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Unit Plan
Choices Program, Brown University

Choices: u.s. Policy in the Middle East: Analyzing Political Cartoons

For Students 9th - 10th
Multi-media resources including video, PowerPoint, articles and maps from which students explore current issues in the Middle East and their relation to U.S. policy and interpret political cartoons on Middle East politics.
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Unit Plan
PBS

Pbs: Yellow Journalism and Fake News: Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about the rise of yellow journalism and the fine if occasionally wavering line between sensationalism and fake news in this series of videos from the American Masters film Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People. Learn about the...
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Activity
Other

New4 Kids

For Students 9th - 10th
Wissen was los ist -- know what's going on. News4kids is a news site aimed at mainly late elementary and middle school students (but would be great for German learners of all ages). Includes articles on politics, people and animals in...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Using Primary Sources

For Teachers 4th - 6th Standards
This is an interdisciplinary inquiry-based lesson plan that focuses on critical thinking. Students are introduced to the true story of the first Thanksgiving with the reading of a NCSS Notable Trade Book Thanksgiving: The True Story....