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Worksheet #82 - Industrial Inventions

For Students 8th - 9th
In this industrial inventions instructional activity, students expand their knowledge through ten fill in the blank questions that relate to the aforementioned topic.
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Where Blues and Jazz Started

For Students 6th - 10th
In this blues and jazz music worksheet, students read about the origins and basic concepts of blues and jazz music in 2 brief articles. Students then respond to 12 short answer questions regarding the music with its roots in slavery times.
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Lewis and Clark: Meeting the Indians of the Northwest

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine the relationships forged with Native Americans by Lewis and Clark. In this Westward Expansion lesson, 8th graders research digital and print sources to study details regarding the Native American tribes that Lewis...
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Leaving Home for the West - Why?

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine primary sources regarding American movement to the west. In this westward expansion lesson, students create broadside posters based on the Homestead Act primary sources they research.
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Guardians of the West

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discover the role of American buffalo in Westward Expansion. In this Westward Expansion lesson, 8th graders examine primary and secondary sources in order to create a cause and effect chart that features the treatment of...
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Show Me the Money: Labor/Management Issues in Professional Baseball

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners study the baseball players in the past and present and see how the union played a part in lives.  In this labor lesson students analyze documents and identify the effects of the different markets on labor salaries. 
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Prairie Voices: German Immigrants Move to Iowa

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students create historically accurate travel journals. In this Iowa history activity, students research the German immigration experience as they write travel journals that feature a German family's move into an Iowa county.
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Emily Dickinson & Poetic Imagination: "Leap, plashless"

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners analyze the poems of Emily Dickinson and write their own nature poem. In this poetry analysis lesson, students read Dickinson poetry and analyze the use of imagery, sound, and metaphor. Learners write their own nature poem using...
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Madame Bovary: Illusion And Reality

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine examples of illusion and reality in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert. In this Madame Bovary lesson, students discuss the character of Emma and what her decisions tell about her character.  Students discuss major themes...
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Twain: An American Humorist

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine American humor and character through analysis of works by Mark Twain. In this cross curricular lesson, students develop a definition of American humor and determine how and why some consider Twain the 'first truly...
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Tourism and Preservation

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explore the importance of preserving nature. In this science instructional activity, students discuss why natural sites shouldn't be made into tourist destinations. Students write an agreement form supporting a solution to avoid...
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Extracts from History of Germany in the Nineteenth Century and Historical and Political Writings

For Students 9th - 12th
In this World War II worksheet, high schoolers read a 2-page selection from History of Germany in the Nineteenth Century and Historical and Political Writings by Heinrich Vot Treitschke and then respond to 4 short answer questions about...
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Buffalo Soldiers

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore the role of the buffalo soldiers in the United States Army during the nineteenth century conflict along the frontier with the Indian tribes. They discuss the social change represented by African Americans serving...
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Using Effective, Amusing Writing As a Model

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners use the author's writing as a model to achieve vivid description and engaging humor in compositions of their own. They examine the ways a writer can capture and hold a reader's attention and write a short personal narrative...
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A Visual History: Industry, Society, and Social Mobility in Hartford

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders examine the industrialization of Hartford.  In this American History lesson, 11th graders analyze pictures in Hartford.  Students participate in a gallery walk of artifacts. 
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Every Grain Counts

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Young scholars research a variety of facts about rice. They read books, access information on the Internet and use maps to determine major rice growing areas in the world and the patterns of distribution for this crop. Students create...
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The Opium Trade, the Opium War and the Treaty of Nanjing

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders analyze the English model if imperialism with regard to China and examine the economic and political impact of trade and conflict between England and China in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. They discuss the...
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The Supreme Court

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the Fourteenth Amendment. In this Supreme Court lesson, students define due process and equal protection as they analyze the impact of the amendment and the Supreme Court on workers' rights in the early 20th century....
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ESL Holiday Lessons: Valentine's Day

For Students 7th - 11th
In this language skills worksheet, students read an article about Valentine's Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble questions, 30 short answer...
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Pizza Portions

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore mathematics by participating in a pizza pie activity. In this nutrition instructional activity, students identify the caloric intake in a piece of pizza and estimate the average number of slices eaten by a person....
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Class A Creates Trouble

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students explore the history of drugs and drug use.  In this anti-drug lesson, students research information about drugs, then enhance their knowledge by digging into the subject even farther by researching the health implications,...
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Petition of Amelia Bloomer Regarding Suffrage in the West

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the role of Amelia Jenks Bloomer in the struggles for suffrage and political reform. They consider the factors involved in political socialization and compile webliographies of their research materials.
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Bank On it! Inventions

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science activity, learners complete a cloze activity about inventions. They read an article about Isaac Merritt Singer, who invented the sewing machine. The article includes 9 blanks to fill in.
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Bean Mosaics

For Teachers K - 6th
Students explore mosaic techniques.

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