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How Things Fly
Students observe photographs of selected twentieth-century aircraft at the National Air and Space Museum and note differences in the design of aircraft wings, fuselages, and engines.
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Stories That Grow on Trees
Students create their own plot-choice story after reading and discussing a commercially published plot-choice book.
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How Things Fly
Students, by drawing on their own experiences, discuss and examine the basic physics of flight. They participate in a variety of activities regarding flight.
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Stories of the Wrights' Flight
Students examine and compare primary and secondary source accounts of the Wright brothers' first flights on December 17, 1903.
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Money Talks
Students move from fact finding to interpretation as they examine paper money from the time of the American Revolution. In the final exercise, they use the issue dates of the bills to construct a chronology of political changes during...
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Pictures Telling Stories
Learners see the importance of primary sources in the study of history, but also the limitations of relying only on primary sources of taking the money, as it were, at face value.
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Technological Advances in Health
Students explain how technology influences human existence by examining the benefits and risks of different biotechnological advances.
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Desegregating the Kentucky Public School System
Students watch a video which chronicles the struggle to desegregate Kentucky's schools. They write a paper on a given aspect of what they saw in the video.
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RESILENCE-"WINNIE THE POOH AND CHRISTMAS TOO"
First graders view a clip of Pooh and his friends encountering obstacles like losing their letter to Santa. They disucss the problem and ask students to predict what happen next, and they briefly summarize the story line.
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The Rocky Shore
Students compare a realistic landscape painting with a photograph of the same place.
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Collecting, organizing and comparing data for cellular telephone buying and calculating average, and median price and best deal per cost.
Students research data and develop statistical methods such as mean and median price and make convincing arguments as powerful ways for decision making.
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Tsunami
Students discuss the tsunami disaster. They read about the tsunami disaster in newspapers, magazines and web sites. They write a paragraph explaining the tsunami disaster.
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Hazard Identification Activity
Students identify the types of hazards in their classrooom. They develop a plan to eliminate as many of them as possible. They practice earthquake drills to be better prepared during an emergency.
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Colors of Gray
Students view a film about theatres in Chicago. They discover how performing arts can be enjoyed by all ages and how one becomes involved in performing in theatre. They answer questions and discuss to end the lesson.
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Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask
Students examine the history and geography of Martinique and Algeria, with an emphasis on broader issues of race and colonialism. They list some reasons that violence is or isn't a legitimate force in the struggle for people's freedom.
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Environment
Students examine the energy saving benefits of trees. They identify ways in which trees reduce air pollution. They also work together to solve problems related to pollution.
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Bioterror
Students explore and discuss October, 2001 anthrax attacks and their aftermath.
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Breadline
Students examine the breadlines during the Great Depression. They view a short video about different country's responses to mass unemployment. They interview family members if possible who lived during the Depression.
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Total War
Young scholars view a video about the result of using atomic weapons during World War II. They examine how human rights are violated during wartime. They listen as family members come and speak to the class about their experiences...
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Slide-Tape Dramatization as a Way of Teaching Literature
Learners select one song and write the lyrics on the blackboard. They segment the lyrics into meaningful phrases or sentences and visualize each unit of meaning to convey the message of the song. They select a different song and act out...
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Spy on a Spider
Learners view slides or live specimens to name and describe the distinguishing features of groups of arthropods, especially spiders and insects. They complete worksheets, observe webs and then search for and record where spiders can be...
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Creatures from Planet X: Spiders
Students are given a description of some fascinating animals from "Planet X". They follow the descriptions given to illustrate one of these animals paying careful attention to introduced vocabulary such as 'appendages', 'receptors', and...
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Facts, Feats and Folklore: Spiders
Students review and discuss a variety of sayings, folklore and superstitions about spiders. They discuss this information and choose either an interesting fact or appealing foklore tradition to illustrate.
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