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Westward Ho
Students examine primary sources regarding Western migration. In this Manifest Destiny lesson, students determine why the pioneers moved west and what the trip was like as they examine sources and write journals based on their findings.
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Changing Attitudes: Aging in America Lesson Plan
Students discuss how the elder members of the community are viewed. Using the internet, they research how this view has changed since colonial times. They also identify ways in which this attitude keeps changing in modern America.
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Shadow Puppetry in South India
Students read a variety of literature from India, including folktales and fables. They then select a scene or story to script, work together to design and craft shadow puppets of characters and scenery, narrate a story, manipulate the...
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Understanding Primary Sources
Students draw conclusions from primary sources and share information and interpretations with a small group. They are introduced to the Jigsaw technique. Students discuss why a grocery receipt would be a primary source. They...
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Cultural Comparison
Students choose from a group of entries about the culture of Peru. In this Peruvian culture activity, students understand the definition of culture. Students describe the culture of Peru researched in the entry and complete a worksheet.
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Write a Rap Song
Students compose lyrics for a rap song. In this music lesson, students choose a topic, such as "Our School," and use rhyming words to compose a rap song. Students perform the song for their classmates.
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ESL Holiday Lessons: National Jelly Bean Day
In this language skills worksheet, students read an article about National Jelly Bean Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble questions, 30...
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"We Remember" Eulogy Project
Eighth graders complete a culminating project on the Holocaust. In this eulogy lesson, 8th graders use information gathered from previous research and create a poster about the Holocaust. Students make a presentation using a document...
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Career Development (Career Exploration)
Eighth graders identify and describe career opportunities in a changing society
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Changing Attitudes in America
Students discuss strategies for confronting destructive stereotypes and mythologies, as well as promoting racial understanding in Students.
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Show Me the Money
Pupils examine current and past economic crises around the world, using the current recession in the United States as a starting point.
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A Nation of Nations Lesson Plan: Charting African Ethnicities in America
Students read a portion of the narrative, The Transatlantic Slave Trade, to explain the ethnic origins of enslaved Africans brought to the US. They create charts and bar graphs comparing ethnicities in the lowlands and tidewater regions.
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Pixel Painting
Young scholars study the artwork of Chuck Close to examine Photorealism. They create a pixel painting using a monochromatic color scheme.
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Exploring the Uses of Art Through Latino Murals
Students assess role of art in their lives and discuss how murals can accomplish social change.
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The New Deal
Learners practice their reading comprehension skills by reading about Franklin Roosevelt and the New Deal programs. They answer questions related to the reading to test for comprehension.
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Herbert Hoover
Students practice their reading comprehension skills by reading an article about Herbert Hoover. They answer questions to test for comprehension.