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To Tell the Truth: Will the Real Warren G. Harding Please Step Forward!

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders play the role of historians, working to become experts on Warren G. Harding's private and public life. They become contestants in a simulation of the popular 1970s television show "To Tell the Truth".
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Determining Authority and Accuracy

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Students determine the authority of any source of information including books, web sites, and individual "experts". With an activity worksheet, they are guided through the activity, evaluating the authority and accuracy of one web site.
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Lesson 3: Making a Living

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students, in groups, create hypothetical financial plans for a colonial Maine family living on the frontier.
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Searching the THC Website

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students use the internet to validate different websites. They examine the Texas Historical Commission's website and complete a question and answer section. They discuss the information they gathered with the class.
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Fungal History

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify different types of fungi. They discuss how mushrooms are used in American culture and research an issue about a type of fungi. They share their information with the class.
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The WPA, Zora Neale Hurston, and the Cross City Turpentine Camp

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read Zora Neale Hurston's essay "Turpentine" and analyze the document using the Document Analysis Worksheet. They determine the author's purpose and point of view and their effects on the text.
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Zora Neale Hurston, the WPA, and the Cross City Turpentine Camp

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students listen to a statement about Zora Neale Hurston's essay, "Turpentine" and discuss if they agree or disagree with it. They work in groups to record information supporting their position.
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Street Cred

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners explore the definition and derivation of the popular word "cred." Using worksheets and lecture materials, students provide meanings for the word when used in varying contexts and when used as a phrase. They also consider the...
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Looking After Pets

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students work in groups to compose their own "Duty of Care" for pets and make their own individual list from this discussion and illustrate it with drawing or images taken from magazines, websites or newspapers.
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Blogging Baseball

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Student identify differences between terms oral tradition and folklore as they relate to history of Negro Leagues baseball players, and research and post oral traditions and folklore findings on class blog.
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Who Did That?

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Learners use current newspapers and news magazines and find the names of women making news today. They continue and extend their search at home. Students select one of those woman newsmakers, research her life using print and/or online...
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Different Perspectives: The Durham Report and Act of Union

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research and write an essay on the "Report on the Affairs of British North America," also known as the Durham Report.
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Different Perspectives: The Durham Report and Act of Union

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research events that led to the Durham Report, the differing perspectives of various social and political groups at the time and the consequences of the report. They write a report on the source of these grievances, the...
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The Media and You

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students create a system to approach news articles. They analyze media content for main ideas and overall themes and summarize key points. Students draw upon personal experiences to build on ideas presented in news articles.
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Comparative Embryology Using Japanese Medaka Fish

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars conduct an experiment to control the breeding of Japanese Medaka fish. They collect the fertilized eggs and view and record the fish's embryological development daily to compare the stages to human development.
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Robert Boyle's Informants

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students review and discuss the importance of Boyle's informants and how he sometimes relied on information from those with experience of the wider world to substantiate his scientific theories. They complete the worksheet, answering...
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Parliamentary 101 or "How to Get Things Done!" (Unless You're in Opposition)

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students are introduced to new vocabulary used in a Legislature setting. As a class, they are divided into a Government group and an Opposition group and present their issues to the other side. They rank the issues and change roles to...
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ZIP: A One-Act Play

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers review amendments of the Constitution relating to due process. They discuss the Constitution in the case of Eberhard "Zip" Fuhr. They research the provisions of the WWII Alien Enemy Control Program. They determine how...
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Tossing the Text Book: Teaching Modern History

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders analyze primary sources.  In this Current Events lesson, 10th graders write a short two - three paged paper answering a specific question.  Students prepare a fact sheet for the class detailing points that support the...
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Working Worms

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners study earthworms and their role in creating healthy soil for healthy food. In this earthworms and soil lesson, students complete an jug experiment to learn about the role of earthworms and healthy soil. Learners read and discuss...
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Parents are unawareof Ecstasy risk:Anti-drug Education

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students read an article on parents unawareness of Ecstasy use. In this current events lesson, students infer issues related to teen drug use and parent prevention and engage in a class discussion. Students give a quiz related to Ecstasy...
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Projects

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students write a typed report.  In this writing lesson students type a 3 to 5 page report and present it to the class.
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Trust Circles

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners compare communities to which they belong. In this social studies and language arts lesson plan, students discuss trust and use a Venn diagram to compare two communities to which they belong.

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