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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

O.P.V. (Other People's Views)

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore other people's view points so that the process can be used consciously and deliberately. They identify the people involved in a situation. Students put themselves in other people's shoes.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

How Much Sleep Do Animals Need?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders read and complete "Guess How Much Sleep These Animals Need" worksheet. They use the chart and record how much sleep different animals get until the chart is full. They then discuss why sleep is important.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Effects Do Trees Have On The Environment?

For Teachers 6th - 10th
Students examine the interrelationship between trees, soil and people focusing on urban areas. They collect and analyze data about trees in their research area.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Trades People

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students discuss the names of the people who work on various stuctures. They examine the many different roles people in construction can have. They match tools with the correct job and sing songs about workers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

People and Plants

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine the uses of plants from many different biomes, particularly, rain forests to uncover data about the production of new drugs and the cross-cultural sharing of foods. A rain forest food festival reinforces the concept of...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Biography Flashcards

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars choose a modern biographical figure and research that person on the internet. They write a page summary of the person's life and collect images of their person to include in the report. They glue everything to tagboard to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Decisions! Decisions!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students make a decision about where to put a power line that either has an effect on people or on wildlife.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

We're All O.K.

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze how people are different.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Anatomy

For Teachers K
Students explore the similarities and differences in human beings. They consider that all students are special, and appreciate everyone's similarities and differences.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Personal Mummy Case

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners create a papier mâché mummy case covered with personal symbols from students' lives.
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Activity
Library of Congress

Loc: Local Legacies

For Students 9th - 10th
Experience America through its grassroots! Diverse populations lend cultural colorfulness to our country. Read about an International Food Fair in California, Annie Oakley Days in Ohio, and Wabanaki Basketry in Maine. Click on your...
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Atmospheric Oxygen

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this feature, adapted from Interactive NOVA: Earth, students explore the relationship between oxygen concentration and the well-being of various organisms by simulating a change in oxygen levels and observing what happens.
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Handout
United Nations

Unpi: World Population Ageing 1950 2050 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Graphically displays the growth of the world's population with projections for 2050. Study's changes in such statistics as median age for particular countries, age demographic shifts, and the disparity between "developed" and...
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Primary
University of Chicago

The Founders' Constitution: Popular Basis of Political Authority

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the words of John Adams at the Constitutional Convention where he is debating the meaning of "the people" in the Constitution.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs: The First Measured Century: Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This timeline provides a big picture view of historically significant people, events, and data from the twentieth century, also known as the First Measured Century.
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Handout
Central Intelligence Agency

Cia: World Factbook: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource from the CIA World Factbook provides a detailed fact sheet of Saint Peirre. The content covers the French territory's geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational...
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Graphic
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Human Origins: Human Family Tree

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the human ancestor you are interested in and click on it either in the timeline or the list below for more details. Each fossil or reconstruction pictured includes links to more details about it.
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Unit Plan
Department of Defense

Do Dea: Spanish 3: Unit 4: Los Paises Y Las Nacionalidades

For Students 9th - 10th
In this learning module, students learn how to talk about familiar people and places, actions taking place now, stereotypes, and weather. They will practice using the preterit and imperfect, irregular verbs, articles with adjectives as...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Ven Conmigo! Personalidades, Capitulo 9 (Spanish)

For Students 9th - 10th
This Spanish exercise practices vocabulary and comprehension with words describing personalities.
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Website
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Breathing

For Students 9th - 10th
Breathing shows an underwater scene and asks the students to answer the question, How do the people, fish and turtle get the oxygen they need?
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Handout
Latimer Clarke Corporation

Atlapedia Online: China

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource for facts about China. This site is organized into several sections including "Location & Geography," "Climate," "People," "Demographic/Vital Statistics," "Religions," "Languages," "Education," and "Modern History -...
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Website
Other

Seeking Michigan

For Students 9th - 10th
Look no further if you are in search of the history of the people, places, and businesses of Michigan. Seeking Michigan offers a variety of mediums to share the state's stories.
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Handout
Other

Washington State Univ.: Questions About Human Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
How far back in time can we date bones or skeletons? How did certain species of man just die off? What was the manner of their communication? These questions and more are answered in this informative essay.
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Article
Other

Dallas Fed: Gone to Texas: Immigration and the Texas Economy [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
An extensive publication describing how Texas immigration has developed throughout rich and varied Texas history.