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Black Alabamians in World War I
Eleventh graders describe the racial climate of Alabama, then discuss some of the war-related concerns of black and white Alabamians.
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Memories
Fifth graders collect artifacts of their fifth grade school year and make a technology based Memory Book.
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TRANSPORTATION- A view into the future
Pupils research various modes of transportation in order to comprehend the current trends and challenges that face the Colorado area. They take the information and convert it into a presentation.
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Treaty of Versailles...prelude to war?.
Students examine the Treaty of Versailles, which laid the ground work for a sequel, nearly identical, war thirty years later.
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Five Themes of Geography and Current Events
Basically, pupils look for a current world event from a reputable source and identify the five themes of geography within it. Throughout the school year, they keep a notebook of these current events. A grading guideline is outlined, and...
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Studying Mars
Students study Mars and Odyssey's mission to Mars. In groups, they plan a community that could live on Mars.
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Hunger in Africa
Young scholars investigate the work of the Carter Center in addressing hunger in Africa. In this African health issue lesson, students respond to essential questions regarding the work the Carter Center does as they visit provided websites.
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POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT: THE CASE OF LATVIA
Students compare the powers of a U.S. president to those of leaders of other countries. They pretend they are presidential advisors and make decisions as a group as to what the president has the right do in different situations.
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Women in the Media
Students discuss ways they think women and men are portrayed in the mass media. They watch an excerpt from SISTERS OF '77 discussing media coverage of the event. Students write an essay describing their reactions to women in the media.
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Fly, Fly Away
Students use materials from their own environment to design a kite. In this kite design lesson, students research the history of kites and obtain a formal mathematical definition of a kite. Students sketch kite designs after discovering...
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Looking Back, Up and Ahead
Students explore how scientists have forecasted the 2002 Leonid meteor shower. They pose their own predictions for peak meteor rates per hour during the 2002 shower and compare their results with actual observed rates.
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Trade Wars: the Candidates Take a Stand
Students research topics related to trade, and develop a graphic organizer. They debate and discuss topics related to trade.
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Anne Frank: Newspaper
Students research information about the Holocaust or a current example of prejudice. They create a newspaper to be used by future classes as a learning tool.
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Online Collaborative Social Studies Lesson Plan
Middle schoolers create newspapers and post them online for others to see.
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Strong Vibes
Pupils consider how the tension of a rubber band relates to the stress build-up in earthquakes. They conduct research and write fictional television coverage about a Pacific Northwest town that is hit by an earthquake.
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Radio Program #14-The Back to the Land Movement
Students identify the impact of the "Back to the Land" movement on the Appalachian area. They interview people who have moved back or know someone who has moved back to the Appalachian area. Students graph out profiles of "typical"...
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Conserving Marine Life
Pupils discuss the different threats to various marine life. Through research, groups examine threats to specific marine life, evaluate the situation, and develop possible solutions to help marine life regain stability. Conservation...
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Mail Bonding
Students explore different forms of communication via the Internet and the effects these electronic mediums have on social relationships. They compose e-mail messages and predict the gender of authors of anonymous e-mail messages of...
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Responding to Social Crisis
Students, through discussion, identify ways to cope with and process unexpected community or world crisis, such as terrorism or violent acts within a school or community.
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he Inauguration and the Media
High schoolers read, review, and write about the presidential inauguration as it appears in the media. They use local local and national newspapers to gain information about the inauguration. Students develop their own editorial on the...
Media College
Media College: How to Write a News Story
The process in writing TV news stories is analyzed in this Media College site. Writing press releases and what makes a story newsworthy are a added bonus to the viewer.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: English 4; Wealth and Poverty
A learning module asking students to analyze different types of texts, learn literary terms, write a satirical essay and a mock newspaper article, and work with vocabulary skills all within themes related to wealth and poverty.
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Teachers Network: Witness for the Prosecution: Online Newspaper
This lesson plan uses Agatha Christie's novel Witness for the Prosecution as a starting point for students to learn about the sections of newpapers as they analyze articles from the various sections. This leads up to the students...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: u.s. Policy in the Middle East: Analyzing Political Cartoons
Multi-media resources including video, PowerPoint, articles and maps from which students explore current issues in the Middle East and their relation to U.S. policy and interpret political cartoons on Middle East politics.