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Image Conscious
Students take a stand on the concept of changing their appearance. In this changing of ones image instructional activity, students create a design that would change their image and discuss the age they think they...
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Empowered Barbie
Students access prior knowledge of vocabulary on feminism and psychoanalytic theory, and gender schema. In this Empowered Barbie instructional activity, students recreate a Barbie doll. Students write a reflection on how they...
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Culture and Obesity
Students explore cultural perceptions regarding obesity. In this personal health lesson plan, students read case scenarios about 3 women and their health perceptions. Students discuss the women and the stereotypes associated with the...
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The Story of Red and Blue: Art
Students identify art history by examining a list of images on-line. In this painting lesson plan, students identify the work of Keith Haring by researching the Internet and discuss his style of artwork. Students utilize computers,...
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Use of John Johnson's Life Story in Conjunction With Other Black Entrepreneurs as Role Models for Potential Black Businessmen
Students read an autobiography of John Johnson and discuss how he rose from poverty to be a successful businessman. After reading excerpts of other autobiographies, they brainstorm a list of characteristics of those who were successful...
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Our 50 States
Students identify the location of the 50 states using an interactive map. They practice geography skills by playing a fun game. Pupils become familiar with the state abbreviations for the US states. Students become familiar with the...
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Quarters from the Coast
Students discuss Fifty State Quarters Program, compare and contrast location of land and water on map of United States, while also becoming aware of physical shape of nation and home state, and explore coastal areas in United States.
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The Nio
Students discuss the importance of guardian figures in Japanese Buddhist practices using prior knowledge and visual cues gathered from examples of Japanese art. This lesson can be extended to include a creative project.
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On the Road Again": Moving People, Products, and Ideas
For this lesson learners learn how to identify modes of transportation and communication for moving people, products, and ideas from place to place. Students also study the advantages and disadvantages of different modes of...
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Quarters from the Coast
Students examine the Maine state quarter and discuss the features on the quarter that identify Maine as a coastal state. They identify coastal states and inland states on a map.
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Mississippian Regalia
Young scholars research the Mississippian culture and how the regalia people distinguish themselves and their different roles in society.
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Pbs Teachers: The New Zoos: The Wilder, the Better
Investigate how scientists study the mirror self-recognition of orangutans. Perform an experiment to see how sense of self can become distorted when a reflection doesn't match the sense of body position and movement.
California Digital Library
Loc: Chinese in California: Agriculture, Fishing, and Related Industries
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons...
California Digital Library
Loc: Anti Chinese Movement and Chinese Exclusion
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons...
California Digital Library
Loc: Sentiments Concerning the Chinese: Illustrations From Periodicals
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons...
California Digital Library
Loc: Chinese/chinese American Communities Outside San Francisco
The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons...