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Persistent Paths: Trails, Tracks and Turnpikes Across the Alleghenies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers study maps to determine barriers associated with the Pennsylvania mountains and the Native Americans.  In this investigative lesson students study the routes used by Native Americans, explain physical features of the...
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Reading The Flag Maker

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore The Flag Maker. In this reading comprehension instructional activity, students listen to the book The Flag Maker, making predictions and answering questions during the reading. Students locate facts and opinions within...
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Intermediate Sentence Completion Exercise 35

For Students 6th - 8th
In this intermediate sentence completion exercise 35 worksheet, students working online, choose the correct word(s) to complete the sentence, with immediate feedback.
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Analyzing Poetry and Characters

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students investigate historical context by reading poetry.  In this language arts lesson, students discover the work of Michael Longley and examine his poem "Ceasefire."  Students identify the sonnets used in the piece and...
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Give Peace A Chance: Nonviolence as a valid strategy for social change

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students analyze how people solve conflicts. In this conflict resolution lesson, students look at Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King's nonviolence movements. They see the reasoning behind nonviolence and how it works. 
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Chapter 1 – The Constitution

For Students 9th - 12th
In this colonial America worksheet, high schoolers read assigned textbook pages detailing the U.S. Constitution and respond to 46 short answer questions.
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Feudalism

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young scholars have tournaments in teams after learning information about The Middle Ages. In this Middle Ages lesson plan, students learn that tournaments are mock battles, but that they will have these battles by answering questions in...
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Cuban Missile Crisis

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders determine how causation shaped the Cuban Missile Crisis. In this Cold War lesson, 11th graders examine photographs and documents related to the crisis and analyze the television address that President Kennedy made to the...
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Legacy Of The Roman Empire

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners explore the Roman Empire. In this ancient Rome lesson, students watch "The Legacy of the Roman Empire," and discover details about Vindolanda, the Roman fort. Learners compose letters from Roman soldiers at the fort that reveal...
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Declaration of Power

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students examine the Korean nuclear escalation. In this current events lesson, students explore the nuclear arms race in Korea and the science that explains nuclear weapons.
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Memories of War

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students consider how World War II impacted Europe. In this D-Day lesson, students visit selected websites to discover information about the invasion, its conditions, and the people who fought. Suggested activities are included...
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Congressional Scenarios

For Teachers 7th - 11th
In this U.S. government worksheet, students read 12 scenarios pertaining to government intervention and determine what to do as lawmakers in response to each of the scenarios.
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Hoosier Soldiers and the Emancipation Proclamation

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the impact of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation through the eyes of Indiana soldiers. For this American Civil War lesson, 8th graders read the proclamation and then students write essays that included letters...
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Russia burns: Moscow under smog: Grain export ban

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders examine the problems that the 2010 heat wave caused in Russia. In this Russian Weather ESL instructional activity, 10th graders read an article and answer guided reading questions. Students complete an article quiz on...
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Che Guevara

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous person worksheet, students read a passage about Che Guevara and then complete a variety of in-class and homework activities to support comprehension, including partner interviews, spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and...
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Helen Clark

For Students 4th - 6th
In this famous people worksheet, students read about the life of Helen Clark and complete a variety of comprehension activities including but not limited to matching, sequencing, writing and spelling activities. An answer key is included.
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Kim Jong-Il

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous leaders worksheet, students read a passage about Kim Jong-Il and then complete a variety of activities including spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and scrambled sentences.
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William And Kate: Duke and Dutches of Cambridge

For Students 4th - 8th
In this famous leaders worksheet, students read a passage about Prince William and Kate Middleton and then complete a variety of in class and homework activities including spelling, cloze, synonym matches, and scrambled sentences.
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Joan of Arc: Virgin Warrior

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars view a documentary on Joan of Arc. She is one of the most venerated saints in the Catholic religion, yet she was burned at the stake as a heretic. After viewing, students discuss what they saw and write a newspaper column...
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Feudal Japan: Shogun

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students discuss the position attained by the shoguns of feudal Japan, who replaced the emperor as the main source of political power and examine how this power was reflected in art.
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Weavers Tell Their Stories

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students examine the practice of weaving by Mayan women. They read personal accounts and write a sentence stating the main idea. They also write a short report on weaving as a cultural and economic way of life for the Mayan women.
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War Expectations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers determine what they think Americans currently expect regarding warfare and its cost in human lives and examine the sources of these expectations.
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A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils analyze Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" War Address. Students read the original first typed draft of the speech, and compare handwritten changes with the original to determine whether the changes strengthened or weakened...
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A Union Soldier's View of the Battle of Raymond

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students use a primary resource to collect information about a Civil War battle. They identify similarities and differences between historical wars and modern wars.

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