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All Men Are Created Equal Except...

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners discuss the line "all men are created equal" in a time of slavery. They discover how equaliy and liberty changed over time in America. Role-playing different scenerios, they analyze the experiences of real-people coming to...
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Compare/Contrast: The United States and Alaska Constitutions

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students compare and contrast the United States and Alaska Constitution. After reading each preamble, they identify the reasons for each constitution to be drafted and discuss what they reveal about citizens responsiblity in government....
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Scrutiny

For Teachers 6th - 11th
Students investigate parliamentary scrutiny through a committee role-play. They also analyze scrutinizing government actions and decisions as well as the media. Students distinguish between scrutiny and accountability.
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Community Foundations and Procedure

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research a foundation in their community and how it helps its citizens. They form a youth advisory committee and make recommendations to the mock boards of directors. They practice using parliamentary procedure to complete their...
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The Constitution: Written or Unwritten?

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students form teams and debate whether the Canadian Constitution has evolved to be primarily written or unwritten.
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ROAD TO REVOLUTION

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explain how England's Glorious Revolution affected the colonies and investigate how the Great Awakening and Enlightenment affected the colonies. Students determine how the outcome of the French and Indian war affected N. America...
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The Appearance of the Moon

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders watch a demonstration on how craters were formed on the moon. Individually, they care given a set of materials that represent the moon surface and make their own craters. To end the lesson, they measure the size of the...
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Store Wars: When Wal-Mart Comes to Town

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers research the impact of Big-Box Stores on local merchants and government. They view the program, "STORE WARS," and discuss the role big-box stores play in their lives. They complete an information form.
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Types of Societies

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students compare and contrast the societies of India and the United States by creating a chart. In groups, they give examples of each type of classification. They present their material to the class while identifying the role of the...
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Introduction to the History of the Michigan Supreme Court

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify the players, events and changes in the history of the Supreme Court of Michigan. They explain the purpose of the Court in state government. They summarize the role and purpose of the Court.
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An Act of Courage, The Arrest Records of Rosa Parks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Pupils research accounts on Rosa Parks and look for differences between the modern form and an older report on Parks. They discuss why information about race and nationality are collected on these and other forms.
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The World Almanac for Kids

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders identify and compare the features of The World Almanac for Kids in the print form and in the CD-ROM/ on-line form. They predict which format is the easiest to access and the most informative, then draw conclusions from...
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Investigation 4 - Dinosaurs Tracks

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make inferences and interpretations from sets of dinosaur tracks. They describe Utah fossils and how they were formed. Partners trade their sketches of tracks and try to guess which dinosaur it belonged to.
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Unity Through Understanding

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students identify skills and attitudes that allow individuals to form functioning groups within the Canadian Parliament. The issues examined are applied to national unity concerns.
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East Meets West: Rome

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the development of Rome. Using maps, they locate and describe the rise of the Roman Republic. They analyze the government and its significance. They discover the influence of Julius Caesar and trace he migration of...
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More About Water Below the Ground

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers define groundwater. They identify groundwater's relationship to springs, artesian wells, ordinary wells and sinkholes. They describe the process by which sinkholes are formed. they define saltwater contamination and...
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Heavy: The Story of Metal (Part 2)

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers discuss censorship of music and other art forms. Students create their own list of criteria for acceptable music. High schoolers write a list of their own "Filthy fifteen" based on their criteria for acceptable music.
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Fighting Back

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students identify different methods of resistance used by Jews during the Holocaust and classify them as either passive or active forms of resistance. They create a role play of a husband and wife on whether they should hide a child of...
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Mural of a Piscataway Village

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in groups to make a large reproduction on bulletin board paper and/or cardboard of one aspect of the Piscataways' life (i.e., housing, clothing, animals they hunted, crops they grew, women's work, men's work,...
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Utah Executive System

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders demonstrate their knowledge about the main duties of the executive branch of the government through a numbered heads activity and by correctly completing a worksheet given them.
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Price Controls: Agriculture and Fisheries

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the Common Agricultural Policy and the Common Fisheries Policy as cases in which governments try to correct market failure. They complete a question and answer sheet.
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America¿s Leader

For Teachers 6th - 7th
Young scholars examine the roles and responsibilities of the President of the United States. Using their textbook, they discover when the presidency was formed, how it works and what kind of power the President has. They also discuss how...
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Emissions Trading

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students produce manufactured good, barter for sales, encounter government officials, make choices about emissions, trade carbon credits and share findings in order to understand how carbon trading could affect industry from an economic...
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Endangered Species- Florida Panther

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students investigate the concept of the conservation of the Florida Panther and examine the effects of the Everglades water restoration project. They conduct a web based activity that includes the following: Listing what they know,...

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