Curated OER
Picture Your Future
Fifth graders use Career-O-Rom-A interactive software to investigate various careers in which they are interested. They examine the clothing associated with their career choices and workplaces. They list ten careers which still appeal...
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Yellow Journalism and the Spanish American War
Seventh graders investigate the meaning and impact of "yellow journalism." They determine how it affects people and how it played out in the USS Maine incident during the Spanish American War by reading articles and watching a PowerPoint...
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Wacky Water Critters
Students visit a local creek or stream. They collect water samples from the creek and observe and sort the "water critters" they find in the sample, observing smaller organisms under a microscope if necessary. They identify each organism...
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Folk Remedy Presentation Response Journal
In this folk remedy presentation response journal worksheet, students share their impressions of a peer presentation by filling in blanks to finish 11 sentence starters.
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Short Vowel I Activity #2
In this short i activity, students circle the word in a pair that has the short i sound, then write the word on provided lines. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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With Liberty and Justice for All
Fifth graders identify and define in their own words the first ten amendments to the Constitution. They are assigned a CDV or amendment from the Bill of Rights and create and present a one-minute skit demonstrating it.
Curated OER
"Charlotte's Web" - Transfer of Learning Across the Curriculum: From Literature to Science
Learners research and write about the parts of a spider's body using educational software. They draw spiders using computer software.
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Density, Iron, and Anemia
Students explain what factors determine density. In this physics lesson plan, students hypothesize which objects are less dense. They cite the importance of density in everyday life.
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Religions of Japan
Young scholars explore, analyze and study the religions that originated in Japan, including Shintoism and Zen Buddhism. They assess the beliefs of each religion and compare/contrast all the Eastern Religions and view their people and...
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Edward Elgar
Students explore the music of Edward Elgar. As a class, they listen to Elgar's "Nimrod" and the "Adagio Cantabile" from Beethoven's piano Sonata. They listen to the music, write down the moods and discuss their feelings. Students compare...
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Wacky Water Critters
Students recognize the biodiversity that exists in a wetland ecosystem. They identify individual wetland organisms. Students define, identify, and comprehend the importance of adaptations. They describe the process of metamorphosis.
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Revised “Understanding Nutrition” Activity
Students evaluate their current food choices. In this health science lesson, students test different drinks to rate the amount of Vitamin C content. They discuss results in class.
Education Development Center
Title Ix: A Brief History
A brief but comprehensive article on the history and current status of Title IX. Provides list of resource organizations and materials as well as contact information for centers that assist with desegragation issues in public schools.
Other
Aclu: Title Ix the Nine
Brief biographies of nine visionary people who supported equal opportunity for women in education and sports.
US Department of Education
Title Ix: A Sea Change in Gender Equity in Education
Addresses the positive changes in gender equity in education and the progress made for women since the passage of Title IX in 1975.
University of Iowa
University of Iowa Libraries: Gender Equality in Sports
This site has several informational links to the equality law, Title IX, the history of this law dating back form 1972, some of the lawsuits steming from Title IX and several other informative links.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Point of View: Who, Me? Biased?: Understanding Implicit Bias
In this interactive lesson, learners explore the extent to which society (and they themselves) may discriminate based on factors they're not even aware of, implicit biases. Why haven't laws been enough to eliminate discrimination? After...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: The Women's Rights Movement
Internet based instructional activity for high school students about the women's rights movement. Connected with a textbook series but could be used by anyone. Nice, self-contained activity.
Other
Jwa: Jewish Women and the Feminist Revolution (Jewish Women's Archive)
This site offers an interactive look at the roles Jewish women have played in the furthering of feminism and the American women's movement in the last half of the 20th century. You can access the information through a timeline, themes of...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: What Administration Is Saying About Trans Students
Information about the Obama administration's directive to public schools on how to be inclusive and non-discrimitative to transgender students.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Civil Rights: Demanding Equality
Teach the history of Civil Rights using this comprehensive learning module. Trace the movement from the 14th Amendment to modern times. The focus is on African American rights but also touches on women and disabled American's rights....
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Explore the historic reasons women are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics today.
Google Cultural Institute
Google Cultural Institute: Game Changers
Explores the cultural, political, and social barriers women have overcome to play competitive sports.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Classroom: Education Policy
This website contains an interactive timeline about the history of education policy within the United States.