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Colonization: Africa

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students analyze maps of Africa. They label physical features, tribal kingdoms, and European settlements, among other topics on the maps. They write reflective paragraphs on their work.
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Symbolism in China's Material Goods

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students make a generalization about the process of 'looking' and 'grouping', hoping to show that we, as Americans, show preferences and shared choices. They study examples of American art through time and create a class chart...
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History Telling

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine the different parts of history that make up people's lives.  In this American History instructional activity, 10th graders explore how historians learn about events that happened in the past by looking at...
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Election Day

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
In this election day worksheet, learners watch TV reports on election day and record the electoral votes at a given time. Students then predict who the winner will be.
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O Time, thou must untangle this": Tangling up the Love in Twelfth Night

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders are broken into groups to review a section of The Twelfth Night. They are then given a handout of the same material in which they are to break up material which conveys a single idea. They are to preform this idea to the...
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Japanese Culture

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders make connections with the history of Japanese art with the modern use of ancient warriors in the popular Yu-Gi-Oh trading cards. They journal and reflect upon the research and comparison of the ancient to modern art.
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Lesson Plan for Waiting to Waltz: A Childhood by Cynthia Rylant

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders examine the elements of writing poetry. In this creative writing lesson, 6th graders discuss a book of poetry in the setting of Appalachia. Students incorporate childhood experiences into the development of visual and...
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Describe That State

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students broaden knowledge about all the 50 states. They combine their knowledge about states with their knowledge about parts of speech to create grammatically correct sentences that describe the characteristics of the states.
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Smallville Prairie Development Project

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research the characteristics of the prairie habitat focusing on scientific, social/historical and aesthetic values. They investigate how humans impact the prairie habitat while maintaining a daily journal of research and...
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Quebec Separatism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students determine if the Quebec separatists have just cause for separation. They evaluate acceptable alternatives to separation. They assess damages to Quebec and Canada if separation occurs.
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Globe Skills Lesson 2: Paving the Way for Columbus

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students explore the expedition of Christopher Columbus. In this geography skills lesson, students consider the technological advances that made Columbus's expedition possible as they complete a latitude and longitude activity.
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Early China

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students journey back in time to early China. In this Chinese history lesson, students explore China's geography; read about the Shang, Zhou, and Han Dynasties; compare Confucianism and Daoism. Students create PowerPoint...
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The Four P's of Marketing

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore how product, price, place and promotion play key roles in the marketing mix.
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Graphin' and Glyphin' Utah Weather

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use glyphs as a way to visually represent information about Utah weather. These nonverbal representations help students collect and interpret data in a visual format.
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Where Am I?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers apply map reading skills by locating places through the use of latitude and longitude.
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The Roar of the Twenties; The Crash of the Thirties

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders, after assuming identities of prominent figures from the 1920's and looking at slides and data from the era, relate, in diary form, the cultural, economic and political changes that happened in America between 1920 and 1939.
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Travel the World Via the "Net"

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers work together to create a travel brochure of a foreign country of their choice. They use the Internet to research their information. They create graphics showing interesting locations. They write in their journals at the...
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Contemporary Japanese Relief Printing

For Teachers 4th
STudents identify and interpret relief printing and that the art of printing is not only an ancient art in Japan but a contemporary one as well. Students identify who Fumio Fujita is and his artworks.
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Contemporary Korean Collage

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders engage in a lesson about Korean collages. They study an artist and the style in detail in order to become more acquainted to the art. Using this information the students create their own art in the same method and...
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Lesson Plan on Korea

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students participate in a lesson about ancient pottery making in Korea. The time of the research goes back to the 12th century. They read a story and study the attributes of characterization that the author uses.
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Columbus' Perception of the New World

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
students investigate readings relating to the voyage of Columbus in 1492 and to make historical connections based on those readings. They form pairs to share insights and answer specific questions, and share information in a final class...
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Read, Recognize & Graph Integers

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore negative and positive integers on a number line. They review a newspaper to determine careers that use positive and negative integers. In groups, they read and answer questions on "Lifestyles of the Rich and...
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Is Coming to the United States of America Good for the Immigrant?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Student discuss whether coming to the United States was good for certain groups of immigrants. Using the internet, they examine settlement patterns for immigrants over a period of time. In groups, they role play the role of a family...
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Fishing for El Nino

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explain why fish are in their usual location from the perspective of a worker on a fishing boat. They use clues clues, research, and a fake letter from their friend in North Carolina to determine the cause is El Nino.

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