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I'm Convinced!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners examine persuasive techniques used to sell products, and create and write an advertisement for peanut butter.
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Government

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders run for various offices. They dress up like a politician, pretend to be running for an office, and tell the students why they should vote for him/her. They explain why it is necessary for a community to have a government
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Rationalizing Race in US History

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Young scholars consider the classification of people. In this race studies lesson, students examine the concept of race as it relates to U.S. history and trends. Young scholars research racial discrimination and prejudice in order to...
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CDs: Creating Direction

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students articulate a direction about prejudice through text and images via a CD album cover. In this prejudice lesson, students view images for prejudice from various sources. Students brainstorm words that contribute to the meaning of...
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The Art of Political Cartoons in Revolutionary America

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers analyze political cartoons. In this colonial America lesson, students examine the provided political cartoons and respond to analytical questions about each of them.
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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students respond to 13 multiple choice questions based on The Things They Carried. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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World War II Multimedia Newscast: History, Technology, Journalism

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compose a multi-media newscast on various subjects relating to WWII to demonstrate their knowledge and ability to research.
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Persuasion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore the characteristics of a persuasive letter. They label each characteristic and they create a persuasive letter using the correct business letter format. Students recommend a school rule or change of a rule and justify...
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YOUR OWN CAMPAIGN

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders, in groups propose a new law and design a campaign to get people to vote for their law. They have a voter's forum and hold a mock election.
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Double V Campaign: Victory at Home and Victory Abroad

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Learners write a persuasive essay as if they were an African American in World War II and decide if they would contribute war bonds or not. In this World War II lesson plan, students study the segregation of World War II and the unity...
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Compare the United States Government with Other Political Systems

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students explore the U.S. form of government and illustrate other forms of government found throughout the world. They explain the similarities and differences between the U.S and other governments.
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Worksheet for Analysis of a Motion Picture

For Students 9th - 12th
In this primary source analysis worksheet, learners respond to 14 short answer questions that require them to analyze the motion picture of their choice.
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Communist Revolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the Russian Communist Revolution of 1917. They watch and discuss a video, take notes and answer video discussion questions, and read and evaluate newspaper articles about how Lenin and Stalin are viewed today in...
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The Cold War in Popular Music

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners analyze pop culture songs to identify cold war themes and chart. They comprehend and explain why the Cold War took place and ended and assess its significance as a 20th century event. Students conduct a song analysis of the...
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World War I (5)

For Students 9th - 12th
In this online interactive American history activity, students answer 20 matching questions regarding World War I. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Techniques Used to Convey Messages in Media

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine different types of media. In this media awareness instructional activity, students discover techniques used in print, language, symbolic, and technical media as they rotate through classroom station activities.
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Plan an Advertising Campaign to Attract New Citizens

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine how to use visual media as a creative way of thinking about and responding to immigration issues. They conduct Internet research, and design and create a poster or brochure to attract new immigrant to Indiana.
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Korea Research

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the details surrounding Korean Architecture. They look at some of the different styles and see how they may differ from some others found in the world. The research is done in order to appreciate the uniques cultural...
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What Arkansans Contributed to the WW I War Effort

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students examine the Arkansas as home front support during World War I. They determine why the troops who were overseas during the War were important to those at home. They look at the war effort and locate the area of Arkansas were...
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Kansas in the Movies, the Cold War Period

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars are instructed using a cross curricular type of lesson. The time period that they focus upon is the founding of the Soviet Union as a superpower in the world after WWII. The rise of communism is also taken into consideration.
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Lin and Don Donn: Propaganda Techniques: Advertising, Media, Politics &War

For Students 9th - 10th
Designed by a teacher, this extensive site covers definition, examples, quizzes and lesson plans for teachers.
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Propaganda Postcards of the Great War: Allies: Celebrating Alliances (1)

For Students 9th - 10th
Examples of propaganda used to celebrate and promote the Allied Powers during World War I. The imagery focuses on heads of state and flags.
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Propaganda Postcards of the Great War: Centrals Patriotic: Warloans Germany

For Students 9th - 10th
Several examples of propaganda promoting the purchase of war loans in Germany during World War I. Captioned thumbnail images can be enlarged for viewing by clicking on them.
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Propaganda Postcards of the Great War: Allies: Celebrating Alliances (2)

For Students 9th - 10th
Examples of propaganda used to promote and celebrate the Allied forces with soldier imagery. Thumbnails can be enlarged by clicking on them and each thumbnail is captioned with a description. This page looks at uniforms of Allied soldiers.

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