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Curated OER

Paper, Microorganisms, and Biocides

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students study the paper making process and discuss the implications of recycling paper. Students conduct a lab to determine if microorganisms are present in different solutions used in the papermaking process today.
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Curated OER

Coal and the Environment

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners read about how burning coal affects the environment. After students finish reading about how burning coal affects the environment they have a group discussion to discuss what they thought about the information.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mechanics Help Using the Comma with Formal Letters

For Students 6th - 10th
In this worksheet, learners analyze different parts of a letter and insert the appropriate punctuation including a comma, period, colon, question mark and semicolon.
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Curated OER

The Vocabulary of Space

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Learners build their knowledge and understanding of vocabulary related to space.  For this space lesson, students discuss four categories of words and phrases related to space. 
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American Bar Association

American Bar Assoc.: Separation of Powers, Connecting the Separate Powers [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 6th
This lesson involves role-playing to help the students understand the separation of powers. [PDF]
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Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: How Is Power Divided in the United States Government?

For Students 4th - 8th
Video accompanied by questions for students that looks at how the concept of separation of powers embedded in the Constitution is applied in the United States government. [3:50]
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Constitution

For Teachers 6th - 9th
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart is an in depth Activote questionnaire relating to our Constitution. Students should understand the basic concepts of the Constitution, checks and balances, separation of powers, and...
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Interactive
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: The Powers of Government

For Students 3rd - 8th
Students learn how the three branches of the United States government work together and the powers that the Constitution assigns to each branch-legislative, executive, and judicial.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: The Portable Fluid Power Demonstrator (Pfpd)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Working as teams, students learn the basics of fluid power design using the PFPD as their investigative platform. Students will investigate the similarities and differences between using pneumatic and hydraulic power in the PFPD. While...
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Lesson Plan
Energy4Me

Energy4me: Tower of Power

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Young scholars will learn that heat is needed to separate crude oil/petroleum into useable substances to make the products we use every day.
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Unit Plan
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: Three Branches of Government

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Interactive teaching unit for Grades 5-8 that helps to explain the three branches of government and the the balance of power. Topics covered include balance of government, how a bill becomes a law, the amendment process, the Legislative...
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Activity
Harry S. Truman Library and Museum

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum: Checks and Balances

For Students 3rd - 8th
Descriptions of the separate powers and functions of the three branches of the federal government. Site explains how the powers of one branch check and balance those of another.
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Graphic
US Government Publishing Office

Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Branches of Government

For Students 5th - 8th
Students will visualize how the Constitution organized our 3 branches of government and the role each plays in our government. This infographic breaks down the powers of each branch and shows how they perform checks on the other...
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US National Archives

National Archives: The Constitution in Action: Article Ii

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This activity can be used during a unit on the U.S. Constitution. Students will analyze the Senate Journal of the First Congress and identify how the document demonstrates content contained within Article II of the Constitution in...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Malcolm X Amd the Nation of Islam

For Students 5th - 8th
A brief biography of a leader for black power, Malcolm X. Read about his early life and conversion to the Nation of Islam. Find out what his goals were for blacks in America, and see how the means to the end was different from Martin...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Antifederalists' Victory in Defeat

For Students 5th - 8th
By 1788 eleven states ratified the Constitution, more than enough to put it into effect as the document establishing rules for the nation. Read about the goals of the Federalists in estabilishing a national government and find out how...
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: After the Fact: Virginia, New Yok, and "The Federalist Papers"

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the necessity for Virginia and New York to support the ratification of the Constitution. See what influenced the vote in Virginia and how the legislature of New York was finally convinced.
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iCivics

I Civics: Montesquieu Mini Lesson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Meet the Baron de Montesquieu, one of the great thinkers of the 18th century. He spent a lot of time thinking about how governments should be created and maintained. These ideas guided the Founding Fathers when they wrote the...
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Interactive
Other

Plimouth Plantation: Thanksgiving Interactive: You Are the Historian

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site, developed by Plimoth Plantation, offers visitors the chance to use the skills of historians to peel away the layers of myth and misconception surrounding "The First Thanksgiving" and discover what might really have happened...

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