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Online Collaborative Social Studies Lesson Plan
Pupils create newspapers and post them online for others to see.
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Middle-class teenagers in India
Learners read and discuss an extract about teenagers in India and complete related activities.
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Agreement In Spanish
Eighth graders engage in a lesson that is about the use of adjectives in advertising to communicate to the public. They look at advertisements and identify the different adjectives used in the text while determining the effectiveness of...
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CREATING THE CONSTITUTION
Students engage in a variety of activities aimed at strengthening comprehension of the Constitution. The activities are part of a layered curriculum and students create a portfolio for assessment.
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Rain Forests
Learners investigate rain forests. They view and discuss photos of rain forests, answer discussion questions, define key vocabulary words, and participate in a class discussion.
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Talk Back
Students study print and TV ads and search for examples in which advertising companies rely on negative stereotypes or misleading information to market their products.
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Breaking News English: Pentagon Reports on Koran Abuse
In this English activity, students read "Pentagon Reports on Koran Abuse," 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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Justice Served?
Students familiarize themselves with high-ranking Bush administration officials who have recently resigned and with various elements of political cartoons. THey research the role of the attorney general and the issues that surrounding...
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Lesson Plan: Korea
Students engage in a activity that has the primary concern of the controversy that surrounds the Korean Nuclear Program. The viewpoints of various stakeholders from other nations is considered.
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Aussie symbols
Students work in groups to identify, examine, collect, and present a range of symbols and logos used in Australia.
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Project SETI.
Tenth graders study how to search for life in outer space and make use of the 40-foot radio telescope at Greenbank, West Virginia. Request that the telescope be pointed at a particular location and time and receive data back from it...
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Lasting Impressions
Students brainstorm a list of images, people, and emotions that they associate with news stories that are particularly moving. They explore how the play "The Laramie Project" presents the events surrounding Matthew Shepard's death....
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THE JUDICIAL BRANCH
Students create a series of drawings to show the process of how the Supreme Court does its work. The drawings may be in strip cartoon form or a series of separate illustrations.
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Home Is Where the Hound Is
Learners study Britain's rabies law then share their own personal pet stories with the class.
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Through the Looking Glass
Students conduct Internet 'treasure hunts' to explore how everyday items, both in their antique and modern forms, possess historic and cultural significance.
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Explaining a Legend
Young scholars explain the place of the legend of Herakles in ancient Greek life and compare ancient and modern legends in an essay.
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Read All About It! Events and People of the 1930s and 1940s That Shaped California and the Nation.
Young scholars look carefully at four photographs by Dorothea Lange and discuss them in terms of what is depicted and what she may have wanted to communicate. They review what they learned about the Dust Bowl, the Depression, the war...
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Awesome Audio Book
Pupils choose a written piece and present it aloud in a student-made recording. They analyze how sounds are used to elicit emotion.
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You are Invited to a Virtual Dinner
Young scholars create place settings for a dinner to celebrate the school's diversity. They invite older members of the community to join. They discuss culture during the dinner.
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Media and Society
Students rank public figures and decide what makes a good citizen.Working in pairs students design their own way of assessing contributions to society. The following contributions are examined for evaluation: Helping others, obeying the...
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Breaking News English: Bill Gates and Bono - Time's Persons of 2005
In this English worksheet, students read "Bill Gates and Bono - Time's Persons of 2005," 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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Breaking News English: Kate Moss Best Dressed and Undressed
In this English worksheet, students read "Kate Moss Best Dressed and Undressed," 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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Accountable Terms
Students examine concepts, terms and organizations necessary to explain the basis of a speech by President Bush on corporate responsibility. They read and analyze the speech.
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Unsettling Plans
Students consider words that reflect their knowledge and opinions about Israel, Palestinian Authority and the Gaza Strip. They develop annotated timelines about the history of the region in the 20th century and create collages that...