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Out of the Dust -- Part II
Eighth graders discover that literature can be a great way to gather information about the past. Using various types of text, they research its historical data and determine if it is correct. They write two papers to respond to the...
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Summary, Symbolism, and Levels of Meaning - The Healing Totem
Students watch a video and write a summary about a symbolic totem pole. For this symbolism lesson, students discuss the components of summarizing and watch a video about a totem pole. Students write a summary of the video and discuss the...
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Treasure of the Silk Roads
Students generate world maps that act as creative writing prompts. The prompts reflect on the cultures and history of the past through their own experiences. Students create an original writing sample.
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Where I'm From: Personal and Cherokee
Students write a poem about the land they are from. They research the previous inhabitants of the same land - the Cherokee Indians - and write a poem about the land from a Cherokee perspective.
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Henry Spelman: The Powhatan Indians' English Boy
Sixth graders read and analyze narrative writing by and about Henry Spelman, a boy-laborer who helped settle Jamestown. They read biographical information, discuss the harsh conditions, and write a narrative piece on Henry's experiences.
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A Medal for Peace
Students create a class peace medal to present to another grade/class as a symbol of friendship between the two groups of students. Then they write an explanation of what the purpose of the peace medal is and how it relates to Lewis and...
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Reporting Live From...
Students examine the many disasters in West Virginia. In this US history activity, students write about and give an oral presentation of one of the disasters as if they were reporters.
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Desert Postcards
Pupils research characteristics of deserts. They present their findings in small groups to the class. Students utilize information learned about desert biomes, geography of the route of the Niger, and expeditions in their writing.
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Lincoln, Douglass, and Black Emergence (Literature and Politics, 1840-1865)
Young scholars examine the ideas of Lincoln and Douglass. In groups, they compare and contrast writings from each man and how they formed the nation with their ideas. After watching "Glory", they discuss how people like Lincoln and...
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Martin Luther King Jr. Who Is He?
Students describe MLk's leadership of the desegregation movement. Students discuss the meaning of non-violent revolution. Students identify the difference between their lives and those ofcitizens in 1963. Students write a short essay...
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Native American Sand Painting
Children write Navajo journals pretending to be a Native American for four days. Student then begin their art project. After lightly penciling in their sketch of the land and environment of the Navajo, the students receive brown...
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Reporters Notebook
Learners research their local government officials through the Kids Corner site. Each student will write a letter to one government official and present questions that he or she would like to have answered. They will report their...
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Mississippi Delta Blues Moves: Second in a Series of Three with Barb Hoffman and Steve Hoskins, MGM
Learners complete a graphic organizer reviewing Barb Hoffman's prior lesson," Slave Songs (1840-1876)" as well as listen to and discuss Delta Blues music samples. Students research one Delta Blues singer and write a "color coded"...
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Travel Club Unit
Seventh graders participate in a classroom travel club while they research Latin American cities. They research the city finding the pertinent information provided in the directions. They write a letter to other travel club members that...
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Presidents
Fifth graders practice utilizing outlining as a way to organize their information and make an outline of their own life for practice.
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Supreme Court
Eleventh graders explore the redistricting process. In this American Government instructional activity, 11th graders examine the electoral map. Students write an essay posing an argument for the redistricting process.
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Remember When?
Young scholars work in cooperative groups to research life in a decade of the 20th century. Each group member writes a 7-10 page paper highlighting the social, political and cultural events and the group presents a Powerpoint...
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Getting To Know Famous People
First graders use the internet to research a famous American. Using the information they collect, they write a paragraph noting their accomplishments. They find a picture of the person they are researching or dress up like them to...
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Democratic Process, Constitutional Issues, Local Government
Twelfth graders engage in the decision making process so as to encourage them to become active citizens upon graduation from high school.
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Farming the Southern Colonies
Seventh graders investigate the basis for farming choices in the early colonies by using group research and discussion. Each group researches a topic that they write about and present to the rest of the class.
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Carousel on Democracy
Fifth graders examine the municipal, provincial, federal levels of government. They study the process of making a presentation to a level of government.
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Keeping Us in Stitches Activity: Interviewing a Quilter
Students investigate the process of quilting. They conduct Internet research, brainstorm and develop a list of questions to ask quilters, and interview a quilter about the process of making a quilt.
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Tobacco: Exploring Tobacco Culture
Eighth graders are introduced to the tobacco planting process. Using primary sources, they identify the steps necessary to grow the popular crop. They create a flow map to organize the process graphically. They discuss the...
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Memories, A Connection to the Past
Third graders read four books related to the past and memories. With a partner, they complete a graphic organizer for each story in English or Spanish. To end the lesson, they write a short paper summarizing the material and putting...
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