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Does Free Speech Exist in School?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars examine their own First Amendment rights as students. They read and discuss a news article, discuss the Supreme Court case Frederick v. Morse, take an online quiz and conduct Internet research, and create a brochure...
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Ooh, You're in Trouble!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Young scholars consider disruptive school behavior and how school districts in several states are turning to the juvenile justice system for help. They debate this issue from a variety of perspectives, and write a paper.
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Presidential Places Quilt

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners design historical quilts. In this presidential history lesson plan, students research past presidents and landmarks named for them. Learners create quilt squares to represent the landmarks and piece all of them together in a...
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It All Adds Up

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils brainstorm reasons for politicians to expand recycling programs and find statistics to support recycling programs. They design posters, displaying a compelling statistic about recycling, to convince students at their school to...
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Different Strokes

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore a Maine community in which a sudden influx of Somali immigrants has resulted in tension between the Somalis and the local residents. They create a handbook explaining aspects of the Somali culture to an American audience.
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A Shot in the Dark?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students ask and answer their own questions about smallpox and the smallpox vaccine. They create outlines for an informative CD-ROM that could be distributed to health care professionals.
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Modern Messages

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the aims of artists working in various contemporary art movements, then create works in a similar art style to convey
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Prairie Dog Prognosis

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the transmission of diseases from exotic pets to humans. They research different aspects of particular zoonotic diseases from the perspectives of the animal vector, the parasite, the infected human, and the carrier human.
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Playing By Different Rules

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore the concept of American imperialism by researching and analyzing historical examples of American imperialism. They draft a set of laws that would govern the actions of powerful nations in other countries.
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Forceful Persuasion

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students investigate U.S. foreign policy in Middle Eastern countries, and rank their level of support for American military and diplomatic actions.
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Counterterrorism 101

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the roles that morality and pragmatism play in war, and then create a timeline documenting Israel's evolving response to terrorism since 1948.
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Ambivalent Council

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students consider the purpose of a constitution and research Iraq's five major population groups. They write a letter to the Iraqi Governing Council from the perspective of a member of one of these Iraqi population groups.
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Web Writer's Block

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils evaluate Web sites banned in various countries, and investigate the reasons why particular countries would want to block information from its people.
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Global Job Hopping

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine basic trade terms and data about the economies of countries increasingly used as outsources for American jobs.
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Coffee Makes the World Go Round

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the concept of "fair trade coffee," then research facts about coffee and the coffee industry and create original exhibits to be included in a "Global Coffee Awareness Fair."
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Shaken Up

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss the type of information that they expect to read in news coverage of earthquakes. They explore the devastating aftermath of an earthquake in South and Southeast Asia and research and write their own articles describing...
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Arts Directors

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students reflect on a personally meaningful live performance and the circumstances necessary to create art. They study about the current leadership crisis facing the Met, Carnegie Hall, and the Public theater. In groups, students...
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Replicating Controversy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Student act as a research scientists and investigate the development of animal and human cloning. They then report their findings, both orally and visually, to their "colleagues" at a symposium on cloning research. Students explore the...
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You Are Here

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils simulate a course with and without a guide as if they were an airplane with and without air traffic control. They read and discuss the article "For Airlines, Hands-On Air Traffic Control". They discuss challenges that air traffic...
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Read a Transportation Story

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders research the building of a transcontinental road. In this railroad history lesson, 3rd graders discuss past and present transportation. Students look at historical photos and compare and contrast photos from today.
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Context Helps: The Wild Foundation

For Students 6th - 8th
In this Context Helps:  The Wild Foundation learning exercise, students read 7 words in context and write their own sentences, read a 2 1/2 page article about The Wild Foundation, use a graphic organizer to record the details, and...
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History Repeats Itself

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read about an event that occurred 140 years ago to ascertain information (who? what? when? where? why?) and to compare this event to Rosa Parks arrest almost 50 years ago. They retell the story from your point of view.
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Dorothea Lange

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explain that a person's experiences influence their life, write a time line of their life, and analyze Dorothea's photographs and list descriptive words.
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Reading A Historical Photograph

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students examine a historical photograph to gather information and draw conclusions.