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Handout
Partnership for Drug-Free Kids

National Youth Anti Drug Media Campaign: Above the Influence: Alcohol Facts

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource presents information about the risks of abusing alcohol.
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Unit Plan
NOAA

Noaa: Climate

For Students 9th - 10th
The collections under this theme are developed to improve climate literacy and to provide access to scientific information, which can inform personal decisions about actions that influence climate.
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Lesson Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Bridging World History: Food, Demographics, and Culture

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This unit probes into the role food plays in society in terms of culture, economy and global awareness since the primary globalization in the 1500s through videos, various readings, and activities.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Modernist Portraits: Ernest Hemingway

For Students 9th - 10th
Drawing on the monstrosities of World War I, Ernest Hemingway presents male characters persevering through many difficult circumstances in his works, as highlighted in this biography. See "Ernest Hemingway Activities" for more resources.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Regional Realism: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography features Mark Twain as a regional realist author, world renown for his ability to portray real Americans in the late nineteenth century. Click "Mark Twain Activities" for artifacts and activities.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Climate Change Skeptic's Argument

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Lesson plan examines the possibility that the contemporary climate change is due to natural solar cycles. Objectives are to review the evidence of total solar irradiance, analyze data to understand the influence of solar variability, and...
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Website
About Kids Health

About Kids Health: Pre Teen Learning Hub

For Students 3rd - 8th
As your child enters the pre-teen years, they have more opportunities to express their independence. Find out how to support their mental health, monitor their nutrition, prepare for puberty and handle influences from the media.
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Article
Other

Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals: Defining Evangelicalism

For Students 9th - 10th
A scholarly examination of what the term 'evangelical' means in historical and in contemporary times. The article goes on to discuss different ways evangelicalism can manifest itself, how many evangelicals there might be in American...
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Warhol, Marilyn Diptych

For Students 9th - 10th
Andy Warhol's iconic Marilyn Monroe Diptych invites the viewer to consider the consequences of the increasing role of mass media images in our everyday lives. View pictures and read about his techniques and influences in this essay.
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Lesson Plan
Huntington Library

Huntington Library: Learning From Leaves: A Look at Leaf Size [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
A lesson unit where students examine and measure leaf sizes, as well as look at their textures, and draw conclusions about environmental factors that may have influenced their growth positively or negatively.
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Activity
Other

Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth

For Students 9th - 10th
The Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth reports on the marketing practices of alcohol producers and on the dangers of underage drinking. Resources include an overview of alcohol marketing (also available in Spanish), examples of print...
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Activity
Trinity University

Cultural Trends, Social Movements & Institutions Affecting Family

For Students 9th - 10th
While this site doesn't list the functions of the family, it does give background material that helps explain how the family functions exist within society. Looks at the way that society changes families.
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Handout
Aetna Intelihealth

Aetna: Inteli Health: Kids and Smoking

For Students 9th - 10th
Gives reasons why kids pick up smoking despite what we know about tobacco. Good information about the social pressures that lead them to begin.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Becoming Visible: Ralph Ellison

For Students 9th - 10th
Author Ralph Ellison is presented in this biography for his contributions to African American literature. See "Ralph Ellison Activities" for further information.
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Unit Plan
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Poetry of Liberation: Gary Snyder

For Students 9th - 10th
Gary Snyder is the focus of this biography, identifying his contributions to literature through poetry. Click on "Gary Snyder Activities" for related artifacts and activities.
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Website
Other

The Virtual Sun

For Students 6th - 8th
This site features a virtual tour of the sun. Expect to learn facts concerning the sun's characteristics, influences, and lifespan with excellent illustrations and multi-media.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: The Presidential Debates (Lesson Plan)

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
A lesson activity that has students investigating media coverage of presidential debates and discussing how viewers are influenced by things other than the issues being debated. Students will also explore techniques that can help viewers...
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Unit Plan
National Geographic

National Geographic: Human Impact on the Cloud Forest

For Students 6th - 8th
A study discovering and exploring the cloud forest canopy and how humans have influenced the ecosystem's biodiversity.
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Activity
Energy4Me

Energy4me: Perforated Well Casing

For Students 9th - 10th
How do you think adding holes to a well casing will influence the amount of petroleum or natural gas that a well can produce? This activity models the differences in production of a perforated and non-perforated well casing. After the...
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers: Just Desserts

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Identify advertising techniques designed to encourage children to overindulge in unhealthy foods. Explore the motives behind advertising and use your knowledge to think critically about ads all around you. Scroll down to "Just Desserts,"...
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Handout
University of Washington

Uw: Alcohol and Tobacco Use in G Rated Animated Movies

For Students 9th - 10th
This page summarizes a Harvard study about the portrayal of alcohol and tobacco use in animated films geared toward younger audiences. It also summarizes research about films in general and how frequently they show alcohol and tobacco use.
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Curated OER

Ismail Haniya

For Students 9th - 10th
A brief profile of Ismail Haniya, an important Hamas leader with tremendous influence in Gaza. Also provides links to related subjects.

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