
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Your Beating Heart - Circulatory System

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students illustrate a schematic circulatory system of a human body including heart, lungs, arteries, veins and capillaries. Next, students conduct an experiment to increase understanding of the relationship between heart rate/pulse and...
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Tete a Tete: Portraits by Henri Cartier-Bresson

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners examine the relationship of a portrait and the subject it represents. They discover the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson and discuss. They also read about Cartier-Bresson's philosophy.
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High Anxiety

For Teachers 6th - 12th
The Learning Network section of the New York Times produces high-quality teaching materials. This issue gets middle or high schoolers reading an article about how people use art to express their response to high-stress events. They work...
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Sand Painting Mural

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders design and create classroom sand painting mural which is comprised of individually designed pieces.
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Body Systems in Action

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders, in groups, create a short skit that shows how body systems work together.
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Gas Money

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students write, edit and produce resum??s and cover letters in final form.
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Dogberry: The Most Vigilant Lawman Ever

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students analyze the character and find the malapropisms of Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing
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Trouble in the Fields: Mexican Migrant Workers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students become curators and museum reviewers for an online gallery using a selected group of primary sources on Mexican migrant workers. They share and reflect on their own and each other's ideas though participation in an on-line...
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Religious Intolerance and the Salem Witch Trials

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers describe the basic beliefs of the Puritan religion; identify the principle figures in the Salem Witch Trials;explain the events that led to the mass hysteria suffered by the town; analyze the First Amendment; and examine...
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Poverty Point Earthworks: Louisiana's Ancient Inhabitants

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students research the prehistoric earthworks site at Poverty Point, Louisiana. They compare the Louisiana artifacts and structure to the remains and knowledge of other ancient cultures. They present their research to the class.
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2.2: Sedimentary Rocks

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders discuss the geologic rock cycle and work with their group to simulate creating a sedimentary rock. They conduct an experiment that demonstrates the sedimentary process and draw the steps of the rock cycle.
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Roadkill Museum

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Learners use roadside kill to use taxidermy skills, become comfortable working with animals and dissecting.
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2nd Grade - Act. 22: The World Game

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders play World Game to become more familiar with continents, oceans, countries and states.
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Don't Let Pressure Get to You

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study the ways peers can pressure them on a daily basis. They watch video segments on how to better deal with peer pressure.
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A Little Rebellion Now and Then Leads to Archival Material

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students examine the American Revolution and the Articles of Confederation. They, in groups, participate in different activities.
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Greek And Latin Root Words

For Teachers 8th
Students examine Greek and Latin root words. They research the history of the English language, solve word games and puzzles, write paragraphs about the impact of Greek and Latin on the English language, and create flip chart study guides.
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Country: Madagascar

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students use the Internet to examine the economy, culture and environment of Madagascar. They participate in online games and view photographs.
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Geometry in the Real World

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders complete a unit of lessons on basic geometry concepts. They participate in a variety of activities, culminating in a project that involves publishing a booklet or a poster that presents the major geometry concepts from the...
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Did Rome Fall, Or Was It Pushed?

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders work in teams to research the reasons for the fall of Rome and come to a conclusion of why it did.
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Measuring Pots

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students use an activity sheet to construct analogies about possible function of ancient or historic ceramics and compute circumference from a section of a circle as they study measuring pots.
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Running

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in team activities and drills to practice running types and techniques such as high knee, skip running, back kick, big stride, etc... They participate in a 50 meter dash, relay race, and agility race.
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Living in Hurricane Country

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers examine how hurricanes grow and their strength levels through an interactive program. They define terms associated with hurricanes and how the public is affected by the storms.
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Oil Spill!

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars examine how oil spills are cleaned through an interactive program. They review the facts of oil spills and how the oil spreads. They discuss the short and long term effects of a spill and how they can be avoided.

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