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Social Studies: Public Service to a Better Image

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students, in a program entitled "Strategies for Success," examine ways to change public perception of their school. In this project-based lesson plan, they explore local social and environmental issues, develop a conflict resolution...
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Traffic signs and signals

For Teachers K
Students understand and follow directions based on traffic signs. In this traffic signs lesson plan, students play the game red light green light and are asked why they stop and go according to the colors. They then are introduced to the...
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Distribution of children living at home

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students use E-STAT to examine demographics. In this social demographics lesson, students use statistical data to determine if a particular family is in need of assistance. Students will discuss social and educational policies and...
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Special Edition: World Space Congress 2002: The New Face of Space

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students experience and study how space offers expanding resources for commerce, science, technology and education. They view how advances in space can and do improve life on Earth. Each student views a geological exploration within this...
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Muppets as Mediators

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners explore current social issues in the Middle East to create their own student television programs for Palestinian and Israeli Students.
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Changing Times, Changing Strategies

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the C.D.C.'s efforts to become better equipped to battle bioterrorism; they then discuss surveillance, epidemiological, and communications issues related to their program.
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Under the Collar

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students first examine different types of white-collar crimes; they then research recent individual cases to present in a student-written and produced expos?? program on white-collar crime.
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Taking to the Airwaves

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners consider the purpose of talk radio and examine its importance in the new democratic Iraq. They enact mock talk shows based on current events and reflect on the value of free speech and the role audience members play in radio...
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Social Security

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the official website for the Social Security Administration. They learn the history of the program and what it is supposed to do for Americans. They compare social security with other types of retirement accounts.
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Ambassadors or Annoyances?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
In this instructional activity, students learn about the need for behavior standards for American college students in foreign study programs; they then create an introductory guide to the cultural values and customs of their own region...
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Story Mapping A Favorite Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a diagram of a story by using the computer program Kidspiration. In this diagramming lesson plan, 1st graders will pick a book to write about. They then will plug in story elements of the book into the computer...
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Extra! Extra! Hear All About It!

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
Students summarize their weekly class activities by writing a newsletter.  In this journalism lesson, students create a multimedia presentation for their parents based on the classroom events that took place during the week.  Students...
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Vocabulary in Conversation

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this online interactive worksheet, students fill in 12 boxes with vocabulary words associated with different types of higher education degrees during conversations. Students check their answers online when completed.
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Racial Inequality: Remnants of a Troubled Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students watch the Discovery program "Racial Inequality: Remnants of a Troubled Time" then examine the ratification of the 14th Amendment and the Plessy v. Ferguson decision. They research one of three events that tested Brown v. Board...
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The Young Faces of Poverty

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore the topic of child poverty in the United States and the government's responses to it in different areas and through different programs and laws. They share their thoughts in letters to their Congressional representatives.
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Media Literacy

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students evaluate the effectiveness of Internet book clubs, present their findings to the class, and design their own on-line book club (under the umbrella of a fictional television program) to encourage non-readers to read more.
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Alien Invasions

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create an educational pamphlet on the origins, spread and impact of invasive plant species in their community.
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Mission Discovery

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the changes to the space shuttle Discovery and its history by creating a classroom exhibition about NASA's space shuttle program. They create an informative and attractive invitation about the gallery for outside visitors.
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FINDING A RESOLUTION

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students examine detailed Moon and Earth views provided by the NASA-sponsored "World Wind" computer program. They work in groups to create maps of different scales using landmarks of their choice, and challenge their classmates to...
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So Little Time

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine the evolution of the AIDS epidemic in various world regions during the last 22 years. They research advancements, programs, and attitudes about AIDS in various world regions They compile a "global timeline" of the AIDS...
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Sing Out Loud: The Slave Spirituals Historical and Cultural Implications during Reconstruction

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students identify, summarize and present facts about cultural, educational and political inequalities of Reconstruction, explain hidden codes of slave spirituals and their importance in slaves' communication, and create poetry based on...
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Michigan Sea Grant

Great Lakes, Great Careers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils play a question-asking game to investigate careers relating to marine and aquatic science, then conduct research to further investigate the career of their choice—examples range from marine veterinarian to underwater...
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Live From Your Kitchen!

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students identify cooking sounds and share opinions about their associations. After reading an article, they discover the growth of radio cooking shows. They prepare an outline and script for a cooking program and present their...
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All the President's Men and Women

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners research responsibilities, programs and government departments of leaders that make up the presidential cabinet, in the form of a Web Exploration, after reading "Dueling Power Centers" from The New York Times.

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